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    • Missing virtual driver in Patchbeam

      pirrbe

      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…
      Virtual driver PA 2023-01-28 152607.png
      It seems a standard problem with new releases :-)
      Can I have a link or can it be fixed. Thank you. CU later

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    • PA 21.00.18 testing via context menu causes extraction of files

      D

      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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    • Start PowerArchiver 2023 Starter when my computer starts

      Brian Gregory

      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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    • Testing .pa archives

      PA_Fan

      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 errors

      Is 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 Action / Test behaves oddly for me on .PA files

      Brian Gregory

      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!
      b) PA always says there are many errors in PA files.

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    • Small UI / Theme bug in 2023

      Z

      Clipboard02.jpg

      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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    • PowerArchiver and PACL for macOS

      spwolf

      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.

      thank you!

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    • Functions in Windows 11 context menu no longer work after last Windows Update

      T

      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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      Socrates Banned last edited by

      I tried using PAOP this morning; I changed a setting: I indicated that I wanted it to add the help file.

      I did a test run twice. No help file.

      I tried it sending the message plain and rich text. Didn’t help.

      Now perhaps mail has to be html for the feature to work.

      If so, think you might add a text option as well?

      I was also hoping to be able to edit the text (html or text).

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        Mili conexware last edited by

        which version of paop are you using?

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          Socrates Banned @Mili last edited by

          2.03

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            Socrates Banned @Socrates last edited by

            I tried to edit the last reply to add another “.03”

            Wouldn’t take. Or else I don’t know how to edit them.

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              Mili conexware last edited by

              just tried it, checked off to send help file
              attached a sample file to my email and sent it, received the help file with.

              Give it a try with this beta version of PAOP http://www.powerarchiver.com/test/alpha115/paop210b.exe

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                Socrates Banned @Mili last edited by

                Just tried it.

                Still no luck.

                Not even if I set the message to html

                Is there a chance that the file it wants to insert is missing?

                If so, could you resend it, and tell me in which folder I should place it.

                For the record. I use EZDetach, which automatically detaches attachments, saves them to my hard drive, and then creates a link to them within the email (keeps the PST file smaller).

                I suppose that might be the culprit, but I don’t see how. It only messes with attachments and I assumed (perhaps wrongly) that the help file was actually inserted at the end of the message.

                Moreover, I have never before had a problem receiving an email, not even one with ten attachments.

                Still, since it might be implicated, I thought I should mention it.

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                  Mili conexware last edited by

                  If you disable EZDetach, does it work ok then?

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                    Socrates Banned @Mili last edited by

                    First, I really don’t see any reason to think it is that since I often get multiple attachments.

                    Second, I cannot just turn it off. And I would lose far too many settings to uninstall it.

                    Sorry.

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                    • spwolf
                      spwolf conexware last edited by

                      It attaches the html help file to the message… maybe EZDetach does influence it. We will try on our end to see how it works with EZDetach.

                      Only other option (in the future) would be to add text to the message body, but that could be messier and we cant explain as well…

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                        Socrates Banned @spwolf last edited by

                        I am fairly sure it is not ezdetach. It only works on incoming files.

                        I am guessing the help file may be missing.

                        Could you either send it to me, of just give me the name of the file called by that option, then I can create my own.

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                        • spwolf
                          spwolf conexware last edited by

                          Help file can not be missing, it is built inside the program.

                          Maybe it is some combination of settings?

                          What version of Windows and Office are you using?

                          thanks

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                            Socrates Banned @spwolf last edited by

                            Windows 7 enterprise
                            Office 2007

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                            • spwolf
                              spwolf conexware last edited by

                              PAOP settings are located here:
                              HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PAOutlook

                              Can you go to regedit.exe, to that key, export it, zip it and email it to support? Then Mili will try if it works with same settings on our own test computers.

                              Does the actual compression work? ( PAOP actually compressing attachments?)

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                                Socrates Banned @spwolf last edited by

                                I just saw the second half of your request.

                                It compressed the files just fine. Well, that’s now quite right. It compresses PDF files just fine; balks a bit at docx files.

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                                • spwolf
                                  spwolf conexware last edited by

                                  There is an filter setting which by default doesnt compress docx (as docx are zip files so they cant be compressed futher).

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                                  • spwolf
                                    spwolf conexware last edited by

                                    (it is exclude extensions button in PAOP)

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                                      Mili conexware last edited by

                                      Received the reg file, thanks for that.

                                      tested with sent reg settings and received the help file just fine using Paop.

                                      Have you installed and tried using the beta version provided earlier?

                                      the help file is simply attached to the email, when acitavated, when PAOP is used.
                                      If you think it could possible make a difference, try disabling EZDetach and see if it works then, just for testing purposes.

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                                        Socrates Banned @Mili last edited by

                                        I am using the latest PAOP beta you send (perhaps 2.1?).

                                        As I explained, there is no way to disable EZDetach and I cannot afford to uninstall it and lose all the scripts I have written for it.

                                        But (I now realize) I really shouldn’t have mentioned this. It’s a red herring. It only affects incoming files, and I later saw that the attachment wasn’t there in the outgoing file.

                                        I will just do without.

                                        Sorry for the hassle.

                                        Hugh

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                                          Mili conexware last edited by

                                          Hugh,
                                          replied to your email with help attachment

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                                          • spwolf
                                            spwolf conexware @Socrates last edited by

                                            @Socrates:

                                            I am using the latest PAOP beta you send (perhaps 2.1?).

                                            As I explained, there is no way to disable EZDetach and I cannot afford to uninstall it and lose all the scripts I have written for it.

                                            But (I now realize) I really shouldn’t have mentioned this. It’s a red herring. It only affects incoming files, and I later saw that the attachment wasn’t there in the outgoing file.

                                            I will just do without.

                                            Sorry for the hassle.

                                            Hugh

                                            sorry hugh, i guess it is always easier to blame something else :-)

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                                            • RJWaring
                                              RJWaring last edited by

                                              One thing we like is for users to mention things, even if it becomes a dead link! because it might just spark a future feature or solution, not to mention something who may experience similar issues can read this and get the answer they may need.

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                                                Socrates Banned @RJWaring last edited by

                                                I ended up uninstalling PAOP.

                                                I discovered something that may be worrisome.

                                                I use Office 2007. When PAOP was installed, Outlook would lock up (“Not responding”) 2-3 times a day. It never occurred to me that PAOP was the culprit.

                                                However, it has not happened once since I deleted PAOP.

                                                I may just be lucky. Or perhaps PAOP does have some untoward side effects on Outlook 2007.

                                                Sorry.

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                                                • spwolf
                                                  spwolf conexware last edited by

                                                  it could be combination of plugins… PAOP has been used for years now, never got that complaint.

                                                  what other plugins do you use (other than ezdetach)? We will try to install them on our Win7 with Office 2007 and see what happens.

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