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    • Cannot convert archive to .zip, always creates .zipx

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      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.jpg

      Using the “Store” method sometimes creates a .zip file; I have seen it happen just now, but I cannot reproduce it.

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    • UI Issue moving between different monitors

      G

      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.

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    • "The specified account already exists" error

      S

      Hi! I came across an issue when I tried to uninstall PowerArch 2013. I got an error “The specified account already exists” which broke the process. I got the same error when I tried to install the current version, without uninstalling the previous one.
      So I can’t uninstall and I can’t install PowerArchiver. Any suggestions? OS Windows 8.1 x64.

      Dariusz

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    • PowerArchiver shell extensions possibly crashing windows explorer.exe

      U

      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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    • Self-extracting archive creation too messy!

      A

      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!

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    • PA archiving issue with large files and shows incorrect original content's size for all types of archives.

      G

      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.png

      The 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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    • PA Not responding issue and Pause issue

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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 version

      PA 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 windows

      On 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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    • powerarchiver starter 2021 high cpu usage

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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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    • PowerArchiver Queue made worse

      G

      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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    • PA does Negative compression, but 7zip does positive compression for same set of files

      G

      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.png

      This 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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    • BUG: Dragging and dropping not working, hangs

      AluminumHaste

      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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    • PA 20.00.63 update still install 20.00.62

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      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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    • Bug with opening an archive while a file is being extracted from an already opened archive

      A

      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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    • PA very slow to launch (double click) html file from archive

      S

      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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    • Windows Explorer extension doesnt compress to .zip

      C

      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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    • slow ring update?

      MrAngelus

      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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    • PA 2021 associate formats popup Minor bug

      F

      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.png

      I 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.png

      I 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.
      Well this one does not bother me at all, I just posted it for the records if needed!

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    • Inconsistency with disabled tabs and multiple instances of PA allowed

      A

      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.

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    • Typo in help output of command line tools

      T

      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 archive

      r : recurse subfolders
      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)

      Version 9 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 archive

      r : 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
      g : create Solid archive (7Z format only)

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    • Error updating from .58 to .60 via patchbeam

      skypx

      error.jpg

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    SOLVED inno/windows hangs during C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe” /s "C:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\pashlext64.dll

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      PBMCMLXXI last edited by spwolf

      2017 17.00.40 - Hung during install. It stuck on registering files.
      The icon had appeared on the desktop, so after a few mins I clicked that.
      PA opened ok, but the installer was still hung.
      0_1484315497319_2017-01-13_13-47-46.png

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      • Brian Gregory
        Brian Gregory Alpha Testers @PA_Fan last edited by

        @PA_Fan FYI I can make the installation finish by using Task Manager (in all users mode) to kill the offending regsvr32.exe which makes the PA setup pop up an error box which and I can then click on, if I remember correctly, “Ignore” and installation then finishes. I think the PA DLL has even been registered correctly after this, though I’m not 100% certain.

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        • Brian Gregory
          Brian Gregory Alpha Testers last edited by

          I had that with 17.00.39 on Windows 7 64 bit.
          Haven’t tried 40 yet.

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          • spwolf
            spwolf conexware last edited by

            interesting guys, i wonder whats causing it… we will have to check better next week but it seems like it might be something we dont control.

            Good thing about using InnoSetup is that it will work regardless, even in failure… while previous MSI based setup would roll back to previous version and leave you with old PA version.

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            • Brian Gregory
              Brian Gregory Alpha Testers last edited by

              Does Inno, as you’ve configured it for PA, always require the shell explorer.exe to be stopped and restarted? Because I’m pretty sure I saw it kill the wrong one (I have the option selected to run a separate instance of explorer.exe for explorer windows).

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              • spwolf
                spwolf conexware @Brian Gregory last edited by

                @Brian-Gregory thats not up to Inno, it is up to windows restart manager that decides what needs to go. But which explorer is right though? Each instance will load our shell?

                For some reason version checking does not work well, so it does it each time… we will check it out to see if we can improve it. So restarts would be much less common in that case. There is also a way to rename and then copy workaround that we would have to manually script in inno.

                thanks!

