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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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    powerarc_2023-09-18_17-01-05.png

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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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    Remembering encryption (again)

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      Socrates Banned
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      Good day.

      I had an earlier suggestion which you partly implemented.

      I am wondering if you can fully implement this at some point.

      I wanted PA to “remember” if a file was encrypted so that when I added a file I did not have to choose encryption — and the type of encryption.

      Once upon a time, whenever I would drag and drop a file to an encrypted archive, the encryption option was always set to disable. Since I do this probably 20-30 times a week, I thought it would be nice for the system to know / remember that it was encrypted.

      It now does – sort of. But once I drag and drop any file on an archive where I DON’T where the files are NOT encrypted (and change the encryption level to disable), then the system forgets every other encrypted file on my system. Once I reset it on every other encrypted file (6 of 7 of them), then the system “remembers” that it is encrypted. That is, it remembers until the next time I want to put a file in an unencrypted archive.

      Put differently. I have to set the encryption level on every frequently used archive for the system to remember it for any of my files, but if I disable it on even one archive, it disables it on all of them until I reset each one by one.


      While I have you, I would like to reiterate my request to allow move – as well as copy – to archive, perhaps by holding down the Shift or Control key when I drag and drop.

      Thanks.

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      • spwolfS
        spwolf conexware
        last edited by

        it remembers last used setting, not archives.

        Otherwise, PA can detect if you have an ecnrypted file in archive… but what happens if you have 10 encrypted and 10 unencrypted files, which is easily possible in ZIP?

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          Socrates Banned @spwolf
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          At least you understand the concern.

          If I have 10 archives I regularly use, nine of them are encrypted and one isn’t, then changing the one changes all 10.

          Wouldn’t it be better if it “recognized” that the file were encrypted?

          Perhaps I am wrong, but it seems there should be some way to avoid this problem. 'Cause the fix, for me, isn’t really much of a fix.

          BTW, I NEVER have a mix of encrypted and unencrypted files in the same archive, and I suppose I would have thought that was true for most people. I have a fairly good imagination, but I can think of only a few very odd circumstances where I might do that (although I don’t do it AT ALL).

          Then there is the other proposal I have made several times (sorry for being such a pest, but I know this is doable).

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          • spwolfS
            spwolf conexware
            last edited by

            it is not the archive, but files inside - inside same archive, you can have both encrypted and unencrypted files… how do you decide what setting to automatically show you?

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              Socrates Banned @spwolf
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              But the system doesn’t really remember the last setting. I have to reset EVERY encrypted archive to encryption for the system to remember.

              If I had to do this only once, it would be unfortunate, but not a serious problem. But as I said, Once I add a file to an unencrypted archive it is NOT enough to reset that option of one archive. It changes that option until I have reset the option on all my encrypted archives. So if doesn’t JUST remember the last setting. If the last setting is to disabled encryption resets the option on ALL encrypted archives.

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                Socrates Banned @Socrates
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                I think a set of my interrelated concerns could be solved if you had an option for a ZIPX profile as well as a ZIP profile (see the attached image)
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                  Mili conexware
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                  Hello!
                  You can make your own ZIPX profile by creating a new ZIP profile with, say, Optimized(Zipx) compression which you can use.

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                    Socrates Banned @Mili
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                    I have that, but it does not show up as an option in the profile window I showed up in the last image.

                    Indeed, by default, you now have ZIPX as a default profile . . . but it doesn’t show in the first or second of the two drop-down windows (format and profile).

                    Does that indicate that there is a problem with my set up somewhere?

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                      Socrates Banned @Socrates
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                      A solution . . . connected to a phenomenon I mentioned in an earlier thread.

                      If I change the format from ZIP to anything else and then back to zip, THEN I can see options in the drop-down profile menu. But I have to change to some other format first . . . and then back._

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                      • spwolfS
                        spwolf conexware
                        last edited by

                        do you have several profiles setup, or is this about default profile? Is it only in drag and drop window or everywhere where there is profile option?

                        i just created profile named zip encrypt and showed up in main window add screen, main window drag and drop and shell extensions?

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                          Socrates Banned @spwolf
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                          Drag and drop – which is about all I do.

                          Also, a profile I created before you could rename name, shows up once I changed profiles and changed back. It also shows up in the FTP drop-down profile options.

                          Any way to get rid of this name in the profiles. I looked at the registry, but it was reluctant to tinker since it appears 4-5 keys are interlinked to define those profiles — and I was afraid I would leave one or delete the wrong one.

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                            RJWaring
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                            Use PowerArchiver’s backup tool that creates a registry copy of your configurations.

                            Then if you mess up PA’s registry to a point it wont work just double click on the PA Backup you made and that will recover you working config settings.

                            There is no risk to you OS by modding PA’s registry… Belieave me i’ve been in there allot.

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                              Socrates Banned @RJWaring
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                              Thanks.

                              The old profile is gone and PA seems to be chugging along just fine.

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                                AshlynnCurtis
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                                Nice Post. You have provided good information, Please keep writing.
                                Thanks.

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