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    • PA2021: Cannot close ZIP Comment

      BigMike

      Hi,

      I can’t close ZIP archive comments. Neither in archive nor in explorer view the “x button” works. I’m testing with PA 20.00.73 (x64 and x86)

      e5f2dd8c-e008-4c26-a364-4b1a0a8f8c69-image.png

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    • Powerarchiver 2021 incorrectly extract tar.xz file

      E

      Configuration:
      Powerarchiver 2021 20.00.73
      Windows 10 Education 10.0.19042 Build 19042

      When extracting gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf.tar.xz , Powerarchiver wrongly thinks some .exe files have a length of zero:

      98773b3b-65c0-48fa-8cd4-d081b2e0adee-image.png

      Once extracted:

      D:\Temp\Powerarchiver\gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf\bin>dir *.exe Volume in drive D is DATA Volume Serial Number is 0E12-BCA2 Directory of D:\Temp\Powerarchiver\gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf\bin 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 1,391,599 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-addr2line.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ar.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-as.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 3,030,119 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-c++.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 1,389,293 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-c++filt.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 3,027,513 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-cpp.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 4,040,503 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-dwp.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 391,769 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-elfedit.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-g++.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 3,026,926 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-10.2.1.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 609,607 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-ar.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 609,607 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-nm.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 609,607 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-ranlib.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 2,165,533 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov-dump.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 2,343,605 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov-tool.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 2,450,233 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov.exe 2020-11-20 07:54 PM 9,605,899 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gdb.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 3,028,997 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gfortran.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 1,412,943 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gprof.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.bfd.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.gold.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 25,546,567 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-lto-dump.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-nm.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-objcopy.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-objdump.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ranlib.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-readelf.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 1,393,083 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-size.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 1,392,464 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-strings.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-strip.exe 32 File(s) 67,465,867 bytes 0 Dir(s) 1,002,422,431,744 bytes free

      When the same archive is being extracted from a git bash session (after having installed git 2.30.1 for Windows 64 bit version from git-scm.com), the .exe files are extracted as expected:

      xz -k -d gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf.tar.xz tar xf gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf.tar cd gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf/bin ll *.exe -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 1391599 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-addr2line.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 1421598 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ar.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 2028927 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-as.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 3030119 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-c++.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 1389293 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-c++filt.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 3027513 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-cpp.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 4040503 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-dwp.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 391769 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-elfedit.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 3030119 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-g++.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 3026926 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-10.2.1.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 609607 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-ar.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 609607 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-nm.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 609607 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-ranlib.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 3026926 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 2165533 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov-dump.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 2343605 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov-tool.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 2450233 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 9605899 Nov 20 19:54 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gdb.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 3028997 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gfortran.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 1412943 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gprof.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 4 User 197121 2572182 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.bfd.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 4 User 197121 2572182 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 4550029 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.gold.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 25546567 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-lto-dump.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 1404945 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-nm.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 1531656 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-objcopy.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 1991350 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-objdump.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 1421598 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ranlib.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 1163376 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-readelf.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 1393083 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-size.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 1392464 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-strings.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 1531656 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-strip.exe*

      The same archive file does extract properly under a native Linux Ubuntu 20.04 system, or under Windows 10 using the WSL2 Linux subsystem using xz and tar.

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    • Log waite for bugs to be fixed

      D

      Its a long time since people reported bugs like converter bug still no fix yet

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    • Is PowerArchiver 2021 stable?

      BigMike

      Hi,

      I just saw, that on the Website, PowerArchiver 2021 20.00.73 is advertised as latest version. (Actually, the downloaded version says, it’s 20.00.70 in the about dialog)
      But it still comes with the “red icon set” for preview versions and has some known unfixed bugs, as I read here.

      Is it sufficiently stable to be used on production systems?

      Kind regards

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    • File Browser: Operations don't trigger UAC

      BigMike

      This happens in Archive and Explorer Mode:

      Navigate to a folder, which is UAC protected (for example C:\Program Files) Right click -> New -> Folder (or any other item)
      => Nothing happens

      Expected behaviour: UAC prompt is triggered and a new folder (or file) will be created

      PowerArchiver 19.00.57

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    • Bugs I found and wanted to share with the team.

