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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!
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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.
Discovered:
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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.
Dragging files onto archive
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I’m not sure when this stopped working, but I noticed that dragging a file on top of a zip archive in explorer no longer does anything- PA is supposed to open an “add to archive” dialog. However, it still works for .7z archives. I just tested further and tried this with an .lha archive (worked) and .cab archive (didn’t work). This may be related to my other issue, but in case it is not does anyone have an idea why this could happen? 64-bit Windows 7, using PA 11.71 (was also an issue with a prior 2010 version on same OS). My best guess is it has something to do with Win 7 as support for .cab and .zip are built in, and those are the two archive types that dragging doesn’t work on.
Thinking about it, I’m not sure whether it ever worked since upgrading to Win 7? Hmm.
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I’m using a later version of PA and it works fine for me buddy…I’d try an update if I were you and re-test.
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maybe it is due to that associations problem? not sure, works here on 64bit.
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(both PA 2010 and PA 2011)
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Could this have a simple registry fix to get the copy feature back? Maybe I should wait and see if the other fix takes care of this as well when it is finished.
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Hi Qun!
There is most likely an RC5 update to PA 2011, please give it a look with that version and let us know.
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The download page still shows RC4 released last month, but I will give RC5 a try when it is available.
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it will be up today, half an hour from now :-)
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Sigh. Nope. This time the issue really is made clear though. When I run it as administrator everything is fine. Answering the Associate dialog “yes,” with the “All Users” box checked works fine and it doesn’t ask again next time I run it as administrator. When I run it normally though, as the logged-in user, I still get the UAC prompts. Whether I accept it or decline it (three times) PA runs and pops up the association dialog. Every time. It seems that PA won’t make the associations. If I choose “Yes,” it then activates UAC again, even if I don’t check “Associate for all users” checkbox. Why is it trying to update either all users or the admin account? If I uncheck that box, it should only associate for the local account which requires no admin approval, correct? Choosing to not show the dialog every time does not stop the UAC prompts at startup.
By the way, logging into the admin account then running PA from there will still pop up UAC, but since there I don’t require a password, it’s just a matter of clicking “yes.”
I hope this issue can be resolved soon. I am looking at that 60% off the toolbox- will this $19.98 deal expire anytime soon? I am hesitant just now since it looks like it uses PA 2011…
Oh, and the issue I wrote about in this topic remains unchanged as well.
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@Qun:
Sigh. Nope. This time the issue really is made clear though. When I run it as administrator everything is fine. Answering the Associate dialog “yes,” with the “All Users” box checked works fine and it doesn’t ask again next time I run it as administrator. When I run it normally though, as the logged-in user, I still get the UAC prompts. Whether I accept it or decline it (three times) PA runs and pops up the association dialog. Every time. It seems that PA won’t make the associations. If I choose “Yes,” it then activates UAC again, even if I don’t check “Associate for all users” checkbox. Why is it trying to update either all users or the admin account? If I uncheck that box, it should only associate for the local account which requires no admin approval, correct? Choosing to not show the dialog every time does not stop the UAC prompts at startup.
By the way, logging into the admin account then running PA from there will still pop up UAC, but since there I don’t require a password, it’s just a matter of clicking “yes.”
I hope this issue can be resolved soon. I am looking at that 60% off the toolbox- will this $19.98 deal expire anytime soon? I am hesitant just now since it looks like it uses PA 2011…
Oh, and the issue I wrote about in this topic remains unchanged as well.
All users association from 7zip is what made this issue appear, this is why you have it. So in order to fix it, PA needs to take it over.
we will take another look.
thanks!
p.s. toolbox deal wont expire soon.
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I just wish it would at least respect when I answer “no” and choose “never ask again.” I mean, the formats are already associated with PA whatever the associate dialog says (I open PA by double-clicking an archive). I should say what I mean by respect is to never attempt to promote the opening of PA to administrator level- it does stop asking to associate though. The latest failed attempt in this drama was to reinstall 7-zip (x64 version), associate all formats with it, then unassociate them. The word “failed” says it all. Another failure was trying to have it always load as administrator, then using MS’s application compatibility toolkit to permanently allow it without entering the password. This was to be a workaround I know, not a fix, but it didn’t work.
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@Qun:
I just wish it would at least respect when I answer “no” and choose “never ask again.” I mean, the formats are already associated with PA whatever the associate dialog says (I open PA by double-clicking an archive). I should say what I mean by respect is to never attempt to promote the opening of PA to administrator level- it does stop asking to associate though. The latest failed attempt in this drama was to reinstall 7-zip (x64 version), associate all formats with it, then unassociate them. The word “failed” says it all. Another failure was trying to have it always load as administrator, then using MS’s application compatibility toolkit to permanently allow it without entering the password. This was to be a workaround I know, not a fix, but it didn’t work.
it is not as simple as it looks… we will have another minor update to see if we made it work properly.
once you associate with all users on 7zip, you cant re-associate as standard user with pretty much any other compression utility (i tried all the big ones lik wr, wz, pk).
