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    • PA 21.00.18 testing via context menu causes extraction of files

      D

      When the function for testing archives is invoked via the shell context menu (PowerArchiver > Test) then all the files in the archive get extracted to the current folder.

      The test dialog reports as many errors as there are files in the archive but it fails to give any hint as to which files are supposed to be erroneous or what the nature of the problem might be. Comparing the extracted files to the originals shows no differences at all.

      The .7z in question was produced with maximised compression settings in 7zip (taking forever but resulting in smaller archives than .7z produced by PowerArchiver with maximised settings). Therefore I wanted to see whether PowerArchiver can at least test .7z that it produced itself. Hence I had PowerArchiver convert a .pa with the same contents to .7z. There weren’t any errors reported but the resulting .7z contained fewer than half of the files contained in the .pa (137 of 366), so I scratched that test.

      Performance is abysmal when testing via the context menu (e.g. almost 2 minutes for testing a .7z that 7zip tests in 4 seconds), but that is most likely due to the fact that the extracted files are written to disk. Testing the same .7z in the PowerArchiver GUI takes only 8 seconds but causes the mysterious appearance of a UAC dialog, as reported elsewhere.

      The testing function is vital because PowerArchiver has a history of producing archives that it cannot unpack without errors or that do not conform to the respective file format standards (e.g. ZIP) so that other programs report them as erroneous.

      The point of creating archives is that the files in them will most likely have to be extracted at some point. If the extraction cannot be guaranteed to produce correct results then the whole program is absolutely pointless. Actually, worse than pointless - it causes data loss and hence damage.

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    • Start PowerArchiver 2023 Starter when my computer starts

      Brian Gregory

      In PowerArchiver 2023 22.00.06 configuration, the option labelled “Start PowerArchiver 2023 Starter when my computer starts” seems to be redundant.

      I am only allowed to change this option when PA Starter is disabled, and then it seems to be ignored.

      When I enable PA Starter this option is forced to the enabled state.

      I think it’d be good to remove “Start PowerArchiver 2023 Starter when my computer starts” completely. I’ve always found it confusing having both options.

      Added later: However i don’t particularly want to use queue but I do like having the PAStarter icon in my tray area.

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    • Testing .pa archives

      PA_Fan

      W10 Pro 22H2 - 64 -bit

      PA 22.00.06 (PA 2023)

      It has been the case with previous versions of PowerArchiver, but I had hoped that the latest might behave differently. Not so, I’m afraid.

      I have, for various obscure reasons, created a few .pa archives, mainly in the hope that they will save me some more space. From time to time, I use the “Test” option to check that important archives are OK and uncorrupted.

      With every .pa archive I’ve tested, the process runs through OK but then reports that there are errors. This is always the number of files in the archive e.g. if 11 files, then 11 errors reported.

      In the .pa, I can:-

      preview the files (usually PDF) extract some or all files and look at or use them convert the .pa to a .zip or .zipx archive, which then works fine and tests without errors

      Is it the case that the Test routine isn’t designed for .pa archives, or is there another reason? Although the .pa seems to function properly, despite the test reporting errors, I would like to be sure that every .pa is OK and not “broken”.

      Some of the .pas are quite old and produced with earlier PA versions (they are truly “archives”). If I extract all the files in the old .pa, create a new, fresh .pa and add back the files to that, then test the new, no errors (at least in the .pa I’ve tried this on) are reported. This would suggest a mismatch between old .pas and newer versions of PA itself.

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

      Brian Gregory

      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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    • Small UI / Theme bug in 2023

      Z

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      See the, supposedly, blank space where the green box is? It’s like that in Modern Light theme too. I can toggle it, but it’s missing text or shouldn’t be there I guess?

      Thanks :)

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    • PowerArchiver and PACL for macOS

      spwolf

      Dear @Alpha-Testers and all of our users,

      time has come for testing of PowerArchiver and PACL for macOS.
      Please let us know here if you have Mac and can test latest builds.

      Features implemented:
      PowerArchiver 2020 - tabbing, opening, extracting, adding, testing, favorite folders, support for multiple languages, opening via Finder, explorer mode, installer.
      PACL 10 - support for most formats and features in Windows version.

      Upcoming: Tools such as archive converter, batch zip, multi-extract.

      To start testing, please sign up here in this thread, and we will send you latest build.

      thank you!

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    • Functions in Windows 11 context menu no longer work after last Windows Update

      T

      For some reason, the PowerArchiver functions in the Windows 11 context menu no longer work after the last Windows Update. Only the functions in the classic context menu function as they should.

