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    • Windows Store Delivery (and ideally updates)

      T

      Now that the Windows Store is making support for non-UWP apps mainstream, including those with their own update delivery process, it would be nice to see PowerArchiver in the Windows Store going forwards - at least as a channel for the product to be available.

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    • What features do you want in new format?

      spwolf

      Tell us what features you want from new format…

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    • Support for Zstandard .zst/.zstd archives

      Z

      It would be nice to be able to at least extract Zstandard archives.

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    • Windows 11 Context menu support

      BigMike

      In Windows 11 a new explorer context menu is introduced.
      The “old” context menu may still be accessed through an additional mouse click, to reach the PowerArchiver context menu functions, but this isn’t comfortable at all.

      Could you add PowerArchiver items to the first level (and ideally disable the Windows native ZIP entry)

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    • OneDrive for Business support

      Z

      I’m surprised that OneDrive for Business isn’t supported. I can’t link my company’s OneDrive account, but a personal (free) account works fine.

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    • Better handling for protected archives

      BigMike

      Hi,

      I’d like to propose an improvement for password protected archives.

      Actual behavior is:
      If I open an archive, which is password protected and make a typo in the password dialog, I’ll get the message, that the password was wrong and I end up with an empty window. I need to reopen the archive to be able to enter the password again.

      Improved behavior:
      Tell me, that the password was wrong and give me the chance to enter the correct password to decrypt the archive.

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    • ZIPX: Add support for packing JPEG with specialized algorithm

      A

      Hello!
      I know I have been asking for this feature some time ago, but as nothing has changed let me ask again:
      The ZIPX-format offers an algorithm, that compresses JPEG-files by about 20-30%. Please add compression (packing) support for this in ZIPX-archives to Powerarchiver. Extraction of JPEGs packed into ZIPX by this algorithm is already supported by Powerarchiver for a long time, so it should not be difficult? Or is it a licensing problem?
      Thanks!

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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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    • Elevation of UAC in Mounting Images

      F

      I love this, only there is one problem. The UAC elevation feature does not extend to Mount Image option in the add-on software PA provided. It is most annoying whenever I am on highest UAC settings and I mount an ISO, every time I open and create a virtual drive UAC appears. I also do not want to completely disable UAC.

      Is adding UAC elevation for mount image feature possible?

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    • Bulkzip Nanozip (.nz) file format

      D

      The now defunct Bulkzip had Nanozip (nz) as an option this would be great to have for compatibility with my .nz files, so I don’t have to install Bulkzip separately.

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    • Include Virtual Drive as standalone in the installer

      2

      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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    • 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.

      (deleted part advertising other software - admin)

      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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    Picture Compacting & Resize Facility

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    • RJWaring
      RJWaring last edited by

      Hi PA Team,

      PowerArchiver is leading the market in my eye’s where the compression and Management of archived Files come into Question… However, One addition I would like to see would be the ability to Compress / Reduce Picture formats such as Jpeg, bmp, Tiff etc…

      I personally know the owner and co-owner of a reasonably sized company and my involvement towards them is to advise and implement software and support usually in the UK. However, in China where their main office is based they email out large 10mb + Jpeg’s for proofing every day and constantly experiences issues where customer’s around the world don’t have enough bandwidth to download them. They then have to post out CD’s or Host the files with a significant cost and delay to them and their clients.

      A majority of time the pictures host a solid white background this makes the Product stand out by reflecting light but when taking at High Resolution using a 12.1 Megapixel camera this whitespace makes up 94% of the image size…

      When using image compression software such as Balesio’s Free FileMinimizer it reduces a file up to 92% and at least 32%. I alone was able to convert a 3megabyte file to 222kb with no noticeable loss is quality.

      Now what I know of this method is that it simply analyzes the construction of Pixels then merges them as one where they don’t dramatically change.

      With regards to Balesio’s product and other free or expensive applications they don’t host the Hugh volume of features PowerArchiver does!

      I think personally this is certainly a missing gap in PA’s arsenal and I would certainly push them to purchase and roll out PowerArchiver.

      Please Please consider this!!

