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    anything planned for the future or is this software just dead now?

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    News/Update on PowerArchiver/Connexion in 2024
    TheAndyMacT

    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).

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    BETA PowerArchive 22.00.11 - Windows 11 Context Menu duplicated/additional tier
    TheAndyMacT

    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

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    No Icons for SFX-Archives
    MerowingerM

    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.

    Zwischenablage_10-22-2024_01.jpg

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    Zip extraction from windows 11 by windows
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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?

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    Installer problem
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    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

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    Button alignment. About window.
    LuxorL

    Buttons are not properly aligned on About screen.
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    Button alignment on config window.
    LuxorL

    Buttons not aligned on configuration window.
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    BETA: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.10
    spwolfS

    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!

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    BETA: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.11
    spwolfS

    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!

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    Missing Icons
    LuxorL

    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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    THE SSL CERTIFICATE FOR *.POWERARCHIVER.COM HAS EXPIRED.
    Brian GregoryB

    @spwolf @Mili THE SSL CERTIFICATE FOR *.POWERARCHIVER.COM HAS EXPIRED.

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    PA2023 22.00.09 trying to delete a directory from a tar file.
    Brian GregoryB

    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.

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    PA 2023: No portable version?
    A

    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!

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    PA2023: Portable version missing?
    A

    Hello!
    Is there currently no portable version of PA2023 available?
    (When) do you plan to release one?
    Thanks!

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    2024
    P

    Will you be releasing 2024 soon?

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    PA 2023 Toolbox - 22.00.09 - Remove archive encryption
    PA_FanP

    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?

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    Bug extracting from ZIP etc using Extract here with PA 22.00.09
    Brian GregoryB

    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.

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    Any updates going to happen for the bugs reported?

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    Solved Starting PA is slow

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      ChrisGee
      last edited by

      Hello,

      PA (latest version) on Win 7 x64, quad core, 3GHz, SDD, takes 4 seconds to start.
      Why is this so slow.
      With 7zip the same archivce is opened in some milliseconds!!

      Quitting the Antivirus Program (Kaspersky) does not change that.

      Please advise.

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        ckit Alpha Testers @spwolf
        last edited by ckit

        @spwolf Most of the time 1sec maybe a little less.

        My PA 2017 install is on a Samsung 950 Pro M.2 NVMe
        My testing was on a Samsung 850 EVO drive though

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          spwolf conexware
          last edited by

          @ChrisGee:

          Hello,

          PA (latest version) on Win 7 x64, quad core, 3GHz, SDD, takes 4 seconds to start.
          Why is this so slow.
          With 7zip the same archivce is opened in some milliseconds!!

          Quitting the Antivirus Program (Kaspersky) does not change that.

          Please advise.

          is everything fast when you use shell extensions to preview or extract the file?

          thanks!

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            ChrisGee @spwolf
            last edited by

            yes, e.g. extracting or packing via the explorer context menu is faster.

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              Brian Gregory Alpha Testers
              last edited by

              @ChrisGee:

              Hello,

              PA (latest version) on Win 7 x64, quad core, 3GHz, SDD, takes 4 seconds to start.
              Why is this so slow.
              With 7zip the same archivce is opened in some milliseconds!!

              Quitting the Antivirus Program (Kaspersky) does not change that.

              Please advise.

              Are you using Microsoft EMET?
              I found all sorts of things could go really slowly with EMET installed.

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                ChrisGee @Brian Gregory
                last edited by

                @Brian:

                Are you usign Microsoft EMET?
                I found all sorts of things could go really slowly with EMET installed.

                No, EMET is not installed.

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                  jkb @ChrisGee
                  last edited by

                  Hi,

                  I also found it to be slow to startup - I’m on the latest version as of today. Disabling “Silenty check for update at startup” seems to have made it a little bit faster for me.

                  Configuration > Autoupdate

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                    ChrisGee @jkb
                    last edited by

                    PA starting is still slow.

                    Here a log from the process monitor:
                    16:19:17,6877295 7932 POWERARC.EXE RegOpenKey HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\PowerArchiverInt\General SUCCESS Desired Access: Read
                    16:19:17,6877469 7932 POWERARC.EXE RegSetInfoKey HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\PowerArchiverInt\General SUCCESS KeySetInformationClass: KeySetHandleTagsInformation, Length: 0
                    16:19:17,6877623 7932 POWERARC.EXE RegQueryValue HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\PowerArchiverInt\General\Language NAME NOT FOUND Length: 144
                    16:19:17,6877831 7932 POWERARC.EXE RegCloseKey HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\PowerArchiverInt\General SUCCESS
                    16:19:17,6881508 7932 POWERARC.EXE CreateFile C:\Program Files (x86)\PowerArchiver\UPDATE.INI NAME NOT FOUND Desired Access: Read Attributes, Disposition: Open, Options: Open Reparse Point, Attributes: n/a, ShareMode: Read, Write, Delete, AllocationSize: n/a
                    16:19:18,1703775 7932 POWERARC.EXE RegQueryKey HKCU SUCCESS Query: HandleTags, HandleTags: 0x0
                    16:19:18,1704031 7932 POWERARC.EXE RegQueryKey HKCU SUCCESS Query: Name
                    16:19:18,1704290 7932 POWERARC.EXE RegOpenKey HKCU\Software\PowerArchiverInt\General SUCCESS Desired Access: Query Value, Enumerate Sub Keys, Read Control

                    It seems after trying to create the file update.ini, PA takes 0.5 seconds.
                    But it seems it cannot create the file, as the folder is usually writeprotected.
                    Inifiles should always be in the proifile folder.

                    But same delay when update.ini exists.
                    What should be in the update.ini?