      B

      Hi I recently bought PowerArchiver and found some bugs and issues that I hit testing some of the features out.

      If you are doing a backup and on the compression options screen its default is compression format is PA with no option to change disk spanning. If you change to 7-zip you can change disk spanning. If you change the disk spanning then move back to PA format the field for disk spanning disables but the option stays set to what you changed it to. When you do a backup it will use PA with files spanning but PowerArchiver says that its not a valid format when you open it. If PA can’t really do file spanning then this screen is allowing it.

      I have attached an image where the progress bar is in the middle of the CD/DVD/BD Tools screen.

      alt text

      I have a 7-Zip file I created using the backup tools doing an increment backup. It opens and extracts just fine but if you using the Test option PowerArchiver locks up. Link to file: Backup-2021-02-05-20-35-36 TEST LOCKUP.7z

      On any Zip/PA/7-Zip process the pause and cancel buttons do not work. You have to hard kill the entire application to get out.

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    • Does PA supports Intel's zlib?

      G

      There would be many of us with Intel Processors.

      and they have their own optimized zlib algorithm, which can result in more efficiency if used combined with their hardware processor.

      Reference:
      https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/white-papers/zlib-compression-whitepaper-copy.pdf

      Can we get the same Functionality Under Hardware Acceleration Feature?

      Zlib is not the only feature that intel has included with their processor, there’s many, which if combined can result in efficient and better compression ratios.

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    • PA Batch Archive post completion error

      G

      Hi,

      After the batch archiving is complete, and if I click on whitespace of the PA app, I get this error.

      PA Batch.png

      I did check for ongoing process and ensured no archives were corrupt, It seems like activity did complete successfully but the error is shown for no reason, and only after clicking the whitespace.

      Please see if this can be removed.

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    • PA and conflict with Antivirus

      G

      I’m using the Kaspersky Total Security.

      I have configured PA as exclusion as followed:

      PA Exclusion.png

      and also is set us trusted application

      PA Trusted Application.png

      Scenario:

      My Antivirus likes to scan for everything, and it’s safeguarding behavior is to prevent the access to the file until the file is properly scanned for.

      The issue:

      PA when losses the access to file, it is stuck, consumes Resources, and never completes the process or throws any error

      Recommendation:
      PAStarter should also work as PAMonitor:
      There should be a monitoring process, at least if I’m using queuing feature, that should check for never ending compression processes and terminate them so the queue can be little bit automated.

      Also,
      There should be multiple attempts at retrying if PA loses access to or is denied, instead of having to see process was stuck for longer duration.

      Or, better, save the parameters I used for keeping the files in compression, and automatically restart the whole compression process after termination the same, of same folders and files set, this should happen in case if compression was stuck.

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    • Using the Queue Feature affects Compression Ratio negatively

      G

      If you use Queue Feature, you are not saving on space, you are just squeezing less.

      Here’s explaination:

      https://youtu.be/XcxG2wxyink

      I did test the same on multiple files, and of different types.

      It does have large difference for each large file you are trying to squeeze.

      Folders with multiple files, just have no benefits if you use Queue Feature

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    • Problems with Color-scheme after upgrade to build 73

      A

      Hello!
      I am using the portable version of PA2021. After switching from build 58 to 73 I have problems with the color-scheme:
      While 58 behaves like expected and showed everything in light or dark colors according to the settings, 73 always shows the lower part of the window in dark colors, no matter whether I select automatic, light or dark.
      This happens on a clean installation of 73 as well as on an update from build 58. I have attached two images generated on the same machine at the same time with the same settings. The upper shows build 73, the lower 58. Is it a bug or some changed setting I miss?
      Thanks for help!
      A.Borque

      PA2021_73.png PA2021_58.png

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    • Command line

      L

      Hello,

      PowerArchiver Command Line 7 support file greater than 2 Go ?

