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    Can you include .3MF to the list of re-compressible formats?
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    Can you include .3MF to the list of re-compressible formats? Its structure is similar to MS Office 2007 documents and Open Document Format. It is a ZIP Deflate archive with XML data and some JPG, and/or PNG pictures inside. Otherwise, if I try to compress .3MF it bearly makes it smaller unless I recompress .3MF to the Store setting then it makes it a lot smaller.
    Wish they all would move to 7zip ZSTD in the first place so that the optimized file size with FileOptimizer would be 50% of the ZIP Deflate version. And there would be no extra compression needed :)

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    Optimize archive on Context Menu
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    I noticed that the option to add the optimize archive function to the context menu is missing on Windows 10.
    Opening each archive with the interface in order to click it becomes tedious with many files.

    Same for others functions like Remove Archive Encryption

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    Improve start-up/responsiveness of PA

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    • H4ndyH
      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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        • S
          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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          • spwolfS
            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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            • drteethD
              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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              • spwolfS
                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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                • drteethD
                  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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                  • spwolfS
                    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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                    • drteethD
                      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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                      • RJWaringR
                        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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                        • spwolfS
                          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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                          • RJWaringR
                            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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                            • spwolfS
                              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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                              • LuxorL
                                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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                                • guidoG
                                  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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                                  • drteethD
                                    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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                                    • LuxorL
                                      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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                                      • drteethD
                                        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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                                        • LuxorL
                                          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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                                          • spwolfS
                                            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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                                            • spwolfS
                                              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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                                              • LuxorL
                                                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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                                                • spwolfS
                                                  spwolf conexware
                                                  last edited by

                                                  :-)

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                                                  • drteethD
                                                    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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                                                    • spwolfS
                                                      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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                                                      • drteethD
                                                        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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                                                        • spwolfS
                                                          spwolf conexware
                                                          last edited by

                                                          :-)

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