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    MSI release?
    J

    I’m looking forward to deploying PowerArchiver 2023 to my users. Can you tell us when the MSI will be available for download and distribution?

    Thanks.

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    Missing Icons
    LuxorL

    Just tried using the Modern (Windows 10) Icon set and seeing a few missing icons in both PowerArchiver Burner and PowerArchiver Encryption screens . They are all there in the Minimalistik icon set and the only difference I can see is the former is blue and the latter grey. In version 22.00.9

    powerarc_2023-09-18_17-00-19.png

    powerarc_2023-09-18_17-01-05.png

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    Security vulnerabilities in 7zip / Update for PowerArchiver and PACL libraries?
    BigMikeB

    Hi there,

    there were some security issues fixed in 7zip:
    https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1165/
    https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1164/

    As it seems, that PowerArchiver and PACL use the 7zip libraries, could you please update them to the latest version?

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    Virtual Drive
    E

    Hi,

    From where I get PAVD2023.EXE? PowerArchiver 2023 tries to open it.
    But it seems, it tries to download PAVD2021.EXE.

    Thanks

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    Better ZPAQ support
    W

    I noticed that the version of ZPAQ used is older than the latest released 7.15 https://mattmahoney.net/dc/zpaq.html also there seems to be a newer fork that adds several features https://github.com/fcorbelli/zpaqfranz

    It would be useful to implement this latest version (it also maintains the same syntax and behavior as the latest official release if used the -715 flag) and add when opening a zpaq file a choice of the version of the files to show (e.g. as dummy folders represented the various versions present). Since any previous changes are stored with this format, it is possible to extract a snapshot of a certain date/version.

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    Bug with "Encrypt Archive" action
    W

    If I open a password-protected zipper file (created with WinRAR but I think that’s irrelevant), open it with PowerArchiver and run “Remove Encryption” on the same file, then reopen it and add a password with “Encrypt Archive,” the resulting archive will be protected with the old ZipCrypto algorithm and not AES as indicated.
    (this can be verified, for example, by trying to open the archive files with Windows Explorer, which does not support the AES algorithm)

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    PA 21.00.18 Action / Test behaves oddly for me on .PA files
    Brian GregoryB

    PA 21.00.18 running on Windows 7 64 bit.
    I made a big .PA file and thought I’d check it was made correctly with Menu / Actions / Test.
    Discovered:
    a) PA always issues a UAC prompt to do this!
    b) PA always says there are many errors in PA files.

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    Slow extraction from spanned RAR

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      infimum
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      35 parts (each 100MB) containing the total of 150 files (each about 23MB) divided into 10 folders.

      In this situation, extracting 10 files from one of the folders is very slow. As soon as the progress windows appears, it is almost frozen. After a long while, the progress bar finally starts moving. When you think extraction is finished, the progress window is frozen again for a long time. The overall extraction time is very long. I tried WinRAR and 7-Zip, and PA is definitely taking a longer time.

      Is anyone experiencing the same?

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        Mili conexware
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        nice n fast here, anyone else?

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          TBGBe
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          @infimum:

          35 parts (each 100MB) containing the total of 150 files (each about 23MB) divided into 10 folders.

          I know from http://www.powerarchiver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4363
          That you have Win 7 (32 bit).
          Does the rar also have unicode file/folder names?
          Do you know what rar options were used to create it (e.g. solid etc)?

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            infimum @TBGBe
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            @TBGBe:

            Does the rar also have unicode file/folder names?
            Do you know what rar options were used to create it (e.g. solid etc)?

            No unicode. Solid, RAR version 2.9. No password or comment.

            I am afraid that there are a lot of variables related to this. It might be hard to pin down what is going on.

            Just bump this topic if you guys experienced similar things :)

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              spwolf conexware
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              @infimum:

              35 parts (each 100MB) containing the total of 150 files (each about 23MB) divided into 10 folders.

              In this situation, extracting 10 files from one of the folders is very slow. As soon as the progress windows appears, it is almost frozen. After a long while, the progress bar finally starts moving. When you think extraction is finished, the progress window is frozen again for a long time. The overall extraction time is very long. I tried WinRAR and 7-Zip, and PA is definitely taking a longer time.