      Thanks

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    • PA shows incorrect archive properties

      G

      If you have tabbed archive browsing(reuse same window for all archive opening)
      and if you open two archives, and right click on older one to view properties it will only show of the recent archive that was opened, on all tabs/archives

      upgraded to 20.0.73

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    • Can I activate PowerArchiver on 2 devices with 1 license?

      2

      Hi.

      I currently own the PowerArchiver Select - lifetime free upgrades and support for PowerArchiver Toolbox English license.

      This license is active on 1 device. Does the license allow me to activate PowerArchiver on a second device that I own? Or do I need a separate license for that?

      Thank you ! :)

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    • No updates for portable version?

      A

      Hello!
      While the installable version of PA 2021 has already received two updates and is at version 20.0.73 the portable version still remains at the initially released build 58. Are there plans to update that version, too?
      Thanks for a reply!

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    • PowerArchiver shell extensions possibly crashing windows explorer.exe

      U

      I’ve been dealing with an intermittent explorer.exe crash for 5-6 years now. It happens randomly and will usually occur multiple times within a single session of an hour or two on my machine when manipulating files through Windows Explorer. explorer.exe is the only thing that ever crashes, so it’s not hardware IMO. I’ve done all hardware diagnostics and RAM is good. I’ve even swapped out motherboards with different brand and even the exact same one and it still crashes. sfc /scannow indicates system files are fine. I’ve done multiple reinstalls of the OS with no positive results. This crashing has happened on Windows 7 64-bit and Windows 10 64-bit. It seemed to get more frequent with Windows 10 after upgrading last year. I’ve also been using PowerArchiver throughout that time period (upgrading over time with new releases). I recently disabled all non-Microsoft extensions via ShellExView and saw no crashes for about 10 days, which is really unusual. I turned back them all back on after 10 days and saw another explorer.exe crash within the hour. So I disabled all 32-bit extensions and saw another crash. Following that I disabled all the PowerArchiver shell extensions and haven’t seen a crash after a day of heavy usage manipulating files within Windows Explorer, which doesn’t happen for me. The crash dumps I’ve captured don’t seem to indicate PowerArchiver is involved but I have a hunch it has something do with PowerArchiver shell extensions. The system even feels smoother with the PA extensions disabled. Windows 10 reliability monitor always has the same type of problem:

      Description Faulting Application Path: C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe Problem signature Problem Event Name: BEX64 Application Name: explorer.exe Application Version: 10.0.17134.165 Application Timestamp: 4031a9f8 Fault Module Name: StackHash_e78e Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0 Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000 Exception Offset: PCH_8D_FROM_ntdll+0x000000000009AA54 Exception Code: c0000005 Exception Data: 0000000000000008 OS Version: 10.0.17134.2.0.0.256.48 Locale ID: 1033 Additional Information 1: e78e Additional Information 2: e78e327659b46c9a0c6916396b253cbf Additional Information 3: cebf Additional Information 4: cebf952c5db535ae7880488aafce55d9 Extra information about the problem Bucket ID: 1a57e4e784fbc735c231c68bd88581a9 (1311047270476906921)

      I know this is a very nebulous explanation but is there any way to link this up to PA shell extensions as the cause? I can provide the crash dumps and additional information if necessary.

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    • Bug in Archive Converter

      T

      When you select “Deflate (.zip, compatible)” as the method, it still converts the archive to a ZIPX format.

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    • UHA support

      D

      Would like to see uha archives supported compression as well as extraction. I use this all the time and it is a very good compression format

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    • Right-Click Compression

      Z

      In windows 10 you can right-click and select send to and the compressed zipped folder and the zip folder will contain the name of the last selected file.

      Does PowerArchiver have a similar function?

      Tom

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    • Cannot convert archive to .zip, always creates .zipx

      C

      Converting an archive to .zip (using both the “Deflate (.zip, compatible)” and “Store” compression methods) always creates a .zipx file instead.

      pa-convert-zip-1.jpg
      pa-convert-zip-2.jpg

      Using the “Store” method sometimes creates a .zip file; I have seen it happen just now, but I cannot reproduce it.

