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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:
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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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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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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 :-)
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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.
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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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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 errorsIs 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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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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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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PowerArchiver 2012 - Context based Preview tab…Pretty!
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Preview tab that is context based (if PA supports preview for that extension, Preview tab will show up) - how do you like it? Looks pretty :-).
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Implement now please…:D
I thought I’d insist before Richard does…:DWindows 10 Pro x64
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.00GHz
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Implement now please…:D
I thought I’d insist before Richard does…:DNicely done Moles. :D
I like it too, that’s two good things that have been revealed this week. :)
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Who needs a new kitchen?
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What a “PowerArchiver Gzip file” - no need for TAR any more??just an website backup… GZ is still one file max format :)
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Implement now please…:D
I thought I’d insist before Richard does…:Dit works but it is buggy right now… has delayed PA 2012 Beta actually :P
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it works but it is buggy right now… has delayed PA 2012 Beta actually :P
Looks nice! and far better than the way we would preview pics now.
And i am sure i posted a while back about wanting a better preview tab and a developers tab for users who want to customise the interface more.
Could we alphas have a feel for it? or are these bugs really that bad?
Because i want it now! :D
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whatever changes we made to incorporate tabs, it all crashes all the time now, so no :-)
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whatever changes we made to incorporate tabs, it all crashes all the time now, so no :-)
ROFL! Erm dam! well look just stop and make my developer tab with Preview being a feature within that.
That way you kill two birds with one stone… and I get what i want x2!
:D
Im sure it will work great! Hows things going on the PAF front??
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PAF: doing something else that using parts of PAF. Related to AC… will see soon :-)
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just an website backup… GZ is still one file max format :)
PA compression of single file :confused:
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PA compression of single file :confused:
http://www.powerarchiver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4941it wasnt compressed by PA, some gzip on unix :-)
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PAF: doing something else that using parts of PAF. Related to AC… will see soon :-)
So does that mean you are pulling out of a new compression format for example to compress with .paf and not zip?
Or are you just adapting it for something else to buy you more time and test it in multiple situations?
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@Sir:
So does that mean you are pulling out of a new compression format for example to compress with .paf and not zip?
Or are you just adapting it for something else to buy you more time and test it in multiple situations?
something else that uses parts of paf… still a lot of work left with paf, this way we get another product and develop paf at the same time.
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Thought as much, something i would have adapted if i felt confident in its framework but wanted more time to develop the core further.
Well, i am looking forward to the next build… whenever that will be? ;)
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@Sir:
Thought as much, something i would have adapted if i felt confident in its framework but wanted more time to develop the core further.
Well, i am looking forward to the next build… whenever that will be? ;)
in few days… paf simply requires a lot of specific codecs, we have done general one, we are almost done with pdf/png/zip recompressor, next is jpeg and then parts of paf.
If we work only on paf it would be done in 6-7 months… but we are not working only on paf, we promised some things last year and it is coming soon :-)
