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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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).
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?
For example:
Download this ZIP file: http://dslstats.me.uk/files/dslstats32W-6.5.zip
Everything in the ZIP file is in a directory “dslstats32W-6.5”.
However when I extract using right click “Extract Here” the name of the directory created is “2W-6.5” !
I am running PA 22.00.09 on Windows 11. I have seen the same happen with some other kinds of archive too.
If I compress a folder to a .pa using right click, Compress to folder.pa and use the new Windows 11 menu then the Options, Configuration, Miscellaneous, Use normal relative path setting is always enabled.
But I like this option disabled so I have to use the old style menu in order to get PA to compress a folder in the way I wish.
PABACKUP.EXE Crashes
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Hello,
Lately I’ve been experiencing application crashes with with PABACKUP.EXE. Here is the Event information offered by the Windows Application Log (let me know if you need more details):
Faulting application name: PABACKUP.EXE, version: 12.0.24.1, time stamp: 0x2a425e19
Faulting module name: PABACKUP.EXE, version: 12.0.24.1, time stamp: 0x2a425e19
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000041da
Faulting process id: 0xcd4
Faulting application start time: 0x01cc5fb1ffa1369e
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\PowerArchiver\PABACKUP.EXE
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\PowerArchiver\PABACKUP.EXE
Report Id: 3d59a85f-cba5-11e0-bbed-7071bce3eb99This started happening under version 11.71 and continued after I upgraded to version 12. I have even uninstalled version 12 and re-installed from scratch.
I’m running Windows 7 64-bit and I launch my PA backup jobs using Splinterware’s System Scheduler 4.17.
In System Scheduler I use the Sequence of Events scheduling type in order to launch multiple backup jobs sequentially (I switched to this method when the PA Queue feature proved too problematic with frequent failures).
Thanks in advance for any help with this.
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You will most likely be asked by the devs if you have the same problem if you don’t use “Splinterware’s System Scheduler 4.17” So it would probably help them to know that.
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Hi Joe,
I’ve installed splinterware system scheduler and scheduled a pbs script there to be run.
Once the selected time came up, the script ran and created my backup with no issues.Does this error occur for you with all pbs scripts or just one?
If you can, please send us a sample script which does not work for you along with a screenshot of the settings for that scheduled event/script in Splinterware System Scheduler.You can send it to support at conexware dot com
Thanks!
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Hi Mili,
Thanks for your reply and thanks for your help.
This issue is becoming a real brain teaser as I am pouring over the Windows event log to find anything that could cause this crash.
Just like you, I can’t duplicate the crash at will. System Scheduler is not the culprit here, as it does exactly what it is supposed to do. As a matter of fact, it ran successfully at 2:30am this morning - no crash this time.
I am currently looking at the possibility of some sort of conflict with VSS. The VSS service stops due to idle timeout and perhaps that causes a problem when PABACKUP.EXE starts.
I was hoping the crash information provided through the event log might help you pinpoint some sort of problem area. If that is not the case then there is not much else you can do at this juncture.
I will keep plugging away at this and will provide updates here.
If you have any thoughts on the VSS angle please let me know.
Thanks!
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VSS was not used with PA 2010 though, so it should be not influencing factor with the issue.
Did you try using different compression? What are other PBS settings, for instance are always new files created, or is old backup file updated?
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is there another process running in the background when pa backup is used.
does differnt backup scrips work ok?
when did you create the backup script i mean what version of pa was the backup script made in.
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I’m closing this thread. Thank you to all for your replies. :)
As it turns out the System Scheduler utility has failed to properly execute an automatic Windows login, so when PABACKUP is scheduled no user is logged in, causing PABACKUP to crash (perhaps not very elegant programming!).
Before I run all of my backup scripts, I schedule a series of housekeeping activities (closing applications, running CCleaner) followed by a system restart. System scheduler has a setting to automatically initiate a Windows auto logon and this works well in Windows XP, but has stopped working in Windows 7.
I’ve had to find a different way to initiate a forced Windows auto login (I’m not relying on System Scheduler for this any more). Problem solved.
Thanks again. :)