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    • Missing virtual driver in Patchbeam

      pirrbe

      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…
      Virtual driver PA 2023-01-28 152607.png
      It seems a standard problem with new releases :-)
      Can I have a link or can it be fixed. Thank you. CU later

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    • PA 21.00.18 testing via context menu causes extraction of files

      D

      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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    • Start PowerArchiver 2023 Starter when my computer starts

      Brian Gregory

      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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    • Testing .pa archives

      PA_Fan

      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 errors

      Is 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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    • PA 21.00.18 Action / Test behaves oddly for me on .PA files

      Brian Gregory

      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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    • Small UI / Theme bug in 2023

      Z

      Clipboard02.jpg

      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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    • PowerArchiver and PACL for macOS

      spwolf

      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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    • Functions in Windows 11 context menu no longer work after last Windows Update

      T

      For some reason, the PowerArchiver functions in the Windows 11 context menu no longer work after the last Windows Update. Only the functions in the classic context menu function as they should.

      I’ve tried uninstalling PowerArchiver and using RevoUninstaller to remove all bits and pieces that were left behind and did a clean install of PowerArchiver, it didn’t fix the issue. Other items in the Windows 11 context menu work.

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      mmouse last edited by

      Since upgrading to version 13.01.04, right clicking on a file, Selecting “Compress to…”, “Compress with Options…”, does not automatically launch FTP Quick Connect when I select Send FTP. It does work correctly if I start PA, create a New file, and select Send to FTP Server from the Options tab. I am running Windows 7 64 bit.

      Update: I installed the 13.02.02 update and it behaved the same.

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        spwolf conexware last edited by

        how about right clicking on file and clicking on Ftp it…?

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          mmouse @spwolf last edited by

          @spwolf:

          how about right clicking on file and clicking on Ftp it…?

          That does work as well. Just not when I try to do it from the Compress with options.

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            Mili conexware last edited by

            logged in, thanks mmouse!

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              Socrates Banned @Mili last edited by

              I may just be doing something differently. But it seems there is a new minor glitch.

              When I choose PA for the right-click context menu in explorer; then choose compress and FTP, and finally select my default profile, it FTP’s the file, but does not compress it first.

              I think this worked just fine in one of the early versions of 13.

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                Mili conexware last edited by

                It is reserved for the sole operating of FTPing the compressed archive and not save it to the HD as well.
                To make sure, I’ve checked previous versions of 2011 and 2012 and that’s how it has always operated.
                :)

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                  Socrates Banned @Mili last edited by

                  I am obviously misremembering.

                  But I was thinking that I could click on a regular file, then PA would compress and FTP it. But now it just FTP’s the file.

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                    mmouse @Socrates last edited by

                    @Socrates:

                    I am obviously misremembering.

                    But I was thinking that I could click on a regular file, then PA would compress and FTP it. But now it just FTP’s the file.

                    If you right clicked on a regular file you would have to select “Compress with options…” and select the FTP option. That is the way I have always remebered it being.

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                      spwolf conexware @Socrates last edited by

                      @Socrates:

                      I am obviously misremembering.

                      But I was thinking that I could click on a regular file, then PA would compress and FTP it. But now it just FTP’s the file.

                      yes you should be able to… as long as you select Compress and FTP, not FTP It.

                      seems to work fine here, i selected 3 files, right clicked, PA> Compress and FTP, it compressed them to zip called desktop.zip and then asked me for ftp profile?

                      What happens there?

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                        Socrates Banned @spwolf last edited by

                        I am obviously misremembering.

                        Apologies.

                        Hugh

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                          spwolf conexware @Socrates last edited by

                          @Socrates:

                          I am obviously misremembering.

                          Apologies.

                          Hugh

                          I dont understand :-).

                          Were you using Ftp It or? Because compress and ftp should … compress… You wrote it doesnt? Just trying to clarify :-)

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                            Socrates Banned @spwolf last edited by

                            Actually, there is an issue.

                            Go to the Configuration menu, Shell Extensions.

                            There are two options: Compression and Extraction.

                            I assumed that the compression options would determine which context menu options should show if the user clicked on a non-archive; and the extraction option would determine which options should show if I clicked on an archive.

                            If I am wrong here, please say so . . . but I would have thought that was the natural way to interpret these options.

                            When I am on a single file (not an archive), and right click, the option to “FTP It” shows up. But that doesn’t even seem to be an option I can select (add to the shell extensions) for Compression in the config menu.

                            However, since it is there when I click on a non-archive, I assumed it was shorthand for compress and FTP it — since it shows up when I right click on a non-archive.

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