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    anything planned for the future or is this software just dead now?

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    News/Update on PowerArchiver/Connexion in 2024
    TheAndyMacT

    Hi everyone, some good news about PowerArchiver… I’ve managed to get in touch with the original developer of PowerArchiver, Ivan Petrovic, and he has confirmed that the product is not dead or abandoned, in fact it is still very much alive! There has been a hiatus over the past months for various reasons, but that we should expect to see stuff coming through in the coming months (hopefully the next 2 months).

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    BETA PowerArchive 22.00.11 - Windows 11 Context Menu duplicated/additional tier
    TheAndyMacT

    The Windows 11 context menu for PowerArchiver on normal files (to be compressed, etc.) is now showing multiple tiers with two identical menus. See attached captures of the issue:

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    Edition Windows 11 Pro
    Version 24H2
    OS build 26100.2605

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    No Icons for SFX-Archives
    MerowingerM

    Hello!

    I’ve just created SFX-Archives both from ZIP and 7z-Archives and none has an Icon as it seems.
    I use the new version 22.00.11.

    Zwischenablage_10-22-2024_01.jpg

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    Zip extraction from windows 11 by windows
    D

    Basically I used powerarchiver context menus to zip up a folder then i used windows 11 own built in zip extractor via the context menu to extract all and this is where it throw up a fault. , I’m using windows 11 .

    The file that was a problem in the zip that windows 11 could not extract was iva “babe” cotton.jpg
    I know it has non standard quotes in it.

    However I had winrar on the computer and tried the exact same method with their context menu compress to zip and then I extracted the file with windows own extract all context menu and it had no problems. This indicates that powerarchiver is doing something different with iva “babe” cotton.jpg compressing to zip.

    Then I changed iva “babe” cotton.jpg to iva babe cotton.jpg and compressed it with powerarchiver and then tried it with windows 11 extract all and had no problems. It looks like powerarchiver is doing something to that one file that has quotes in it.

    Please note that powerarchiver extracted both zip files with no problems, only windows built in zip extraction had the fault. Reason I’m letting people know in case they send zip files with special characters in files names to people who do not have powerarchiver.

    When will a fix be implemented?

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    Installer problem
    L

    On installing the program I am getting the error message:

    "Unable to execute file c:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\pashutil.exe

    CreateProcess failed: code 2

    The system cannot find the file specified"

    This can’t be right!

    I am using the latest official build of Windows 11

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    Button alignment. About window.
    LuxorL

    Buttons are not properly aligned on About screen.
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    Button alignment on config window.
    LuxorL

    Buttons not aligned on configuration window.
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    BETA: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.10
    spwolfS

    New version:
    PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.10:

    Download:
    https://u.powerarchiver.com/pa2023/powarc220010.exe

    New build for some bug fixes and issues - full list to come with new update. Please test and see if you have any issues.

    Thanks everyone for your assistance!

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    BETA: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.11
    spwolfS

    New version:
    PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.11:

    Download:
    https://u.powerarchiver.com/pa2023/powarc220011.exe

    New build for some bug fixes and issues - full list to come with new update. Please test and see if you have any issues.

    Thanks everyone for your assistance!

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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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    THE SSL CERTIFICATE FOR *.POWERARCHIVER.COM HAS EXPIRED.
    Brian GregoryB

    @spwolf @Mili THE SSL CERTIFICATE FOR *.POWERARCHIVER.COM HAS EXPIRED.

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    PA2023 22.00.09 trying to delete a directory from a tar file.
    Brian GregoryB

    I had a large .tar file (a backed up WSL) and I want to delete a few directories and their contents from it using PA2023.
    PA just destroys the whole archive as soon as I try to delete a directory, leaving it in a state where PA2023 won’t even open it any more.
    I tried several times and also tried compressing it to .tar.xz instead - same result.

    This should either actually work, or it should say operation not supported and do nothing.

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    PA 2023: No portable version?
    A

    Hello!
    The regular version of PA 2023 is out for over 6 months now, but there is still no sign of the portable release.
    (When) will there be one?
    Thanks!

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    PA2023: Portable version missing?
    A

    Hello!
    Is there currently no portable version of PA2023 available?
    (When) do you plan to release one?
    Thanks!

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    2024
    P

    Will you be releasing 2024 soon?

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    PA 2023 Toolbox - 22.00.09 - Remove archive encryption
    PA_FanP

    Win 11 64 bit

    I have some archives which have been encrypted, using the encrypt option either in pbs or when interactively creating a zip. When I open these, and look at files, I am asked for passwords, which I know, and then can view items or decrypt the files in the archive (tools>decrypt files).

    However, when I use the Actions>Remove Archive Encryption (whether using the same zip or asking to write another), the routine shows progress bar to the end, but then just hangs i.e. “OK” never activates. All process information shows this stalled/hanging.

    What can I do to sort this out?

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    Bug extracting from ZIP etc using Extract here with PA 22.00.09
    Brian GregoryB

    For example:
    Download this ZIP file: http://dslstats.me.uk/files/dslstats32W-6.5.zip
    Everything in the ZIP file is in a directory “dslstats32W-6.5”.
    However when I extract using right click “Extract Here” the name of the directory created is “2W-6.5” !
    I am running PA 22.00.09 on Windows 11. I have seen the same happen with some other kinds of archive too.

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    Any updates going to happen for the bugs reported?

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    PASHLEXT.DLL is blamed by Raymond

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      infimum
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      Blamed for slow right click.
      http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2010/01/04/fix-for-very-slow-or-hang-when-right-click-on-a-file-or-folder/

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        spwolf conexware
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        probably interferance with antivirus or something, without proper report nothing we can do… PA does not scan .zip files when right click, so there is no chance for it to cause slowness.