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                • Brian Gregory
                  Brian Gregory Alpha Testers @spwolf last edited by

                  @spwolf I watched .41 trying to install with Sysinternals Process Explorer and Process Monitor and it actually seems to be regsvr32.exe that is sticking on the following command line:
                  “C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe” /s “C:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\pashlext64.dll”
                  Weird.

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                  • spwolf
                    spwolf conexware @Brian Gregory last edited by

                    @Brian-Gregory said in 2017 17.00.40 - Hung during install:

                    @spwolf I watched .41 trying to install with Sysinternals Process Explorer and Process Monitor and it actually seems to be regsvr32.exe that is sticking on the following command line:
                    “C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe” /s “C:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\pashlext64.dll”
                    Weird.

                    @Brian-Gregory so what happens when you try to do it manually? (copy and paste it) Good info!

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                    • spwolf
                      spwolf conexware @Brian Gregory last edited by

                      @Brian-Gregory another thing, is this always reproducible for you? Thanks!

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                      • Brian Gregory
                        Brian Gregory Alpha Testers @spwolf last edited by Brian Gregory

                        @spwolf Executing it in a cmd.exe windows looks like it’s working in that I don’t see any error message. Yes it’s reproducible on my main PC (running 64 bit Windows 7 with quite a bit of other stuff installed, including some unusual stuff). I will try my laptop which has less stuff installed on it.
                        Edit: Just realized I should try in the cmd.exe windows without the /s to see if it’s working.
                        Edit: Nothing visible without the /s either.
                        Edit: It installs okay on my laptop. So I guess the problem is probably one of the many bits of software installed on my main PC.

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                        • spwolf
                          spwolf conexware @Brian Gregory last edited by

                          @Brian-Gregory said in inno/windows hangs during C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe” /s "C:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\pashlext64.dll:

                          @spwolf Executing it in a cmd.exe windows looks like it’s working in that I don’t see any error message. Yes it’s reproducible on my main PC (running 64 bit Windows 7 with quite a bit of other stuff installed, including some unusual stuff). I will try my laptop which has less stuff installed on it.
                          Edit: Just realized I should try in the cmd.exe windows without the /s to see if it’s working.
                          Edit: Nothing visible without the /s either.
                          Edit: It installs okay on my laptop. So I guess the problem is probably one of the many bits of software installed on my main PC.

                          if it happens for both of you, it will happen to more people as well… we will try to investigate. Thanks!

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                          • Brian Gregory
                            Brian Gregory Alpha Testers last edited by Brian Gregory

                            It’s getting weirder…
                            "C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe” /s “C:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\pashlext64.dll”
                            runs okay if pasted into a cmd.exe window BUT it hangs if run from a batch file in the same CMD.exe window!?!?!

                            Edit: Okay, now I see what’s happeneing. Actually although it looks like this works when pasted into a CMD prompt it actually doesn’t, a hung regsvr32.exe is still visable in task magaer afterwards! I don’t understand how or why the cmd.exe prompt appears ready for another command though.

                            Also, and this could be the important bit, if I do the same without the /s (either from the prompt or in a batch file) no success message appears.
                            Registering a different dll, such as “C:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\PASHLEXT.DLL” confirms there should be a success message without the /s.

                            Edit: regsvr32.exe works correctly in all cases mentioned above on my laptop. So everything odd I’ve seen is restricted to my main PC.

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                            • Brian Gregory
                              Brian Gregory Alpha Testers last edited by

                              This seems to be fixed by renaming the file “C:\Program Files\Box\Box Sync\IconOverlayClient.dll” which is part of BoxSync for Windows available from https://app.box.com/settings/sync

                              I already thought BoxSync for Windows was utter rubbish compared to DropBox or even GoogleDriveSync but unfortunately I have 50GB free for life on Box and don’t really want to pay for an alternative. But it’s still fairly usable without IconOverlayClient.dll.

