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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 errorsIs 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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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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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!
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I installed powarc-macos20001.dmg and I am attempting to create a password protected zip file. When I create the zip in the UI it doesn’t write the file to the destination folder. No error message is displayed. The PA app has full folder permission. I’m new to Mac, but have been running PA on Windows for a long time.
Will there be a new version of the Mac version soon?
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Hi! I came across an issue when I tried to uninstall PowerArch 2013. I got an error “The specified account already exists” which broke the process. I got the same error when I tried to install the current version, without uninstalling the previous one.
So I can’t uninstall and I can’t install PowerArchiver. Any suggestions? OS Windows 8.1 x64.Dariusz
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Where are various settings store . . . e.g. ftp, etc.
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should the image have a white background?
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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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Powerarchiver 2022
Right-click and select Encrypt on a folder does not work.
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The online update feature within the program suggests there is a later version than the ‘.17’ available on the web site. But clicking either download or update just reinstalls version .17.
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Hi Dear,
Cannot login and request resend license code for my fd
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Hi,
When you click on the Buy Now link, you come across four tabs - Home or Work, Enterprise Unlimited, Educational Discount, & Gift Discount.
What is the difference between a licence purchased via Gift Discount and a Home/Work licence?
Also, how can I renew the PowerArchiver Select plan a year after the purchase? Will it remind me automatically?
Best,
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I’m running PA 21.00.17 64-bit on a 64-bit i7 desktop with W10 Pro, latest version. This 32gb of installed RAM.
As I use the PA pbs system for a number of scheduled archiving operations throughout the day, PA Starter is set to load and run at system startup.
In the course of trying to identify some causes of slowness and bottlenecks in other processes, I notice that PA Starter (PAS) always runs at between 11% and 15% of CPU (see screenshot), usually at about 12-13%. This is by far the highest demanding process on the system, as shown by Task Manager. In Performance Monitor, PAS Average CPU is 8.32, with every other process at less that 1 i.e. in decimal places only.
Task Manager also shows PAS Power Usage as “Very High”, and is the only process shown thus.
I have looked again at the information about PAS at https://wiki.powerarchiver.com/en:help:details:powerarchiver_starter, which was last modified in 2016. The article states a low memory usage for PAS of 784k, which is fair enough, but it is the large CPU overhead which is of concern.
It is of course possible to change the PAS priority, but this has no effect on CPU overhead.
However, is it possible to change PAS, which is required only at intervals to initiate PA scheduled tasks, from consuming so much system resource for every moment of the day?
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[Solved]PowerArchiver IMG-file opening/extraction
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When I tried to extract files from my IMG-file, I got nothing.
Then I opened IMG-file with PowerArchiver v14.06.01, it showed me the empty window.
After that I opened the same IMG-file in 7-Zip v9.34, it showed me the archive(image) structure, and allowed me to extract it.
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it told me it was an invalid file or corrupt when I tried various programs to access it.
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it told me it was an invalid file or corrupt when I tried various programs to access it.
Maybe the diskcopy.img file was downloaded incorrectly.
You can try to download this file from zippyshare or rghost from above link.
Also you can make this img-file by yourself:- Open with Restorator (resource editor) diskcopy.dll file from C:\Windows\System32 folder.
- Open BINFILE folder and save 1 resource as diskcopy.img file.
diskcopy.img file can be opened or extracted correctly by using following programs:
7-Zip 9.34
Bitser 1.1.0.0
Easy 7-Zip 0.1.2
FreeArc 0.67
HaoZip 4.4.1.9596.1
PeaZip-5.4.1
WinArchiver 3.6
UltraISO 9.6.1.3016
Programs, which can not correctly open or extract this img-file:
ALZip 8.5.1
B1 Free Archiver 1.5.86.4889
BandiZip 5.02
Express Zip Plus 2.8
Hamster Free ZIP Archiver 3.0.0.74
IZArc 4.1.9
PKZip 14.20.0027
PowerArchiver 14.06.01
UltimateZip 7.0.8.1
Windows 8.1 Explorer (as Mount)
WinRAR 5.20
WinZip Pro 18.5 -
I found the interesting thing. If change the extension from *.IMG to *.CAB
the PowerArchiver 14.06.01 opens this archive, but with different files as 7-ZIP v9.34.
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this should not be a problem, it should be fixed in next release. thanks!
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this should not be a problem, it should be fixed in next release. thanks!
10.10.2014 the PowerArchiver v14.06.02 was released, but it still not opening IMG-files (diskcopy.img from diskcopy.dll).
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i can confirm that in upcoming beta, this has been corrected and works as expected.
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Problem solved in PowerArchiver v 14.06.03. Thank you.
