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PA2023 Win10, (same problem with older releases but never reported)
PA Soft is installed on partition D. (exclusive for installed progs)
Then I created on my partition G: the folders as configured in PA Settings ‘Folders’.0fcf1b09-1b91-4b74-b250-f8cf908a3348-Ashampoo_Snap_maandag 20 maart 2023_11h54m34s.png
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The problem : Any activity on PA is saved in these folders…
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I am still using Powerarchiver 2022 and it does not show pdf markups in the preview. Is there a setting to get version 2022 to show pdf markups in the preview? If not, does this work in version 2023?
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The question that I have about PA archives is what happens if say ConeXware, as a company, dies in the future? What happens to any PA files that are created today? Can these files be decompressed with a copy of a PowerArchiver that can no longer phone home to the mothership thus can’t be registered or activated?
I mean, I can understand that new PA files wouldn’t be able to be created if the program isn’t registered but what about an un-registered copy because well, the question that I posed above?
It’s questions like this that make me not want to store anything really valuable in PA files out of fear that I, at some point in the future, might lose access to said data inside those files. OK, 7ZIP might not be able to compress as heavily as PA but at least it’s open source and any 7ZIP files will still be able to be read and decompressed ten, twenty, or fifty years from now.
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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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Is this a known problem? Is there a fix coming? This is a primary reason I buy PA.
I’ve tried both methods I know to extract multiple zips at the same time. 1) Multi Extract feature in the GUI. 2) In Windows File Explorer, select multiple zips, right click, use PA context menu to Extract or Extract To…
Is there a setting I missed? Or maybe it really is processing in parallel, but I can’t detect it? Nothing tells me in the Processes in Task Manager that multiple PA extracts are running. And my CPU, memory and disk resources do not look like a lot of extracts are running.
I’m using PA 2022 Standard version 21.00.18 on Windows 11 Pro version 10.0.22621 Build 22621.
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In the latest version of PA, on W11 (latest build/SP) when you try to use the first level context menu - NOTHING HAPPENS (particularly when you do this from Downloads or Documents folders) - however I noticed that it DOES WORK when you use the context menu from the Desktop. Going to the second level context menu does work however.
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Is the version Preview 2023 also considered to be tested by the testteam ? In the past we got messages in the forum for testing out version x.x, to be downloaded by fastring, or I missed the one for 2023. (I discovered 2023 on the official web…)
CU, Pirrbe.
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PA 2023 22.00.08
Long time no seeing. So I start up the new year with a first problem : the virtual driver cannot be installed. Reason : it is missing in the Fast Ring PatchBeam Update Service…
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It seems a standard problem with new releases :-)
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Hi there, been a user since 13 years now and in past whenever I had a problem or question I could email, however since 3 weeks it seems like everybody is dead?
Anyway, as kind of a last resort, I post this email a 4th time but in this forum instead now, in the hope for help:
"This is the 3rd time I am emailing you guys as I am missing a working code for the preview of Power Archiver 2023Can you please help me? I am a 13 years lasting customer of yours, and I am shocked thatr for whatever reason my support tickets are ignored now, why?
thanks in advance!
All the best!
Joerg" -
Re: Explorer.exe Crash on right click
This appears to be happening again with the Power Archiver 2022 shell extensions.
When I have Use Explorer Shell Extensions enabled in Power Archiver Configuration and right-click on c:\Users\username\Start Menu, (hidden Junction file), File Explorer crashes.
I have version 21.00.15 (03/2022) 64-bit installed in Windows 10 Version 21H2 (Build 19044.1826).
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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:
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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.
Options saving, encryption and other issues
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I have been using Powerarchiver for a couple of months now and there are a few issues with the way it functions that bugs me a bit.
I am using version 16.02.04
Saving Options
There needs to be an options auto save off/on flag and a Manual save of options - separate from the import/export options. It’s annoying if I create an encrypted archive by changing the option in the create dialogue, but the next time I don’t want to create an encrypted archive, it asks me for a password because “encrypt” is now the default. Similarly with changing column widths or sort order temporarily, these changes are saved. I’d prefer to save standard layout and options and be able to change these for a particular need without it becoming the new default.
Encryption
Adding a new file to a password encrypted zip file - should encrypt new file with archive password if already entered. PA updates an edited encrypted file without asking for the password again (as its already been entered when opening the file) but adding a new file to the archive when the password has been entered does not automatically use the password for the archive.
Files can be deleted from an encrypted archive without entering the password. Minor bug.
Minor Bugs and Presentation Issues
- When deleting files from an archive the deleted files are still shown until the display is updated with F5. After delete, menu keys are greyed and can’t be clicked.
