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.
PA 22.00.09
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Can not get script to work in Win 7
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I am trying the latest Free version on a new Win 7 computer and the script file for backups seems like to be working but no file is created. This worked fine on my old Vista computer. I must be missing something simple but can’t figure it out.
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try running backup as administrator and see if that works
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I ran PA as Admin, then the script backup file. As before the files scroll through the window showing Compressing through the list of files but the Zip if never created. this is the script file
[General]
Archive=C:\safe\PABackup.zip
TimeStamp=0
TimeStampText=-M-D-H-m-S
TimeStampMode=0
ScanArchive=0
Overwritef=1
AddQueue=0
AddLocal=1
AddLocal2=0
AddLocal3=0
LocalDir2=
LocalDir3=
IncludeSubFolders=1
IncHidden=0
Compression=1
CompressionM=1
Action=0
vssmode=1
vssext=
EncPassword=1
RelativeFolderInfo=1
ShowDone=1
RunSilent=1
RunSilentMode=1
GrowZip=0
UseOptimized=1
AddArchiveBit=0
AddSolid=1
WriteD=0
ResetArchive=0
UseSpanning=0
CSpanSize=1400
TestArchive=0
LogToFile=0
LogFile=C:\Users\Marc\Documents\Backups\Logs%backupscriptname%.txt
EmailLog=0
Encmode=0
Hidepassword=0
Encfilenames=0[FileTime]
FTMode=0
FTDays=0
FTHours=0
FTMinutes=0
FTDate=0
[FileSize]
FSMode=0
FSSize=0
FSSizeMode=0
[Schedule]
Mode=0
Time=0
Days=[CD]
BurnArchive=0FtpArchive=0
FtpLimit=
Directory=eMailArchive=0
Smtp=
Port=25
To=
From=backup@mydomain.com
Text=Please find logs of the %backupscriptname% attached.
Subject=%backupscriptname% backup log[Files]
F1=C:\My Documents Letters\ -
find pabackup.exe in explorer, right click on it and select always run as admin.
This will run it as admin for sure.
if that doesnt work, try creating simple script that compresses same folder and see if that works.
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LogFile=C:\Users\Marc\Documents\Backups\Logs%back upscriptname%.txt
If I use Total commander I can fine \Documents but no Backup folder
If I go to My Computer C drive… I do not have a Documents folder but a My Documents folder but no Backup folder under that… maybe that is the problem?
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yes, you do need to reselect those folders!
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What a Pain, I got it to work once but can’t get it to work backuping up the folders I want. Win 7 Sucks, and this should not be this hard, it was so easy on my Vista computer.
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only difference should be location of folders and permissions, nothing else… this is why i suggested recreation of script and seeing if that works.
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I tried creating 5-6 new script files, still no luck?
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I just tried 7 zip command line version and made several Zip files using the same files and folders. It appears PA and my Win 7 computer don’t like each other for some reason???
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Ive just tried creating a backup using your script and it worked like a charm.
Still doing some testing to see what could be up.Just to be clear, there is absolutely no zip archive created in the C:\safe\ folder ?
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Correct No zip file is created, you can see the Compressing message for each file but the Zip file never gets created. I made sure the Safe folder has full read wirte permissions… still no luck but 7 zip command line works
If I use PA and just compress a few files or a folder to C:\Safe it works… very strange.
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After Backup finishes, please take a screenshot of the Backup progress screen showing everything that was done. You can either post it here or email it to mili at conexware dot com
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I figured it out, if I backup (zip) a small folder it works fine but when I select this one folder that has all my emails it does not work. I guess there is a limit of x hundred or thousands of files that can be backup / zipped?
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Number of files should not really matter.
You were able to zip the exact same folder using PowerArchiver? And same one will not work using backup, right?How many files are in there?
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Maybe I spoke too soon, this new email program was miminized on the tool bar and I think since the email files were busy PA could not Zip them but it gave no error. I made sure the email program was closed and it appears to be working…… it will take 10 min or so to finish. It it does not work I will let you know but it looks like it is working so far… an error message stating the files are open would be helpful, thanks
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That must have been the problem, but I would have thought that the zip file would be created for all the other files and just skip the files that were open or locked by Windows.
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thanks for the update!
you should try using the VSS(Volume Shadow Copy) option which can compress files in use.
You can find it in the “Alerts & VSS” tab in backup. -
Thanks