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PA2023 Win10, (same problem with older releases but never reported)
PA Soft is installed on partition D. (exclusive for installed progs)
Then I created on my partition G: the folders as configured in PA Settings ‘Folders’.0fcf1b09-1b91-4b74-b250-f8cf908a3348-Ashampoo_Snap_maandag 20 maart 2023_11h54m34s.png
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The problem : Any activity on PA is saved in these folders…
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I am still using Powerarchiver 2022 and it does not show pdf markups in the preview. Is there a setting to get version 2022 to show pdf markups in the preview? If not, does this work in version 2023?
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The question that I have about PA archives is what happens if say ConeXware, as a company, dies in the future? What happens to any PA files that are created today? Can these files be decompressed with a copy of a PowerArchiver that can no longer phone home to the mothership thus can’t be registered or activated?
I mean, I can understand that new PA files wouldn’t be able to be created if the program isn’t registered but what about an un-registered copy because well, the question that I posed above?
It’s questions like this that make me not want to store anything really valuable in PA files out of fear that I, at some point in the future, might lose access to said data inside those files. OK, 7ZIP might not be able to compress as heavily as PA but at least it’s open source and any 7ZIP files will still be able to be read and decompressed ten, twenty, or fifty years from now.
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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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Is this a known problem? Is there a fix coming? This is a primary reason I buy PA.
I’ve tried both methods I know to extract multiple zips at the same time. 1) Multi Extract feature in the GUI. 2) In Windows File Explorer, select multiple zips, right click, use PA context menu to Extract or Extract To…
Is there a setting I missed? Or maybe it really is processing in parallel, but I can’t detect it? Nothing tells me in the Processes in Task Manager that multiple PA extracts are running. And my CPU, memory and disk resources do not look like a lot of extracts are running.
I’m using PA 2022 Standard version 21.00.18 on Windows 11 Pro version 10.0.22621 Build 22621.
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In the latest version of PA, on W11 (latest build/SP) when you try to use the first level context menu - NOTHING HAPPENS (particularly when you do this from Downloads or Documents folders) - however I noticed that it DOES WORK when you use the context menu from the Desktop. Going to the second level context menu does work however.
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Is the version Preview 2023 also considered to be tested by the testteam ? In the past we got messages in the forum for testing out version x.x, to be downloaded by fastring, or I missed the one for 2023. (I discovered 2023 on the official web…)
CU, Pirrbe.
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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…
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It seems a standard problem with new releases :-)
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Hi there, been a user since 13 years now and in past whenever I had a problem or question I could email, however since 3 weeks it seems like everybody is dead?
Anyway, as kind of a last resort, I post this email a 4th time but in this forum instead now, in the hope for help:
"This is the 3rd time I am emailing you guys as I am missing a working code for the preview of Power Archiver 2023Can you please help me? I am a 13 years lasting customer of yours, and I am shocked thatr for whatever reason my support tickets are ignored now, why?
thanks in advance!
All the best!
Joerg" -
Re: Explorer.exe Crash on right click
This appears to be happening again with the Power Archiver 2022 shell extensions.
When I have Use Explorer Shell Extensions enabled in Power Archiver Configuration and right-click on c:\Users\username\Start Menu, (hidden Junction file), File Explorer crashes.
I have version 21.00.15 (03/2022) 64-bit installed in Windows 10 Version 21H2 (Build 19044.1826).
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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:
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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.
Extract to shared folder triggers User Account Control dialog
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If I copy a PowerArchiver 2012 to a shared network folder (e.g. \LOCAL-WEB\Junk) and then extract it (to the same shared folder) I get a “User Account Control” dialog asking “Do you want this program to make changes to this computer?”. Is this the expected behaviour?
Regards AndyDb
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Just to make sure, you have an archive on a shared folder and when you extract it to that same folder, you get the UAC dialog?
Are you extracting via right click options?
Thanks
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If I copy a PowerArchiver 2012 to a shared network folder (e.g. \LOCAL-WEB\Junk) and then extract it (to the same shared folder) I get a “User Account Control” dialog asking “Do you want this program to make changes to this computer?”. Is this the expected behaviour?
Regards AndyDb
what happens when you copy and past something there in the Explorer, do you get UAC as well?
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I can confirm that this happens for me as well.
