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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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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 :-)
Can I have a link or can it be fixed. Thank you. CU later -
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.
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In PowerArchiver 2023 22.00.06 configuration, the option labelled “Start PowerArchiver 2023 Starter when my computer starts” seems to be redundant.
I am only allowed to change this option when PA Starter is disabled, and then it seems to be ignored.
When I enable PA Starter this option is forced to the enabled state.
I think it’d be good to remove “Start PowerArchiver 2023 Starter when my computer starts” completely. I’ve always found it confusing having both options.
Added later: However i don’t particularly want to use queue but I do like having the PAStarter icon in my tray area.
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W10 Pro 22H2 - 64 -bit
PA 22.00.06 (PA 2023)
It has been the case with previous versions of PowerArchiver, but I had hoped that the latest might behave differently. Not so, I’m afraid.
I have, for various obscure reasons, created a few .pa archives, mainly in the hope that they will save me some more space. From time to time, I use the “Test” option to check that important archives are OK and uncorrupted.
With every .pa archive I’ve tested, the process runs through OK but then reports that there are errors. This is always the number of files in the archive e.g. if 11 files, then 11 errors reported.
In the .pa, I can:-
preview the files (usually PDF) extract some or all files and look at or use them convert the .pa to a .zip or .zipx archive, which then works fine and tests without errorsIs it the case that the Test routine isn’t designed for .pa archives, or is there another reason? Although the .pa seems to function properly, despite the test reporting errors, I would like to be sure that every .pa is OK and not “broken”.
Some of the .pas are quite old and produced with earlier PA versions (they are truly “archives”). If I extract all the files in the old .pa, create a new, fresh .pa and add back the files to that, then test the new, no errors (at least in the .pa I’ve tried this on) are reported. This would suggest a mismatch between old .pas and newer versions of PA itself.
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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:
a) PA always issues a UAC prompt to do this!
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See the, supposedly, blank space where the green box is? It’s like that in Modern Light theme too. I can toggle it, but it’s missing text or shouldn’t be there I guess?
Thanks :)
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Dear @Alpha-Testers and all of our users,
time has come for testing of PowerArchiver and PACL for macOS.
Please let us know here if you have Mac and can test latest builds.Features implemented:
PowerArchiver 2020 - tabbing, opening, extracting, adding, testing, favorite folders, support for multiple languages, opening via Finder, explorer mode, installer.
PACL 10 - support for most formats and features in Windows version.Upcoming: Tools such as archive converter, batch zip, multi-extract.
To start testing, please sign up here in this thread, and we will send you latest build.
thank you!
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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.
Well, Power Achiver just ruined my day!!!!
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I am new to this prgram and i had 15 large folders that I needed zipped individually. There are hundereds of files in each of the 15 folder all with many subfolders. In the end, I was expecting to end up with a total of 15 Zip files. One for each folder.
So I used your batch zip too to do it and after waiting a very long time i found out that it zipped every single file within all the folders and subfolders seperatly.
I didn’t want thousands of diferent zip files each with a single file! :mad: What kinda censoredcensoredcensoredcensored is that. What kinda idiot would want that? Why would you even program it to do spmething like that? Are you guys mental? :eek: It should have gave me 15 zip files with a folder in each one. I chose it to save the files in the same location as it is using. Do you know how much time it is gonna take me to go through very folder and subfolder and subfolder to get all of the zips so that I can re do it with WINZIP!!! :mad: YOU HERE ME……WINZIP!!!
It’s a good thing I didn’t pay for this stupid program. I was gonna buy it but I know see it is censoredcensoredcensoredcensoredty programming
Thanks a lot for nothing
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Before you shout al kinds of things :mad: .
Discribe exactly what you dit. Only then there while somebody try to help you.
As far as you discribe it it wil probably whil be a wrong setting. :confused:
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Do you know how much time it is gonna take me to go through very folder and subfolder and subfolder to get all of the zips so that I can re do it
If the original folders didn’t contain any ZIP files, why not just search for all ZIP files and delete the search results. If they did already contain ZIP files, search for ZIP’s created after a certain date/time (ie. after you originally started the PA batch operation). Couldn’t be easier!
I do agree the current behaviour is a bit odd though. I have a funny feeling the behaviour you require (ie. create separate archives for each folder) is on the wishlist. Maybe for 9.5!
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If you use batch zip, it will create an zip file out of each file added to the list. If you add 10,000 files, it will create 10,000 zips.
There is even an warning in help file - “Please use Add Folders with caution - if you add your Program Files folder, you could create thousands of archives.”
:-).
As deipotent mentioned, by using windows explorer and its search function you can easily find and delete those zip files.
regards,
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I must appoligize for my outburst yesterday. It was just that I spent hours reorganizing all of those folders and was too lazy to zip then induvidually myself. I did see the warning, but I thought when I read your help file and it said you can click add file ti add, or add folder to add, I assumed if you clicked add folder it would just make that folder one by itself. I guess not. It would be nice to be able to do that though. It would be very helpfull.
I’ve been playing around with the program and it does have some nice features that winzip does not. One thing that I lke iis the explorer style view. I like being able to see all the subfolders.
One question though. Why is it that when I open a file, it take like 5 seconds to read it, then dsplayes it. And if I click on a different folder in it it needs to read it again, each time. If I open it in winRar it is instant. Is there a reason for this?
Thank you, and sorry again for the trash talk
John
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Hi,
Explorer view is still a bit slower when handling larger number of files. We are hoping to improve it for 9.5 version. We cant be perfect, what would be left for next versions? :-).
thanks,
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Just wanted to post this link incase anybody is looking to batch zip folders wihout having all seperat files. It took a lot of searching, but I found one and it works pretty good. It is called PPP
John