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Any chance CCleaner could be useful in this?
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i think restore to the date back before 7z associated would be best option but who knows what else you installed since then.
however, we should have next version soon enough.
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I had had 7-zip installed since about day one of installing Win 7, so restoring is kinda not an option… I will await the next version then. Thanks.
By the way, the version I was using was 9.20, a stable version, but it is possible I had a beta before that- I know you mentioned betas and alphas in an email to me.
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By the way, is it normal behavior that when uninstalling only the admin settings are removed? Also related, whenever I reinstall PA, running as admin will require the registration info to be entered while running it as local user it is already registered from previous installation (even when I don’t register on the admin account right away).
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@Qun:
By the way, is it normal behavior that when uninstalling only the admin settings are removed? Also related, whenever I reinstall PA, running as admin will require the registration info to be entered while running it as local user it is already registered from previous installation (even when I don’t register on the admin account right away).
“normal” yes… has been for as long as I have been using ConeXware Products.
Frustrating slightly… But an element to avoid bugs. ie removes all settings and registry links.
One thing i would suggest if you have not done it already would be to use the “Save settings to file…” option on the “Configuration” button once you as a user / admin are happy PowerArchiver works the way you want.
That way after a fresh start you can upload your preffered settings…
One feature I have pushed the development team for is the ability to enter your Serial and Configuration settings during the Installation Process.
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So you’re saying the settings should be removed, but why are they only removed for the administrator profile, while leaving the local profile intact? Like many people, I set myself up to run as a limited user when I installed Win 7 (also when I had Vista) rather than one with full admin privileges.
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@Qun:
So you’re saying the settings should be removed, but why are they only removed for the administrator profile, while leaving the local profile intact? Like many people, I set myself up to run as a limited user when I installed Win 7 (also when I had Vista) rather than one with full admin privileges.
hmph, problem here is that install removes what it installed.
and it installed itself under admin user.
when you later on run on any other user, installation does not know that anymore… it is not aware of any other changes to the system.
and when you uninstall, you basically uninstall for all users on the computer, however to have some kind of script that would run through every HKCU for every user and delete all PA keys seems a bit extreme.
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Understood. Thanks for answering the question, and for the continued work in looking for fixes for the issue I’ve been experiencing, and of course thanks for PA itself.
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it is interesting question though… should try attempt to remove any HKCU\Software\PowerArchiver that there is?
You can literally have 50 users on the computer and of course, installation is unaware of you running PA later on. PA will automatically write down settings to HKCU after it is run from new account.
Also this made me make reminder about testing if this new all user setting is actually removed during installation as well :-).
thanks for being our customer of course!
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Well, in that case, glad I could help! :)
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Please try this, uninstall and reinstall PowerArchiver RC5.
Do not manually delete any reg keys. Reinstall and try again.
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I already did that, trying to install from both my local account (which required elevation to admin of course as any installation does), and also directly from the admin account. I never manually removed registry keys as I don’t know yet what I would need to remove. I have since uninstalled it and gone back to 11.71, but I can try again.
EDIT: Just tried again. I overwrote the 11.71 installation first, then tried uninstalling, rebooting, then reinstalling. No good. I’m sure this has nothing to do with the situation, but I remembered I turned off Windows compressed zip support when I first installed Win 7- standard practice for me because I don’t want to see zip files show up as folders in a folder tree.
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Could any of my issues have anything to do with disabling the Windows built-in zip folder support? I always do that on Windows installations because I don’t like them showing up as folders in Explorer. Then again, I expect a lot of people do this as well, and as far as I know I am the only one so far with the PA issues I’m having.
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i doubt it, i will check with the dev team after we release pa 2011 on what could be the issue in the system…
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i doubt it, i will check with the dev team after we release pa 2011 on what could be the issue in the system…
The installation of PA seems to automatically disable the inbuilt ZIP function in Win 7. I also do not like it but have never had to uninstall/disable it in either 32 or 64 bit 7. Done it is XP so many times I know the command by heart :).
DrT
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The installation of PA seems to automatically disable the inbuilt ZIP function in Win 7. I also do not like it but have never had to uninstall/disable it in either 32 or 64 bit 7. Done it is XP so many times I know the command by heart :).
DrT
it doesnt do anything to built-in zip, it disables itself once it doesnt have association to zip.
but that has nothing to do with drag and drop.
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but that has nothing to do with drag and drop.
That is what I was trying to say to the OP who posed that question.
DrT
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but that has nothing to do with drag and drop.
That is what I was trying to say to the OP who posed that question.
DrT
ok, but still let it be said that we dont actually disable anything… Windows removes it itself once associations go to some other program… not our fault :-)
