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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

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      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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    Error when using shell extensions and Total Commander

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    • PoooMukkel
      PoooMukkel last edited by

      I’m using PowerArchiver since years and never had problems with this. Actually I’m using PA2011 with Windows 7 Home Premium x64.

      Now I bought the program Total Commander and every time I rightclick on a file or a folder Total Commander is crashing down.

      With ShellExView I tried to disable all shell extensions which are not from Microsoft. So Total Commander did not crash any more. But after enabling the shell extensions from PowerArchiver Total Commander crashes down when right clicking.

      Is there any possibility to fix the shell extensions so that Total Commander works without crashing down?

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      • spwolf
        spwolf conexware last edited by

        is TC 32bit or 64bit? Problem might be our 64bit shell extension then?

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        • spwolf
          spwolf conexware last edited by

          ok, so I tried:
          PA 2011 12.01.03 Int
          TC 7.56a

          on Win7 64bit.

          All works fine… both 32bit and 64bit shell ext work fine, and even UAC elevation works as advertised.

          Maybe you are using different version of TC or PA? If not, maybe some PA setting is different? Send us your settings via Options> Save (7z first), to support at conexware dot com and refference this thread…

          thanks!

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          • PoooMukkel
            PoooMukkel last edited by

            I’m using TC 8.0 beta 7 x64 with PA 2011 12.01.02 GER.

            Saved my options, zipped the reg file and sent this to you…

            Best regards,
            PoooMukkel

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            • spwolf
              spwolf conexware last edited by

              did you try reporting this to them? This seems to be the issue with their 64bit TC that just came out. Same PA works fine in their official release.

              Keep in mind that this is first release of Delphi 64bit, so these issues will arise.

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              • PoooMukkel
                PoooMukkel last edited by

                Yes, I reported this to them. But they said that it must be a shell extension which works not correctly. So they put me to ShellExView and I disabled all of the non-Microsoft extensions. Then I enabled them one by one and tested with TC.

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                • spwolf
                  spwolf conexware last edited by

                  it worked fine in 7.65a, it works fine in Explorer… just doesnt work in their betas and new 64bit code :-).

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                  • PoooMukkel
                    PoooMukkel last edited by

                    Ok… That’s a fact… ;)

                    By the way I tested WinRAR and their shell extension works fine with the beta of TC.

                    I don’t know what to do now. I asked again in the forum from TC. Hopefully there will be a fix. :(

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                    • spwolf
                      spwolf conexware @PoooMukkel last edited by

                      @PoooMukkel:

                      Ok… That’s a fact… ;)

                      By the way I tested WinRAR and their shell extension works fine with the beta of TC.

                      I don’t know what to do now. I asked again in the forum from TC. Hopefully there will be a fix. :(

                      tell them it works fine in official release, just not in their new 64bit release, and that works fine in x64 Explorer.

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                      • PoooMukkel
                        PoooMukkel last edited by

                        Okay, I will try…

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                        • spwolf
                          spwolf conexware last edited by

                          anything?

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                          • PoooMukkel
                            PoooMukkel last edited by

                            Sorry for letting you wait…

                            I asked the support from Total Commander. TC is only using 1 function for shell extensions. The rest is made by Windows. So they are not able to help. :(

                            But they showed me some workarounds for the problem. One is to use the x86 version of TC. Then it will work. Or using the x86 shell extension from PowerArchiver should also work. But I don’t know how to use the x86 shell extensions because I don’t have the possibility to install x86 version of PA on x64 system.

                            May be you can do something in one of your next versions with the shell extensions? That would be great. :)

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                            • spwolf
                              spwolf conexware last edited by

                              did you have any luck with this?

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                              • PoooMukkel
                                PoooMukkel last edited by

                                No, I didn’t have. I’m waiting for another version of PowerArchiver. Hopefully the shell extensions will work then… ;)

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                                • spwolf
                                  spwolf conexware last edited by

                                  you can unregister x64 bit shell extensions, will that work?

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                                  • PoooMukkel
                                    PoooMukkel last edited by

                                    What does that mean? And how can I do that?

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                                    • PoooMukkel
                                      PoooMukkel last edited by

                                      I don’t know, how to unregister x64 shell extensions…

                                      Installed PowerArchiver 2011 V12.10 but shell extensions still not work with Total Commander 8 Beta x64. :(

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                                      • spwolf
                                        spwolf conexware last edited by

                                        Go to cmd.exe
                                        and run:
                                        regsvr32 /u PASHLEXT64.DLL

                                        it will unregister 64bit shell extensions!

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                                        • PoooMukkel
                                          PoooMukkel last edited by

                                          That does not work. There appears an error which I only have in German.

                                          [Window Title]
                                          RegSvr32

                                          [Content]
                                          Fehler beim Laden des Moduls “PASHLEXT64.DLL”.

                                          Stellen Sie sicher, dass die Binärdatei am angegebenen Pfad gespeichert ist, oder debuggen Sie die Datei, um Probleme mit der binären Datei oder abhängigen DLL-Dateien auszuschließen.

                                          Das angegebene Modul wurde nicht gefunden.

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                                          • spwolf
                                            spwolf conexware last edited by

                                            you need to navigate to PA folder first, or else specify the path before… like C:\program files (x86)\powerarchiver\pashlext64.dll

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                                            • PoooMukkel
                                              PoooMukkel last edited by

                                              After that there are no shell extensions from PowerArchiver available although I checked the box in the settings. :(

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                                              • spwolf
                                                spwolf conexware last edited by

                                                but you should have 32bit ones in TC? PA installs both x86 and x64 shell extensions.

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                                                • PoooMukkel
                                                  PoooMukkel last edited by

                                                  No. There are no extensions from PA after that.

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                                                  • spwolf
                                                    spwolf conexware last edited by

                                                    run this:

                                                    %windir%\SysWOW64\explorer.exe /separate, /root, c:

                                                    do you see PA shell there now?

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                                                    • PoooMukkel
                                                      PoooMukkel last edited by

                                                      Still no shell extensions from PA.

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                                                      • PoooMukkel
                                                        PoooMukkel last edited by

                                                        May be did you change something in PA2011 12.11 to solve this problem for me? ;)

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                                                        • PoooMukkel
                                                          PoooMukkel last edited by

                                                          No… It still does not work. :(

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                                                          • M
                                                            Mili conexware last edited by

                                                            PoooMukkel,

                                                            Sent you a PM :)

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                                                            • M
                                                              Mili conexware last edited by

                                                              bumping this thread again, should be fixed in .22

                                                              let us know

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