BETA: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.10.02

[Mally]

Patchbeam had some problem and tells me still, after the clean install, that “PatchBeam 2011 has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.” Doing it manually was no problem, though.

I still can’t find the Toolbox, or how to access it. When I hit “help > contents” in hopes that would give me a clue, I got “Cannot find PowerArchiver help. Please reinstall PowerArchiver”. Any idea what might be getting in the way of completing this installation?

[spwolf]

Uninstall this version and install RC1:
http://dl.powerarchiver.com/2011/powarc1200rc1.exe

See if it still works.

We use skinning engine (Direct Skin) for the skinning support, and we updated it for version 12.00 but I dont think we had changes between RC1 and RC3. Trying out RC1 will make sure it is not due to that.

thanks!

[Mally]

Heh :) When I tried to uninstall that last version via the “add & remove programs” screen, I got, “There is a problem with this Windows installer package. A program needed for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel, or package vendor.”

I’m in no particular hurry to fix this, but I sure appreciate the speedy replies from both of you.

[spwolf]

Here is Windows Instaeller uninstaller:
http://majorgeeks.com/downloadget.php?id=4459&file=15&evp=fe1c76da3437592326a3d668d72bf8f5

Install it and run, file PowerArchiver and uninstall. They you will be able to properly install new version.

Something was definitively wrong with your installation.

[Mally]

Well, I started poking around in my system registry, first to get rid of anything I could find from the first instal of PA I made, but as I did so, I found references to dozens of apps that were long ago removed from my system…I thought. I started removing those, only to find dozens if not hundreds more. Bought a registry clean-up utility, and got rid of well over 1,000 useless keys, and updated some outdated drivers while I was at it. Plus, it does a much more thorough and speedy defrag than the one I had been using. PC Health Adviser v3.1 if anyone reading this later is interested.

Even after all of that, it tells me still that “A more recent version of PowerArchiver 2011 is already installed on this computer”.

Did a search for “powarc”, all four were installation related, and deleted 'em. Downloaded again the RC3 version, and still have the same issue as described in the first post.

Long as you have any ideas to try, I’ll try 'em. I wish I could have been able to test the RC1 version. I’d like to have known what that would have told me.

[spwolf]

You can uninstall RC3 and install RC1… It will work fine :-).

[Mally]

I was getting kind of tired of this project. So, when I read your last post, I decided just to wait a day or two, and then come back to it.

Besides, I thought, I wanted to dig into SkinStudio, WindowBlinds, and Aston2 and start learning their relationship, and how to use them. I was reading the Aston2 FAQ, and about 2/3 the way down, quite by happen chance, found this:

"Q: I use Windows Blinds and my Main Menu is displayed incorrectly in Aston. Any way to fix it?

A: Please try the following solution: 1. open WindowsBlinds settings 2. select ‘Per Application’ option 3. press ‘Add per application setting’ button 4. find aston.exe 5. Mark in “ignore this application and do not skin it” checkbox"

So, I tried that with PowerArchiver, and that fixed my problem. “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” holds true, but boy howdy, it sure is handy to have the internet.

Thank you again so much for all your help. Problem solved!Sure hope all this typing helps to serve someone else with a similar issue someday.

Peace,

Mally

[spwolf]

I didnt realize you were using WindowsBlinds, at all… I thought you used our skins?

[Mally]

I am. My ultimate goal is to make my own theme. When you start a project like this from the ground up, there are a lot of new file extensions and software applications that are unfamiliar.

You see a theme or skin that you like, realize that the words aren’t exactly interchangeable, and begin pouring through all the reading material you can find on each of them.

I haven’t settled in my own mind what extension I’ll use in the end, but I want to be familiar enough with each of them that I can make a considered decision. I’m still not certain of a lot of things. I’m even too much of a noob to be asking very many questions yet.

Am I mistaken in having concluded that PA skins only itself, and not the Windows shell?

Peace,

Mally

[TBGBe]

Yes, you are mistaken. Although associated filetype icons (Zip, RAR, Tar etc) can also be “skinned” by PA skins when displayed in explorer (and clones).