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    BETA: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.10.02
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    End of Powerarchiver
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    Powerarchiver is dead no updates to fix bugs no new features, no communication and errors in program update system with scripting errors. Duplicate context menus windows 11 no fixes no updates I declare that this is the last version.
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    Windows 11 Shell Extension crash
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    Copied the Take Command shortcut, changed Target to be wt.exe -p “Take Command” and saved it. Right-clicked to get to properties and Explorer crashed. (wt.exe is the Microsoft Terminal program, which I have installed from the Microsoft Store.) The Target path had changed to: C:\Users{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\wt.exe -p “Take Command” Created a new shortcut in a Start Menu folder and set the command line to the same, and it crashed the same. Created a new shortcut and set the command line to mspaint.exe (also a Windows Store app) and Explorer crashed on right-click on the shortcut. It appears PowerArchiver shell extensions doesn’t handle Windows Store apps in shortcuts properly. Perhaps it needs better defensive coding around checking the Target of shortcuts, or just ignoring shortcuts altogether. Running PA 22.00.11 on Windows 11 24H2 Build 26100.6584
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    Was Power Archiver affected by the WinRAR/.rar vulnerability discovered by ESET researchers recently? Not sure if PA is using their libraries for extraction.
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    anything planned for the future or is this software just dead now?
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    From google search AI Overview Yes, that’s correct. UltimateZip was indeed a product of the same company that developed PowerArchiver, and it was essentially a rebranded version of PowerArchiver. It was discontinued and replaced by PowerArchiver.
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    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).
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    Zip extraction from windows 11 by windows
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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?
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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!
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    THE SSL CERTIFICATE FOR *.POWERARCHIVER.COM HAS EXPIRED.
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    @spwolf @Mili THE SSL CERTIFICATE FOR *.POWERARCHIVER.COM HAS EXPIRED.
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    PA2023 22.00.09 trying to delete a directory from a tar file.
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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.
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    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!
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    • Brian GregoryB Offline
      Brian Gregory Alpha Testers
      last edited by

      Where si the release info for 11.70.10. In particular a list of the fixes between 11.70.07 and 11.70.10. I don’t want a repeat of the total disaster that was 11.70.07.

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      • spwolfS Offline
        spwolf conexware
        last edited by

        what were the problems with 11.70.07 that you experienced? not many fixes or reported issues in these releases, but with patchbeam we can update quickly, but someone needs to report something!

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        • Brian GregoryB Offline
          Brian Gregory Alpha Testers
          last edited by

          11.70.07 couldn’t create ZIP files without giving error messages, something along the lines of can’t create file.

          Windows XP SP3

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          • spwolfS Offline
            spwolf conexware @Brian Gregory
            last edited by

            @Brian:

            11.70.07 couldn’t create ZIP files without giving error messages, something along the lines of can’t create file.

            Windows XP SP3

            that was probably something very specific, maybe bad install or something, as nobody reported it and we had it out for long time… please check with this version and let us know!

            If it doesnt work, i promise we will fix it within a week! With patchbeam we can now issue fast updates, we dont need to wait because updates take only 1 second…

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            • Brian GregoryB Offline
              Brian Gregory Alpha Testers @spwolf
              last edited by

              11.70.10:

              Right click on “D:\This American Life” and choose Compress to “This American Life.zip”

              The following two errors appear, though I now notice the ZIP file appears to have created anyway!?!?!?

              The structure of the PowerArchiver software must be a real mess for these errors to occur and then it goes on to create the archive anyway.
              attachment_p_24021_0_paerr1.png
              attachment_p_24021_1_paerr2.png

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              • Brian GregoryB Offline
                Brian Gregory Alpha Testers @Brian Gregory
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                Oh and has that stupid thing that’s been in the install program been fixed yet where it doesn’t shut down PASTARTER.EXE before upgrading so you end up with two of them running after upgrading. I’ve got so used to closing it manually before upgrading that I never remember to test if I still need to or not. It’s also a right pain that one isn’t offered the option of leaving all the options in the registry when uninstalling, this always causes me massive panic on the occasions when I upgrade and find I need to uninstall and go back to a previous version and find it’s all set up weirdly, not how I’m used to it.

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                • spwolfS Offline
                  spwolf conexware
                  last edited by

                  does this happen with only that folder or only when root is D:\ or with any file anywhere?

                  as to the updates, we have new update system, it preserves all the settings and takes only an second or two to update.

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                  • Brian GregoryB Offline
                    Brian Gregory Alpha Testers @spwolf
                    last edited by

                    @spwolf:

                    does this happen with only that folder or only when root is D:\ or with any file anywhere?

