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    • Include Virtual Drive as standalone in the installer

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      Hi.

      I noticed that when I want to run the Virtual Drive for the first time inside the PowerArchiver Burner it prompts to download it form the internet.

      I was wondering, would it be OK to include this utility straight into the offline installer to be able to set it up locally?

      Thank you!

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    • Suggestion to improve .pa format

      Brian Gregory

      How about recognising a few more (or all) of the file formats that are basically renamed zip files and treating them is if they are zip files.
      For instance Android .apk files are just renamed .zip files.
      Libreoffice/Openoffice ODF documents are all, as far as I am aware, just renamed .zip files. (.odt, .ott, .ods, .ots, .odp, .otp, .odb, .odf etc.)

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    • Folder navigation

      drteeth

      I would like to make a further plea for my mouse’s backwards and forwards keys to work when navigating to and from files, just like they do in explorer. IIRC, I was told that this functionality would be added to v2019.

      Mni tnx.

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    • Quake 1/2 .PAK file support

      AluminumHaste

      I use PA for everything, if I can.
      Would be really nice to maybe get built in support for Quake 1/2 .pak files.
      More info on the format, seems simpler than I thought: https://quakewiki.org/wiki/.pak

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    • Better archive type handling with drag & drop

      BigMike

      Hi,

      I’d like to suggest, that the correct archive type is (always) selected, when adding files by drag & drop to an archive.

      This is already happening if the archive has the correct extension. For example, if I’m adding files to test.zip, zip will be selected. If I’m adding files to test.7z, 7z will be selected as format in “Add dialog”.

      But this won’t be working, if the archive has not the “right” extension.
      So XPI files (Firefox addons) for example are ZIP files. PowerArchiver opens them without any problems, but if I try to add file by drag & drop, PowerArchiver won’t auto select “ZIP”, but use the last selected archive format, while PowerArchiver already knows, that I’m trying to add files to a ZIP.

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    • Find file in archive.

      Luxor

      Would it be possible at all in some future version perhaps, to have a “find file” function?
      Reason I ask is that I was looking for a certain file I knew existed in an archive, but I had to unzip it then use another tool to find the file. It would have saved that extra step if that function existed in PA itself.

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    • Encrypt files inside archive that has already been created [.zipx]

      2

      Hi.

      Is there a way to enable the user to encrypt the files inside a ZIPX archive that has already been created?

      This could save time for large archives that the user may need to encrypt at a later stage or that he/she has forgotten to enable encryption before creating the archive,

      Thank you!

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    • Fast Extract large files directly to target directory

      2

      Hi.

      I would like to see a new feature implemented: a ‘Fast Extract’ Mode.

      Currently PowerArchiver extracts files to a temporary directory and then moves them to the target directory chosen by the user. At least via drag and drop.

      This can be both time consuming and needs free space on the system drive for large files.

      Is there a way to directly extract files to the target directory with PowerArchiver?
      And if not, can a feature like this be considered for future updates?

      Thanks very much!

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    • Serpent-256 Encryption for PAE/PAE2

      2

      Hello.

      I believe it would be useful to implement Serpent-256 encryption for PAE/PAE2 formats, even though PowerArchiver offers strong encryption ciphers already.

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      Do you think this will be a useful addition?

      Thank you for the consideration!

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    • Make portable version compatible with PortableApps

      A

      Hello!
      I think it would be a great option to make the portable version of PowerArchiver compatible with PortableApps (i.e. adding the necessary files and folders to integrate it smoothly into their structure).
      I own various other commercial programmes which -when installed in portable mode- offer to make the becessary changes without needing an extra installer or the official PortableApps repos.
      Thanks for opinions or perhaps even a realization of this.
      A.Borque

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    • PBS Filenames

      C

      Presently, PowerArchiver 2019 (any build) cannot rename PBS filenames by single clicking on such entry or right-click menu has no “Rename” feature!

      Hmm, even pressing F2 on selected entry does nothing :(

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    • pCloud

      B

      Can you add support for pCloud? thanks

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    • ownCloud / Nextcloud

      M

      Please add support for ownCloud / Nextcloud, thanks.

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    • Setting to keep X number of backups

      ghendric

      There needs to be a setting for the backup feature to set how many backup files to keep.

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    • auto open first level in folder treeview when archive is opened

      spwolf

      …

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    • I think SVG files should be treated as text files.

      Brian Gregory

      SVG files (scalable vector graphics) seem to be special XML files and therefore when added to .pa archives I think they should be compressed as if they were text files.