              Is anyone experiencing the same?

              can you upload archive to our ftp? if so, send us an email to support @ conexware . com refferencing this thread so we can send you the info.

              It should be faster rather than slower… it might be something very particular that unrar.dll chokes on.

              thanks

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                infimum @spwolf
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                I think I found out what the problem is. It’s Microsoft Security Essentials.
                http://www.microsoft.com/Security_essentials/default.aspx

                This is reminiscent of the Kaspersky problem.
                http://www.powerarchiver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4325
                In my case, extraction is the problem. This is when a part of an archive is extracted from the main window. When the entire archive is extracted (from the main window or Explorer right-click), the problem is barely noticeable. Also, the severity of the problem depends on the size of an archive (not the size of files you choose to extract).

                Now, I think it’s natural that virus software checks extracted files. But the problem is, as I said above, it’s very particular when this happens in PA and, when it happens, PA’s progress windows hangs. WinRAR and 7-Zip don’t have such problem. I excluded extracted files’ extension and path from checking, but the same result.

                Virus software really doesn’t like how PA does things, does it? :(

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                  spwolf conexware @infimum
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                  @infimum:

                  I think I found out what the problem is. It’s Microsoft Security Essentials.
                  http://www.microsoft.com/Security_essentials/default.aspx

                  This is reminiscent of the Kaspersky problem.
                  http://www.powerarchiver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4325
                  In my case, extraction is the problem. This is when a part of an archive is extracted from the main window. When the entire archive is extracted (from the main window or Explorer right-click), the problem is barely noticeable. Also, the severity of the problem depends on the size of an archive (not the size of files you choose to extract).

                  Now, I think it’s natural that virus software checks extracted files. But the problem is, as I said above, it’s very particular when this happens in PA and, when it happens, PA’s progress windows hangs. WinRAR and 7-Zip don’t have such problem. I excluded extracted files’ extension and path from checking, but the same result.

                  Virus software really doesn’t like how PA does things, does it? :(

                  email them with example… they will then whitelist PA and it should work faster.

                  Kaspersky issue was very very different.

                  More people complain about things as this, it gets fixed sooner by AV companies.

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                    infimum @spwolf
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                    @spwolf:

                    More people complain about things as this, it gets fixed sooner by AV companies.

                    Well, we are talking about Microsoft here :o

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                      spwolf conexware @infimum
                      last edited by

                      @infimum:

                      Well, we are talking about Microsoft here :o

                      AV companies fix incompatibilities quicky enough, they are worried about lawsuits - ie angle to take would be it effects only one program while competition works fine ;-)

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                        infimum @spwolf
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                        @spwolf:

                        email them with example… they will then whitelist PA and it should work faster.

                        Done.

                        Have you tried to send some kind of support mail to MS? Even filling a from is a pain :) I was going to try the forum, but it looks ugly and disorganized :p

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                          spwolf conexware @infimum
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                          @infimum:

                          Done.

                          Have you tried to send some kind of support mail to MS? Even filling a from is a pain :) I was going to try the forum, but it looks ugly and disorganized :p

                          all AV companies have emails that are very hard to find, i wonder why ;-).

                          It took me longer to find where to send complaint about Kaspersky and AVG then to write actual complaint ;-)

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                            TBGBe @infimum
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                            @infimum:

                            I think I found out what the problem is. It’s Microsoft Security Essentials. …

                            Just out of interest - is turning off “real time scanning” enough or is it more complicated?

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                              infimum @TBGBe
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                              Complete uninstallation is needed because many anti-virus programs put a driver deep in the kernel level.

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                                spwolf conexware @infimum
                                last edited by

                                @infimum:

                                Done.

                                Have you tried to send some kind of support mail to MS? Even filling a from is a pain :) I was going to try the forum, but it looks ugly and disorganized :p

                                thanks… lets see if they fix it soon… if they do not, then i will email them myself, and be rather mean about it ;-)

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                                  infimum @spwolf
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                                  UPDATE:

                                  I found a way around. Exclude the temporary directory specified in Configuration > Folders in the anti-virus program.

                                  I don’t recommend using the default temp directory for this purpose because it’s also the system temp directory. Excluding it would expose your system to a great risk.

                                  Of course, the best way is that MS will do something about it. After all, WinRAR and 7-Zip don’t need such tweaking.

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