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PA2023 Win10, (same problem with older releases but never reported)
PA Soft is installed on partition D. (exclusive for installed progs)
Then I created on my partition G: the folders as configured in PA Settings ‘Folders’.0fcf1b09-1b91-4b74-b250-f8cf908a3348-Ashampoo_Snap_maandag 20 maart 2023_11h54m34s.png
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The problem : Any activity on PA is saved in these folders…
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I am still using Powerarchiver 2022 and it does not show pdf markups in the preview. Is there a setting to get version 2022 to show pdf markups in the preview? If not, does this work in version 2023?
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The question that I have about PA archives is what happens if say ConeXware, as a company, dies in the future? What happens to any PA files that are created today? Can these files be decompressed with a copy of a PowerArchiver that can no longer phone home to the mothership thus can’t be registered or activated?
I mean, I can understand that new PA files wouldn’t be able to be created if the program isn’t registered but what about an un-registered copy because well, the question that I posed above?
It’s questions like this that make me not want to store anything really valuable in PA files out of fear that I, at some point in the future, might lose access to said data inside those files. OK, 7ZIP might not be able to compress as heavily as PA but at least it’s open source and any 7ZIP files will still be able to be read and decompressed ten, twenty, or fifty years from now.
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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.
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Is this a known problem? Is there a fix coming? This is a primary reason I buy PA.
I’ve tried both methods I know to extract multiple zips at the same time. 1) Multi Extract feature in the GUI. 2) In Windows File Explorer, select multiple zips, right click, use PA context menu to Extract or Extract To…
Is there a setting I missed? Or maybe it really is processing in parallel, but I can’t detect it? Nothing tells me in the Processes in Task Manager that multiple PA extracts are running. And my CPU, memory and disk resources do not look like a lot of extracts are running.
I’m using PA 2022 Standard version 21.00.18 on Windows 11 Pro version 10.0.22621 Build 22621.
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In the latest version of PA, on W11 (latest build/SP) when you try to use the first level context menu - NOTHING HAPPENS (particularly when you do this from Downloads or Documents folders) - however I noticed that it DOES WORK when you use the context menu from the Desktop. Going to the second level context menu does work however.
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Is the version Preview 2023 also considered to be tested by the testteam ? In the past we got messages in the forum for testing out version x.x, to be downloaded by fastring, or I missed the one for 2023. (I discovered 2023 on the official web…)
CU, Pirrbe.
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PA 2023 22.00.08
Long time no seeing. So I start up the new year with a first problem : the virtual driver cannot be installed. Reason : it is missing in the Fast Ring PatchBeam Update Service…
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It seems a standard problem with new releases :-)
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Hi there, been a user since 13 years now and in past whenever I had a problem or question I could email, however since 3 weeks it seems like everybody is dead?
Anyway, as kind of a last resort, I post this email a 4th time but in this forum instead now, in the hope for help:
"This is the 3rd time I am emailing you guys as I am missing a working code for the preview of Power Archiver 2023Can you please help me? I am a 13 years lasting customer of yours, and I am shocked thatr for whatever reason my support tickets are ignored now, why?
thanks in advance!
All the best!
Joerg" -
Re: Explorer.exe Crash on right click
This appears to be happening again with the Power Archiver 2022 shell extensions.
When I have Use Explorer Shell Extensions enabled in Power Archiver Configuration and right-click on c:\Users\username\Start Menu, (hidden Junction file), File Explorer crashes.
I have version 21.00.15 (03/2022) 64-bit installed in Windows 10 Version 21H2 (Build 19044.1826).
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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.
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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.
Latest news on website
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its ouit of date download version wrong website needs to be more interactive as well
more copmpetitions and challanges so people make powerarchiver specific plugins
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Totally agree. It would be nice if this was the first port of call (not twitter/fb etc) that has all the latest information. Other businesses can achieve it, so I am sure that it would not be difficult to PA to implement. :)
Windows 10 *64 - Latest TP (Fast)
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It was discused awhile ago that the website would be getting a overall change making it more modern and simpler to navigate.
No preview has been shown yet, but I am sure they will be implementing changes relivant to your requests.
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I never said the website would be a higher Priority :) I just said that it was on the list of jobs being done, from what i have been told.
The release of the Application is the highest priority as it is this that brings in an income.
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@pjb:
Totally agree. It would be nice if this was the first port of call (not twitter/fb etc) that has all the latest information. Other businesses can achieve it, so I am sure that it would not be difficult to PA to implement. :)
if anyone has some good examples of good software websites, post it here…
… fb/twitter is excellet for quick one/two liners, you will never get that on home page.
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OK, I’ll bite :D
Only regarding “up to date info”…www.opera.com
www.videolan.org
www.zabkat.comJust noticed www.powerarchiver.com
Try Italian/Polish/Czech/Chinese
(Why do I have to switch to German before seeing other languages :confused: )
New software PowerArchiver 2009 :eek:Italian/Polish Site Title PowerArchiver 2007 :mad:
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Richard my reply wasn’t in response to your statement in your post…twas just a general statement…sorry if you thought I was correcting you.
