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I’ve been dealing with an intermittent explorer.exe crash for 5-6 years now. It happens randomly and will usually occur multiple times within a single session of an hour or two on my machine when manipulating files through Windows Explorer. explorer.exe is the only thing that ever crashes, so it’s not hardware IMO. I’ve done all hardware diagnostics and RAM is good. I’ve even swapped out motherboards with different brand and even the exact same one and it still crashes. sfc /scannow indicates system files are fine. I’ve done multiple reinstalls of the OS with no positive results. This crashing has happened on Windows 7 64-bit and Windows 10 64-bit. It seemed to get more frequent with Windows 10 after upgrading last year. I’ve also been using PowerArchiver throughout that time period (upgrading over time with new releases). I recently disabled all non-Microsoft extensions via ShellExView and saw no crashes for about 10 days, which is really unusual. I turned back them all back on after 10 days and saw another explorer.exe crash within the hour. So I disabled all 32-bit extensions and saw another crash. Following that I disabled all the PowerArchiver shell extensions and haven’t seen a crash after a day of heavy usage manipulating files within Windows Explorer, which doesn’t happen for me. The crash dumps I’ve captured don’t seem to indicate PowerArchiver is involved but I have a hunch it has something do with PowerArchiver shell extensions. The system even feels smoother with the PA extensions disabled. Windows 10 reliability monitor always has the same type of problem:
Description Faulting Application Path: C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe Problem signature Problem Event Name: BEX64 Application Name: explorer.exe Application Version: 10.0.17134.165 Application Timestamp: 4031a9f8 Fault Module Name: StackHash_e78e Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0 Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000 Exception Offset: PCH_8D_FROM_ntdll+0x000000000009AA54 Exception Code: c0000005 Exception Data: 0000000000000008 OS Version: 10.0.17134.2.0.0.256.48 Locale ID: 1033 Additional Information 1: e78e Additional Information 2: e78e327659b46c9a0c6916396b253cbf Additional Information 3: cebf Additional Information 4: cebf952c5db535ae7880488aafce55d9 Extra information about the problem Bucket ID: 1a57e4e784fbc735c231c68bd88581a9 (1311047270476906921)I know this is a very nebulous explanation but is there any way to link this up to PA shell extensions as the cause? I can provide the crash dumps and additional information if necessary.
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Good morning,
I have been using all compression programs for over 20 years, I have always found Winrar very easy to use when I create a self-extracting archive, even 7-zip is simple, “right click” and “create self-extracting archive”, because on powerarchiver it must be like this confused ?
It doesn’t just create the archive, it opens a page where I have to select the file again, what kind of archive, which folder to create it, etc … you should learn from your competitors how to make life easier! -
Converting an archive to .zip (using both the “Deflate (.zip, compatible)” and “Store” compression methods) always creates a .zipx file instead.
pa-convert-zip-1.jpg
pa-convert-zip-2.jpgUsing the “Store” method sometimes creates a .zip file; I have seen it happen just now, but I cannot reproduce it.
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Hi,
So refer this screenshot:
image_2020-12-30_115129.png
The properties panel that you see, is what I tried to compress, using PA, with following settigs:
Extreme Strong optimize
https://forums.powerarchiver.com/assets/uploads/files/1609079025475-image_2020-12-27_195344.pngThe process was stuck at 0% with no progress for over 8 Hours:
PA.png
Then the usual, clicking will make it go not responding.
So, I could not get the files compressed using PA.
I tried 7zip, and it worked, so that’s 1 issue.
PA shows incorrect original(before compression) size of total contents.
Refer the first screenshot.
folder’s size is shown correctly in 7ZIP
but not in powerarc.this happens with every archive, whether they are compressed in PA or not, whether it has only 1 file, or multiple files inside multiple directory.
Neither does the archive property panel shows original content’s size.
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Hi,
So my rig is as below:
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4720HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz (Turbo 3.7GHz)
RAM: 16 Gigs DDR3
Samsung SSD 860 EVO
Windows 10 pro for workstations x64, freshly installed on 22nd Dec 2020, and updated.