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    • guido
      guido @moles42 last edited by

      @moles42:

      sounds like there’a a major overhaul on it’s way…:)

      I guess we as the beloved Alpha Testers could get a sneak peak at upcoming version :D

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      • moles42
        moles42 Alpha Testers @guido last edited by

        @guido:

        I guess we as the beloved Alpha Testers could get a sneak peak at upcoming version :D

        that gets my vote ‘guido’ :D

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        • spwolf
          spwolf conexware last edited by

          there is long way ahead of us ;-)

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          • guido
            guido last edited by

            Alpha: Just give us a screenshot
            spwolf: Ah, no can do.
            Alpha: What’s that? A place near Katmandu? Meet me halfway, mate.

            :D

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            • RJWaring
              RJWaring last edited by

              Being an Alpha tester means nothing unless you know the secret Hand shake! ;)

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              • Luxor
                Luxor Alpha Testers @RJWaring last edited by

                Like this you mean?
                attachment_p_22596_0_funny-pictures-cats-secret-handshake.jpg

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                • RJWaring
                  RJWaring @Luxor last edited by

                  @Luxor:

                  Like this you mean?

                  Luxor, what are you doing? Now everyone on here knows our secret hand shake!!

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                  • Luxor
                    Luxor Alpha Testers @RJWaring last edited by

                    I didn’t mention the secret greeting though. :D

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                    • RJWaring
                      RJWaring last edited by

                      Best Not! Spwolf might take away our Badges and our club Jackets. :)

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                      • moles42
                        moles42 Alpha Testers @RJWaring last edited by

                        I’m expecting some more ‘Yoda’ wisdom from ‘spwolf’ after he’s read this thread…:p

                        crap I got it wrong…I’ve been doing it like this since day one of Alpha testing…:D

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                        • spwolf
                          spwolf conexware last edited by

                          At least i am not Mr. Burns ;-)

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                          • moles42
                            moles42 Alpha Testers @spwolf last edited by

                            @spwolf:

                            At least i am not Mr. Burns ;-)

                            Had he been in the picture you would have been…:D

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                            • RJWaring
                              RJWaring @moles42 last edited by

                              @moles42:

                              Had he been in the picture you would have been…:D

                              Dohhh!

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                              • TBGBe
                                TBGBe @RJWaring last edited by

                                I guess that’s Mili behind the bar then ?

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                                • spwolf
                                  spwolf conexware @TBGBe last edited by

                                  @TBGBe:

                                  I guess that’s Mili behind the bar then ?

                                  ;-)

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                                  • guido
                                    guido @TBGBe last edited by

                                    @TBGBe:

                                    I guess that’s Mili behind the bar then ?

                                    Nope… It’s Ivan

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                                    • RJWaring
                                      RJWaring @guido last edited by

                                      @guido:

                                      Nope… It’s Ivan

                                      Looking good for his age though! what is it now? 47?:rolleyes:

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                                      • Luxor
                                        Luxor Alpha Testers @RJWaring last edited by

                                        @Sir:

                                        Looking good for his age though! what is it now? 47?:rolleyes:

                                        A mere youngster then. :(

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                                        • TBGBe
                                          TBGBe @guido last edited by

                                          @guido:

                                          Nope… It’s Ivan

                                          Nah … HE is Mr Burns :p

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                                          • spwolf
                                            spwolf conexware last edited by

                                            you guys have all the fun ;-).

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                                              davidsplash @RJWaring last edited by

                                              scince winzip stopped supporting windows 2000 only powerarchiver and winrar support it. i’m proud that powearchiver supports it. My computer is 12 years old tomorrow and still able to run powearchiver that is the testement to the developers who look after their customers.

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                                                PBMCMLXXI @davidsplash last edited by

                                                Hi,
                                                Just wondered if any possibility of being added to Alpha Testers.

                                                Many Thanks.

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                                                • D
                                                  davidsplash @RJWaring last edited by

                                                  and quick question are you going to release the new format as a format like zip as freeware or only the unpaf feature.

                                                  People would like to know as the more camatible the format ids the better chance people will use it

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                                                  • RJWaring
                                                    RJWaring @davidsplash last edited by

                                                    @davidsplash:

                                                    and quick question are you going to release the new format as a format like zip as freeware or only the unpaf feature.

