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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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      wulffra last edited by

      It happened to me a few times already: writing a post and in the end being logged out by the system… because for one reason or the other it took too much time. I might have had a telcon in between, I might have been search on Internet.

      Sorry to say, but I think this to be quite annoying.
      (my workaround is to make a clipboard copy of the text before submitting it, so at least I donot need to retype it… but in the past I know having forgotten to do this it and actually, as a result, I did not send the post)

      Suggestion:
      increase time before users are being logged out from the forum to let’s say at least an hour, or maybe 2.

      TIA

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      • Luxor
        Luxor Alpha Testers last edited by

        That’s strange I have never been logged out of the forum like that, no matter how long it has taken me to post.

        Windows 10 Home 64-bit
        Intel Core i7 6700HQ @ 2.60GHz
        12.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz

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          wulffra @Luxor last edited by

          Give it a try to write a posting, then half way stop, leave the posting open and then go on doing something else, leave the posting open in the background… do nothing.
          Then continue after - say - 15 minutes or longer.

          Likely, after a while of inactivity, the forum software may log you out, because, when you wish to send the post, you are required to log-in again. By then however, the text has gone and you have to start all over again.

          Some other forums have the same thing (it is security, they say, but you are not being warned that you have to do something within a minute or so, because you are at the point of being logged out).
          That’s why, in case of a longer text, I usually make a clipboard copy, before clicking on ‘Submit’.
          But if I forgot and then am logged out… arghhhh…

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          • Luxor
            Luxor Alpha Testers @wulffra last edited by

            I have just done that to reply to your post.
            Typed a bit and left it for 30 minutes. Came back to finish it off to see the result and I was still logged in.

            I know it happens on many forums though and I use a javascript that remembers what I have typed just in case it ever happens to me. And with my slowness at typing that could happen any time. :)

            I wonder if it’s a browser specific problem.

            Windows 10 Home 64-bit
            Intel Core i7 6700HQ @ 2.60GHz
            12.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz

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            • moles42
              moles42 Alpha Testers last edited by

              is it a cookie issue perhaps ?…I’m only speculating here.
              don’t recall ever having this issue either and I’m always disappearing from keyboard…:)

              Windows 10 Pro x64
              Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.00GHz
              4.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 399MHz
              NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

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              • Luxor
                Luxor Alpha Testers @moles42 last edited by

                Could be Moles. I can’t remember but is there a remember me option when you log in?

                I logged in way back in 2001 and haven’t logged out since so I can’t remember. :D

                Windows 10 Home 64-bit
                Intel Core i7 6700HQ @ 2.60GHz
                12.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz

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                • moles42
                  moles42 Alpha Testers last edited by

                  there is indeed an option for it to remember you when you log in.

                  Windows 10 Pro x64
                  Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.00GHz
                  4.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 399MHz
                  NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

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                  • Luxor
                    Luxor Alpha Testers @moles42 last edited by

                    @moles42:

                    there is indeed an option for it to remember you when you log in.

                    There’s something to try next time you log in wulffra. Tick the remember me option and that will hopefully put an end to the problem for you.

                    Of course if you do that already, then it must be something else.

                    Windows 10 Home 64-bit
                    Intel Core i7 6700HQ @ 2.60GHz
                    12.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz

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                      wulffra last edited by

                      Thanks!

                      I’ll try that one out. Indeed, by default, I leave it untagged, having Roboform to do the autofill and login thing.
                      They say it is better to leave that blanc.

                      Let’s see…

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                      • spwolf
                        spwolf conexware last edited by

                        i had that happen with another forum for me, but not ours… maybe your ip changed in between or something, or cookie got deleted, i am not sure.

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                          wulffra last edited by

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                            wulffra @spwolf last edited by

                            Cookie is deleted once exiting the site.
                            I have just given it a test

                            test
                            18:03 - start a reply - do nothing
                            18:27 - submit -

                            this worked, keep my fingers crossed :)
                            thanks again.

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                            • Luxor
                              Luxor Alpha Testers @wulffra last edited by

                              @wulffra:

                              Cookie is deleted once exiting the site.
                              I have just given it a test

                              test
                              18:03 - start a reply - do nothing
                              18:27 - submit -

                              this worked, keep my fingers crossed :)
                              thanks again.

                              Excellent. :)

                              Windows 10 Home 64-bit
                              Intel Core i7 6700HQ @ 2.60GHz
                              12.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz

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