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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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.
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).
The Windows 11 context menu for PowerArchiver on normal files (to be compressed, etc.) is now showing multiple tiers with two identical menus. See attached captures of the issue:
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Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 24H2
OS build 26100.2605
Hello!
I’ve just created SFX-Archives both from ZIP and 7z-Archives and none has an Icon as it seems.
I use the new version 22.00.11.
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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?
On installing the program I am getting the error message:
"Unable to execute file c:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\pashutil.exe
CreateProcess failed: code 2
The system cannot find the file specified"
This can’t be right!
I am using the latest official build of Windows 11
Buttons are not properly aligned on About screen.
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Buttons not aligned on configuration window.
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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!
New version:
PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.11:
Download:
https://u.powerarchiver.com/pa2023/powarc220011.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!
Just tried using the Modern (Windows 10) Icon set and seeing a few missing icons in both PowerArchiver Burner and PowerArchiver Encryption screens . They are all there in the Minimalistik icon set and the only difference I can see is the former is blue and the latter grey. In version 22.00.9
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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.
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!
Hello!
Is there currently no portable version of PA2023 available?
(When) do you plan to release one?
Thanks!
Win 11 64 bit
I have some archives which have been encrypted, using the encrypt option either in pbs or when interactively creating a zip. When I open these, and look at files, I am asked for passwords, which I know, and then can view items or decrypt the files in the archive (tools>decrypt files).
However, when I use the Actions>Remove Archive Encryption (whether using the same zip or asking to write another), the routine shows progress bar to the end, but then just hangs i.e. “OK” never activates. All process information shows this stalled/hanging.
What can I do to sort this out?
Regestration fails
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The updater just installed version 12.00.41 (04/2011) of PowerArchiver (German version). As usual from time to time, it asked me to enter the registration code again. So I did. It is the one I received for PowerArchiver 2009. The registration code was confirmed – but after the restart of PowerArchiver, I was again asked to enter the registration code!
By now I have done that something like five different times, using the different ways of entering the registration code. None worked.
Maybe PowerArchiver fails to save my registration code. I am running it under Windows 7, which in turn runs under Parallels 6 on a MacBook Pro. I did encounter some problems already when I used Parallels 5: PowerArchiver could not save to my standard directory, because it was included in Windows by Parallels as some kind of network device. I had to extract files to a local directory and then copy it to my standard directory. That problem has gone with Parallels 6, but now I cannot enter the registration code …
Who can help?
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You can always get your License Key for the latest version here:
https://www.conexware.com/shop -
You need latest key and you can find it at link NTFS posted above… thanks
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on my machine I had a working installation of version 2010 (11.71)
I got my version 2011 registration key, but Powerarchiver remained unregistered.started up Sysinternals procmon to see what’s going on. Powerarc seems to write the registry information (RegnameW) to HKCU but wants to read it from HKLM, where the old Regname (without W) from one of the previous versions was already here.
After I copied the keys from HKCU to HKLM the program started as registered.
I tried with a fresh install in a virtual machine and there were no such problems.
OTOH, why do you write the registration to the user’s profile, even if I install with administrative rights?
Regards, Robert
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@Robert:
on my machine I had a working installation of version 2010 (11.71)
I got my version 2011 registration key, but Powerarchiver remained unregistered.started up Sysinternals procmon to see what’s going on. Powerarc seems to write the registry information (RegnameW) to HKCU but wants to read it from HKLM, where the old Regname (without W) from one of the previous versions was already here.
After I copied the keys from HKCU to HKLM the program started as registered.
I tried with a fresh install in a virtual machine and there were no such problems.
OTOH, why do you write the registration to the user’s profile, even if I install with administrative rights?
Regards, Robert
PowerArchiver reads both, somehow it was previously written in HKLM, this is admin only feature for larger enterprise installations.
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thanks, already got my key
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:-)
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Dear PA users,
i have the same problem entering the registration code.
I had a perfect running PA2010 installation. About a month ago i had updated to the PA2011 version. Received the new registration code, entered the registration code into the corresponding fields. I raceive the message “Code accepted, thanks ….”
But then PA restarts again with the registration window.
Now the 30 test days are over. I have deleted the 2011 version, reinstalled the 2010 version and have the same problem now with the 2010 version.
HELP - i have no running PA installation now.
I have read about the registry entry solution. Since i am not very familiar editing the registry i would like to ask you to give me some more detailled information how i can get my 2011 version to run.
Thaks in advanceMarco
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you should contact support to help you with registration issues… you should have no issues with registering either PA 2010 or PA 2011 with their own registration codes that are specific to each version.