I have Windows 8 Enterprise x64 with PowerArchiver 2012 (newest build).
7zip extracts any archive to a mapped or direct-linked share w/o invoking UAC. PA2012, on the other hand, shows errors during the extraction process. I have attempted to extract files straight to a shared folder & drag-drop to the same folder. Both get the UAC prompt & then give an error that I don’t have the correct permissions. I have verified that I have total access to these folders w/o any need for admin privileges or UAC-elevated admin access.
If you would like me to post screenshots, I can.
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I can confirm that this happens for me as well.
I have Windows 8 Enterprise x64 with PowerArchiver 2012 (newest build).
7zip extracts any archive to a mapped or direct-linked share w/o invoking UAC. PA2012, on the other hand, shows errors during the extraction process. I have attempted to extract files straight to a shared folder & drag-drop to the same folder. Both get the UAC prompt & then give an error that I don’t have the correct permissions. I have verified that I have total access to these folders w/o any need for admin privileges or UAC-elevated admin access.
If you would like me to post screenshots, I can.
what format?
drag and drop copies files via Windows Copy function to those folders, are you sure that 7zip actually extracts those files properly there? Since with drag and drop, it is Windows doing copying and you should see Windows native dialogue, right?
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what format?
drag and drop copies files via Windows Copy function to those folders, are you sure that 7zip actually extracts those files properly there? Since with drag and drop, it is Windows doing copying and you should see Windows native dialogue, right?
ZIP
7zip works with both methods. PA2012 gives an error when it attempts to temporarily extract to my user profile temp folder. I’ve tried the Local/Temp & LocalLow/Temp just to make sure it didn’t have anything to do with UAC privilege level. The native Windows copy function & TeraCopy aren’t invoked whatsoever since PA2012 errors out on all counts regardless unfortunately.
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that means that PA cant extract to your temp folder? can it extract same file anywhere else, like on desktop?
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btw are you using latest version of PA? 13.02? thanks :-)
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in any case, it seems that in your case, it is problem with extracting that ZIP, no matter where, not a problem with extracting to network.
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Yes, 13.02
Extracting temp files to current directory or Desktop doesn’t work either. No temp folders as well.
I guess I’m SoL for now. :/
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Yes, 13.02
Extracting temp files to current directory or Desktop doesn’t work either. No temp folders as well.
I guess I’m SoL for now. :/
how big is the file? I am assuming it is just that file that is creating problems? Other zips work fine?
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I tried multiple ZIPs of 10 to 110MBs. No other files work fine with it.
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so nothing works, cant extract any file with PA anywhere basically?
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Well… I tried extracting to a shared folder that has the modify permission as Authenticated User in addition to System & Administrators. This time it worked.
Possible UAC issue on an admin account when extracting to folders that don’t have a broader permission set?
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i am getting confused, I thought it didnt work on desktop or temp?
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It’s because you are confused. :P
It only works on folders that have “Authenticated Users” or “Domain Users” with at least the modify or write permission. It doesn’t work with folders that my own account or administrator accounts with full control permissions have access to.
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maybe Antivirus? What AV do you have?
Otherwise did it work before and stopped working now or?
In general PA does not handle permissions at all, it uses Windows functions. Meaning something is not letting it work with files properly. Maybe you have set it to run under another user or something similar, some compatibility options?
If I understood correctly, it wont even extract files to your desktop? Thats not an option :-). Something is wrong.
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I have Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1.
Alright… I found out that a non-media related archive can extract to anywhere with PA2012.
The Desktop is a viable extraction point if media isn’t in the archive. I’m quite unsure why this is occurring.
Permission errors w/ UAC still occur when SEP is disabled completely.
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try uninstalling PA, restarting and installing again… if thats not it (some custom setting in Windows for pa.exe), then it is Antivirus blocking extraction and PA thinking it is due to permissions.
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No good. Seems that it was working fine with my old account but since it became corrupted, I’m on a newly created account now.
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when I changed accounts (well Win8 installation), it asked me if I want to make folders readable by changing permissions and voila, Win8 did it all for me… it might have been really fast due to the SSD.
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btw, did you try using ICACLS for changing permissions via CL?
ICACLS “.” /grant “User”:Fwould make it change perssions to full for user named User.
icacls /?
gives help for changing permissions if thats the problem.