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                              • spwolf
                                spwolf conexware @Brian Gregory last edited by

                                @Brian-Gregory said in inno/windows hangs during C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe” /s "C:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\pashlext64.dll:

                                This seems to be fixed by renaming the file “C:\Program Files\Box\Box Sync\IconOverlayClient.dll” which is part of BoxSync for Windows available from https://app.box.com/settings/sync

                                I already thought BoxSync for Windows was utter rubbish compared to DropBox or even GoogleDriveSync but unfortunately I have 50GB free for life on Box and don’t really want to pay for an alternative. But it’s still fairly usable without IconOverlayClient.dll.

                                thats weird. @mili will test it today on his computer with Box installed and lets see.

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                                  Mili conexware last edited by

                                  lets take a look, downloading Box

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                                  • M
                                    Mili conexware last edited by

                                    no luck reproducing so far.
                                    Smooth installation while having Box installed and active.

                                    attempting on another machine today

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                                    • Brian Gregory
                                      Brian Gregory Alpha Testers @Mili last edited by Brian Gregory

                                      @Mili Maybe it’s because I also have googledrivesync and dropbox installed.
                                      BTW I’m using Windows 7 (64 bit).

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                                      • M
                                        Mili conexware @Brian Gregory last edited by

                                        @Brian-Gregory

                                        Thanks! just tried with all 3 and no luck reproducint.
                                        Although, it’s on a W10 64bit machine.
                                        Will try on a W7 64bit machine and give it a go.

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                                        • PA_Fan
                                          PA_Fan @Brian Gregory last edited by PA_Fan

                                          @Brian-Gregory I have recently been trying to find out here whether a sudden rash of Sharpshell errors in my Win7 Event Viewer, which seem to roughly coincide with new releases of PA, are indeed connnected to PA or are caused by something else. The view so far is that there appears to be no possible connection.

                                          Your post raises some interesting possibilities.

                                          Sharpshell.dll is only in the Box Sync subfolder in Program Files on my system, and a number of the errors (which I’ve been trying to pin down via Process Monitor logging) refer to “IconOverlayClient”, “SyncIconOverlay” and so forth, all of which, as you say, are related to dlls in the Box Sync folder.

                                          I’m going to rename Sharpshell.dll and see a) if it stops the errors, b) screws up Box (which I never have running automatically anyway) and c) what other effects it may have system-wide. As it happens, I’m in pretty much the same boat as you vis a vis Box, DropBox and GoogleDrive.

                                          Other than that, my experience is that regsvr32.exe doesn’t go to end and close, and after some reinstallation attempts yesterday I ended up with about 6 instances of it running.

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                                          • Brian Gregory
                                            Brian Gregory Alpha Testers @PA_Fan last edited by

                                            @PA_Fan FYI I can make the installation finish by using Task Manager (in all users mode) to kill the offending regsvr32.exe which makes the PA setup pop up an error box which and I can then click on, if I remember correctly, “Ignore” and installation then finishes. I think the PA DLL has even been registered correctly after this, though I’m not 100% certain.

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                                            • PA_Fan
                                              PA_Fan @Brian Gregory last edited by

                                              @Brian-Gregory Thanks for that info. I’ll try it next time (though I hope it won’t be necessary).

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                                              • spwolf
                                                spwolf conexware @PA_Fan last edited by

                                                @PA_Fan said in inno/windows hangs during C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe” /s "C:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\pashlext64.dll:

                                                @Brian-Gregory I have recently been trying to find out here whether a sudden rash of Sharpshell errors in my Win7 Event Viewer, which seem to roughly coincide with new releases of PA, are indeed connnected to PA or are caused by something else. The view so far is that there appears to be no possible connection.

                                                Your post raises some interesting possibilities.

                                                Sharpshell.dll is only in the Box Sync subfolder in Program Files on my system, and a number of the errors (which I’ve been trying to pin down via Process Monitor logging) refer to “IconOverlayClient”, “SyncIconOverlay” and so forth, all of which, as you say, are related to dlls in the Box Sync folder.

                                                I’m going to rename Sharpshell.dll and see a) if it stops the errors, b) screws up Box (which I never have running automatically anyway) and c) what other effects it may have system-wide. As it happens, I’m in pretty much the same boat as you vis a vis Box, DropBox and GoogleDrive.

