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    • PA2021: Cannot close ZIP Comment

      BigMike

      Hi,

      I can’t close ZIP archive comments. Neither in archive nor in explorer view the “x button” works. I’m testing with PA 20.00.73 (x64 and x86)

      e5f2dd8c-e008-4c26-a364-4b1a0a8f8c69-image.png

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    • Issues converting a folder of .zip files to .lhz files

      O

      Hi,

      I’m using Convert Archives on a local folder of .zip files, converting them to .lzh files, and I’m finding that perhaps 1 in 75 files is actually converting and outputting a file. Even then, the .lzh file is incomplete, missing most of the source files.

      The progress bars completes OK, say 75/75 files, but only one .lzh file exists in the output folder.

      It seems to be the same with different source and output folders on both local and USB disk - I can’t see a pattern.

      The files extract and compress (to .lzh) without issue on their own.

      Is there a log file I can check please, to see why PA does not like these files as part of the batch conversion?

      Thanks very much, Rich.

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    • Do not include the extension in the file name of the compressed file

      Mario Lopez

      Hello everyone

      I hope that despite my poor control of English, you can understand me.

      When compressing a file, by default the extension is included as part of the file name. for example, if the file is name.pdf, the compressed file will be name_pdf.zip.

      Is there any way for the extensions not to be included in the compressed file name? As much as I have searched I don’t see such an option.

      Thanks for your time

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    • Upgrade registration issue

      Q

      Hello, I used the support form to ask this a couple weeks ago but never received a response. Perhaps here would be better? Here’s the issue:

      Powerarchiver 2019 was locking up testing a .7z file so I looked for and found a new version (note- new version didn’t fix this- I ended up using 7-Zip itself. Archive was large and contained a ton of files)

      Upon installing it, I was prompted to register it or “continue unregistered” so I logged into the website and used the order recovery option to get my new codes for PA2021. However, after cutting and pasting my name and registration code, upon restart when I click on the help button it still shows as unregistered (it did not show the nag dialog again). I tried two different codes (see below). I also tried installing again using the link in the email but there was no difference. Where do I go from here? Thanks.

      Update: After a couple weeks it still hasn’t negged me, but continues to show as unregistered in the (?) area- will this stop working altogether soon?

      OS: Windows 10 Pro version 2004

      File installed: first used PA 2019 to check for and install update, then used link in email which downloaded powarc200073.exe and installed that.

      Codes used: first tried the toolbox/english code in first email, then tried the standard/international code in second email

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    • Slow multipart RAR extraction

      A

      I’m experiencing very slow extraction speed of multipart RAR files. For the first part the extraction is super fast but when PA reaches the part2.rar the extraction from there on gets super slow. PA needed for a 6,3 GB multipart archive 30 minutes to extract. I tested then with another program and it just took 70 seconds. I had this slow extraction speed with PA for quite a long time and I always thought that is maybe because of a high compression rate that the extraction would take longer. But it seems that only PA gets that slow.

      I have lots of multipart archives that are 10+ GB and with PA it would be really time consuming. Is there any solution to this?

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    • Can't create PA files

      B

      Hi -

      I have powerarchiver licenses for powerarchiver standard and toolbox (and also as a result for pro).

      I can successfully register powerarchiver with my pro/toolbox codes, and it unlocks the majority of the content/features. However if I try and create a .pa style archive I get the registration popup saying I need PowerArchiver Pro (if I go to help/about I can verify I have the relevant version and it’s registered to me).

