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.
[Issue] 7-Zip Compression not optimal
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I have tried to achieve the same compression ratio of some downloaded 7-zip archives but despite setting of Power Archiver, I get always a lower compression ratio.
If I try to open these archive and check the method used, I see that are archives with mixed compression methods.So optimized compression of Power Archiver that is supposed to choose the best compression method for each file type is not optimal or there is a smaller dictionary used also with the highest ultra level setting.
If you want a sample
-try to download the 64 bit portable windows version of this freeware utility compressed with 7-zip,
-decompress the file in the downloaded archive
-compress again with Power Archive with the best 7-zip settings.
The better that I can get with Power Archiver is 12.9 MB the downloaded archive is 12.1 MB.0.8 MB difference on a so small archive is a pretty high difference.
Power Archiver 16.00.61
Windows 10 x64 i7 Ivy Bridge 4-core, 16GB RAM -
I have tried to achieve the same compression ratio of some downloaded 7-zip archives but despite setting of Power Archiver, I get always a lower compression ratio.
If I try to open these archive and check the method used, I see that are archives with mixed compression methods.So optimized compression of Power Archiver that is supposed to choose the best compression method for each file type is not optimal or there is a smaller dictionary used also with the highest ultra level setting.
If you want a sample
-try to download the 64 bit portable windows version of this freeware utility compressed with 7-zip,
-decompress the file in the downloaded archive
-compress again with Power Archive with the best 7-zip settings.
The better that I can get with Power Archiver is 12.9 MB the downloaded archive is 12.1 MB.0.8 MB difference on a so small archive is a pretty high difference.
Power Archiver 16.00.61
Windows 10 x64 i7 Ivy Bridge 4-core, 16GB RAMthank you for the info, it seems that for lzma2 based compression we might not be using all the options for .exe files. We will check it out (lzma setting seems to work fine).
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No problem. The new Power Archiver version seems very interesting, and I’m doing some test during my free time.
