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).
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.
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!
Hello!
Is there currently no portable version of PA2023 available?
(When) do you plan to release one?
Thanks!
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?
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.
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.
Solved PAUTIL.EXE has not been marked for installation error (16.00.61 to 16.10.24)
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PAUTIL.EXE has not been marked for installation ??? during install of powarc161024
Off course the installation fails for that reason.
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@jojoke said in Installation PA161024 fails:
PAUTIL.EXE has not been marked for installation ??? during install of powarc161024
Off course the installation fails for that reason.
Hello. Thanks for reporting this.
What OS are you using and what is the last installation that worked fine for you? Thank you!
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OS Windows-10 X64 Anniversary update (no problems for Windows installation or already installed programs)
Prévious (still working) working version: 16.00.61 (file version 16.0.61.0)Jo
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@jojoke said in Installation PA161024 fails:
OS Windows-10 X64 Anniversary update (no problems for Windows installation or already installed programs)
Prévious (still working) working version: 16.00.61 (file version 16.0.61.0)Jo
Interesting, can you please try uninstalling that version of PA and installing latest one? Quite possibly it is old version that is causing the issue. We can obviously always supply old setup if need be.
Error itself is erroneous, we use Win10 on all of our computers in the office.
I vaguely remember someone complaining about similar issue 10+ months ago, which is when that version was released. It might be related, maybe @Mili will know more when he logs in to work next week.
Thanks!
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Indeed I do’nt have anymore the install program of this previous version.
One of the problem is that the de-installation also require a missing temporary file.
Anyway I have a personal backup (not the Windows one) that can restore the actual old version.Jo
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@jojoke said in PAUTIL.EXE has not been marked for installation error (16.00.61 to 16.10.24):
Indeed I do’nt have anymore the install program of this previous version.
One of the problem is that the de-installation also require a missing temporary file.
Anyway I have a personal backup (not the Windows one) that can restore the actual old version.Jo
I can send you link to old version, just let me know. Thanks!
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I would first uninstall the actual version (restore still possible with my backup).
Yes Send me this link.Jo
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@jojoke said in PAUTIL.EXE has not been marked for installation error (16.00.61 to 16.10.24):
I would first uninstall the actual version (restore still possible with my backup).
Yes Send me this link.Jo
Here you go:
http://www.powerarchiver.com/test/release16/powarc160061.exeIf you run it, it should get option to remove. Thank you!
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Hello,
I’ve the same problem. I’ve installed Version 16.02.04 (03/2016).
My system:
Windows XP SP3 x86 2GB RAM
I can not install newer versions of PA because the problem with the file “paultil.exe”!
I hope you can fix this problem.
Best regards,
Thomas
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please uninstall the current version, restart your computer and install the latest version from the following link;
http://dl.powerarchiver.com/2016/powarc161024.exeDoes that help?
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The problem is that I can not uninstall the old version anymore. Is there a special uninstall tool?
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@thomas-k Reinstalling the old version (16.00.61 if I understand correctly) over the top doesn’t work or doesn’t help you uninstall?
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Thanks. I’ve solved this problem now.
Because I could not uninstall PA, I’ve used “Revo Uninstaller”.
I’ve deleted all registry entries and files. After this I have started
with PA 16.02.04 and then installed all versions up to 16.10.24.Best regards,
Thomas
