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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…
PA ignores them and still use the default settings. Whats wrong ? Regards, Pirrbe -
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 :-)
Can I have a link or can it be fixed. Thank you. CU later -
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!
Joerg" -
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:
a) PA always issues a UAC prompt to do this!
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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.
List of archive formats
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saw this on a website and thought it would be nice for people to see it
Extension File Description Popularity
.0 Hacha Split Archive File Average
.000 DoubleSpace Compressed File Uncommon
.7z 7-Zip Compressed File Very Common
.a00 ALZip Second Split Archive File Uncommon
.a01 ALZip Third Split Archive File Uncommon
.a02 ALZip Fourth Split Archive File Uncommon
.ace WinAce Compressed File Average
.ain AIN Compressed File Archive Rare
.alz ALZip Archive Common
.apz Autoplay Media Studio Exported Project Average
.ar Unix Static Library Average
.arc Compressed File Archive Average
.arh ProTool Compressed Project File Uncommon
.ari ARI Compressed File Archive Rare
.arj ARJ Compressed File Archive Uncommon
.ark PowerDesk Pro Archive Rare
.axx AxCrypt Encrypted File Average
.b64 Base64 MIME-Encoded File Average
.ba Scifer External Header Archive Average
.bh BlakHole Archive Uncommon
.boo Booasm Compressed Archive Uncommon
.bz Bzip Compressed File Common
.bz2 Bzip2 Compressed File Common
.bza IZArc BGA Archive Rare
.bzip Bzip Compressed Archive Average
.bzip2 Bzip2 Compressed Archive Rare
.c00 WinAce Split Archive File Average
.c01 WinAce Split Archive Part 1 File Average
.c02 WinAce Split Archive Part 1 File Uncommon
.car CAR Archive Uncommon
.cb7 Comic Book 7-Zip Archive Uncommon
.cbr Comic Book RAR Archive Common
.cbt Comic Book TAR File Average
.cbz Comic Book ZIP Archive Average
.cp9 ChoicePoint Encrypted File Average
.cpgz Compressed CPIO Archive Average
.cpt Compact Pro Archive Uncommon
.dar DAR Disk Archive Average
.dd DiskDouber Archive Uncommon
.deb Debian Software Package Very Common
.dgc DGCA File Archive Average
.dist Mac OS X Distribution Script Average
.dl_ Compressed DLL File Average
.dz Dzip File Uncommon
.ecs Sony Ericsson Phone Backup File Average
.efw Renamed Zip or Executable File Average
.epi EclipsePackager2000 Compressed File Uncommon
.f Freeze Compressed File Average
.fdp MySafe Encrypted Data Average
.gca GCA File Archive Average
.gz Gnu Zipped Archive Very Common
.gza IZArc BGA Archive File Rare
.gzi Unix Gzip File Average
.gzip Gnu Zipped File Average
.ha HA Compressed Archive Rare
.hbc HyperBac Compressed Archive Average
.hbc2 HyperBac Compressed File Archive Uncommon
.hbe HyperBac Compressed and Encrypted Archive Uncommon
.hki WinHKI Archive Average
.hki1 WinHKI HKI1 Archive Average
.hki2 WinHKI HKI2 Archive Average
.hki3 WinHKI HKI3 Archive Average
.hpk HPack Compressed Archive Rare
.hyp HYPER Compressed Archive Rare
.ice ICE File Archive Average
.ipg iPod Game File Average
.ipk Itsy Package Average
.ish ISH Compressed Archive Rare
.ita IconTweaker Theme Archive Average
.j JAR Archive Rare
.jar.pack Pack200 Packed Jar File Rare
.jgz Gzipped Javascript File Average
.jic Java Icon File Average
.kgb KGB Archive File Average
.lbr LU Library Archive Average
.lemon LemonShare.net Download Uncommon
.lha LHARC Compressed Archive Average
.lnx Commodore 64 Lynx Archive Average
.lqr SQ Compressed LBR Archive Average
.lz Lzip Compressed File Average
.lzh LZH Compressed File Uncommon
.lzm Slax Module Average
.lzma LZMA Compressed File Uncommon
.lzo LZO Compressed File Average
.lzx Amiga LZX Compressed File Uncommon
.md MDCD Compressed Archive Rare
.mint Linux Mint Installer File Average
.mou WinMount Compressed File Uncommon
.mpkg Meta Package File Common
.mzp MAXScript Zip Package Average
.oar OpenSimulator Archive Uncommon