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    • Command Line Switch for View Mode

      BigMike

      Hi,

      I had a look at the command line switches, but there are no switches to change the startup mode.

      At the moment, PowerArchiver opens in the last used mode.
      I’d like to have command line switches to influence the startup mode.
      Basically, the aim is:

      Opening PowerArchiver from Start Menu or Desktop: Start in Explorer Mode Opening PowerArchiver by double clicking an archive: Start PowerArchiver in Archive Mode
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    • move back and forth via prev/next buttons in archive/folders

      spwolf

      OT: A while back I requested that moving up and down in an archive’s folder structure could be considered to work with a mouse’s forward and back buttons like windows explorer does. It is so automatic for me I still try to use them with PA first before realising I have to double-click on the two dots. Can this be done?

      by @drteeth

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    • Different Hash Algorithns

      B

      I know CRC32 was the standard for checking the integrity of compressed files but it is not really used anymore. Can you add ones that are used now MD5 or SHA?

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    • Backups files ordering by NAME as default

      pirrbe

      Opening the ‘Backup’ I still wonder how PA is ordering the files.
      It’s not by name, not by last run…
      Is it not possible to have them ordered by NAME (default).
      Now you have to click on Name to have a meaning overview. If you jump to ‘archive’ and back to ‘backup’, they are again disordered

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      Thx.

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    Convert to ZIP/7Z/etc… in shell extension

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      bsiegel last edited by

      I would really like to see “Convert to ZIP/7Z/etc…” as options for the shell extension under Extraction, just like there are options for “Compress to ZIP/7Z/etc…” under Compression. It would be awesome to be able to right click a zip and just hit “Convert to myarc.7z” to have it one-click convert with my current settings.

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        Luxor Alpha Testers last edited by

        What’s the matter with the Convert Shell extension that’s already available?
        Surely adding different Shell extensions for converting to individual types of archive will leave you with quite a big list of shell extensions. I know it means one extra click on the mouse but surely that’s preferable.

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          bsiegel @Luxor last edited by

          They would just be options to add, just as they are already with the “Compress to ZIP/etc”. Look in your PowerArchiver configuration. Under Shell Extensions -> Compression, there are 6 different “Compress to <format>…” options, but they are not all active by default. I propose the same for “Convert to <format>…” on the Extraction tab. They would be available but not (all) be enabled by default, as that would fill up the list with potentially useless options.

          Edit: Also, it’s three button clicks (OK, OK, Close) after you pick the item off the right-click menu (four if you change the destination format), plus it launches the full PowerArchiver application instead of the little window that displays when you do “Compress to <format>”, which takes a lot longer to load.</format></format></format>

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            Luxor Alpha Testers @bsiegel last edited by

            @bsiegel:

            Also, it’s three button clicks (OK, OK, Close) after you pick the item off the right-click menu (four if you change the destination format)

            I’ll let you have 3 but not 4.
            If you wanted to change the destination format I’m guessing that would have to be an additional click on your wished for method too. ;)

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              bsiegel @Luxor last edited by

              Nope, because you’d add whichever ones to your context menu you want, just like with “Compress to <format>…”.

              So say I added “Convert to ZIP…” and “Convert to 7Z…” because those are the ones I use most commonly. When I right click a .zip, I would see “Convert to <file>.7z”, when I right click a .7z, I would see “Convert to <file>.zip”, and when I right click any other archive, I would see both options.</file></file></format>

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              • Luxor
                Luxor Alpha Testers @bsiegel last edited by

                Fair enough I miscalculated. :p

                I personally prefer the way it is now though and like to keep my shell extensions to a minimum.

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                  bsiegel @Luxor last edited by

                  I do too, but in this case I think it’s worth it. The nice thing about how PowerArchiver works is it knows enough to show the “Compress” menu entries only for uncompressed files and “Extract” entries for compressed files :)

                  I’d really only use the zip & 7z options, so in most cases I’d only see one extra menu entry anyhow. Every so often when I come across a .gz or something I might see both.

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                    TBGBe @bsiegel last edited by

                    Presumably, you would want to use the compression profiles for these options (so that you can preset the various compression options).
                    Wouldn’t that mean there would have to be multiple shell entries for each format (eg fast, solid, encrypted etc)?

                    Maybe, you could also have a “use as shell entry” option in the profile configuration?

                    Seems like we are multiplying the configuration option choices here.

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                      bsiegel last edited by

                      Nonono, it would work /exactly/ as the current “Compress to <format>” options work, except you would see them in the context menu on existing archives. They would use the last selected settings for the specified format automatically.</format>

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