                    And later in the log there isd another 0.5 seconds gap where the processmonitor reports no action.

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                    • spwolfS
                      spwolf conexware
                      last edited by

                      Hello ChrisGee,

                      Choice of skins will speed up loading of main application. Try using classic interface for instance, instead of modern.

                      It has nothing to do with reading from the registry, delays you see there are due to code loading internally in the executable which is not shown in any kind of 3rd party tool such as process explorer, or related when it reads something from registry.

                      For upcoming PA 2017, we are looking at speeding up load of main application as well. Of course, using shell and preview window is absolutely the fastest way to use PowerArchiver.

                      We will have some alpha testing of new versions soon enough, hopefully we can reduce the time to load main application extensively without losing any of features (compression ones, but maybe we will have to lose some interface options).

                      Thanks!

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                        drteeth @spwolf
                        last edited by

                        I too have never found PA to be particularly swift when loading, even when it is cached (successive loads).

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                          delixyr
                          last edited by delixyr

                          The latest version of PA 2017 works slow for me for a rather powerful system with 12 GB of RAM and i7.
                          Explorer context menu extracting, launching main UI and Toolbox… All are slow.

                          Even saving settings and closing main window is slow… Takes like 4 seconds to do all that.

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                            spwolf conexware @delixyr
                            last edited by

                            @delixyr said in Starting PA is slow:

                            The latest version of PA 2017 works slow for me for a rather powerful system with 12 GB of RAM and i7.
                            Explorer context menu extracting, launching main UI and Toolbox… All are slow.

                            Even saving settings and closing main window is slow… Takes like 4 seconds to do all that.

                            we have sped up explorer compress to file, extract to / to “instant” from “4s” in next build.

                            As to closing, someone else reported this but we can not reproduce this. Does this happen each time for you? And what AV do you use? OS? Thanks a lot!

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                              Blanzer @delixyr
                              last edited by

                              @delixyr said in Starting PA is slow:

                              The latest version of PA 2017 works slow for me for a rather powerful system with 12 GB of RAM and i7.
                              Explorer context menu extracting, launching main UI and Toolbox… All are slow.

                              Even saving settings and closing main window is slow… Takes like 4 seconds to do all that.

                              having the same issue, is there a way to fix it?

                              https://legalsteroids.best/

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                                spwolf conexware
                                last edited by

                                you can check latest .83 build, now shell extensions compress/extract start instantly, this is something we could “easily” optimize in 2017.

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                                  nikkho Alpha Testers @spwolf
                                  last edited by

                                  @spwolf said in Starting PA is slow:

                                  you can check latest .83 build, now shell extensions compress/extract start instantly, this is something we could “easily” optimize in 2017.

                                  Build 83 feels a bit faster. “Extract here” context menu takes about 2 seconds to start showing the extract dialog. Not fast yet nevertheless.

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                                    spwolf conexware @nikkho
                                    last edited by

                                    @nikkho said in Starting PA is slow:

                                    @spwolf said in Starting PA is slow:

                                    you can check latest .83 build, now shell extensions compress/extract start instantly, this is something we could “easily” optimize in 2017.

                                    Build 83 feels a bit faster. “Extract here” context menu takes about 2 seconds to start showing the extract dialog. Not fast yet nevertheless.

                                    interesting, now this loads before rest of the pa.exe code. On all of my computers it is pretty instant, vs 4s-5s before. For instance compress+options is still slower like before, check how long it takes?

                                    Timing it with stopwatch, it is around 0.9s-1.0s to show here.

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                                      delixyr @delixyr
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                                      @spwolf @Blanzer I have added a screen recording here : https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/5793/real-slow-ux-pa-2017

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                                        nikkho Alpha Testers @spwolf
                                        last edited by

                                        @spwolf I almost use Compress with options, due to checking “Experimental codecs”. I timed “Extract here” and it is about 1.5-2.0 seconds. As I said, faster than before, but still slow. To me, things longer than 1s, are not instant. Maybe a matter of perception.

                                        Anyway, it is a nice improvement.

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                                          spwolf conexware @nikkho
                                          last edited by

                                          @nikkho said in Starting PA is slow:

                                          @spwolf I almost use Compress with options, due to checking “Experimental codecs”. I timed “Extract here” and it is about 1.5-2.0 seconds. As I said, faster than before, but still slow. To me, things longer than 1s, are not instant. Maybe a matter of perception.

                                          Anyway, it is a nice improvement.

                                          How slow is compressed with options? It got small improvement, but nothing like other options… Worstvxaee scenarios we have here it improved from 5s to 4s.

                                          on my laptop for me extract here is 0.8s and compress to file is 1s. If I do a lot of commpression tasks and memory gets fragmented it might get slower but that’s about what’s possible.

                                          Do you use any av?

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                                            ckit Alpha Testers
                                            last edited by

                                            Not sure if this will work as I’ve only just starting playing with it.

                                            Install Process Lasso Free (I’m a Pro user) and set powerarc.exe as “Classify as a High Performance process”

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                                              spwolf conexware @ckit
                                              last edited by

                                              @ckit said in Starting PA is slow:

                                              Not sure if this will work as I’ve only just starting playing with it.

                                              Install Process Lasso Free (I’m a Pro user) and set powerarc.exe as “Classify as a High Performance process”

                                              how fast is extract here and compress to .pa/zip for you, for first show of PA window?

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                                                ckit Alpha Testers @spwolf
                                                last edited by ckit

                                                @spwolf Most of the time 1sec maybe a little less.

                                                My PA 2017 install is on a Samsung 950 Pro M.2 NVMe
                                                My testing was on a Samsung 850 EVO drive though

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