.oz Opera Job Management Compressed File Uncommon
.p7m Digitally Encrypted Message Average
.pack.gz Pack200 Compressed Archive Uncommon
.package Linux Autopackage File Average
.pae PowerArchiver Encrypted Archive Average
.pak PAK (Packed) File Average
.paq6 PAQ6 Data Archive Average
.paq7 PAQ7 Data Archive Average
.paq8 PAQ8 Data Archive Uncommon
.par Parchive Index File Average
.par2 Parchive 2 Index File Average
.pax PAX Archive Uncommon
.pbi PC BSD Installer Package Average
.pcv Mozilla Profile Backup Average
.pea PEA File Archive Average
.pet Puppy Linux Install Package Average
.pf Private File Average
.pim PIM Archive Average
.pit PackIt Compressed Archive Rare
.piz Zipped File Average
.pkg Mac OS X Installer Package Very Common
.pup PlayStation 3 Update File Average
.pup Puppy Linux DotPup Installer Package Common
.puz Packed Publisher File Uncommon
.pwa Password Agent File Average
.qda Quadruple D Archive Average
.r0 WinRAR Compressed Archive Uncommon
.r00 WinRAR Compressed Archive Average
.r01 WinRAR Split Archive Part 1 Average
.r02 WinRAR Split Archive Part 2 Uncommon
.r03 WinRAR Split Archive Part 3 Uncommon
.r1 WinRAR Multi-Volume Archive Part 1 Uncommon
.r2 WinRAR Multi-Volume Archive Part 2 Uncommon
.r21 WinRAR Split Archive Part 21 Uncommon
.r30 WinRAR Split Archive Part 30 Uncommon
.rar WinRAR Compressed Archive Very Common
.rev RAR Recovery Volume Set Uncommon
.rk WinRK File Archive Uncommon
.rnc RNC ProPack Archive Average
.rp9 RetroPlatform Disk Image Archive Average
.rpm Red Hat Package Manager File Common
.rte RTE Encoded File Average
.rz Rzip Compressed File Average
.rzs Red Zion Security File Average
.s00 ZipSplitter Part 1 Archive Average
.s01 ZipSplitter Part 2 Archive Average
.s02 ZipSplitter Part 3 Archive Average
.s7z Mac OS X 7-Zip File Average
.sar Service Archive File Average
.sdc Secure Download Cabinet Average
.sdn Shareware Distributors Network File Uncommon
.sea Self-Extracting Archive Common
.sen Scifer Internal Header Archive Uncommon
.sfs Squashfs File Archive Average
.sfx Windows Self-Extracting Archive Common
.sh Unix Shell Archive Average
.shar Unix Shar Archive Average
.shk ShrinkIt Archive Average
.shr Unix Shell Archive File Average
.sit Stuffit Archive Very Common
.sitx Stuffit X Archive Very Common
.spt TM File Packer Compressed Archive Rare
.sqx SQX Archive Average
.sqz Squeezed Video File Average
.tar.gz Tarball File Very Common
.tar.xz XZ Compressed Tar Archive Uncommon
.taz Tar Zipped File Average
.tbz Bzip Compressed Tar Archive Average
.tbz2 Tar BZip 2 Compressed File Uncommon
.tg Gzip Compressed Tar Archive Rare
.tgz Gzipped Tar File Common
.tlz Tar LZMA Compressed File Uncommon
.tlzma LZMA Compressed Tar Archive Uncommon
.txz XZ Compressed Tar Archive Uncommon
.tz Zipped Tar Archive Average
.uc2 UltraCompressor 2 Archive Average
.ufs.uzip Compressed Unix File System File Uncommon
.uha UHarc Compressed Archive Average
.uzip FreeBSD Compressed Disk Image Uncommon
.vem Virtual Expander Compressed File Average
.vsi Visual Studio Content Installer File Average
.war Java Web Archive Common
.wot Web Of Trust File Average
.xef WinAce Encrypted File Average
.xez eManager Template Package Average
.xmcdz Mathcad Compressed Worksheet File Average
.xpi Mozilla Installer Package Average
.xx XXEncoded File Uncommon
.xz XZ Compressed Archive Uncommon
.y Amiga Yabba Compressed File Uncommon
.yz YAC Compressed File Rare
.yz1 Yamazaki ZIPPER File Rare
.z Unix Compressed File Average
.z01 WinZip First Split Zip File Average
.z02 WinZip Second Split Zip File Uncommon
.z03 WinZip Third Split Zip File Uncommon
.z04 WinZip Fourth Split Zip File Uncommon
.zap FileWrangler Archive Rare
.zfsendtotarget Compressed Folder Average
.zi Renamed Zip File Rare
.zip Zipped File Very Common
.zipx Extended Zip File Very Common
.zix WinZix Compressed File Average
.zl Zlib Compressed File Rare
.zoo Zoo Compressed File Uncommon
.zpi Zipped File Rare
.zz Zzip Compressed Archive Average -
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