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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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).
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.
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hi PA
since i have a new Monitor & windows 10 the window of powerarchiver is very blurry
i found the solution on Microsoft TechNet, but they say it’s up to the programmer to fix the Software
rerad more here
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn528847.aspx
would be nice if you could check this.
txs
marc
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you need to lower the dpi to 125dpi, at 150dpi, it will not work properly… Only thing we can do is disable dpi scaling at 150dpi completely.
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hi, i’m using a dpi of 110%,
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what version of PA are you using?
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the latest
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in the properties under comppability i can disable scaling high dpi
then the program Shows finei made 2 pics of the difference but i don’t know how to Show you
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can you do a screenshot please?
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send it to support at conexware dot com if you cant attach it here.
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i see what you are talking about… please do use the disable checkbox in properties to get it back to normal size… not sure what exactly we can do since we cant disable it automatically I think thats one of the Win cert logo rules.
We will try doing something better in the future.
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does the Microsoft link didn’t help?
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/…/dn528847.aspx -
does the Microsoft link didn’t help?
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/…/dn528847.aspxnope, this is how it works for delphi applications…. this is auto scaling by Windows.
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hi
i’m using a System tool called privazer.
today on their Forum they wrote“we need your help to test UI changes for high DPIscreens (no other changes in this version). Simply download it, use it and have a look if there are layout/design issue: It should look much better on high DPI screen.”
so there must be a way or??
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Marc, let us know what do you need aside from disabled dpi support that makes it blurry… anything else?
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i just want you to fix it and not to disable it. as another programmer did for his software too after i asked too check it
** is high DPI aware. However, it did not properly tell the Windows it and therefore some Windows UI scaling values (e.g. 125%) did not work properly, but Windows scaled ** as a bitmap resulting blurred font.
It’s now fixed
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i just want you to fix it and not to disable it. as another programmer did for his software too after i asked too check it
** is high DPI aware. However, it did not properly tell the Windows it and therefore some Windows UI scaling values (e.g. 125%) did not work properly, but Windows scaled ** as a bitmap resulting blurred font.
It’s now fixed
thank you Marc for your comments, we spoke about this over support chat yesterday… we will take a deeper look into doing manual adjustments for larger dpi sizes in PA 2016… hopefully it will be possible. Thanks!
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hi PA
since i have a new Monitor & windows 10 the window of powerarchiver is very blurry
i found the solution
I can confirm that this will look really nice in PA 2016… we just did work on it, and results are good… one control is still giving us issue but it should be working fine by the time beta comes out.
It will work fine with 125%, 150% and even 200% larger dpi. So 4K screens here we come.
Thanks for reporting this and if you have any other reports or wishes, let us know (new thread though!)
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hi drazen,
great News. txs. but will it only work fine with 125,150,200%? as i use 110%
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it will work with any size…