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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.
Very long rar extraction
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It took over 10 minutes to extract a 3.50GB two part RAR file all the while maxing out the CPU and using nearly all the available memory. There were no other programs running except for my startup programs (Norton Internet Security 2013 + ATI Catalyst Control Center + OneNote). It seems like with every update that is issued, the slower and more CPU/Memory intensive the extraction process becomes. I hate having to use multiple decompression programs but may be forced to using the “Win Twins” (WinZip & WinRar) if PA doesn’t start functioning better.
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It took over 10 minutes to extract a 3.50GB two part RAR file all the while maxing out the CPU and using nearly all the available memory. There were no other programs running except for my startup programs (Norton Internet Security 2013 + ATI Catalyst Control Center + OneNote). It seems like with every update that is issued, the slower and more CPU/Memory intensive the extraction process becomes. I hate having to use multiple decompression programs but may be forced to using the “Win Twins” (WinZip & WinRar) if PA doesn’t start functioning better.
PA use’s speed optimized version of unrar.dll, so it is as fast as possible. It is faster to extract than WinZip and WinRar so if you use them, it will only be slower.
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Here is a test extract if a 3.5 gig RAR archive, the file Test.rar extracted in a time frame of about 3 minutes, as shown in the screenshot.
One of the possibilities of the delayed extraction in your case could be the Anti Virus software maybe?
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If you think for one second that I am going to disable my security software just to extract a file, you’re an hackers dream come true. And as to the claim that WinRar is/will be slower, I have proof to the contrary. In fact, it extracted the same 3.5GB file in 2½ minutes with no problem. Why? Because it is up-to-date with the latest RAR compression formats whereas apparently PA is not (based on several threads in the forums here).
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If you think for one second that I am going to disable my security software just to extract a file, you’re an hackers dream come true. And as to the claim that WinRar is/will be slower, I have proof to the contrary. In fact, it extracted the same 3.5GB file in 2½ minutes with no problem. Why? Because it is up-to-date with the latest RAR compression formats whereas apparently PA is not (based on several threads in the forums here).
If you are thinking about RAR5, it is waiting next release of PA to be updated. We have fastest unrar engine, and we have pretty good engines for rest of the formats. But that does not have anything to do with your problem.
If you have some issues with PA speed, it is likely that is caused by Norton AV. Maybe try reinstalling PA and see if that changes anything. Maybe try extracting it again and check the speed.
There is no reason to be angry in every post you make, it is tiring. We are here to help you, and we do compression codecs well.
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First, I’m not angry with every post I make. Being a reformed black hat, I am upset when you make the absurd suggestion of disabling any security software just to extract a file. As you appear to be aware of, it only takes seconds to attack and/or infect a users system so why tell them to become vulnerable in the first place?
The fact is that when you tell someone to disable their security software so that your software can perform better you are enabling cyber-criminals around the world to do their dirty work. If your software doesn’t play well with security software then perhaps you need to contact those software companies so that they can supply you with the appropriate and latest API’s to make the programs work better together.
I do have a question regarding Java since it appears every time there is a Java update, your software begins to have issues with decompression times. For example, if I uninstall a Java update then your software regains its speed until I reinstall the update at which point it slows down again.
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First, I’m not angry with every post I make. Being a reformed black hat, I am upset when you make the absurd suggestion of disabling any security software just to extract a file. As you appear to be aware of, it only takes seconds to attack and/or infect a users system so why tell them to become vulnerable in the first place?
The fact is that when you tell someone to disable their security software so that your software can perform better you are enabling cyber-criminals around the world to do their dirty work. If your software doesn’t play well with security software then perhaps you need to contact those software companies so that they can supply you with the appropriate and latest API’s to make the programs work better together.
I do have a question regarding Java since it appears every time there is a Java update, your software begins to have issues with decompression times. For example, if I uninstall a Java update then your software regains its speed until I reinstall the update at which point it slows down again.
Java and PA have nothing in common… maybe Java is using your HDD or something similar so PA slows down, but other than that, PA isnt using Java nor they are sharing anything.
There is no relation at all.Same goes for Antivirus, it is not an known issue, but it could be happening. We are asking questions in order to be able to troubleshoot the problem you have. We can not know what it is if we dont ask the questions.
In general, PA has the fastest rar extraction you can find on the market, it is not something “normal”.
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you can also test the speed again and see if it is the same or?
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This time it took 20 minutes to extract a 5 part 3.5G rar file. It actually hung at 59% for about 8 minutes. I went into the task manager and disabled everything Java related and it immediately started moving much quicker. That tells me that there is some kind of conflict between Java and PA. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have made the big difference it did in the extraction time. The same has held true with any lengthy extraction. Disable all Java related programs and the extraction is quick whereas if they (Java programs) are running the extraction moves very slowly. It has nothing to do with hard drive access as the files being extracted are on a completely physically separate hard drive. This is really getting frustrating to say the least. I actually had time to go to the gas station 2½ miles away, pay the attendant, fill up my tank and return home before the 3.5G extraction mentioned above was close to completion. In fact, it only moved from 18% to 59% in that time - about 13 minutes.
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I tested a 3.5 gig rar file which contained 13 mp4 movie files…
winrar extracted in approx 1 minute 15 seconds and PA took an additional 10 seconds.
of course computer specs will have a bearing on results but I just thought I’d post
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This time it took 20 minutes to extract a 5 part 3.5G rar file. It actually hung at 59% for about 8 minutes. I went into the task manager and disabled everything Java related and it immediately started moving much quicker. That tells me that there is some kind of conflict between Java and PA. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have made the big difference it did in the extraction time. The same has held true with any lengthy extraction. Disable all Java related programs and the extraction is quick whereas if they (Java programs) are running the extraction moves very slowly. It has nothing to do with hard drive access as the files being extracted are on a completely physically separate hard drive. This is really getting frustrating to say the least. I actually had time to go to the gas station 2½ miles away, pay the attendant, fill up my tank and return home before the 3.5G extraction mentioned above was close to completion. In fact, it only moved from 18% to 59% in that time - about 13 minutes.
PA does not use Java in any way… did you try to reinstall Java on your computer? It is obviously somehow slowing it down… I have no idea why would that be as We dont interact with it… I have Java installed as well and it is not causing any issues.