PA freshly downloaded on same day, so it’s 2021 x.x.62 versionPA Stuck.png
Issue and reproduction:
If you start a compression, and if it’s mid way anywhere or even started, and you try to cancel it, the window will get stuck there, another click or key press will make the window not responding, then, and more will make windows to collect logs for crash, and the process will be terminated by windowsOn the other hand.
If the process is mid way, and if you try to pause it, the compression, CPU utilization, RAM usage will stay/increase as if the compression if still going on, the whole process will take it’s course, instead of doing what we clicked on.
So, both pause and cancel buttons are useless.
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I recently installed PA 2021. But the PowerArchiver Starter, for my backups, keeps running at high CPU usage, I have to keep killing it, its running about 46% constantly.
I have Windows 10 Pro, 20H2, build 19042.662
Any ideas would be helpful.
Thanks
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Just installed 2021 v20.00.63
Now, when I add to queue, with or without using always use queue.
The powerarc starter opens up in notification bar.
and that’s it, no matter how many files I add to queue, no compression will start.
I also cannot double click or right click the icon.
If i end task for this, and disable queuing, compression works fine, just that I have to manually start individual tasks.
it’s quite ironic that you guys took whole year to fix one issue, in this versions, which completely broke the queuing feature.
Did you guys test it before releasing?
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Hi,
You can obtain the original file from here:
https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/in/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/lenovo-y-series-laptops/y50-70-notebook-lenovo/80ej/59428436/cb32343883/downloads/driver-list/component?name=Power%20Management
For Lenovo Y50-70 win 7 x64 bit, power management, get lenovo energy management
Run the exe it will extract the installable drivers to C:\drivers
I tried to compress the whole folder using PA using following parameters:
Extreme, strong optimize.
image_2020-12-27_195344.pngThis resulted in negative compression.
However same file is compressed by 7zip alpha, with positive compression:
PA Negative compression.png
I understand that there are different algorithms, parameters used, and totally different software with unique sets of logics programmed, but see if compression algo can be optimized for such files.
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Over the last few months, I’ve been trying to track down the cause of a hanging bug in PA.
I have found a reliable test case (on my computer at least).I am trying to extract the folders/files from: https://github.com/codereader/DarkRadiant/releases/download/2.9.0/windeps.7z
By selecting both folders, then dragging over to a Windows Explorer window on another HDD.
I’m not sure what causes this but this just doesn’t do anything, progress bar appears, but nothing happens.
PA shows about 5% CPU utilization and I’ve left this going all night and it never does anything.
It doesn’t always happen, but this morning this is reliably failing for me.
The folder I’m dragging to is under Git source control, but this also happens when dragging into other folders also, but not always, sometimes it works.If I do a regular extraction and use the dialog box to select the location to extract to, that always works.
Windows 10 64bit Pro 20H2 (19042.630)
Ryzen 3900X
Anti Virus is built in Windows Security only.I captured a dump of the running process if that helps: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WLzHG_fOAMtzGMMFLHlIElnQXhsoPyYd/view?usp=sharing
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I have just installed 2021, but seems to have similar issues to 2019. If you move the app between differen monitors (with different resolutions) the app does not automatically adjust accordingly, so on one monitor I have the app is too big for the screen, whereas on another monitor it only takes up a small fraction of the screen.
This was worse with 2019, where the fonts were totally screwed up, making the app unusable. This seems better in 2021, but still not working properly. -
Hi.
I have noticed after updating PowerArchiver through PatchBeam to 20.00.63, after the installer finished and I recheck for updates, it still tells me that I have version 20.00.62 installed and prompts to download 20.00.63 again.
This also happens when I install from the offline setup file powarc200063.exe ( https://powerarchiverdl.cachefly.net/2021/powarc200063.exe ). It still installs version 20.00.62 and the process goes over and over again.
