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    • PA 21.00.18 testing via context menu causes extraction of files

      D

      When the function for testing archives is invoked via the shell context menu (PowerArchiver > Test) then all the files in the archive get extracted to the current folder.

      The test dialog reports as many errors as there are files in the archive but it fails to give any hint as to which files are supposed to be erroneous or what the nature of the problem might be. Comparing the extracted files to the originals shows no differences at all.

      The .7z in question was produced with maximised compression settings in 7zip (taking forever but resulting in smaller archives than .7z produced by PowerArchiver with maximised settings). Therefore I wanted to see whether PowerArchiver can at least test .7z that it produced itself. Hence I had PowerArchiver convert a .pa with the same contents to .7z. There weren’t any errors reported but the resulting .7z contained fewer than half of the files contained in the .pa (137 of 366), so I scratched that test.

      Performance is abysmal when testing via the context menu (e.g. almost 2 minutes for testing a .7z that 7zip tests in 4 seconds), but that is most likely due to the fact that the extracted files are written to disk. Testing the same .7z in the PowerArchiver GUI takes only 8 seconds but causes the mysterious appearance of a UAC dialog, as reported elsewhere.

      The testing function is vital because PowerArchiver has a history of producing archives that it cannot unpack without errors or that do not conform to the respective file format standards (e.g. ZIP) so that other programs report them as erroneous.

      The point of creating archives is that the files in them will most likely have to be extracted at some point. If the extraction cannot be guaranteed to produce correct results then the whole program is absolutely pointless. Actually, worse than pointless - it causes data loss and hence damage.

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    • Start PowerArchiver 2023 Starter when my computer starts

      Brian Gregory

      In PowerArchiver 2023 22.00.06 configuration, the option labelled “Start PowerArchiver 2023 Starter when my computer starts” seems to be redundant.

      I am only allowed to change this option when PA Starter is disabled, and then it seems to be ignored.

      When I enable PA Starter this option is forced to the enabled state.

      I think it’d be good to remove “Start PowerArchiver 2023 Starter when my computer starts” completely. I’ve always found it confusing having both options.

      Added later: However i don’t particularly want to use queue but I do like having the PAStarter icon in my tray area.

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    • Testing .pa archives

      PA_Fan

      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 errors

      Is 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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    • PA 21.00.18 Action / Test behaves oddly for me on .PA files

      Brian Gregory

      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.

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    • Small UI / Theme bug in 2023

      Z

      Clipboard02.jpg

      See the, supposedly, blank space where the green box is? It’s like that in Modern Light theme too. I can toggle it, but it’s missing text or shouldn’t be there I guess?

      Thanks :)

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    • PowerArchiver and PACL for macOS

      spwolf

      Dear @Alpha-Testers and all of our users,

      time has come for testing of PowerArchiver and PACL for macOS.
      Please let us know here if you have Mac and can test latest builds.

      Features implemented:
      PowerArchiver 2020 - tabbing, opening, extracting, adding, testing, favorite folders, support for multiple languages, opening via Finder, explorer mode, installer.
      PACL 10 - support for most formats and features in Windows version.

      Upcoming: Tools such as archive converter, batch zip, multi-extract.

      To start testing, please sign up here in this thread, and we will send you latest build.

      thank you!

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    • Functions in Windows 11 context menu no longer work after last Windows Update

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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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    PowerArchiver Toolbox 2016 [16.00.46] => right-click crashes of Explorer.exe etc.

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      TONSCHUH last edited by

      Hi,

      I bought the PowerArchiver Toolbox 2016 [16.00.46] via here: Click

      When I right-click a file / folder / shortcut etc.pp. via Desktop, File-Explorer, Total Commander Ultima Prime etc.pp., then I get pretty much every 2nd time a “blabla had to be closed” - Error and the Explorer.exe restarts itself or closes the File-Explorer / Total Commander Ultima Prime if I’m lucky or completely takes off me the ability to right-click.