                                                Other than that, my experience is that regsvr32.exe doesn’t go to end and close, and after some reinstallation attempts yesterday I ended up with about 6 instances of it running.

                                                as i suggested originally, connection might be that (now we know it is box) box is monitoring folder and setting icon overlays over these icons, or trying to.

                                                It is kind of crazy that they are using some free sdk from internet that has been last updated 3 years ago to build their shell support (based on c#), they likely have several hundred people working there.

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                                                • spwolf
                                                  spwolf conexware last edited by

                                                  if we could reproduce this issue here, we could workaround it… so far no go though.

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                                                  • PA_Fan
                                                    PA_Fan @spwolf last edited by

                                                    @spwolf As you say, it seems pretty sure that Box using Sharpshell is the problem. I see that there is a question about this error on the Box forum, but no-one seems to have tried to answer it in any shape.

                                                    I have disabled the .dll, and so far have no errors from Sharpshell. I’m still getting what I think is the associated .NET error, which is infuriating. I cannot see where any Box activity is initiated (Task Scheduler, Startup etc) but I’ll keep looking.

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                                                    • spwolf
                                                      spwolf conexware @PA_Fan last edited by

                                                      @PA_Fan said in inno/windows hangs during C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe” /s "C:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\pashlext64.dll:

                                                      @spwolf As you say, it seems pretty sure that Box using Sharpshell is the problem. I see that there is a question about this error on the Box forum, but no-one seems to have tried to answer it in any shape.

                                                      I have disabled the .dll, and so far have no errors from Sharpshell. I’m still getting what I think is the associated .NET error, which is infuriating. I cannot see where any Box activity is initiated (Task Scheduler, Startup etc) but I’ll keep looking.

                                                      people are likely not checking their error logs :).

                                                      I just installed it on my main desktop, and i see that icon in taskbar is not set properly, so Win10 is showing their “empty” image there… 0_1485526645302_upload-f61d3e0e-f8db-45c7-8a58-2bf94ece7b46

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                                                      • Brian Gregory
                                                        Brian Gregory Alpha Testers @PA_Fan last edited by

                                                        @PA_Fan I suspect Box has also done regsvr32.exe on some of it’s DLLs so that things going on elsewhere (I suspect mainly in explorer.exe) can cause activity in box’s DLLs.

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                                                        • spwolf
                                                          spwolf conexware last edited by

                                                          i was just checking temp folder for pa debugs, and i see that box put overlay icons there… they are broken icons though, maybe thats why there is a problem. They show as unknown image in windows explorer but when you click on it, it is sync/notsync icons.

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                                                          • PA_Fan
                                                            PA_Fan @Brian Gregory last edited by

                                                            @Brian-Gregory I see there are a host of logfiles for Box in my folder C:\Users\XXXX\AppData\Local\Box Sync\Logs, with entries like this:-
                                                            “2017-01-26 10:15:20,049 [1] INFO - IconOverlayClient.ProblemIconOverlay: BoxSyncProblem setting up its icon
                                                            2017-01-26 10:15:20,065 [1] INFO - IconOverlayClient.SyncedIconOverlay: BoxSyncSynced setting up its icon”

                                                            Even if the PA problems aren’t fully identified, it now seems to me that my Sharpshell problems are unquestionably down to Box. They also seem to date to the first of these logfiles. It’s still a bit of mystery as to what’s been happening with Box.

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                                                              PA_Fan @Brian Gregory last edited by

                                                              @Brian-Gregory I managed to see some of what’s happening via Process Explorer. The Box DLLs are tied into Explorer, and the Free Commander (Explorer-type and based utility) context/shell FCcontextMenu64. There’s also a tie into Firefox, which I guess must also be somehow Explorer-related.
                                                              0_1485682978857_box1.jpg

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                                                              • spwolf
                                                                spwolf conexware @PA_Fan last edited by

                                                                @PA_Fan i would guess thats everywhere where you right clicked and got shell menu.