Also, in PowerArchiver About screen I see version 20.00.62 but in Programs and Features in Windows 10, version 20.00.63 is displayed as being installed.
Can someone check and see if they experience similar behavior?
Thank you!
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When I double click on a file within an archive the file gets temporarily extracted to being opened with the external program. When I now go back to the windows explorer and want to open another archive while the file from the first archive is still being extraceted, a new window of power archiver opens and immediatly closes. It opens and closes the new window repeatedly until the extraction of the file from the first archive is completed.
I use the option that power archiver opens a new tab when another archive is opened.
This happend with version 20.00.60. I wanted to update it to 20.00.63 as shown in the update window but it just updates to 20.00.62. It still shows that 20.00.63 is available but never seem to update to that version. The bug still exists though.
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I have some large zip files (~ 40 MB) with a lot of html files. When I double click on one of them in the archive, it takes a long time (eg 20 sec) for the file to be extracted and opened in the browser.
I am using version 19.00.59.
I discovered that the root cause of the problem is that all the files in the archive are extracted to the temporary dir before the selected file is launched.
It does not appear to happen with other file types (such as pdf) nor when dragging a html file into the browser.
I think I recall this issue being raised by someone else, but could not find it.
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On PowerArchiver 2021 (20.00.60) and windows 10, Both options in the windows explorer shell extension, “Compress to …zip” and “Compress to …zipx” create a .zipx file. ¿Its this intended?
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My slow ring still reads as 19.00.59… will it ever offer an update to 2021 or is that something I must do manually?
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Hello there,
I was installing-uninstalling and reinstalling PA 2021 due to another bug when I noticed a minor popup “bug” if it is considered a bug, regarding application association with recommended formats.
During PA installation you get to choose those options
Installation 1.pngI have ticked Associate PA with recommended formats
Installation completes and when you open PA the defult theme is Windows Ribbon.
When I changed it to Classic Theme, PA restarts for changes to take effect and then I get the below popup (Sorry I have a greek system)
It asks: Do you want PA to associate with recommended formats now?
Options: Associate for all users and Never show again.
Popup 2.pngI could swear that once I was changing themes and icons all the time to see which one I prefered and also toggling PA.exe to run as admin and windows compatibility mode and got this popup twice or tripple times.
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If I the Configuration > View > Standard > Disable Tabs option is checked, when double clicking inside archives on files supported by the internal viewer (PDF, JPEG etc.) they are opened in associated application rather than on a new tab in PA internal viewer, which is expected behavior.
Next, if the Configuration > Miscellaneous > General > Reuse PA Windows is unchecked, when double clicking on archives associated with PA in Explorer they are opened in new PA instance when there is another one already running, which is expected behavior.
But when Configuration > View > Standard > Disable Tabs option is checked AND Configuration > Miscellaneous > General > Reuse PA Windows is unchecked, when double clicking inside archives on archive files they are opened in the same instance of PA with no way to get back to the parent archive. I would expect, that when the user doesn’t want to use tabs AND want to use multiple PA instances, that in such case double clicking on archive located inside another archive, the second one would open in a new PA window. -
I’ve made the sections of the output bold to indicate where the typo is.