      Faulting application name: explorer.exe, version: 10.0.11099.1000, time stamp: 0x56918bfb
      Faulting module name: PASHLEXT64.DLL, version: 16.0.6.1, time stamp: 0x567a6bc2
      Exception code: 0xc0000005
      Fault offset: 0x00000000000306f1
      Faulting process ID: 0x4ea4
      Faulting application start time: 0x01d1526a75a9c9d4
      Faulting application path: C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe
      Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\PowerArchiver\PASHLEXT64.DLL
      Report ID: b1dfdd24-4949-4562-ac65-29f83f5b9cec
      Faulting package full name:
      Faulting package-relative application ID:

      • System

      • Provider

      [ Name] Application Error

      • EventID 1000

      [ Qualifiers] 0

      Level 2

      Task 100

      Keywords 0x80000000000000

      • TimeCreated

      [ SystemTime] 2016-01-19T03:55:54.964936700Z

      EventRecordID 2671

      Channel Application

      Computer MOTHER-PC

      Security

      • EventData

      explorer.exe
      10.0.11099.1000
      56918bfb
      PASHLEXT64.DLL
      16.0.6.1
      567a6bc2
      c0000005
      00000000000306f1
      4ea4
      01d1526a75a9c9d4
      C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe
      C:\Program Files (x86)\PowerArchiver\PASHLEXT64.DLL
      b1dfdd24-4949-4562-ac65-29f83f5b9cec

      DXDIAG: Click

      I have no issues with other stuff.

      :confused:

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        ckit Alpha Testers last edited by

        Please try build 53 - http://www.powerarchiver.com/forums/showpost.php?p=34606&postcount=62

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          TONSCHUH @ckit last edited by

          @ckit:

          Please try build 53 - http://www.powerarchiver.com/forums/showpost.php?p=34606&postcount=62

          Thanks for your help, but it didn’t solve the issue unfortunately.

          Here are the errors for the different tries:

          Total Commander v8.52a / Total Commander Ultima Prime v7.0:

          Faulting application name: TOTALCMD64.EXE, version: 8.5.2.1, time stamp: 0x00000000
          Faulting module name: PASHLEXT64.DLL, version: 16.0.8.1, time stamp: 0x568fd3b0
          Exception code: 0xc0000005
          Fault offset: 0x00000000000306f1
          Faulting process ID: 0x2be0
          Faulting application start time: 0x01d152af85c0558f
          Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\TC UP\TOTALCMD64.EXE
          Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\PowerArchiver\PASHLEXT64.DLL
          Report ID: 227c0e69-6aca-483a-9f5e-2ec2a3574484
          Faulting package full name:
          Faulting package-relative application ID:

          • System

          • Provider

          [ Name] Application Error

          • EventID 1000

          [ Qualifiers] 0

          Level 2

          Task 100

          Keywords 0x80000000000000

          • TimeCreated

          [ SystemTime] 2016-01-19T12:39:27.093038300Z

          EventRecordID 3024

          Channel Application

          Computer MOTHER-PC

          Security

          • EventData

          TOTALCMD64.EXE
          8.5.2.1
          00000000
          PASHLEXT64.DLL
          16.0.8.1
          568fd3b0
          c0000005
          00000000000306f1
          2be0
          01d152af85c0558f
          C:\Program Files (x86)\TC UP\TOTALCMD64.EXE
          C:\Program Files (x86)\PowerArchiver\PASHLEXT64.DLL
          227c0e69-6aca-483a-9f5e-2ec2a3574484

          File Explorer:

          Faulting application name: Explorer.EXE, version: 10.0.11099.1000, time stamp: 0x56918bfb
          Faulting module name: PASHLEXT64.DLL, version: 16.0.8.1, time stamp: 0x568fd3b0
          Exception code: 0xc0000005
          Fault offset: 0x00000000000306f1
          Faulting process ID: 0x249c
          Faulting application start time: 0x01d152af7632a073
          Faulting application path: C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
          Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\PowerArchiver\PASHLEXT64.DLL
          Report ID: 0c4ecb2e-7165-4091-85c1-e5c0c29a2e42
          Faulting package full name:
          Faulting package-relative application ID:

          • System

          • Provider

          [ Name] Application Error

          • EventID 1000

          [ Qualifiers] 0

          Level 2

          Task 100

          Keywords 0x80000000000000

          • TimeCreated

          [ SystemTime] 2016-01-19T12:40:38.221749200Z

          EventRecordID 3026

          Channel Application

          Computer MOTHER-PC

          Security

          • EventData

          Explorer.EXE
          10.0.11099.1000
          56918bfb
          PASHLEXT64.DLL
          16.0.8.1
          568fd3b0
          c0000005
          00000000000306f1
          249c
          01d152af7632a073
          C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
          C:\Program Files (x86)\PowerArchiver\PASHLEXT64.DLL
          0c4ecb2e-7165-4091-85c1-e5c0c29a2e42

          Desktop Shortcut:

