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    Some strings are not translated in PA2023
    BigMikeB

    PA 22.00.09

    Some labels in the help toolbar are not translated:
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    [BUG] License not recognized
    BigMikeB

    PA 22.00.09 shows a nag screen, when I try to open some setting windows. I have already PA 2023 Toolbox and PA shows, that it’s licensed in the info dialog.

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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

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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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    Issue with virtual drive

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      BookWyrm
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      I’m running the PA 2012 beta with the virtual drive.
      I can mount and access the ISO files without issue, but there is an issue when I go to unmount or remove the virtual drive.

      The initial attempt says everything succeeded, but then I get a message from Windows that it was unable to remove the device and the drive remains mounted.

      Running Windows 7 SP1 x64.

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        RJWaring
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        Bookwyrm,

        Thank you, for your post.

        Can you verify that you have downloaded Beta 2 (12.00.18)

        I can clarify that this is a known issue the alpha team and developers have been discusing.

        You should be able to Unmount the drive by right clicking on PAStarter and Selecting “Unmount & Remove Device…”

        Try and ensure the “My Computer” Window is closed to ensure this unmounts the device.

        It seems that when the user is in “My Computer” it goes through the process of unmounting but something is locking PoweArchiver’s Driver from doing it. But when the user removes the drive using other dismount options in PA’s program it works.

        My view on this is the 1st port of call for a user would be to right click on a device and dismount it. Although, there are other ways this shouldnt mean we should give up and find a fix. :)

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        • spwolfS
          spwolf conexware
          last edited by

          @BookWyrm:

          I’m running the PA 2012 beta with the virtual drive.
          I can mount and access the ISO files without issue, but there is an issue when I go to unmount or remove the virtual drive.

          The initial attempt says everything succeeded, but then I get a message from Windows that it was unable to remove the device and the drive remains mounted.

          Running Windows 7 SP1 x64.

          did you by any chance download and install beta 1 first?

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            Socrates Banned @spwolf
            last edited by

            I have always occasionally had this problem too with successive versions of PA. But if I did, I just went to the “Safely Remove Hardware” icon in the system try, clicked on the VD I wanted to remove, and that solved the problem. Always seemed, at most, like a minor glitch, one with an easy workaround. Besides, I assumed (perhaps wrongly) that it was just something else going on somewhere in my system.

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            • spwolfS
              spwolf conexware @Socrates
              last edited by

              @Socrates:

              I have always occasionally had this problem too with successive versions of PA. But if I did, I just went to the “Safely Remove Hardware” icon in the system try, clicked on the VD I wanted to remove, and that solved the problem. Always seemed, at most, like a minor glitch, one with an easy workaround. Besides, I assumed (perhaps wrongly) that it was just something else going on somewhere in my system.

              there was an bug in b1 that made it impossible to unmount VD, it was fixed in b2 however it involves that user uninstalls the driver and reboots before installing new one. Which is why i asked if he used b1.

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                BookWyrm @spwolf
                last edited by

                @spwolf:

                there was an bug in b1 that made it impossible to unmount VD, it was fixed in b2 however it involves that user uninstalls the driver and reboots before installing new one. Which is why i asked if he used b1.

                I did indeed use B1 and upgrade to B2. I’ll do the uninstall of the virtual drive and reboot/reinstall and see what I get.

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                  BookWyrm @BookWyrm
                  last edited by

                  Unfortunately the uninstall/reboot/reinstall did not seem to resolve the issue. :(

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                  • spwolfS
                    spwolf conexware @BookWyrm
                    last edited by

                    @BookWyrm:

                    Unfortunately the uninstall/reboot/reinstall did not seem to resolve the issue. :(

                    did you uninstall PowerArchiver Startport drivers, reboot and then downloaded and installed latest drivers? It has to work :-)

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                      BookWyrm @spwolf
                      last edited by

                      @spwolf:

                      did you uninstall PowerArchiver Startport drivers, reboot and then downloaded and installed latest drivers? It has to work :-)

                      I did the uninstall via Programs & Features control panel and rebooted.

                      The install of the latest drivers, I just opened PowerArchiver and selected Virtual Drive and let it install them. According to PatchBeam the virtual drive is version 1.05.02

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                      • spwolfS
                        spwolf conexware
                        last edited by

                        but you uninstalled the drivers right? Since uninstalling PA wont do anything.