Version 7 output
Commands:a : add files to archive (default)
u : update files to archive
h : freshen files in archive
m : move files to archive (files only)
d : delete files from archiver : recurse subfolders
Version 9 output…
p|P : store relative Pathnames|store full Pathnames
PP : store full Pathnames including drive
c[0,1,2,10,11,13,15,17,19,l,p,w,b,d,z] : set compression level
(0 - store; 1 - normal ; 2 - maximal)
(10 - store, 11 - super fast, 13 - fast, 15 - normal, 17 - max, 19 - ultra
(l - use LZMA, p - use PPMd, w - use WavPack, b - use BZIP2, d - use Deflate
(z - use optimized compression method based on file exstension)
g : create Solid archive (7Z format only)
Commands:a : add files to archive (default)
u : update files to archive
h : freshen files in archive
m : move files to archive (files only)
d : delete files from archiver : recurse subfolders
P : store full Pathnames
PP : store full Pathnames including drive
p : store relative Pathnames
c[0,1,2,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,u,l,p,w,b,d,z] : set compression level
(0 - store; 1 - normal ; 2 - maximal)
(10 - store, 11 - super fast, 13 - fast, 15 - normal, 17 - max, 19 - ultra
(l - use LZMA, p - use PPMd, w - use WavPack, b - use BZIP2, d - use Deflate
(o - use LZMA2
(u - use pLZMA4, f - use ZSTD, k - use PPMd_sh, e - use Deflate64
(z - use optimized strong compression method based on file exstension)
(x - use optimized fast compression method based on file exstension)
(m<filters|methods> - use custom set of filters and methods for .PA archive
y[r|b|d|x|p|d] - filters reflate, bcj2, x64flt, rep, delta
ypc<size> - custom rep c size
ypm<size> - custom rep mem size
yrx<size> - custom reflate zlib level (1-9)
yt{x} - number of threads
ya - debug mode
mt : set multithreading on
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I’ve found a bug when extracting files from a 7ZIP file, specifically when you tell PowerArchiver to extract only some files and folders from it. This is where the bug exists. You can tell PowerArchiver to extract only certain files but then it proceeds to extract the whole file and not just what you wanted.
Fast ring: PA 2016 16.10.07
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Version:
PA 2016 16.10.07 (Fast Ring)Download:
http://dl.powerarchiver.com/2016/powarc161007.exeWhats New:
- Fixes since 16.10.05. This build will go on fast ring later on today and there will be full list of changes on the website.
Thanks for everyone sending their reports!
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(almost) full list of changes:
http://www.powerarchiver.com/2016/05/25/powerarchiver-2016-16-10-07-released-2/IMPROVEMENTS
New progress window features
PA-49 - Add Ability to search files at all levels of folder structure (using find files)
PA-34 - Add file information for archive in extract/add dialog
PA-86 - Add support for latest Offline help files, publish offline help on download pages.
WEB-27 - Update help files with new tutorials and up to date information.
PA-55 - Explorer view: while browsing hdd in explorer mode, save last used location
PA-75 - Preview files in archive using keyboard (up/down arrows).
PA-92 - Do not save encryption options under last used options in PA main add window and PA shell add window
PA-95 - Display compression/extraction speed in progress window (MB/s)
PA-96 - Add support for PSF skins (format icons, toolbar icons).
PA-101 - Comment window - changed font in comment window also applies to the comment dock.
PA-109 - Backup: Keep %backupscriptname%.log as filename when clicking browse button to change path of log file
PA-112 - Create help tip over current filename in progress bar
PA-124 - update 7zip dll to 16.00
PA-133 - Automatically add new backup to the backup list when using main PA interface
PA-147 - do not add empty folders during backup with include only filter
PA-74 - Add new korean update to the installer
PA-117 - Add support for tar.xz in Archive Converter
PA-123 - Implement Always on Top option for other applications (Encryption Suite, Burner, Backup).
FIXES
PA-114 - FTP log output window - fix some spelling issues
PA-2 - FTP profile created in backup does not stay saved as FTP profile
PA-3 - Classic interface, burner/ftp/backup icons dropdown do not fit at 175% dpi
PA-9 - FTP: “after finishing queue” dropdown does not show checked items
PA-10 - Cloud: black border around treeview, despite skinned window
PA-17 - Wrong color for treeview when out of focus in dark skins
PA-25 - Cloud: Clear Saved Settings not being applied for OneDrive
PA-37 - Color coded list in modern skins should work the same as in classic
PA-38 - Remove app icons from start menu /programs folder if user registers Standard or Pro
PA-42 - Vitual Drive does not translate to Korean on Autodetect
PA-52 - Spanish version text display issues
PA-57 - Backup does not upload to specific cloud folder
PA-58 - Backup sort fields for Name and Last Run are not working in backup list in main PA - Backup interface
PA-71 - Backup: Remove ability to add blank filter in filters
PA-72 - Keyboard shortcut missing for OK button in Converter
PA-73 - CRC error on specific ZIP - add support for that specific ZIP archive.
