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    • Support for Zstandard .zst/.zstd archives

      Z

      It would be nice to be able to at least extract Zstandard archives.

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    • Highlighting files and folders in Add modes

      PA_Fan

      I prefer to use light themes, and when, for example, I have set up my main archive screen to be Classic Toolbar with Blizzard Blue, files in the archive are highlighted (no checkboxes, full row select) with white text on grey background. They are easy to see .

      However, in the Add screens, the files and folders are black type upon a pale blue background, which is not so readily visible, especially when highlighting separate files in lists with Ctrl/Click for addition. It would be ideal if the backgrounds to files in these screens could be set to mimic the highlighting of those in the main archive window.

      I have tried experimenting with different themes and settings for skins, toolbars and so forth, but, unless I’ve missed something, none seem to give me the effect I want.

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    • .BH in Windows 11 Context Menu

      C

      Re: Windows 11 Context menu support

      It would really make me happy if you put .BH in the Windows 11 context menu. I know it’s in the “More Options” section, but this would make it more convenient. Don’t know why the option to add it to the menu isn’t there in the first place. P-L-E-A-S-E ??? :) Thanks You!

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    • paq9a support

      R

      Any chance of including this format in a future release?

      https://github.com/FS-make-simple/paq9a

      Exceptional compression levels.

      Thanks.

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    • Windows Store Delivery (and ideally updates)

      TheAndyMac

      Now that the Windows Store is making support for non-UWP apps mainstream, including those with their own update delivery process, it would be nice to see PowerArchiver in the Windows Store going forwards - at least as a channel for the product to be available.

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    • What features do you want in new format?

      spwolf

      Tell us what features you want from new format…

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    • Windows 11 Context menu support

      BigMike

      In Windows 11 a new explorer context menu is introduced.
      The “old” context menu may still be accessed through an additional mouse click, to reach the PowerArchiver context menu functions, but this isn’t comfortable at all.

      Could you add PowerArchiver items to the first level (and ideally disable the Windows native ZIP entry)

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    • OneDrive for Business support

      Z

      I’m surprised that OneDrive for Business isn’t supported. I can’t link my company’s OneDrive account, but a personal (free) account works fine.

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    • Better handling for protected archives

      BigMike

      Hi,

      I’d like to propose an improvement for password protected archives.

      Actual behavior is:
      If I open an archive, which is password protected and make a typo in the password dialog, I’ll get the message, that the password was wrong and I end up with an empty window. I need to reopen the archive to be able to enter the password again.

      Improved behavior:
      Tell me, that the password was wrong and give me the chance to enter the correct password to decrypt the archive.

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    • ZIPX: Add support for packing JPEG with specialized algorithm

      A

      Hello!
      I know I have been asking for this feature some time ago, but as nothing has changed let me ask again:
      The ZIPX-format offers an algorithm, that compresses JPEG-files by about 20-30%. Please add compression (packing) support for this in ZIPX-archives to Powerarchiver. Extraction of JPEGs packed into ZIPX by this algorithm is already supported by Powerarchiver for a long time, so it should not be difficult? Or is it a licensing problem?
      Thanks!

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    • Better archive type handling with drag & drop

      BigMike

      Hi,

      I’d like to suggest, that the correct archive type is (always) selected, when adding files by drag & drop to an archive.

      This is already happening if the archive has the correct extension. For example, if I’m adding files to test.zip, zip will be selected. If I’m adding files to test.7z, 7z will be selected as format in “Add dialog”.

      But this won’t be working, if the archive has not the “right” extension.
      So XPI files (Firefox addons) for example are ZIP files. PowerArchiver opens them without any problems, but if I try to add file by drag & drop, PowerArchiver won’t auto select “ZIP”, but use the last selected archive format, while PowerArchiver already knows, that I’m trying to add files to a ZIP.

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    • Elevation of UAC in Mounting Images

      F

      I love this, only there is one problem. The UAC elevation feature does not extend to Mount Image option in the add-on software PA provided. It is most annoying whenever I am on highest UAC settings and I mount an ISO, every time I open and create a virtual drive UAC appears. I also do not want to completely disable UAC.

      Is adding UAC elevation for mount image feature possible?

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    • Bulkzip Nanozip (.nz) file format

      D

      The now defunct Bulkzip had Nanozip (nz) as an option this would be great to have for compatibility with my .nz files, so I don’t have to install Bulkzip separately.

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    Improve start-up/responsiveness of PA

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    • H4ndy
      H4ndy last edited by

      Hi there,

      I’m using PA since the “freeware days” and I’m still satisfied with it in terms of functionality (using 2012 Pro at the moment).

      But I noticed that it’s startup is sooo slow compared e.g. to WinRAR. I have a Quad-Core CPU and a SSD as system drive and PA still needs serveral seconds to open up and start it’s work (no matter if I open the application or want to extract something). I just doesn’t feel responsive. Hard to put into words, sorry.