- File list needs vertical space padding between lines (it looks cramped with the font I use).
- Archive comment box at bottom needs a settable font. The Comment edit box has one, not the display of it.
- The update function needs to preserve settings. The update does a full reinstallation rather than copying changed components into the install directory.
- Mouse scroll wheel does not scroll the file list until a file in the file list window is selected first.
- The Help>About info dialogue has text that is truncated vertically. My text size settings are normal under windows 10
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Thank you for your comments.
Few questions:
- You are using ZIP archives, encryption?
- Update saves all the settings, this is how Windows Installer works. It always uninstalls everything but keeps the settings. Check with next update and if not, let us know.
- Take a screenshot for About window please.
We will try to reproduce and talk about other things when team is back in the office on Monday.
Thanks again for your comments!!!
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Yes, I had the encryption issue with zip archived. Haven’t tried it with other formats.
Screen shot of the Help>About window:
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Yes, I had the encryption issue with zip archived. Haven’t tried it with other formats.
Screen shot of the Help>About window:
Thanks for the screenshot.
I’ve looked at the about screen in 125 and 150 DPI display settings and it looked proper, no text was cut off.What are the resosultion/display settings on your machine? We’ll take a look at the exact same scenario and try to reproduce.
Checking out the other mentioned issues as well
Thank you
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Thanks for looking into this. My display settings are 96 dpi (scaled 100%).
I think that the issue might be that I have changed some of the text sizes of components in Windows 10 control panel.
Under Control Panel -> Appearance and Personalization -> Display and “Change only Text Size” I have the following settings (not sure what the defaults were):
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Thanks for looking into this. My display settings are 96 dpi (scaled 100%).
I think that the issue might be that I have changed some of the text sizes of components in Windows 10 control panel.
Under Control Panel -> Appearance and Personalization -> Display and “Change only Text Size” I have the following settings (not sure what the defaults were):
Title Bars - 13 Bold; Menus 12; Message Boxes 12; Palette Titles 9; Icons 11; Tooltips 9.you should use dpi to enlarge fonts, not font options… with dpi we can detect the change and enlarge the window automatically to support larger fonts. With larger font option (left from Windows 98 Microsoft?) we cant do the same so window does not change, just the font.
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- When deleting files from an archive the deleted files are still shown until the display is updated with F5. After delete, menu keys are greyed and can’t be clicked.
Hello, tried this issue using the latest 16.03.01. I opened a couple or archives, one of subfolders inside and one without, deleted a file in both of them and the deleted file was immediately removed from the archive without a manual refresh.
Does this occur for you on all archives or a specific one?
If you can reproduce on a specific archive that you can send us, please do send it to support at conexware dot com and we will take a look at it immediately.Thanks!
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Does this occur for you on all archives or a specific one?
Thanks!It occurs on all archives that I have tried: .zip, .rar and .gz. Just tried it on some I have downloaded and archives I have created myself; problem still there. So it is not related to a particular archive.
I wonder whether there is a setting I have set to do this.
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It occurs on all archives that I have tried: .zip, .rar and .gz. Just tried it on some I have downloaded and archives I have created myself; problem still there. So it is not related to a particular archive.
I wonder whether there is a setting I have set to do this.
maybe location of the archive, are they on C: or some other drive? Thanks!
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maybe location of the archive, are they on C: or some other drive? Thanks!
They are all over the place, not in a system directory. D: drive, E: drive, a ram drive. That’s not the issue.
I was just now experimenting with settings that make a difference. I had the “Viewing Style” (under Configuration View) set to “Classic style” and this is where the display does not update. Changing the style to “Explorer style (with folders)” causes deleted files to be removed from the list immediately; switching the option back to Classic style and deleting files now updates the display immediately and the menus are not greyed out . But, closing PA and reopening the archive and deleting files causes the problem again (Classic style).
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They are all over the place, not in a system directory. D: drive, E: drive, a ram drive. That’s not the issue.
I was just now experimenting with settings that make a difference. I had the “Viewing Style” (under Configuration View) set to “Classic style” and this is where the display does not update. Changing the style to “Explorer style (with folders)” causes deleted files to be removed from the list immediately; switching the option back to Classic style and deleting files now updates the display immediately and the menus are not greyed out . But, closing PA and reopening the archive and deleting files causes the problem again (Classic style).
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File list needs vertical space padding between lines (it looks cramped with the font I use).
can you send us what font/size you are using so we can see what works with it. Thanks!
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can you send us what font/size you are using so we can see what works with it. Thanks!
The font I am using is Courier New, Bold, Size 14.
Also perhaps related settings under the File Listing options section: Grid lines option selected, Viewing Style Classic