PA-76 - PA 2012 nag screen comes up in PA 2016 Backup
PA-90 - Classic display style does not refresh file list
PA-91 - SFX: Cannot create Zip and CAB SFX archives with folders inside
PA-102 - Comment button not shown in default skin in status bar
PA-108 - Backup: Filename remains in title bar when running backup as standalone
PA-115 - online help does not work?
PA-116 - configure clouds button in modern icons - old icon under open button
PA-118 - Batch creating Tar.Gz files from .reg files also creates a .zipx file
PA-119 - Batch creating Tar.XZ files creates .tar filesPA-122 - Make GZ default Tar method instead of XZ
PA-125 - Subfolders not included in SFX’s correctly
PA-129 - Backup: Select Files/Folders window skipped when clicking Next in backup
PA-153 - Remove: Burn disc from .iso from PRO version shell
PA-154 - Cloud 2016 written twice in Cloud caption bar
PA-155 - Toolbox shell options show in registered pro version
PA-121 - Psf skins: interface skins resets to base when psf skin loaded.
PA-148 - Comment window dock shows white background in black skins.
PA-131 - Testing of bz2 files does not work properly due to specific bz2 archives (disabled testing option)
PA-99 - Fixed support for specific .ARC archive.
PA-121 - Psf skins: interface skins resets to base when psf skin loaded.
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A nice little list, more like it in future please. :)
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A nice little list, more like it in future please. :)
due to new issue/project management tool we use, it is easy to export these… it is not 100% list since we had 7 internal releases to get to here but overall yes, it is nice :-)
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Hi,
I have not been using PowerArchiver for a while and decided to use it again. A few comments.
The various modules i.e. the burner, backup etch, is it possible to run it with the same theme as the main program when you run them individually?
In the burner, if you make a cd\dvd from an iso image there seems to be no option to verify the disc? Could it be possible to have an option not to eject the disc once it is burnt?
Thanks
Brett
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Hi,
I have not been using PowerArchiver for a while and decided to use it again. A few comments.
The various modules i.e. the burner, backup etch, is it possible to run it with the same theme as the main program when you run them individually?
In the burner, if you make a cd\dvd from an iso image there seems to be no option to verify the disc? Could it be possible to have an option not to eject the disc once it is burnt?
Thanks
Brett
they should run with the same theme… if they are not, try changing skin to something else and back to desired skin. Mili will comment about verify.
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Hi
I use the Windows 10 theme, but if I run the dvd burner program separately, it opens with a lot of colourful tiles. If I run the burner from within Powerachiver, then it uses the correct theme
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hello,
The highlighted Options button will bring up an additional options dialog where you can select verify files after burning.
Will also check skins when apps are run standalone. thanks!
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Hi,
I have no options when I select the option to burn a disc from an ISO image, if I do a normal burn then the option is there. Could you also add an option not to eject the disc after burning? I have almost damaged by drive because my previous burning software never ejected the disk.
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Hi,
I have no options when I select the option to burn a disc from an ISO image, if I do a normal burn then the option is there. Could you also add an option not to eject the disc after burning? I have almost damaged by drive because my previous burning software never ejected the disk.
Thanks for the clarification.
We will check if the option to load tray back after burning can be added to ISO burner as well.Also, if you use the “load disc back on finish” option in regular burner, let us know how it worked out of you.
Thanks!
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Hi,
Another function/ability that is missing from PowerArchiver is the ability to extract a exe driver file, like the Intel Chipset drivers, other programs like 7-zip allow you to extract the contents of the exe so you can then manually install the drivers without running the installer. I cant seem to be able to do this with PowerArchiver.
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Once an EXE installation is opened in PowerArchiver, PowerArchiver will prompt whether to install it or open it.
Post a link to the driver’s you found, we’ll take a look.Thanks!
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