                                                                You can disable their dll from loading by using shellexview

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                                                                • Brian Gregory
                                                                  Brian Gregory Alpha Testers last edited by Brian Gregory

                                                                  I’m abandoning BoxSync. I’m fed up with it. It just decided it didn’t like me prodding and poking at it trying to get it to behave itself and needs to re-upload a big chunk of my stuff, which it says will take 17 hours. I know this isn’t true though. It’ll take ages and ages and will require me to restart it many times because it times out and says many files have failed to sync. It’d help if it didn’t try and upload dozens of files all at the same time but Box insist that’s how it’s supposed to be and if I don’t like it more or less making my internet connection unusable for any other purpose while it uploads then it’s just tough. I will pay for 100GB in Google Drive.

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                                                                  • spwolf
                                                                    spwolf conexware last edited by spwolf

                                                                    we had @JRSPowerArchiver report something similar during installation. I would guess it is also due to box install then?

                                                                    I have also moved thread from alpha forums to main forums so other users can see it.

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                                                                      PA_Fan @spwolf last edited by

                                                                      @spwolf I’m pretty sure that it is down to Box, as everything began working OK after I carried out the .dll renaming and other actions discussed above.

                                                                      Sharpshell errors no longer appeared in the Event Viewer, either.

                                                                      I’m still not exactly sure which elements of PA, Box and Explorer were causing this, why and how, but it’s no longer a problem for me (not that I use Box much anyway), and I think @Brian-Gregory has stopped using it altogether.

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                                                                      • spwolf
                                                                        spwolf conexware @PA_Fan last edited by spwolf

                                                                        @PA_Fan said in inno/windows hangs during C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe” /s "C:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\pashlext64.dll:

                                                                        @spwolf I’m pretty sure that it is down to Box, as everything began working OK after I carried out the .dll renaming and other actions discussed above.

                                                                        Sharpshell errors no longer appeared in the Event Viewer, either.

                                                                        I’m still not exactly sure which elements of PA, Box and Explorer were causing this, why and how, but it’s no longer a problem for me (not that I use Box much anyway), and I think @Brian-Gregory has stopped using it altogether.

                                                                        yeah, i am aware… but there are many other users who cant quite box even if windows version really does seem to be a shoddy piece of software, regardless of PA issue or not.

                                                                        So next week we will be working around this problem to see if it is fixable from our end.

                                                                        Thanks!

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                                                                        • spwolf
                                                                          spwolf conexware last edited by

                                                                          Hello guys, please check this release to see if there are any changes to this problem:
                                                                          https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/5738/fast-ring-powerarchiver-2017-17-00-64

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                                                                          • Carlos Martin Moreno
                                                                            Carlos Martin Moreno last edited by

                                                                            Experiencing the same thing when trying to deploy PA 2017 with SCCM.
                                                                            If i run the cmd file locally on the computer it runs the installation smoothly, but when io try to deploy it the deployment crashes.
                                                                            I have about 600computers that i need to deploy this program to so it would be nice if you could try to fix it.

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                                                                              Mili conexware @Carlos Martin Moreno last edited by

                                                                              @Carlos-Martin-Moreno said in inno/windows hangs during C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe” /s "C:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\pashlext64.dll:

                                                                              Experiencing the same thing when trying to deploy PA 2017 with SCCM.
                                                                              If i run the cmd file locally on the computer it runs the installation smoothly, but when io try to deploy it the deployment crashes.
                                                                              I have about 600computers that i need to deploy this program to so it would be nice if you could try to fix it.

                                                                              Hi Carlos,

                                                                              Please try with 65:
                                                                              http://dl.powerarchiver.com/2017/powarc170065.exe

                                                                              Let us know if that works OK

                                                                              Thanks!

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                                                                                spwolf conexware @Carlos Martin Moreno last edited by

                                                                                @Carlos-Martin-Moreno said in inno/windows hangs during C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe” /s "C:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\pashlext64.dll:

                                                                                Experiencing the same thing when trying to deploy PA 2017 with SCCM.
                                                                                If i run the cmd file locally on the computer it runs the installation smoothly, but when io try to deploy it the deployment crashes.
                                                                                I have about 600computers that i need to deploy this program to so it would be nice if you could try to fix it.

                                                                                keep in mind that PA 2017 is Beta 1 still… by final (in May?) there will also be MSI installation that will be easier to use for business/enterprise installations.

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