                    I’ve gone back to 11.64.01 now but as far as I remember I tried a variety of locations with 11.70.07 and the errors always occurred.

                    @spwolf:

                    as to the updates, we have new update system, it preserves all the settings and takes only an second or two to update.

                    But there are bound to be more occasions when I have to uninstall and go back to the previous version.
                    Will I be able to get a copy of the install exe as part of the update process or will I have to download it separately?

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                    • spwolfS Offline
                      spwolf conexware
                      last edited by

                      you have to download it separately, from the website… updates are just patches now, usually a lot less than 1 MB in size… but if need be, you can always download it from our website.

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                      • spwolfS Offline
                        spwolf conexware
                        last edited by

                        did you try restarting your computer after installation? Maybe shell was not updated?

                        Anyone else with XP can chime in on this issue?

                        thanks!

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                          Mili conexware
                          last edited by

                          tested here on XP, worked fine

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                          • TBGBeT Offline
                            TBGBe @Mili
                            last edited by

                            Never seen this problem (zip file on 11.70.10).
                            However, I would like some clarification of the problem…

                            a) “This American Life” - is this a file or folder or what?
                            b) D:\ - is this a second hard disk or partition or CD/DVD or what? (I tried single txt and single avi and both files to zip on USB drive F:\ with no problems)

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                            • Brian GregoryB Offline
                              Brian Gregory Alpha Testers @spwolf
                              last edited by

                              @spwolf:

                              did you try restarting your computer after installation? Maybe shell was not updated?
                              thanks!

                              Maybe not.
                              I should be able to try again soon.

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                                Brian Gregory Alpha Testers @TBGBe
                                last edited by

                                @TBGBe:

                                a) “This American Life” - is this a file or folder or what?

                                It’s a folder containing 3 MP3 files.
                                @TBGBe:

                                b) D:\ - is this a second hard disk or partition or CD/DVD or what?

                                D: is my second internal hard drive.

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                                • spwolfS Offline
                                  spwolf conexware @Brian Gregory
                                  last edited by

                                  @Brian:

                                  Maybe not.
                                  I should be able to try again soon.

                                  also please check if it works in main PowerArchiver or not, that should tell us is it something related to shell extensions or not…

                                  thanks!

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                                  • spwolfS Offline
                                    spwolf conexware
                                    last edited by

                                    Brian, did you have an chance to check this out? Thank you!

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                                    • Brian GregoryB Offline
                                      Brian Gregory Alpha Testers
                                      last edited by

                                      Sorry for delay. I’ve tried a few tests.
                                      As always when I deviate from my normal usage patterns with PowerArchiver some more weird behaviour has shown up.

                                      1. Installing with the .exe setup file still leaves two PASTARTERs running!! I can’t believe this, it’s literally years since I first noticed this.

                                      2. Rebooting after installation makes no difference to the original errors I reported (at the top of this thread).

                                      3. Creating the archive from inside PA does not produce the errors I reported originally but I had a great deal of difficulty working out how to produce an archive from within PA. Pressing New, choosing the type I want and typing the name without .ZIP on the end (why would I type .zip when I’ve already said I want a .zip?) looks like it’s working but afterwards the archive isn’t there. Typing the name with the .zip does work however.

                                      4. I noticed that if I already have PA running and open on my desktop and then right click a directory in a nearby explorer wiindow and choose “Compress to directory.zip” everything locks up and I have to use Task Manager to kill off two POWERARC.EXE processes before I can continue using my PC.

                                      5. The Add files dialogue looks pretty odd, leading me at first to think it was corrupt but maybe it’s just designed really weirdly. I don’t like it anyway. See attachment.
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                                      • spwolfS Offline
                                        spwolf conexware
                                        last edited by

                                        there is nothing we can do in 1., that has been solved and Vista and above as they have Windows Restart Manager functionality which will close the PAStarter properly.

                                        As to the other issues, can you send me please your HKCU\Software\PowerArchiver key, zipped to support at conexware dot com. It could be something specific to the settings you have been using.

                                        We will take an look then with your settings and see what the issue is!

                                        thanks

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                                          Brian Gregory Alpha Testers @spwolf
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                                          @spwolf:

                                          … can you send me please your HKCU\Software\PowerArchiver key, zipped to support at conexware dot com. …

                                          Done.
                                          It’s been assigned Ticket ID: 17249

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                                          • spwolfS Offline
                                            spwolf conexware
                                            last edited by

                                            Got it! Thank you, we will be doing some tests tomorrow.

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