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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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    Convert archive is incorrect for some WinRAR 5 archives
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    WinRAR 5 has a rather useful option in some cases, which is to be able to create an archive by replacing identical files with a reference to the first occurrence (hardlink) within the archive.
    In case you choose to convert the file with PowerArchiver to another format, however, the resulting archive does not have all the files. It does not consider those that were present as hardlinks.
    If you do a normal extraction of the RAR archive instead, even with PowerArchivier, all the files are extracted correctly.

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    7z shell extensions

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      davidsplash
      last edited by

      if i slect a filke say 8 mb tand click on 7z name7z for example it starts to work then slows right down after about 58 %

      however if i select 7z + options and then click on the 7zi file is created ok no problems

      the file i’m archiving is a setup.eng (avast antivirus setup file)

      I’m using windows 98 se

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      • spwolfS
        spwolf conexware
        last edited by

        does it just slow down and completes or does it hang there? If it completes, is it the same size as in + options or? It is possible that using it directly activates the ultra option which is slower, while + option uses something else?

        thanks,

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          davidsplash @spwolf
          last edited by

          it slows down and hangs i nbever got further than 58%

          the + option uses normal compression and works fine

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            deipotent @davidsplash
            last edited by

            Have you tried compressing it with the + option and then using all the avaliable compression levels ?

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            • spwolfS
              spwolf conexware @davidsplash
              last edited by

              @davidsplash:

              it slows down and hangs i nbever got further than 58%

              the + option uses normal compression and works fine

              Try using + Option and Ultra compression - what happens then?

              thanks,

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              • spwolfS
                spwolf conexware @spwolf
                last edited by

                p.s. I could not reproduce this with my copy of Avast setup

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                  davidsplash @spwolf
                  last edited by

                  does pa use ultra for its shell extensions as normal work fine from the _option

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                  • TBGBeT
                    TBGBe @davidsplash
                    last edited by

                    When checking Options / Configuration / compression profiles / create new
                    the “profile1” for 7z is set to Ultra so this may be the default which is used in shell context menu.

                    The help file says

                    When you first install PowerArchiver, it will create a default compression profile for each format. These profiles can not be deleted and are always saved in PowerArchiver.

                    What are the settings for these default profiles that PA creates?

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                    • spwolfS
                      spwolf conexware @TBGBe
                      last edited by

                      Default seetings are maximum always (Ultra in this case), but David should check first if Ultra works from + Options, before any conclusions are made.

                      For me, Avast setup in question works fine at all 7zip settings…

                      thanks,

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                        deipotent @spwolf
                        last edited by

                        Because PA uses the 7zip DLL (ie. 7z.dll) for compression/decompression of 7-zip archives, another thing to try would be to see if the 7-zip archiver itself has any problems compressing Avast.

                        If it does then it is most likely a problem with the 7zip DLL, otherwise it is likely to be a problem with the way PA integrates with 7z.dll.

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                          davidsplash @deipotent
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                          ultra is the problem would it not be best to have normal used instaed of ultra if the user wants ultra to add it themselves.

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