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).
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
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.
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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?
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
Buttons are not properly aligned on About screen.
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Buttons not aligned on configuration window.
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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!
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!
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
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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.
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!
Hello!
Is there currently no portable version of PA2023 available?
(When) do you plan to release one?
Thanks!
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?
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.
Another date issue
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I recently noticed another issue with the dates of files within an archive.
If I add a file to an existing archive , PA changes the date of all files within the archive to the current date (the time when the file was added). It does this even though I do NOT create solid archives.
This, like the other date issue, is a serious matter that I hope PA remedies soon.
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what format, 7zip?
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Sorry.
Zipx.
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Perhaps I would have the same problem with 7zip. I don’t know. After we discovered the other date issue, I converted everything from 7Zip to zipx.
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where do you see this change of dates, in PA interface?
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In the interface and if I subsequently extract them.
Once I add one file to the archive, the dates of the others change to the current date and time.
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hm, i cant reproduce this… what OS are you using? can you try creating one new archive with single file and then adding another file… what happens then?
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My boo-boo. I realized, I misdescribed the case.
I saw the problem not when I added a new file, but when I changed a file currently within the archive. When I saved the updated file . . . THAT’s when the dates of the other files changed.
I will be gone for a week. So I will check upon my return.
Sorry for my inaccurate description.
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i tried it with txt file inside zipx, and it changed only the date modified of that file… maybe it is a bit more specific?
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I will try.
It changed the dates of the files within the archive. Hence, although those files might have been added months – and their dates reflected when they were changed before being added, after updating another file with the archive, all the dates are the same.
This is a problem if I use PA as a mechanism to move files between computer (which I do). The date of files within the archive is NOT the real date THAT INDIVIDUAL FILE was modified.
Hence, it could overwrite a more recent file on the other computer.
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i understand what you are saying, i just cant reproduce it - thats why i am thinking it could be a bit more specific issue and not just any zipx archive and any file inside on any OS.
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Sorry I won’t be able to show you screen by screen. Because of the date problems I had to go back to WinZip. For me this is a serious issue.
Now to create those screens I would have to change files associations etc. and I don’t have time since I am headed to the airport.
I will just wait a couple of months and see if the same problem has been fixed. If so, I will try PA again.
Best
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Sorry I won’t be able to show you screen by screen. Because of the date problems I had to go back to WinZip. For me this is a serious issue.
Now to create those screens I would have to change files associations etc. and I don’t have time since I am headed to the airport.
I will just wait a couple of months and see if the same problem has been fixed. If so, I will try PA again.
Best
We dont need any screens, just small example archive and procedure you used to get the issue.
Without it, it will be impossible to fix the problem, ever. Being able to reproduce the issue is most crucial part of fixing it.
Maybe you will find time when you come back from your trip or someone else might try to reproduce it and get the issue as well. But I have tried several ways of updating and extracting files from main Powerarchiver interface on Windows 7 and it works fine every time.
Anyone else?
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Maybe you will find time when you come back from your trip or someone else might try to reproduce it and get the issue as well. But I have tried several ways of updating and extracting files from main Powerarchiver interface on Windows 7 and it works fine every time.
On Win XP SP3 which I believe is same as DKJones;
I tried by creating a zipx (six txt and pdf files), then opening in PA and editing one of the txt files (using double click/external editor), then saving changes into archive.Only modified file’s date info was changed for me as well.
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On Win XP SP3 which I believe is same as DKJones;
I tried by creating a zipx (six txt and pdf files), then opening in PA and editing one of the txt files (using double click/external editor), then saving changes into archive.Only modified file’s date info was changed for me as well.
it might be something related to what type of file is being updated or to how it is being updated…
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Agreed, I was just confirming that it did not appear to be OS specific (as you reported checking on Win 7).
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Agreed, I was just confirming that it did not appear to be OS specific (as you reported checking on Win 7).
i know… i was thinking out-loud…
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seems to me that the file is triggering the update to change all dates in the archive. Take a look at how you add files to an existing archive before and after modifying them
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seems to me that the file is triggering the update to change all dates in the archive. Take a look at how you add files to an existing archive before and after modifying them
Do you mean that you can reproduce the problem?
If so, how??