      I’ve tried uninstalling PowerArchiver and using RevoUninstaller to remove all bits and pieces that were left behind and did a clean install of PowerArchiver, it didn’t fix the issue. Other items in the Windows 11 context menu work.

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    Screenshots of old versions of PA

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    • Micke
      Micke Alpha Testers last edited by

      Hi!
      From what I have read in the documentation of PA, it’s about 11 years since version 1.0 was released. A lot of development has been done since then and of course a lot of improvements in both functionality and user interface.

      I was just wondering if screen shots of previous versions of PA is available somewhere? I don’t want screen shots of every version, only when some significant change in the GUI to see how the user interface have changed from the early versions of PA until latest version.

      I would also suggest a History button at the homepage with selected screen shots of earlier versions of PA that could be of interest.

      Kind Regards
      Micke

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      • RJWaring
        RJWaring last edited by

        Good Question, I would also be interested to see a historic to modern view of PowerArchiver…

        It might also be a good form of Marketing if it was put into a Video or Flash.

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        • spwolf
          spwolf conexware last edited by

          @Micke:

          Hi!
          From what I have read in the documentation of PA, it’s about 11 years since version 1.0 was released. A lot of development has been done since then and of course a lot of improvements in both functionality and user interface.

          I was just wondering if screen shots of previous versions of PA is available somewhere? I don’t want screen shots of every version, only when some significant change in the GUI to see how the user interface have changed from the early versions of PA until latest version.

          I would also suggest a History button at the homepage with selected screen shots of earlier versions of PA that could be of interest.

          Kind Regards
          Micke

          it might make interesting series of blog articles ;-)

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          • Micke
            Micke Alpha Testers @spwolf last edited by

            @spwolf:

            it might make interesting series of blog articles ;-)

            Another things that also could be of interest is a background story of how all thing started. Who came up with the idea to create a new application for compressing documents, images etc.? The name PowerArchiver, where came that from or was there other suggestions of the name of the application? How many people where involved in the beginning?

            It feels like there could be a lot of interesting background information here.

            Kind Regards
            Micke

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            • RJWaring
              RJWaring last edited by

              I agree Micke! Maybe PowerArchivers website could have an “abous us” page with all that information and history contained.

              Worth a read i would say…

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              • drteeth
                drteeth last edited by

                here’s a link to the last freeware version to get somebody started http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/files/powerarc611.zip.

                Regards

                DrT

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                • RJWaring
                  RJWaring last edited by

                  PowerArchiver 2001 is most powerful Freeware Archive Utility that exists for Windows® 95, Windows® 98, Windows® ME, Windows NT® and Windows® 2000. Working in easy and modern user interface, similar to other popular archive utilities, gives you internal (built-in) support for many compressed (and encoded) files and access to many powerful features. With complete help, in HTML format, learning has never been easier – like browsing through nice web pages. Click on the “Features” to see more information about PowerArchiver.

                  Features

                  User Interface like in other popular Archive managers with some elements of new Windows 2000
                  Complete built-in support (including creating archive and adding files) for ZIP, CAB, LHA (LZH), TAR, TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ2 and BH (BlakHole) files, and built-in support for reading and extracting many other file formats: RAR, ARJ, ARC, ACE, ZOO, GZ and BZIP2
                  built-in support for XXE and UUE encoded files
                  Many powerful archive operations (including: renaming files in archive, spanning archives, testing archives, viewing and writing comments, installing archives, checking archives for viruses, etc.)
                  Internal viewer that support TXT, RTF, BMP, ICO, WMF, EMF, GIF and JPG (JPEG) files
                  skinnable toolbar
                  Drag and Drop from/to Windows Explorer and Desktop
                  Two ways of viewing archive (Classic - all files in the same listing; Explorer - browsing through archive like through folders in Windows Explorer)
                  Creating powerful ZIP, RAR, ACE, ARJ, LHA and BH Self Extracting Archives
                  Complete integration with Windows (Extracting Archives and creating Archives directly from Windows Explorer using powerful “Explorer Shell Extensions”)
                  Viewing files in all view styles, including “as Web page”
                  Converting between file formats (for example ZIP archive to CAB archive, or LHA archive to ZIP archive, …)
                  Tool for repairing corrupted ZIP archives…
                  Tool for extracting multiple archives…
                  Printing file list to printer, or exporting file list to HTML or TXT files
                  Powerful help in HTML format + a tutorial with pictures for beginners
                  And many, many other useful and powerful features…

                  translations to other languages: French, German, Dutch, Czech, …
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