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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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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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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 errorsIs 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 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!
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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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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.
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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.
Extracting files but no files exist??
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Hey there… Here is my issue. I have around 70gigs of PowerArchiver files… I start the extraction… I can see the folders being created, and can see the actual files being extracted. Thousands of JPGs, MOV, AVI, etc files that are flying by the status box during the extraction. Then after about 2 hours of extraction time, it completes… Yet, NO files showup or seem to exist???
Am I missing something?
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I don’t have an answer to your question. I’ll leave that to the right people. But could you add more info to help them.
What is your OS?
Where are you extracting the files to?
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I will give as much info as I know. I am on Windows 7, and I have a PowerArchiver 10 archive that consists of 144 files marked Z1 - Z144. Each file is 700 megs. There is one other file called media.zip that is 305 megs. I am extracting starting from the 305 meg file. When I choose extract, it sorts the folder, lists 954.000 files. I choose to extract to my hard drive.
The extraction process takes around 2.5 hours. In the status box, I can see where it says it is extracting the actual files. I see filenames… When it finishes, it correctly extracts every folder which is around 15-30k different folders…
Problem is. The folders are there, but not a single file appears in any of the folders… Obviously we are talking a pretty large archive… But I see the files extracting correctly in the status window, but when all is said and done, no files are ever extracting.
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I will give as much info as I know. I am on Windows 7, and I have a PowerArchiver 10 archive that consists of 144 files marked Z1 - Z144. Each file is 700 megs. There is one other file called media.zip that is 305 megs.
Sorry, need a bit more.
Do you mean Powerarchiver 10 or PowerArchiver 2010?
If you open Help/About what is the version number?I am extracting starting from the 305 meg file. When I choose extract, it sorts the folder, lists 954.000 files. I choose to extract to my hard drive.
Is this from within the PowerArchiver Window (GUI) or via the exporer context menu (right click on the zip file)?
Have you tried to use PowerArchiver “test” function?
The extraction process takes around 2.5 hours. In the status box, I can see where it says it is extracting the actual files. I see filenames. When it finishes, it correctly extracts every folder which is around 15-30k different folders.
Problem is. The folders are there, but not a single file appears in any of the folders. Obviously we are talking a pretty large archive. But I see the files extracting correctly in the status window, but when all is said and done, no files are ever extracting.
OK - the problem is clear, but not necessarily the cause.
Don’t take it the wrong way but we will assume that you have enough free disk space for the uncompression (about 100 GB) :D
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Another thing - are the folder and/or filenames using “Unicode” characters (eg non-english language characters)?
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one million files ;-).
Was the archive also created with PA2010?
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additionally, it would be swell to know what settings were used to create archive, so we can try to reproduce the issue… I am assuming uploading archive is out of question ;-).
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and definitely check how much free space is there in temp and destination drive.
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I can find out what it was created with. My web developer created it from my Windows web server, which is why it is so huge.
Uploading it somewhere would be impossible. It took me like 2.5 days to grab the files using broadband.
I might not have enough disk space to open it to be honest… I have around 154 gigs of free space, so I was really kind of assuming I had enough space. I figured that during the entire 2.5 hours of extraction time, that as I was watching the filenames being extracted in the progress window, that some files would write, even if I eventually ran out of disk space. The folders were being written, just not the files.
I do appreciate everyone’s help on this. You have no idea how valuable these files are, and I have no backup other than this powerarchiver files that currently… don’t seem to want to extract.
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and to followup. I never get any sort of error message. It finishes to extraction complete to 100% without any sort of error. It just returns cleaning to the PowerArchiver 2010 program when complete.
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it is hard to say like this - maybe also some kind of permissions issue, what OS do you use?
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It is installed on Windows 7… extracting to my internal hard drive… It would not bother me as much as it does if I got some sort of error message, or if I didnt see the actual files flying by during the extraction process in the progress window… I mean literally I see the correct files… but they never actually write to the drive… I know I have said that a million times… Just so frustrating on files that are so darn important.
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What happens if you try a partial extraction - e.g. just one folder?