                                                    People would like to know as the more camatible the format ids the better chance people will use it

                                                    I’m unsure personally, but in my mind i think the ability to Read PAF format will be made available to all PA Versions. But possibly writing PAF would be a pro/toolbox advantage only.

                                                    Again, this is for PA to confirm.

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                                                      davidsplash @RJWaring last edited by

                                                      i was talking baout it for other archivers otherwise making a new format only for pa use would make it rather limited.

                                                      are they going down the rar route

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                                                      • RJWaring
                                                        RJWaring last edited by

                                                        I Think thats the plan! Obviosly, thats where the money is! developing their own version and enabling users to implement it via other software.

                                                        But, the only ones who know are the owners and they are rather hush hush about things :D im sure all will be come clear :)

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                                                        • spwolf
                                                          spwolf conexware last edited by

                                                          at very least, rar/ace route for sure….

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                                                            ChaosKiller @spwolf last edited by

                                                            Still looking for testers?

                                                            Ah of course you are. You want me even after almost a year since the last post.

                                                            I’m a 23 year old student of ICT (programming, mainly JAVA and C#). I’m from the Netherlands, bla bla bla.

                                                            I hate essays so I won’t write more :)

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                                                            • RJWaring
                                                              RJWaring @ChaosKiller last edited by

                                                              @ChaosKiller:

                                                              Still looking for testers?

                                                              Ah of course you are. You want me even after almost a year since the last post.

                                                              I’m a 23 year old student of ICT (programming, mainly JAVA and C#). I’m from the Netherlands, bla bla bla.

                                                              I hate essays so I won’t write more :)

                                                              Hi Chaoskiller,

                                                              The alpha team’s a pritty tight team to get into. But, one way to show your interested is to start using the forums.

                                                              Give the Developers & Alpha team a feel for your idea’s on ways to improve powerarchiver and it’s plugins.

                                                              Not to mention identify Bugs and remember to make it step by step with potential pictures to help the team try and replicate that sinario.

                                                              Its also advised you list your primary PC spec’s, you will notice the alpha team do this and other Beta public testers.

                                                              If you show your desire to help conexware make their software better! then come the next alpha vote im sure you will be considered.

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                                                                ChaosKiller @RJWaring last edited by

                                                                @Sir:

                                                                Hi Chaoskiller,

                                                                The alpha team’s a pritty tight team to get into. But, one way to show your interested is to start using the forums.

                                                                Give the Developers & Alpha team a feel for your idea’s on ways to improve powerarchiver and it’s plugins.

                                                                Not to mention identify Bugs and remember to make it step by step with potential pictures to help the team try and replicate that sinario.

                                                                Its also advised you list your primary PC spec’s, you will notice the alpha team do this and other Beta public testers.

                                                                If you show your desire to help conexware make their software better! then come the next alpha vote im sure you will be considered.

                                                                Good points made there.

                                                                Let’s start with my computer’s specs:

                                                                Itel Core i7-2630QM (2 GHz Quad Core)
                                                                8GB RAM
                                                                NVidia GT 555M at 1920x1080
                                                                Windows 7 Professional with Windows 8 Release Preview dual-boot

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                                                                  RJWaring last edited by

                                                                  Great!,

                                                                  Now it’s the norm to keep your “primary” system specs on the forum as a signature.

                                                                  Obviosly, if you are like me you may have 1 work system and one home. Just use the PC that you use the most and have admin rights too.

                                                                  Because you may be asked by the dev team or you yourself may want to change settings to see if it resolves an issue at some point.

                                                                  Other than that, write your posts clearly. if you have any ideas that you have about powerarchiver tools, features or even new requests please post them.

                                                                  If you feel it’s for the dev team only which can happen, just email them via the support page.

                                                                  Your a programmer, so you are more than aware that at Alpha “prealpha” you are accessing potential unreliable software and even more importantly a glimse into the future of the program.

                                                                  So it takes time for the dev team to trust a person to reach alpha level as you can fully understand.

                                                                  We obviosly dont want the competitors to get wind of any new features in the testing motion before it’s offical.

