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 on Windows 11. I have seen the same happen with some other kinds of archive too.
Hello!
Is there currently no portable version of PA2023 available?
(When) do you plan to release one?
Thanks!
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.
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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PA 22.00.09
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PA 22.00.09 shows a nag screen, when I try to open some setting windows. I have already PA 2023 Toolbox and PA shows, that it’s licensed in the info dialog.
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PA 22.00.09
Some labels in the help toolbar are not translated:
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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.
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?
Hi,
From where I get PAVD2023.EXE? PowerArchiver 2023 tries to open it.
But it seems, it tries to download PAVD2021.EXE.
Thanks
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.
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)
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.
PA2015 - JPEG-Compression in ZIPX
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Hello!
In the announcement for PA2015 I read something about full read and write support for ZIPX, while earlier versions could read all ZIPX files but create these only without the special JPEG-compression.
So I had hoped that this means PA2015 is also able to compress JPEGs in ZIPX-format as WinZIP can.
When I tested it (using ZIPX / ultra / optimized) the resulting ZIPX was about 10-20% larger than the one created by WinZIP and JPEGs showed no cokpression at all. Selecten WAVpack or PPMed did not change anything.
Did I make something wrong or did I missunderstand something?
Thanks!
A.Borque -
Hello, addition to ZIPX was XZ codec, which PA 2015 can now both read and write. Nothing to do with JPEG.
Thanks!
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Hello!
Thanks for your reply. So I misunderstood it.
But as JPEG-Compression is almost the only useful part of ZIPX (at least for me) let me ask whether there is any chance this option will be added to PA at some point in the future.
Decompression works already, are there perhaps patent-issues?
a.borque
PS: Just to clarify: I do not mean the image-compression-algos used in original JPEG-format, but WinZIPs addition to ZIPX, which compresses JPEGs another 10-20% without further quality loss! -
Hello!
Thanks for your reply. So I misunderstood it.
But as JPEG-Compression is almost the only useful part of ZIPX (at least for me) let me ask whether there is any chance this option will be added to PA at some point in the future.
Decompression works already, are there perhaps patent-issues?
a.borque
PS: Just to clarify: I do not mean the image-compression-algos used in original JPEG-format, but WinZIPs addition to ZIPX, which compresses JPEGs another 10-20% without further quality loss!yes, there is a strong chance… actually the idea was to do our own, which would be slightly better (or at least 3x faster)… it takes time though.
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Hello!
Thanks for the reply! I am looking forward to it.
Will your “enhanced version” be compatible with to original ZIPX?
a.borque -
Hello!
Thanks for the reply! I am looking forward to it.
Will your “enhanced version” be compatible with to original ZIPX?
a.borqueit is all new jpeg codec, has nothing to do specifically with zipx… so it would not be compatible with WZ, which is probably fine since not many if any actually support reading of jpeg in zipx.
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You are Right, AFAIK PA is the only programme, which supports at least decompression of ZIPXed JPEGs. E.g. WinRAR and 7-Zip don’t support this part of the format.
I hope your solution will offer a better documentation, so it can be used (at least for decompression) in other programmes and on other platforms (Mac, Linux, …).
