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.
Missing config item
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Wasn’t there an option in the “general” section of the “misc.” tab where the user could set the maximum number of Virtual Drives?
If so, I do not see it any more.
Am I mistaken about where it is located?
If so, I apologize in advance.
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Wasn’t there an option in the “general” section of the “misc.” tab where the user could set the maximum number of Virtual Drives?
There sure was or should I say ‘is’.
It’s there on mine anyway, don’t know why it’s not showing for you though. :confused:
I presume we are both using version 15.01.03.
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confirmed…tis showing on mine also. (v.15.01.03)
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That is exactly where I thought it was. As you can see, it is not there.
Maybe my screen settings are different and it is cutting it off?
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My screen settings are at 100%.
as you can see the space where I thought it was. It just isn’t showing.
I may try an uninstall and reinstall.
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My screen settings are at 100%.
Can’t see that being the issue then, it’s a mystery.
Maybe a fresh install would be the way to go. An inconvenience I know, but sometimes it’s the best thing to try.
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Fresh install did not help. Still not there. Had been until this update.
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Fresh install did not help. Still not there. Had been until this update.
Guess this one is for Mili then. :)
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Hmm, I’ve checked on 2 machines and I have the same issue as Socrates. No Number of Virtual Drives option.
Luxor, are you sure you’re using 15.01.03?
If so, please send over your reg settings(Cabbed) to mili at conexware dot com and we’ll take a look.
Nice mystery we have here :) -
Twice in two days I’ve discovered I am not a techno-ditz!
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Many bugs were found and fixed with your help, Socrates!
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Thanks Luxor! Can’t reproduce it yet. Really weird
Moving now to another machine with a different OS to check there to see if it makes a differencewill report back with findings
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Thanks. At this point I am just curious.
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Thanks Luxor! Can’t reproduce it yet. Really weird
Both Moles and myself have the Virtual Drives option there, so definitely weird indeed.
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To add to the mystery. It doesn’t show on my laptop running 7 (64) either.
My guess: the height of the dialogue window just has to be slightly increased. I can see a space where it is supposed to go. Just enough space for it to show.
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TO confirm i too have virtual drives on my
Windows 7 system at work BUT not on one of my Windows 7 system’s at home?! both are laptopson another system windows 7 PC Based it does show, I cant remote my Windows 8 systems just yet so will try and verify later.
If you want a system snapshot of my specs etc let me know.
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Thanks Rich! Please do let us know what you find and if it appears on the W8 machine.
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excellent catch guys, excellent!
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Appears on a clean install of Windows 8.1 64 Bit.
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. . . for I tried a a clean install, and it didn’t appear (also 8.1 - 64)
I suspect changing the height of that dialogue window, even by 10 pixels, would solve the problem.
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Still no VD option in the newest PA (just posted) on a Window 7 x32 machine.
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this has been improved now:
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Fixed on this laptop. I suspect it is fixed on all.
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yes, it was a good catch… PA checked for pavd2013.exe to show this option… so if you had old PA installed and then PA 2015, it would work fine… only on clean systems it would not show, which is why we or nobody else caught it before.
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I don’t know how you all do it. There are so many ways well-designed software can go wrong. As users we forget that it is not just the integrity of one piece of software, but how well it plays with everything else on every user’s machine.
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I don’t know how you all do it. There are so many ways well-designed software can go wrong. As users we forget that it is not just the integrity of one piece of software, but how well it plays with everything else on every user’s machine.
Couldn’t agree more. :)