      Windows 10 Pro x64
      Core i7-6700K, 16 GB DDR4-2666, GTX 980

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      • M
        Mili conexware last edited by

        Is it faster for you if you use it in Classic interface?

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          Socrates Banned @Mili last edited by

          I tried PA with and without classic interface. About 2 1/2 seconds on a 5 year old machine.

          WinRar load in 1 1/2 seconds.

          I will glad survive the extra second to get PA’s array of tools.

          Maybe, though, my system is unusual.

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          • spwolf
            spwolf conexware last edited by

            @H4ndy:

            Hi there,

            I’m using PA since the “freeware days” and I’m still satisfied with it in terms of functionality (using 2012 Pro at the moment).

            But I noticed that it’s startup is sooo slow compared e.g. to WinRAR. I have a Quad-Core CPU and a SSD as system drive and PA still needs serveral seconds to open up and start it’s work (no matter if I open the application or want to extract something). I just doesn’t feel responsive. Hard to put into words, sorry.

            what about shell extensions?

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            • drteeth
              drteeth last edited by

              @H4ndy:

              But I noticed that it’s startup is sooo slow compared e.g. to WinRAR. I have a Quad-Core CPU and a SSD as system drive and PA still needs serveral seconds to open up and start it’s work

              Agreed! 4-5 seconds to load on Intel i7 860, Win 7 x64 and 8GB. In use it is fine, but the long initial loading time is a puzzle - 3x longer than Word 2010 :eek:.

              DrT

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              • spwolf
                spwolf conexware last edited by

                Do you have rxplorer view or something? Hows the 2nd load and shell? How long until window shows up?

                It loads 2 seconds on my laptop with no ss

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                • drteeth
                  drteeth @spwolf last edited by

                  @spwolf:

                  Do you have rxplorer view or something? Hows the 2nd load and shell? How long until window shows up?

                  It loads 2 seconds on my laptop with no ss

                  Approx 2 secs on subsequent loading, times to when main window appears. Only this loading is slow, in use and with shell extns it is fine.

                  DrT

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                  • spwolf
                    spwolf conexware @drteeth last edited by

                    @drteeth:

                    Approx 2 secs on subsequent loading, times to when main window appears. Only this loading is slow, in use and with shell extns it is fine.

                    DrT

                    so it is only initial load a bit slow? we always work on that, it is one of the things constantly on our mind… you might not see it because we keep adding features and each one slows down a bit, so we speed up bringing it back still not great :-).

                    For every major release lots of work is done in this area… and we keep evaluating options.

                    At least operations themselves are super duper fast… new 13.01 will bring another 15% to unrar speed as well.

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                    • drteeth
                      drteeth @spwolf last edited by

                      @spwolf:

                      so it is only initial load a bit slow?

                      Yes. Slow enough to think I may have mis-clicked the icon (I have it pinned on my task bar).

                      Regards

                      DrT

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                      • RJWaring
                        RJWaring last edited by

                        What would be interesting idea to have is a PA Safe Mode.

                        Which starts PA up without the Ribbon in very classic format and strips down on Visuals system components.

                        Safe mode would continue to allow users to do the core basics of PA such as Compress, open and extract archives. But other things like FTP, Backup virtual driver take a back end role unless they are specifically selected.

                        This would mean users can instantly use archives with minimal restrictions. if they want more “advanced” features then they would start PA in Normal mode.

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                        • spwolf
                          spwolf conexware @RJWaring last edited by

                          @Sir:

                          What would be interesting idea to have is a PA Safe Mode.

                          Which starts PA up without the Ribbon in very classic format and strips down on Visuals system components.

                          Safe mode would continue to allow users to do the core basics of PA such as Compress, open and extract archives. But other things like FTP, Backup virtual driver take a back end role unless they are specifically selected.

                          This would mean users can instantly use archives with minimal restrictions. if they want more “advanced” features then they would start PA in Normal mode.

                          components are not loaded unless needed so it is always in “safe mode”… only option would be PA compiled/built/distributed without all those features.

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                          • RJWaring
                            RJWaring last edited by

                            I dont know how PA is written… but surely that would be pritty dam hard to do wouldnt it?

                            But it’s possibly a good idea too… I mean with certain installers like Office, or Adobe etc the user can install the “Basic”, “Custom” or “Full” on basic it has the shell and when a user selects say “FTP” it then prompts them to install that particular feature. If they never intend to use FTP then they leave it.

                            Maybe… just maybe PA could adapt their installer and program to work in the same fasion.

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                            • spwolf
                              spwolf conexware @RJWaring last edited by

                              @Sir:

                              I dont know how PA is written… but surely that would be pritty dam hard to do wouldnt it?

                              But it’s possibly a good idea too… I mean with certain installers like Office, or Adobe etc the user can install the “Basic”, “Custom” or “Full” on basic it has the shell and when a user selects say “FTP” it then prompts them to install that particular feature. If they never intend to use FTP then they leave it.