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OK, I’ll bite :D
Only regarding “up to date info”…www.opera.com
www.videolan.org
www.zabkat.comJust noticed www.powerarchiver.com
Try Italian/Polish/Czech/Chinese
(Why do I have to switch to German before seeing other languages :confused: )
New software PowerArchiver 2009 :eek:Italian/Polish Site Title PowerArchiver 2007 :mad:
awesome suggestions!
as to the left overs, forgot to remove them… not enough people visited from those countries (they usually download from their own download sites or mags). We do English and Deutsch in the house.
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I like a lot VLC’s and Operas new sites, they look great.
I am not sure how do they interact more, i think level of our interaction via fb and twitter is all right and more than any other compression utility… xplorer2 has old school website and news section is updated 3 times per year :)
opera also doesnt interact with its users?
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any other suggestions? I like utorrent.com… but keep in mind that all these are free products, we need something that mixes things up :).
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Just my 2 cents: I have no problem with PA website except that the “latest news” often has nothing close to the latest news about release versions.
Alpha, Beta & RC info don’t need to (actually probably shouldn’t) go here, but kept in twitter and/or blog posts if you want to announce them to a wide group.
But the website should definitely have up-to-date and correct info about the release packages; this issue is really independent of a redesign.
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xplorer2 has old school website and news section is updated 3 times per year :)
opera also doesnt interact with its users?
Well, to be fair, xplorer site is updated, whenever there is an update, it’s a one-man show :D
Opera has lots of interaction…
- The website is updated regularly with news etc.
- User Forums
- Team “blogs” - DesktopTeam / Core Devs / JavaScript Team etc. for Alpha releases and Special Test
- Youtube (like PA)
- Opera devs have personal “Blogs” and “Twitter”.
- Only the “bug-tracking” is closed.
- Opera wasn’t always free (site was similar when paid for).
I do think PA is also good - just things like the “latest news” etc. is always out of date. This forum is one of the best, though (due to spwolf, mili and even ivan “popping in”).
It is hard to find a good “paid software” website.
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Was going to give Opera as an example but I see Terry beat me to it. :D
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Richard my reply wasn’t in response to your statement in your post…twas just a general statement…sorry if you thought I was correcting you.
:) I know buddy, no harsh feelings.
I’ve had a hell of a week, Helped save a half a mill account from leaving my employer because of a fracking idiot account manager. Yet didnt receive one thanks!
Then ended up having to reload 2 months of Sales Records due too the Idiots in ashford not checking the data from depots, and after all that to top it off some noob decided to change a customer’s hierarchy structure that then duplicated statistics per customer and THEN sent off stats off to them thus the customer invoiced us Twice the amount for a contracted rebate, of which we then had to tell them it was an error.
Just one of them weeks!
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any other design suggestions? Keep posting them :-)
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To be fair, I don’t think it is a design problem. Just something that is not “out of date”!
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To be fair, I don’t think it is a design problem. Just something that is not “out of date”!
i know, but i am looking for design suggestions :-).
I need to write up an document with examples to the potential designers.
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as plain & simple as it might look the current eset nod site has a popular corporate look to it but each to his or her own I guess…:)
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too old school moles :-).
need fresh and yet business friendly.
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that’s me exactly ‘spwolf’'….‘old school’…:)
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I like clean and fresh designs :)
Something on the lines of the following would be nice:
http://www.comodo.com/
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http://www.mediamonkey.com/ - too dark for my taste, but very good navigation structure, which is pretty similar to what PA would need
http://www.techsmith.com/ - design is a bit old school too, but the way they structure their navigation menu is pretty good.
http://www.helium-music-manager.com/ - pretty good site
http://www.piriform.com/ - nice and clean design -
good suggestions all, keep it coming :-)
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Avast did a very similar thing, now there site looks like this;
its clean, fresh, colourful and has both Home & Business tabs, including community section.
The about us section also great, they give a clear friendly and pro aproach making people feel like they know the developers even more.
Because PowerArchiver is so focused and directional with their customers I would certainly suggest more detail on the developer’s, owners and possibly key Testers etc.
It also has History, something always nice to know when considering buying from companies you dont know much about.
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was anything decided on after this thread ?
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@Sir:
Avast did a very similar thing, now there site looks like this;
its clean, fresh, colourful and has both Home & Business tabs, including community section.
The about us section also great, they give a clear friendly and pro aproach making people feel like they know the developers even more.
Because PowerArchiver is so focused and directional with their customers I would certainly suggest more detail on the developer’s, owners and possibly key Testers etc.
It also has History, something always nice to know when considering buying from companies you dont know much about.
i like it….
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go on give us a sneaky peek ;)