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      • TBGBe
        TBGBe last edited by

        Be careful, utilities like FileMinimiser don’t actually do compression… They work by modifying and introducing a loss of information.

        I agree that this may be acceptable (and useful) in many situations, but it is still a data loss which would be unacceptable in other situations.

        “Try replacin al duble an silent leters in tex with singl leters. The buk wuld stil be redable …” :p

        Archiving utilities/formats (such as used by PA) mostly work on loss-less compression.

        Some formats like JPG are already compressed (part of the format) and compression works for only a small gain (loss-less).

        Note: especially with bmp files you should see a significant reduction when compressing (loss-less).

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        • RJWaring
          RJWaring last edited by

          Hi Terry, I can fully understand that in certain circumstances where the highest possible quality is required something like this would not be advisable. However, for a company that just wants to throw across a quick sample 1st time round then this would be ideal! secondly, one of the main things i liked about file minimizer was that you could use a slider before compact to say the percent of loss you wanted. Ie None - Keep best quality so it would send as is or Medium to High.

          Another neat future that I have seen before now, is active Picture viewer that displays the image after its compact before saving / sending it thus the user can go back and make adjustments.

          Yes, its not going to suite everyone but it would for a majority of people sending emails of family & friends or internal collegues where the Highest of quality isnt at that time nessasary.

          PowerArchiver could even package it as a Plugin or extension to the Proffesional version.

          All I am saying is its something that would be used, and would go down very well into PowerArchiver’s domain. just like FTP or Burner, it wont suite everyone but it is there if they need it! and it could just push a user or company to sway towards PA and not a highly expensive brand that doesnt offer half of the features.

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          • TBGBe
            TBGBe @RJWaring last edited by

            Yes, as I said there are times when that is useful.
            However, bear in mind that PA is primarily a Backup utility and for that purpose only lossless is expected.

            Not saying that better graphic compression would be a bad idea - only that maybe for the amount of size reduction you are stating, a “lossy” application such as FileMinimizer ( which I also have :D ) would be more appropriate.

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            • RJWaring
              RJWaring last edited by

              I can see why some like yourself would say PowerArchiver is a backup utility but I personally wouldnt restrict it to just that. Just because one zip’s an item doesnt mean they are backing it up it could mean they want to compress to send to someone.

              And that is my exact point about compacting pictures, everyone takes them and everyone has from time to time struggled to send over an email because the image is to big, Ziping doesnt work because it isnt designed to handle pictures.

              So the next best thing would be this discsussed feature.

              And like you and I know, fileminimizer is good but when you want to email an image compacted you have to manually go through the process. It doesnt have a outlook plugin that would detect and compress on demand.

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              • spwolf
                spwolf conexware last edited by

                there is possibility of compressing pictures up to 30% extra, in lossless… this is what we would be looking at… since we are lossless application, we will never work on lossy reduction (it doesnt make sense for backup purposes, there are other apps that do it like image viewers, etc).

                but creating new format is not fast or simple task :)

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                • RJWaring
                  RJWaring @spwolf last edited by

                  @spwolf:

                  there is possibility of compressing pictures up to 30% extra, in lossless… this is what we would be looking at…

                  That’s exactly what I wanted to hear! and it would be a welcomed addition to PowerArchiver!

                  I understand that Introducing something new to any application is never an easy task, esspecially when you want to keep it at the same level of quality as every other tool currently supported.

                  However, as stated it makes perfect sense to include this ability due to the nature of this fantastic application.

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                  • Brian Gregory
                    Brian Gregory Alpha Testers last edited by

                    I totally disagree with the OP’s original suggestion. Lossy compression should be in a separate program. If you’re dealing with JPG files you should have a phioto editor which will surely include the ability to re-save a JPG at different levels of quality and different resolutions etc.

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                    • TBGBe
                      TBGBe @Brian Gregory last edited by

                      Well as spwolf has proposed loss-less improvement this is now a win-win :D

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                      • RJWaring
                        RJWaring @Brian Gregory last edited by

                        @Brian:

                        I totally disagree with the OP’s original suggestion. Lossy compression should be in a separate program. If you’re dealing with JPG files you should have a phioto editor which will surely include the ability to re-save a JPG at different levels of quality and different resolutions etc.