                              Maybe… just maybe PA could adapt their installer and program to work in the same fasion.

                              speed has nothing to do with Burner, FTP or Backup, since they are all on the outside of PowerArchiver.
                              You can delete all of PowerArchiver dll’s from Program Files\PowerArchiver (except for one that checks license) and PA will start the same as always - so there are no external dependencies.

                              It is the interface thats loaded at startup as well as our compression engine. Nothing else as we moved everything outside in the past few years.

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                              • Luxor
                                Luxor Alpha Testers @spwolf last edited by

                                I wonder if slow starts can be caused by what antivirus people are using.

                                Never seen any problem myself but I did see a post on Avast forums a little while ago, where someone mentioned the new version of Avast was causing a slower start-up of PA and after they had added PA to their exclusion list the problem disappeared.

                                Windows 10 Home 64-bit
                                Intel Core i7 6700HQ @ 2.60GHz
                                12.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz

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                                • guido
                                  guido last edited by

                                  I notice a lag in switching of the ribbons. I see the panes move from right to left and back…

                                  Windows 11 Pro ENU x64
                                  Intel Core I7
                                  32 GB RAM

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                                  • drteeth
                                    drteeth @Luxor last edited by

                                    @Luxor:

                                    I wonder if slow starts can be caused by what antivirus people are using.

                                    By that logic, all apps would be similarly affected, they are not.

                                    DrT

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                                    • Luxor
                                      Luxor Alpha Testers @drteeth last edited by

                                      @drteeth:

                                      By that logic, all apps would be similarly affected, they are not.

                                      DrT

                                      I wouldn’t be too sure of that.
                                      As an example I use XMPlay for playing my audio files. I had a problem with it starting up very slowly and added it to my exclusion list and after that it started instantly.

                                      Nothing else on my computer starts slowly. ;)

                                      Windows 10 Home 64-bit
                                      Intel Core i7 6700HQ @ 2.60GHz
                                      12.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz

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                                      • drteeth
                                        drteeth last edited by

                                        In that case I would say it is the fault of the errant app. One can only blame the AV if all apps are affected. So if PA is the only app adversely affected by a user’s AV, it is for PA to fix and one must ask why only that app is affected.

                                        DrT

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                                        • Luxor
                                          Luxor Alpha Testers @drteeth last edited by

                                          Odd thing is that there was no issue with starting XMPlay until Avast 6 came along, so I would guess that something changed in the way Avast handles things somehow.

                                          But this has gone OT so I’ll stop discussing it here. :)

                                          Windows 10 Home 64-bit
                                          Intel Core i7 6700HQ @ 2.60GHz
                                          12.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz

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                                          • spwolf
                                            spwolf conexware last edited by

                                            PA was always slower to start and fast in operation (fastest!), just question of how slow is it for someone and how much they use main PA vs shell, as shell is instant…

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                                            • spwolf
                                              spwolf conexware last edited by

                                              what about having simpler application, complementary to PA that doesnt have all the full features (Classic interface, no Pro/Tbx features) but will be super fast to load and of course multicore compression just like PA itself?

                                              Or do you guys want to have your cake and eat it? :-)

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                                              • Luxor
                                                Luxor Alpha Testers @spwolf last edited by

                                                @spwolf:

                                                Or do you guys want to have your cake and eat it? :-)

                                                ^^This^^ :D

                                                Windows 10 Home 64-bit
                                                Intel Core i7 6700HQ @ 2.60GHz
                                                12.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz

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                                                • spwolf
                                                  spwolf conexware last edited by

                                                  :-)

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                                                  • drteeth
                                                    drteeth @spwolf last edited by

                                                    @spwolf:

                                                    PA was always slower to start and fast in operation (fastest!), just question of how slow is it for someone and how much they use main PA vs shell, as shell is instant…

                                                    As a non-programmer, I am just surprised that the issue exists on an Intel i7-860, Win 7 x64, 8GB memory, fast H/Ds and a Nvidia 560Ti card. Could the interface, if that is where the slowdown is, use some graphics hardware acceleration features?

                                                    Cheers

                                                    DrT

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                                                    • spwolf
                                                      spwolf conexware @drteeth last edited by

                                                      @drteeth:

                                                      As a non-programmer, I am just surprised that the issue exists on an Intel i7-860, Win 7 x64, 8GB memory, fast H/Ds and a Nvidia 560Ti card. Could the interface, if that is where the slowdown is, use some graphics hardware acceleration features?

                                                      Cheers

                                                      DrT

                                                      its not that simple, things are loaded sequentially… p.s. on my new SSD, it is between 1 and 2 seconds max.

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                                                      • drteeth
                                                        drteeth @spwolf last edited by

                                                        @spwolf:

                                                        its not that simple, things are loaded sequentially… p.s. on my new SSD, it is between 1 and 2 seconds max.

                                                        That long LOL!

                                                        Cheers

                                                        DrT

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                                                        • spwolf
                                                          spwolf conexware last edited by

                                                          :-)

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