          Faulting application name: SystemSettingsBroker.exe, version: 10.0.11099.1000, time stamp: 0x56918de6
          Faulting module name: SettingsHandlers_Notifications.dll, version: 10.0.11099.1000, time stamp: 0x56918ea0
          Exception code: 0xc0000005
          Fault offset: 0x000000000002a551
          Faulting process ID: 0x2598
          Faulting application start time: 0x01d152b3a5fc09b6
          Faulting application path: C:\Windows\System32\SystemSettingsBroker.exe
          Faulting module path: C:\Windows\System32\SettingsHandlers_Notifications.dll
          Report ID: c4cdc306-4e6a-4608-9ae2-4efb595df3bf
          Faulting package full name:
          Faulting package-relative application ID:

          • System

          • Provider

          [ Name] Application Error

          • EventID 1000

          [ Qualifiers] 0

          Level 2

          Task 100

          Keywords 0x80000000000000

          • TimeCreated

          [ SystemTime] 2016-01-19T12:40:55.901450000Z

          EventRecordID 3029

          Channel Application

          Computer MOTHER-PC

          Security

          • EventData

          SystemSettingsBroker.exe
          10.0.11099.1000
          56918de6
          SettingsHandlers_Notifications.dll
          10.0.11099.1000
          56918ea0
          c0000005
          000000000002a551
          2598
          01d152b3a5fc09b6
          C:\Windows\System32\SystemSettingsBroker.exe
          C:\Windows\System32\SettingsHandlers_Notifications.dll
          c4cdc306-4e6a-4608-9ae2-4efb595df3bf

          Faulting application name: explorer.exe, version: 10.0.11099.1000, time stamp: 0x56918bfb
          Faulting module name: PASHLEXT64.DLL, version: 16.0.8.1, time stamp: 0x568fd3b0
          Exception code: 0xc0000005
          Fault offset: 0x00000000000306f1
          Faulting process ID: 0x3714
          Faulting application start time: 0x01d152b6a3945c51
          Faulting application path: C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe
          Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\PowerArchiver\PASHLEXT64.DLL
          Report ID: f2390bbd-b321-4e12-9997-355db62ff9c6
          Faulting package full name:
          Faulting package-relative application ID:

          • System

          • Provider

          [ Name] Application Error

          • EventID 1000

          [ Qualifiers] 0

          Level 2

          Task 100

          Keywords 0x80000000000000

          • TimeCreated

          [ SystemTime] 2016-01-19T12:43:07.898766600Z

          EventRecordID 3032

          Channel Application

          Computer MOTHER-PC

          Security

          • EventData

          explorer.exe
          10.0.11099.1000
          56918bfb
          PASHLEXT64.DLL
          16.0.8.1
          568fd3b0
          c0000005
          00000000000306f1
          3714
          01d152b6a3945c51
          C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe
          C:\Program Files (x86)\PowerArchiver\PASHLEXT64.DLL
          f2390bbd-b321-4e12-9997-355db62ff9c6

          All apps / tools are bought. No cracks etc.pp.

          :confused:

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          • spwolf
            spwolf conexware last edited by

            Can you try uninstalling PA 2016, rebooting and then installing it again please?

            Thank you!

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            • spwolf
              spwolf conexware last edited by

              As a fast workaround, can you please set language manually to English or other language you might be using. This is in Options> Language.

              After that check it out, it should be working.

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              • spwolf
                spwolf conexware last edited by

                Please check this release:
                http://dl.powerarchiver.com/2016/powarc160055.exe

                And let us know how it goes… should be fixed. Thank you.

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                  TONSCHUH @spwolf last edited by

                  @spwolf:

                  Please check this release:
                  http://dl.powerarchiver.com/2016/powarc160055.exe

                  And let us know how it goes… should be fixed. Thank you.

                  Thanks a lot for your help !

                  v16.00.55 doesn’t have the right-click issues anymore.

                  :)

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                  • spwolf
                    spwolf conexware @TONSCHUH last edited by

                    @TONSCHUH:

                    Thanks a lot for your help !

                    v16.00.55 doesn’t have the right-click issues anymore.

                    :)

                    thanks, this was due to automatic language selection and we fixed it in one of the internal releases but it came back… since we already knew what it was and we noticed it day before, we were able to quickly fix.

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                      TONSCHUH @spwolf last edited by

                      @spwolf:

                      thanks, this was due to automatic language selection and we fixed it in one of the internal releases but it came back… since we already knew what it was and we noticed it day before, we were able to quickly fix.

                      Awesome work !

                      :)

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