                                                                  ;) If you are a PA fan, you will remember the time we brought out the 1st ever archive tool with ribbon interface.

                                                                  Winzip soon followed… and in our opinion they still cant get it rite :D

                                                                  Ow, and speak your mind! if you feel pasionate about something dont give up but explain why. I still remember arguing the toss over why PA should have FTP! and adjustments to the way it looks or works in certain aspects and many of them are still in thought and some are in the program and to me thats the rewarding aspect.

                                                                  hope this all make sense and welcome!

                                                                  PS: Remember, there is 2012 Beta 2 out now so start testing buddy!

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                                                                    KarbonKopy last edited by

                                                                    I am an unofficial tester….I like stealth mode :P

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                                                                      Jonessie last edited by

                                                                      I am using Powerarchiver 2012 at the moment, it’s stable, but has a few issues which need addressing but other than that it is a vast improvement.

                                                                      I am installing VMware tomorrow and will be running Windows 8 and will be trying this on Windows 8 to see if it works as well.

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                                                                        Mili conexware last edited by

                                                                        Hi Jonessie,
                                                                        We hope that you have reported any issues you find need addressing. You can report it here on the forum, in the Tech Support section or email support which you can find in the support section on the main page.

                                                                        Tx!!!

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                                                                          rundoverdog @Jonessie last edited by

                                                                          @Jonessie:

                                                                          I am using Powerarchiver 2012 at the moment, it’s stable, but has a few issues which need addressing but other than that it is a vast improvement.

                                                                          I am installing VMware tomorrow and will be running Windows 8 and will be trying this on Windows 8 to see if it works as well.

                                                                          Your right it’s a great improvment, i just got powerarchiver 2012, no problems so far, touch wood

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                                                                            SidewinderCZ last edited by

                                                                            I would like to become a alpha tester, in our company we use PA 2013, and always before we put new version via group policy, we are testing if everything works as it should.

                                                                            We use Win 7 Enterprise, Win 8, and Win 8.1 on the different hardware

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                                                                              spwolf conexware @SidewinderCZ last edited by

                                                                              @SidewinderCZ:

                                                                              I would like to become a alpha tester, in our company we use PA 2013, and always before we put new version via group policy, we are testing if everything works as it should.

                                                                              We use Win 7 Enterprise, Win 8, and Win 8.1 on the different hardware

                                                                              keep in mind these are not for production environments - well at least not to install on co-workers computer… Alpha’s are really alpha’s, not beta’s that we release to general public. However, they will not burn the house down :P

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                                                                                SidewinderCZ @spwolf last edited by

                                                                                @spwolf:

                                                                                keep in mind these are not for production environments - well at least not to install on co-workers computer… Alpha’s are really alpha’s, not beta’s that we release to general public. However, they will not burn the house down :P

                                                                                It is very clear to us, the alpha version would be here in our IT division tested on a dedicated PC that are designated for such things, and we would like to help with the development, and by the way we have good security against fire :P :D :D :D

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                                                                                  spwolf conexware last edited by

                                                                                  Alpha testing for new PA 2017 and PACL 8.0 is starting soon. If anyone wants to join in, let us know!

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                                                                                    guido last edited by

                                                                                    Yes please. I heard so many good things about it.

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                                                                                      Brian Gregory Alpha Testers @spwolf last edited by

                                                                                      @spwolf said in Alpha tester: applications:

                                                                                      Alpha testing for new PA 2017 and PACL 8.0 is starting soon. If anyone wants to join in, let us know!

                                                                                      Yes please.

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                                                                                        spwolf conexware @Brian Gregory last edited by

                                                                                        @Brian-Gregory said in Alpha tester: applications:

                                                                                        @spwolf said in Alpha tester: applications:

                                                                                        Alpha testing for new PA 2017 and PACL 8.0 is starting soon. If anyone wants to join in, let us know!

                                                                                        Yes please.

                                                                                        added, thank you!

