Hi everyone, some good news about PowerArchiver… I’ve managed to get in touch with the original developer of PowerArchiver, Ivan Petrovic, and he has confirmed that the product is not dead or abandoned, in fact it is still very much alive! There has been a hiatus over the past months for various reasons, but that we should expect to see stuff coming through in the coming months (hopefully the next 2 months).
The Windows 11 context menu for PowerArchiver on normal files (to be compressed, etc.) is now showing multiple tiers with two identical menus. See attached captures of the issue:
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Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 24H2
OS build 26100.2605
Hello!
I’ve just created SFX-Archives both from ZIP and 7z-Archives and none has an Icon as it seems.
I use the new version 22.00.11.
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Basically I used powerarchiver context menus to zip up a folder then i used windows 11 own built in zip extractor via the context menu to extract all and this is where it throw up a fault. , I’m using windows 11 .
The file that was a problem in the zip that windows 11 could not extract was iva “babe” cotton.jpg
I know it has non standard quotes in it.
However I had winrar on the computer and tried the exact same method with their context menu compress to zip and then I extracted the file with windows own extract all context menu and it had no problems. This indicates that powerarchiver is doing something different with iva “babe” cotton.jpg compressing to zip.
Then I changed iva “babe” cotton.jpg to iva babe cotton.jpg and compressed it with powerarchiver and then tried it with windows 11 extract all and had no problems. It looks like powerarchiver is doing something to that one file that has quotes in it.
Please note that powerarchiver extracted both zip files with no problems, only windows built in zip extraction had the fault. Reason I’m letting people know in case they send zip files with special characters in files names to people who do not have powerarchiver.
When will a fix be implemented?
On installing the program I am getting the error message:
"Unable to execute file c:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\pashutil.exe
CreateProcess failed: code 2
The system cannot find the file specified"
This can’t be right!
I am using the latest official build of Windows 11
Buttons are not properly aligned on About screen.
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Buttons not aligned on configuration window.
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New version:
PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.10:
Download:
https://u.powerarchiver.com/pa2023/powarc220010.exe
New build for some bug fixes and issues - full list to come with new update. Please test and see if you have any issues.
Thanks everyone for your assistance!
New version:
PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.11:
Download:
https://u.powerarchiver.com/pa2023/powarc220011.exe
New build for some bug fixes and issues - full list to come with new update. Please test and see if you have any issues.
Thanks everyone for your assistance!
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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I had a large .tar file (a backed up WSL) and I want to delete a few directories and their contents from it using PA2023.
PA just destroys the whole archive as soon as I try to delete a directory, leaving it in a state where PA2023 won’t even open it any more.
I tried several times and also tried compressing it to .tar.xz instead - same result.
This should either actually work, or it should say operation not supported and do nothing.
Hello!
The regular version of PA 2023 is out for over 6 months now, but there is still no sign of the portable release.
(When) will there be one?
Thanks!
Hello!
Is there currently no portable version of PA2023 available?
(When) do you plan to release one?
Thanks!
Win 11 64 bit
I have some archives which have been encrypted, using the encrypt option either in pbs or when interactively creating a zip. When I open these, and look at files, I am asked for passwords, which I know, and then can view items or decrypt the files in the archive (tools>decrypt files).
However, when I use the Actions>Remove Archive Encryption (whether using the same zip or asking to write another), the routine shows progress bar to the end, but then just hangs i.e. “OK” never activates. All process information shows this stalled/hanging.
What can I do to sort this out?
For example:
Download this ZIP file: http://dslstats.me.uk/files/dslstats32W-6.5.zip
Everything in the ZIP file is in a directory “dslstats32W-6.5”.
However when I extract using right click “Extract Here” the name of the directory created is “2W-6.5” !
I am running PA 22.00.09 on Windows 11. I have seen the same happen with some other kinds of archive too.
If I compress a folder to a .pa using right click, Compress to folder.pa and use the new Windows 11 menu then the Options, Configuration, Miscellaneous, Use normal relative path setting is always enabled.
But I like this option disabled so I have to use the old style menu in order to get PA to compress a folder in the way I wish.
ImgBurn 2.5.8.0 ISO images and PowerArchiver Toolbox
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Ok I have a small 1Mb ISO (4 XML logs for MBAM) compressed called “Test.7z” that also doesn’t display contents in PA which was created with ImgBurn 2.5.8.0.
Please see what you can make of it?
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PowerArchiver doesn’t recognise ImgBurn’s ISO’s as valid archives!
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Just re-created the same ISO with the same files as “ISO9660\Joliet” instead of “UDF” and PowerArchiver has no problem displaying the files at all!
PowerArchiver has problems with UDF 2.01 ISO’s created by ImgBurn 2.5.8.0 it would seem.
Update, no problems with UDF 1.02 ISO’s.
Update, no problems with UDF 1.50 ISO’s.
Update, problems with UDF 2.00, 2.50 and 2.60 ISO’s.
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thanks, we will check it out.
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I’m sorry to do this to you but this is still an issue with PA 2016 RC2 build 50.
This ISO in screenshot opens fine in WinRAR 5.30 x64 but in PA there is nothing at all.
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gonna install imgburn and give it a try with the latest version. thanks!
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ISO types:
ISO 9660 Juliet most works (just found one that doesn’t)
UDF 1.x works
UDF 2.x doesn’t workI think it depends on the type of ISO and what app created it, IMGBurn in this case.
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I have here an similar Problem.
I get from an friend an iso Image with an photo Collage.
The file Extension ist .imgWith Powerarchiver 2015 I have no Problem to open this file.
But with powerarchiver 2016 i have no possibility to open the file or extract the files within the iso imge.I have no Infos about what for an configuration my friend has used to create the Image file.
But until know I had no reason to know the configuration because i had never an problem to open this iso files until now.
MfG
MDuss -
I have here an similar Problem.
I get from an friend an iso Image with an photo Collage.
The file Extension ist .imgWith Powerarchiver 2015 I have no Problem to open this file.
But with powerarchiver 2016 i have no possibility to open the file or extract the files within the iso imge.I have no Infos about what for an configuration my friend has used to create the Image file.
But until know I had no reason to know the configuration because i had never an problem to open this iso files until now.
MfG
MDusswould you or your friend be able to send us an .img/.iso file that does not work as described above?
Just tested creating and ISO and and IMG via IMGBurn, both opened fine in latest PA 16.03.01.
Can you send us some of the files you are using to create the IMG/ISO that does not work in PA?
We’ll try with those.You can send to support at conexware dot com
thanks!
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Hi Mili.
The files are very big, nearly 2.5GB, so it is not very easy to send them.
I send my friend in Australia an email so that he try it again with the iso file.
Maybe it will work than.MfG
MDuss -
one suggestion that could help is send them the file via dvd post wise.
second suggestion would be to look at the type of iso that has been created. Try a different setting to produce another iso that powerarchiver can read then we can highlight a seting or iso format that powerarvchiver needs updating/ adding.
What iso format is being created? that’s the question.
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Hi Mili.
The files are very big, nearly 2.5GB, so it is not very easy to send them.
I send my friend in Australia an email so that he try it again with the iso file.
Maybe it will work than.MfG
MDussask him how is he creating them and if he can do a small one in the same way?
thanks!
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Yes, what spwolf mentioned and I’ll try creating multi-gig ISO today via ImgBurn using different options, lets see
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HI.
I will see that my friend make a complete new imagefile.
Hope that this will work.MfG
MDus