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did you try starting PA as administrator? maybe it is some kind of permissions issue (you should get error with it but….).
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or just one file…. small file.
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The problem is. .that even though my computer has 3 gigs of RAM, which I guess really is not a lot anymore, and it is such a huge number of archived files and a huge size PA tends to “stop responding” every once in awhile. It sticks so to speak, but then starts running without issues…
So maybe it is a size or ram issue on my end… But the folders seem to write fine… just not the files… In theory, I assume that it should write the files in the folder, after the folder is created, and then move to the next folder…
Maybe I am wrong…
But you have no idea how much I need these files… Could I be better off using a command prompt version of the software?
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You need to do this:
1. Start PA2010 by right clicking on PA icon and selecting Run As Administrator
2. Select single file and select extract to> Desktop.Just let it work. Since there are million files in archive, it might appear as if PA is not responding, but it is actually working in the background.
So just leave it be and let us know if that file has been extracted properly and we will go from there.
thanks,
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As we don’t have access to your archive and (as far as I know as another user) are unaware of existing problems which would cause this, you will have to help by answering what might appear to be “silly” or “non-relevant” questions - please be patient.
P.S. Be sure you have a copy of the archive for safety.
Still might be relevant
@TBGBe:Do you mean Powerarchiver 10 or PowerArchiver 2010?
If you open Help/About what is the version number?P.S. 3GB ram should be plenty (even with Windows 7) :p
But with such a large archive things will appear to “hang” occaisionally - don’t “kill” PA, let it run. -
Believe me, I have no problem answering questions that are silly. Right now I will answer any question you ask including my eye color to get this archive opened. I tried opening that way, and PA hung for 9 hours and never moved. When I say moved, I mean the progress bars never go above 0%… So I think that technique did end up freezing it up. I cant imagine 0% progress for 9 hours is working. Also for whatever it is worth, when I go into task manager to close it down. (I have done this more than once while trying to extract this) It is showing memory usage for PA between 800megs and 1.4 gigs of RAM being used.
Again I dont know if that has any bearing. The next thing I will try is to hook up an external drive with 1TB free and see if maybe it is a harddrive space issue.
I can attach some screenshots of the progress bar during actual extraction if that helps at all.
Brian
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It Might be worth you uninstalling PowerArchiver, deleting the Program Folders and Registry Values if you are comfortable in that and then reinstall the latest stable version.
That has helped some people in the past with issues like this. Obviosly that was them and not you but if you have not tried this method already just give it a go.
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Believe me, I have no problem answering questions that are silly. Right now I will answer any question you ask including my eye color to get this archive opened. I tried opening that way, and PA hung for 9 hours and never moved. When I say moved, I mean the progress bars never go above 0%… So I think that technique did end up freezing it up. I cant imagine 0% progress for 9 hours is working. Also for whatever it is worth, when I go into task manager to close it down. (I have done this more than once while trying to extract this) It is showing memory usage for PA between 800megs and 1.4 gigs of RAM being used.
Again I dont know if that has any bearing. The next thing I will try is to hook up an external drive with 1TB free and see if maybe it is a harddrive space issue.
I can attach some screenshots of the progress bar during actual extraction if that helps at all.
Brian
Might want to try with PACL to external drive… Use paext.exe and it will show you list of commands and examples. Download it from download page.
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The issue in this thread is actually my issue and I’d love to bounce some more ideas off of you guys to see if I can resolve my problem.
I’m on Windows 7 and PowerArchiver 2010. The archive was also created with PA2010.
I have 6GBs of RAM and I am only trying to move a few files from the archive, so I know I have enough space for that. Unless someone can confirm that I need to have space for all the files on the archive before I can move even one file?
I am able to load the main zip file and see the folders and files within that archive. I can even drag just one file from the archive into a new folder on my hard drive. I can preview all the files in the archive.
However, if I try to move say, 5 files, I end up with the same issue described above – 0% progress and Not Responding. Each time I try to restart the process, it takes 15-20 minutes to get the archive open and I try again with the same result.