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                                                                                          RJWaring @spwolf last edited by

                                                                                          @spwolf of course! I might not be in the forums daily like i used to but im alway’s willing to chip in and test new software and provide feedback/ideas. :)

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                                                                                            spwolf conexware @RJWaring last edited by

                                                                                            @RJWaring said in Alpha tester: applications:

                                                                                            @spwolf of course! I might not be in the forums daily like i used to but im alway’s willing to chip in and test new software and provide feedback/ideas. :)

                                                                                            sent you invite to the group

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                                                                                              spwolf conexware last edited by

                                                                                              Need more people with fast CPU’s, lots of cores and memory :-)

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                                                                                                Luxor Alpha Testers last edited by

                                                                                                As I can already access the Alpha testing forums I’m guessing that I need not apply.

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                                                                                                  spwolf conexware @Luxor last edited by

                                                                                                  @Luxor said in Alpha tester: applications:

                                                                                                  As I can already access the Alpha testing forums I’m guessing that I need not apply.

                                                                                                  I think big colorful Alpha Tester sign next to your name should be indicative :-)

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                                                                                                    Luxor Alpha Testers last edited by

                                                                                                    Thought as much. ;-)

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                                                                                                      Hammerfest Alpha Testers last edited by Hammerfest

                                                                                                      How can I check? I got the eMail for the 2017 testing but the download didnt work and I cannot seem to find it anywhere, did I get DAS BOOT?

                                                                                                      Yep!: " Access Denied
                                                                                                      You seem to have stumbled upon a page that you do not have access to.
                                                                                                      "

                                                                                                      Didn’t get that back when i first go the eMail!

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                                                                                                        Mili conexware @Hammerfest last edited by

                                                                                                        @Hammerfest said in Alpha tester: applications:

                                                                                                        How can I check? I got the eMail for the 2017 testing but the download didnt work and I cannot seem to find it anywhere, did I get DAS BOOT?

                                                                                                        Yep!: " Access Denied
                                                                                                        You seem to have stumbled upon a page that you do not have access to.
                                                                                                        "

                                                                                                        Didn’t get that back when i first go the eMail!

                                                                                                        sorry, the server was down for a bit
                                                                                                        you can find the latest alpha here;

                                                                                                        https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/5676/powerarchiver-2017-17-00-41

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                                                                                                          Mili conexware last edited by

                                                                                                          @Hammerfest

                                                                                                          @Mili said in Alpha tester: applications:

                                                                                                          @Hammerfest said in Alpha tester: applications:

                                                                                                          How can I check? I got the eMail for the 2017 testing but the download didnt work and I cannot seem to find it anywhere, did I get DAS BOOT?

                                                                                                          Yep!: " Access Denied
                                                                                                          You seem to have stumbled upon a page that you do not have access to.
                                                                                                          "

                                                                                                          Didn’t get that back when i first go the eMail!

                                                                                                          sorry, the server was down for a bit
                                                                                                          you can find the latest alpha here;

                                                                                                          https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/5676/powerarchiver-2017-17-00-41

                                                                                                          @Hammerfest said in Alpha tester: applications:

                                                                                                          How can I check? I got the eMail for the 2017 testing but the download didnt work and I cannot seem to find it anywhere, did I get DAS BOOT?

                                                                                                          Yep!: " Access Denied
                                                                                                          You seem to have stumbled upon a page that you do not have access to.
                                                                                                          "

                                                                                                          Didn’t get that back when i first go the eMail!

                                                                                                          sorry again, Beta will be out soon and you will be able to check it out then.
                                                                                                          sorry for the confusion

                                                                                                          thanks!

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                                                                                                            Hammerfest Alpha Testers @Mili last edited by

                                                                                                            @Mili
                                                                                                            ok, so no alpha, got it!

                                                                                                            I just saw the notice for the private beta, but I cannot find that either, I have a valid select plan…

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                                                                                                              Mili conexware @Hammerfest last edited by

                                                                                                              @Hammerfest

                                                                                                              just sent you an emai :)

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                                                                                                                nikkho Alpha Testers last edited by

                                                                                                                You can add me. Even for PA 2018 :-)

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                                                                                                                  mohammad last edited by mohammad

                                                                                                                  no never mind

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                                                                                                                    squeezeme247 last edited by

                                                                                                                    Please sign my up to be a tester…

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