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    • Powerarchiver 2021 incorrectly extract tar.xz file

      E

      Configuration:
      Powerarchiver 2021 20.00.73
      Windows 10 Education 10.0.19042 Build 19042

      When extracting gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf.tar.xz , Powerarchiver wrongly thinks some .exe files have a length of zero:

      98773b3b-65c0-48fa-8cd4-d081b2e0adee-image.png

      Once extracted:

      D:\Temp\Powerarchiver\gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf\bin>dir *.exe Volume in drive D is DATA Volume Serial Number is 0E12-BCA2 Directory of D:\Temp\Powerarchiver\gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf\bin 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 1,391,599 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-addr2line.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ar.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-as.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 3,030,119 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-c++.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 1,389,293 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-c++filt.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 3,027,513 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-cpp.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 4,040,503 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-dwp.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 391,769 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-elfedit.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-g++.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 3,026,926 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-10.2.1.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 609,607 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-ar.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 609,607 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-nm.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 609,607 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-ranlib.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 2,165,533 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov-dump.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 2,343,605 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov-tool.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 2,450,233 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov.exe 2020-11-20 07:54 PM 9,605,899 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gdb.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 3,028,997 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gfortran.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 1,412,943 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gprof.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.bfd.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.gold.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 25,546,567 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-lto-dump.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-nm.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-objcopy.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-objdump.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ranlib.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-readelf.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 1,393,083 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-size.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 1,392,464 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-strings.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-strip.exe 32 File(s) 67,465,867 bytes 0 Dir(s) 1,002,422,431,744 bytes free

      When the same archive is being extracted from a git bash session (after having installed git 2.30.1 for Windows 64 bit version from git-scm.com), the .exe files are extracted as expected:

      xz -k -d gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf.tar.xz tar xf gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf.tar cd gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf/bin ll *.exe -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 1391599 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-addr2line.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 1421598 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ar.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 2028927 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-as.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 3030119 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-c++.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 1389293 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-c++filt.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 3027513 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-cpp.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 4040503 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-dwp.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 391769 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-elfedit.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 3030119 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-g++.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 3026926 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-10.2.1.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 609607 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-ar.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 609607 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-nm.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 609607 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-ranlib.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 3026926 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 2165533 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov-dump.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 2343605 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov-tool.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 2450233 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 9605899 Nov 20 19:54 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gdb.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 3028997 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gfortran.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 1412943 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gprof.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 4 User 197121 2572182 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.bfd.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 4 User 197121 2572182 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 4550029 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.gold.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 25546567 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-lto-dump.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 1404945 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-nm.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 1531656 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-objcopy.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 1991350 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-objdump.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 1421598 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ranlib.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 1163376 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-readelf.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 1393083 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-size.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 1392464 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-strings.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 1531656 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-strip.exe*

      The same archive file does extract properly under a native Linux Ubuntu 20.04 system, or under Windows 10 using the WSL2 Linux subsystem using xz and tar.

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    • Log waite for bugs to be fixed

      D

      Its a long time since people reported bugs like converter bug still no fix yet

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    • Is PowerArchiver 2021 stable?

      BigMike

      Hi,

      I just saw, that on the Website, PowerArchiver 2021 20.00.73 is advertised as latest version. (Actually, the downloaded version says, it’s 20.00.70 in the about dialog)
      But it still comes with the “red icon set” for preview versions and has some known unfixed bugs, as I read here.

      Is it sufficiently stable to be used on production systems?

      Kind regards

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    • File Browser: Operations don't trigger UAC

      BigMike

      This happens in Archive and Explorer Mode:

      Navigate to a folder, which is UAC protected (for example C:\Program Files) Right click -> New -> Folder (or any other item)
      => Nothing happens

      Expected behaviour: UAC prompt is triggered and a new folder (or file) will be created

      PowerArchiver 19.00.57

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    • Bugs I found and wanted to share with the team.

      B

      Hi I recently bought PowerArchiver and found some bugs and issues that I hit testing some of the features out.

      If you are doing a backup and on the compression options screen its default is compression format is PA with no option to change disk spanning. If you change to 7-zip you can change disk spanning. If you change the disk spanning then move back to PA format the field for disk spanning disables but the option stays set to what you changed it to. When you do a backup it will use PA with files spanning but PowerArchiver says that its not a valid format when you open it. If PA can’t really do file spanning then this screen is allowing it.

      I have attached an image where the progress bar is in the middle of the CD/DVD/BD Tools screen.

      alt text

      I have a 7-Zip file I created using the backup tools doing an increment backup. It opens and extracts just fine but if you using the Test option PowerArchiver locks up. Link to file: Backup-2021-02-05-20-35-36 TEST LOCKUP.7z

      On any Zip/PA/7-Zip process the pause and cancel buttons do not work. You have to hard kill the entire application to get out.