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          infimum @spwolf
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          @spwolf:

          without proper report nothing we can do…

          Yeah, but it’s not good for publicity. Isn’t it worth at least sending email to the author?

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          • spwolfS
            spwolf conexware @infimum
            last edited by

            @infimum:

            Yeah, but it’s not good for publicity. Isn’t it worth at least sending email to the author?

            you are right of course… lets see if we can get to the bottom of that.

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              spwolf conexware @spwolf
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              p.s. not for publicity, but i dont like that there might be an issue with PA that I am not aware of ;-). It will be curious to see what was the culprit.

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                rulero
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                I had the very same problem, investigating with Sysinternals’ Porcess monitor I noticed my problem occurred when it read the keys HKCU\Software\PowerArchiver\Files\Active_File*W one by one and tried to “queryBasicInformationFile” on files on network resources that were no longer available, such as \MyRemoteMachine\MySharedFolder\myfile.zip
                I simply removed the offending HKCU\Software\PowerArchiver\Files\Active_File4W key from the registry and right click slow down was gone

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                  spwolf conexware @rulero
                  last edited by

                  @rulero:

                  I had the very same problem, investigating with Sysinternals’ Porcess monitor I noticed my problem occurred when it read the keys HKCU\Software\PowerArchiver\Files\Active_File*W one by one and tried to “queryBasicInformationFile” on files on network resources that were no longer available, such as \MyRemoteMachine\MySharedFolder\myfile.zip
                  I simply removed the offending HKCU\Software\PowerArchiver\Files\Active_File4W key from the registry and right click slow down was gone

                  even if network resource is not gone, it might take a while to respond… i have already set that for investigation because it seems that it reads it first time and then removes them (meaning you get slowdown once at least). They should not be read at all.

                  thanks for the info…

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                    spwolf conexware
                    last edited by

                    Please check if following pre-release fixes the issue:
                    http://www.powerarchiver.com/test/release10/powarc116202.exe

                    and let us know… thank you!

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                      bgeneto @spwolf
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                        bgeneto @bgeneto
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                        @bgeneto:

                        Unfortunately the pre-release v11.62.02 does not fix the right-clicking delay issue. I’m running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit and KIS 2010. I don’t think the problem is network related. I have noticed that it happens sporadically (not every time you right-click). My feeling is that it is related to AV software or it affects only the 64-bit PA shell extension or the combo 64-bit and AV software. This is really an annoying problem and I’m praying every night for a solution to became available quickly.

                        Sorry for my premature post. I was so excited with a possible solution to this annoying problem that I forgot to log off or reboot my machine before testing the pre-release version and after rebooting… it works!!! The delay is gone.

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                          spwolf conexware @bgeneto
                          last edited by

                          @bgeneto:

                          Unfortunately the pre-release v11.62.02 does not fix the right-clicking delay issue. I’m running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit and KIS 2010. I don’t think the problem is network related. I have noticed that it happens sporadically (not every time you right-click). My feeling is that it is related to AV software or it affects only the 64-bit PA shell extension or the combo 64-bit and AV software. This is really an annoying problem and I’m praying every night for a solution to became available quickly.

                          praying to the PA gods? :-).

                          can you check the date on the pashell dll and see if it is 2/1/2010… dev team might not have updated it for 64bit for pre-release as well but lets see if your dll is updated first of all.

                          you can go to hkcu>software>powerarchiver, delete that key completly and then see if you still have the slowdown (that will let you know if it is MRU issue).

                          Tricky thing about it is that it depends on your network… if windows has recent cache it will not query your network at all, and you will not notice the slowdown for instance… until it needs to query it again or computer is simply missing.

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                            spwolf conexware @bgeneto
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                            p.s. you should have posted sooner in this thread that you have issue with it…

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                              spwolf conexware @bgeneto
                              last edited by

                              @bgeneto:

                              Sorry for my premature post. I was so excited with a possible solution to this annoying problem that I forgot to log off or reboot my machine before testing the pre-release version and after rebooting… it works!!! The delay is gone.

                              greeat then ;-)

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                                spwolf conexware
                                last edited by

                                in the future please report your issues even if they have been reported before, it lets us know how serious something is… thank you!

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                                  bgeneto @spwolf
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                                  @spwolf:

                                  praying to the PA gods? :-).

                                  no doubt!

                                  @spwolf:

                                  can you check the date on the pashell dll and see if it is 2/1/2010… dev team might not have updated it for 64bit for pre-release as well but lets see if your dll is updated first of all.

                                  that’s the weird part… it worked but…

                                  PASHLEXT.DLL
                                  version: 11, 6, 1, 1
                                  date: 02/12/2009 19:21:48
                                  size: 238.456

                                  This is after a full uninstall, reboot and then install pre-release. So dll not updated for 64-bit? But no update required in order to correct the issue? I’m confused here.

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                                  • spwolfS
                                    spwolf conexware @bgeneto
                                    last edited by

                                    @bgeneto:

                                    no doubt!

                                    that’s the weird part… it worked but…

                                    PASHLEXT.DLL
                                    version: 11, 6, 1, 1
                                    date: 02/12/2009 19:21:48
                                    size: 238.456

                                    This is after a full uninstall, reboot and then install pre-release. So dll not updated for 64-bit? But no update required in order to correct the issue? I’m confused here.

                                    probably due to the fact that dll actually just calls PA to do the work, and this has been fixed on PA side…

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