                        1st thing Brian is I appologies for rewriting your post, i clicked edit and not quote then saved after not realizing!! so my highest appologies! will throw a thanks point just for that error!

                        In regards to your 1st line, Some user’s dont have time to edit the image or scale it down manually, they just want to right click and send to location.
                        Scaling down, editing etc etc is something that could be done at later date when the user has time.

                        I understand what you are saying, but when you are dealing with a company that deals with hundreds of proof read images every day to go into ever single photo take then edit to make smaller and save then email then to find its still to big etc is to long a step.

                        My suggestion is that of a simple 1-2-3 process that would save resource and time.

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                        • Brian Gregory
                          Brian Gregory Alpha Testers @RJWaring last edited by

                          @Sir:

                          In regards to your 1st line, Some user’s dont have time to edit the image or scale it down manually, they just want to right click and send to location.
                          Scaling down, editing etc etc is something that could be done at later date when the user has time.

                          I understand what you are saying, but when you are dealing with a company that deals with hundreds of proof read images every day to go into ever single photo take then edit to make smaller and save then email then to find its still to big etc is to long a step.

                          My suggestion is that of a simple 1-2-3 process that would save resource and time.

                          I don’t see that it would be particularly simple to use as part of PowerArchiver. You wouldn’t always want your JPGs quality reduced when zipping, you’d have to stop and think about the situation, whether you needed full quality or not.

                          Personally I can’t see any reason to want the file smaller unless one was sending a lot of them in which case the batch process operation in my image editing software would do it nicely.

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                          • RJWaring
                            RJWaring @Brian Gregory last edited by

                            @Brian:

                            I don’t see that it would be particularly simple to use as part of PowerArchiver. You wouldn’t always want your JPGs quality reduced when zipping, you’d have to stop and think about the situation, whether you needed full quality or not.

                            Personally I can’t see any reason to want the file smaller unless one was sending a lot of them in which case the batch process operation in my image editing software would do it nicely.

                            Hi Brian, I can understand what you are saying. But you are stating points that I have already explained.

                            As per your comment regards to a user not always wanting the image to be reduced when ziping, I did state in my prior message this would be optional via the zipping process.

                            And if they are wanting to send the one picture without compacting it then they wouldnt need to zip it anyway.

                            The point is that “If” a User wishes to compact or resize a picture they have the option todo so and select the level of compacting before ziping.

                            There are applications already out there that do this by introducing this feature into PowerArchiver it would be a significant step forward and would help keep up with the competition.

                            Winzip and Stuffit already offer Picture compact & Resizing options … PowerArchiver currently does not.

                            Hmmm……

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                            • Brian Gregory
                              Brian Gregory Alpha Testers @RJWaring last edited by

                              @Sir:

                              Hi Brian, I can understand what you are saying. But you are stating points that I have already explained.

                              As per your comment regards to a user not always wanting the image to be reduced when ziping, I did state in my prior message this would be optional via the zipping process.

                              And if they are wanting to send the one picture without compacting it then they wouldnt need to zip it anyway.

                              The point is that “If” a User wishes to compact or resize a picture they have the option todo so and select the level of compacting before ziping.

                              There are applications already out there that do this by introducing this feature into PowerArchiver it would be a significant step forward and would help keep up with the competition.

                              Winzip and Stuffit already offer Picture compact & Resizing options … PowerArchiver currently does not.

                              Hmmm……

                              That’s resizing, which is already only a right click away on my PC anyway and I didn’t think that’s what we were talking about.

                              I would often ZIP anything I email even if it doesn’t make it any smaller just to have the advantage of a CRC check assuring it gets there without corruption.

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                              • RJWaring
                                RJWaring last edited by

                                Sorry Brian, I am talking about the general introduction to picture compacting and resizing into PowerArhiver. Something that isnt currently available and is in other competitor vendors.

                                • Have updated Thread Name to be more clear.
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