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    • Does PA supports Intel's zlib?

      G

      There would be many of us with Intel Processors.

      and they have their own optimized zlib algorithm, which can result in more efficiency if used combined with their hardware processor.

      Reference:
      https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/white-papers/zlib-compression-whitepaper-copy.pdf

      Can we get the same Functionality Under Hardware Acceleration Feature?

      Zlib is not the only feature that intel has included with their processor, there’s many, which if combined can result in efficient and better compression ratios.

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    • PA Batch Archive post completion error

      G

      Hi,

      After the batch archiving is complete, and if I click on whitespace of the PA app, I get this error.

      PA Batch.png

      I did check for ongoing process and ensured no archives were corrupt, It seems like activity did complete successfully but the error is shown for no reason, and only after clicking the whitespace.

      Please see if this can be removed.

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    • PA and conflict with Antivirus

      G

      I’m using the Kaspersky Total Security.

      I have configured PA as exclusion as followed:

      PA Exclusion.png

      and also is set us trusted application

      PA Trusted Application.png

      Scenario:

      My Antivirus likes to scan for everything, and it’s safeguarding behavior is to prevent the access to the file until the file is properly scanned for.

      The issue:

      PA when losses the access to file, it is stuck, consumes Resources, and never completes the process or throws any error

      Recommendation:
      PAStarter should also work as PAMonitor:
      There should be a monitoring process, at least if I’m using queuing feature, that should check for never ending compression processes and terminate them so the queue can be little bit automated.

      Also,
      There should be multiple attempts at retrying if PA loses access to or is denied, instead of having to see process was stuck for longer duration.

      Or, better, save the parameters I used for keeping the files in compression, and automatically restart the whole compression process after termination the same, of same folders and files set, this should happen in case if compression was stuck.

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    • Using the Queue Feature affects Compression Ratio negatively

      G

      If you use Queue Feature, you are not saving on space, you are just squeezing less.

      Here’s explaination:

      https://youtu.be/XcxG2wxyink

      I did test the same on multiple files, and of different types.

      It does have large difference for each large file you are trying to squeeze.

      Folders with multiple files, just have no benefits if you use Queue Feature

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    • Problems with Color-scheme after upgrade to build 73

      A

      Hello!
      I am using the portable version of PA2021. After switching from build 58 to 73 I have problems with the color-scheme:
      While 58 behaves like expected and showed everything in light or dark colors according to the settings, 73 always shows the lower part of the window in dark colors, no matter whether I select automatic, light or dark.
      This happens on a clean installation of 73 as well as on an update from build 58. I have attached two images generated on the same machine at the same time with the same settings. The upper shows build 73, the lower 58. Is it a bug or some changed setting I miss?
      Thanks for help!
      A.Borque

      PA2021_73.png PA2021_58.png

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    • Command line

      L

      Hello,

      PowerArchiver Command Line 7 support file greater than 2 Go ?

      Thanks

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    • PA shows incorrect archive properties

      G

      If you have tabbed archive browsing(reuse same window for all archive opening)
      and if you open two archives, and right click on older one to view properties it will only show of the recent archive that was opened, on all tabs/archives

      upgraded to 20.0.73

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    • Can I activate PowerArchiver on 2 devices with 1 license?

      2

      Hi.

      I currently own the PowerArchiver Select - lifetime free upgrades and support for PowerArchiver Toolbox English license.

      This license is active on 1 device. Does the license allow me to activate PowerArchiver on a second device that I own? Or do I need a separate license for that?

      Thank you ! :)

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    • No updates for portable version?

      A

      Hello!
      While the installable version of PA 2021 has already received two updates and is at version 20.0.73 the portable version still remains at the initially released build 58. Are there plans to update that version, too?
      Thanks for a reply!

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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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    • P
      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 @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 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 @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 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 @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.
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                                                                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 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 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
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                                                                            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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