                        Patchbeam just shows virtual drive version, not actual driver version.

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                          BookWyrm @spwolf
                          last edited by

                          @spwolf:

                          but you uninstalled the drivers right? Since uninstalling PA wont do anything.

                          Patchbeam just shows virtual drive version, not actual driver version.

                          The app I uninstalled via Control Panel was “StarPort Drivers for PowerArchiver Virtual Drive Emulator”, I assume that’s the right one?

                          The controller I see in Device Manager is ‘StarPort Storage Controller (Lite)’. The drive is StarPortLite.sys with version 3.5 Build 20080111

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                          • spwolfS
                            spwolf conexware
                            last edited by

                            that should work… how are you unmounting? Did you try via shell or any other way?

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                              BookWyrm @spwolf
                              last edited by

                              @spwolf:

                              that should work… how are you unmounting? Did you try via shell or any other way?

                              I did the unmount via the PowerArchiver gui; selected the Virtual Drive from the ribbon and selected unmount.

                              Is there a different way to try?

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                                Mili conexware
                                last edited by

                                lets try this,
                                Uninstall Starport drivers
                                reboot computer
                                download and install this driver;
                                http://dl.patchbeam.com/conexware/pavdint2012/files/pastarport15002int.exe

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                                  vinko @Mili
                                  last edited by

                                  why I can not install any games with PA 2012 Toolbox?Is there any solution for this?

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                                    Mili conexware
                                    last edited by

                                    Vinko,

                                    What sorts of issues are you having which make it seems like there is something wrong with PA VD?
                                    Personally, I’ve installed some programs/games using PowerArchiver’s VD and it worked fine. Of course, that does not mean it has to work fine for you.

                                    Please let us know some details and we’ll do our best to help.

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                                      vinko @Mili
                                      last edited by

                                      I want to install the game. I choose .iso image, right click, mount VD and then wait VD and nothing happens….

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                                        Mili conexware
                                        last edited by

                                        Vinko,

                                        Please try the following;
                                        Open PowerArchiver
                                        Go to the Burner menu
                                        Click on the Virtual Drive button
                                        You should be asked whether to install drivers, click Yes.
                                        Once they are installed, go back to the same Virtual Drive button and click it, you should get PA 2012 VD working then and the right click option should also work as well.

                                        Let me know if that worked.

                                        Thanks

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                                          vinko @Mili
                                          last edited by

                                          no luck …. now I have a computer crashes every time when PA VD wants to install software…
                                          how sorry I am that I bought a license for PA 2012 Toolbox

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                                            vinko @vinko
                                            last edited by

                                            I also tried with daemon tools and Alcohol 120% and even with these softwares I could not install the game and office… what could be the cause of my problem?

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                                              Socrates Banned @vinko
                                              last edited by

                                              Are you running PA with administrator privileges? If not, the installation may not work.

                                              Or perhaps you are not running the setup on your VD with administrator privileges.

                                              Since this is not a problem I have ever heard mention, I am betting that it is a problem with a setting like those mentioned above, or some other clash on your system.

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                                                Mili conexware
                                                last edited by

                                                Hi Vinko,
                                                Were you able to install the VD drivers properly?
                                                If not, here is the direct link to them;
                                                http://dl.patchbeam.com/conexware/pavdint2012/files/pastarport15003int.exe

                                                If you have, then what errors are you getting when trying to use the VD.

                                                Also, please do try running PA as admin as noted by Socrates and see if that helps.

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                                                  vinko @Mili
                                                  last edited by

                                                  re-install Windows 7 was the only solution …. PA 2012 Toolbox is now working very well…

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                                                    Socrates Banned @vinko
                                                    last edited by

                                                    Glad it was fixed. But what a time-consuming solution. Sorry.

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                                                      Mili conexware
                                                      last edited by

                                                      Glad it works Vinko!!

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                                                      • moles42M
                                                        moles42 Alpha Testers
                                                        last edited by

                                                        I’d be lost without my virtual drive…:)

                                                        Windows 10 Pro x64
                                                        Intel Core i5 3470 @ 3.20GHz
                                                        8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3

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                                                        • spwolfS
                                                          spwolf conexware
                                                          last edited by

                                                          who knows, probably some driver messed up all the virtual drives as you tried them all…. I will be closing this thread so if something else comes up, open new one… thanks.

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