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    MSI release?
    J

    I’m looking forward to deploying PowerArchiver 2023 to my users. Can you tell us when the MSI will be available for download and distribution?

    Thanks.

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    Missing Icons
    LuxorL

    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

    powerarc_2023-09-18_17-00-19.png

    powerarc_2023-09-18_17-01-05.png

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    Security vulnerabilities in 7zip / Update for PowerArchiver and PACL libraries?
    BigMikeB

    Hi there,

    there were some security issues fixed in 7zip:
    https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1165/
    https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1164/

    As it seems, that PowerArchiver and PACL use the 7zip libraries, could you please update them to the latest version?

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    Virtual Drive
    E

    Hi,

    From where I get PAVD2023.EXE? PowerArchiver 2023 tries to open it.
    But it seems, it tries to download PAVD2021.EXE.

    Thanks

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    Better ZPAQ support
    W

    I noticed that the version of ZPAQ used is older than the latest released 7.15 https://mattmahoney.net/dc/zpaq.html also there seems to be a newer fork that adds several features https://github.com/fcorbelli/zpaqfranz

    It would be useful to implement this latest version (it also maintains the same syntax and behavior as the latest official release if used the -715 flag) and add when opening a zpaq file a choice of the version of the files to show (e.g. as dummy folders represented the various versions present). Since any previous changes are stored with this format, it is possible to extract a snapshot of a certain date/version.

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    Bug with "Encrypt Archive" action
    W

    If I open a password-protected zipper file (created with WinRAR but I think that’s irrelevant), open it with PowerArchiver and run “Remove Encryption” on the same file, then reopen it and add a password with “Encrypt Archive,” the resulting archive will be protected with the old ZipCrypto algorithm and not AES as indicated.
    (this can be verified, for example, by trying to open the archive files with Windows Explorer, which does not support the AES algorithm)

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    PA 21.00.18 Action / Test behaves oddly for me on .PA files
    Brian GregoryB

    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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    PA 12.01.03 failing to open 7z archive.

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    • AluminumHasteA
      AluminumHaste
      last edited by

      I just installed Powerarchiver 2011 Pro last night and it cannot open 7z archives that I’ve downloaded in the past few days.
      When I try to open one of them PA throws an error:

      “PowerArchiver cannot open this file. It does not appear to be a valid archive”

      So I downloaded the 7z file manager and it has no problems opening the same files.
      Strangely enough however, I used PA to create a 7z archive and PA has no problems opening that file.
      Here is the link to one of the files that is failing:

      http://www.systemshock.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=3099.0;attach=4476

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      • M
        Mili conexware
        last edited by

        Hello!
        The attached link links to a forum where I do see some 7z files attached, I’m assuming some of those files are what you are referring to?
        I’ve downloaded and tested
        Vurt’s SS2 Flora Overhaul v01.7z

        I’ve tried to open/extract them with PA 2011 and it worked fine. Can you point me to a specific 7z file that doesn’t work for you?
        I’ll give it a try with that one.

        Thanks!

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        • AluminumHasteA
          AluminumHaste @Mili
          last edited by

          Vurt’s SS2 Flora Overhaul v02 fails to open for me, try that one. I’ll try the v01 file.

          EDIT: The file Vurt’s SS2 Flora Overhaul v01.7z does open just fine with PowerArchiver. Perhaps his 7z files are corrupted somehow.

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          • M
            Mili conexware
            last edited by

            Yep, same here.

            I’ll log this one in and see what the dev team has to say. Looks like its something specific.

            Thanks for reporting it!

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            • AluminumHasteA
              AluminumHaste @Mili
              last edited by

              Not a problem, thank you for looking into it, as I said the 7z File manager has no problems opening these files.

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              • spwolfS
                spwolf conexware @AluminumHaste
                last edited by

                @AluminumHaste:

                Not a problem, thank you for looking into it, as I said the 7z File manager has no problems opening these files.

                what version of 7z are you using? Our dll is latest official one, there “shouldnt” be any issues.

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                • AluminumHasteA
                  AluminumHaste @spwolf
                  last edited by

                  According to 7zip I’m using 7z 9.20 which I see is the same version of the DLL in my PowerArchiver directory

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                  • AluminumHasteA
                    AluminumHaste
                    last edited by

                    I just tried the beta 9.22 DLL 7z file but PA has the same problem with some of those files.

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                    • spwolfS
                      spwolf conexware
                      last edited by

                      it is something weird, we will figure it out

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                      • AluminumHasteA
                        AluminumHaste @spwolf
                        last edited by

                        No problem, take your time

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                        • spwolfS
                          spwolf conexware
                          last edited by

                          it is rar archive, not 7z… rename extension to rar and it will work fine :-)

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                          • AluminumHasteA
                            AluminumHaste @spwolf
                            last edited by

                            Ah that explains it. That is a little strange as PA is usually pretty damn good at figuring out the actual format of the file regardless of it’s extension.

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                            • spwolfS
                              spwolf conexware
                              last edited by

                              we will see what we can do about detection in this case…

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