Hi everyone, some good news about PowerArchiver… I’ve managed to get in touch with the original developer of PowerArchiver, Ivan Petrovic, and he has confirmed that the product is not dead or abandoned, in fact it is still very much alive! There has been a hiatus over the past months for various reasons, but that we should expect to see stuff coming through in the coming months (hopefully the next 2 months).
The Windows 11 context menu for PowerArchiver on normal files (to be compressed, etc.) is now showing multiple tiers with two identical menus. See attached captures of the issue:
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Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 24H2
OS build 26100.2605
Hello!
I’ve just created SFX-Archives both from ZIP and 7z-Archives and none has an Icon as it seems.
I use the new version 22.00.11.
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Basically I used powerarchiver context menus to zip up a folder then i used windows 11 own built in zip extractor via the context menu to extract all and this is where it throw up a fault. , I’m using windows 11 .
The file that was a problem in the zip that windows 11 could not extract was iva “babe” cotton.jpg
I know it has non standard quotes in it.
However I had winrar on the computer and tried the exact same method with their context menu compress to zip and then I extracted the file with windows own extract all context menu and it had no problems. This indicates that powerarchiver is doing something different with iva “babe” cotton.jpg compressing to zip.
Then I changed iva “babe” cotton.jpg to iva babe cotton.jpg and compressed it with powerarchiver and then tried it with windows 11 extract all and had no problems. It looks like powerarchiver is doing something to that one file that has quotes in it.
Please note that powerarchiver extracted both zip files with no problems, only windows built in zip extraction had the fault. Reason I’m letting people know in case they send zip files with special characters in files names to people who do not have powerarchiver.
When will a fix be implemented?
On installing the program I am getting the error message:
"Unable to execute file c:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\pashutil.exe
CreateProcess failed: code 2
The system cannot find the file specified"
This can’t be right!
I am using the latest official build of Windows 11
Buttons are not properly aligned on About screen.
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Buttons not aligned on configuration window.
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New version:
PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.10:
Download:
https://u.powerarchiver.com/pa2023/powarc220010.exe
New build for some bug fixes and issues - full list to come with new update. Please test and see if you have any issues.
Thanks everyone for your assistance!
New version:
PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.11:
Download:
https://u.powerarchiver.com/pa2023/powarc220011.exe
New build for some bug fixes and issues - full list to come with new update. Please test and see if you have any issues.
Thanks everyone for your assistance!
Just tried using the Modern (Windows 10) Icon set and seeing a few missing icons in both PowerArchiver Burner and PowerArchiver Encryption screens . They are all there in the Minimalistik icon set and the only difference I can see is the former is blue and the latter grey. In version 22.00.9
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I had a large .tar file (a backed up WSL) and I want to delete a few directories and their contents from it using PA2023.
PA just destroys the whole archive as soon as I try to delete a directory, leaving it in a state where PA2023 won’t even open it any more.
I tried several times and also tried compressing it to .tar.xz instead - same result.
This should either actually work, or it should say operation not supported and do nothing.
Hello!
The regular version of PA 2023 is out for over 6 months now, but there is still no sign of the portable release.
(When) will there be one?
Thanks!
Hello!
Is there currently no portable version of PA2023 available?
(When) do you plan to release one?
Thanks!
Win 11 64 bit
I have some archives which have been encrypted, using the encrypt option either in pbs or when interactively creating a zip. When I open these, and look at files, I am asked for passwords, which I know, and then can view items or decrypt the files in the archive (tools>decrypt files).
However, when I use the Actions>Remove Archive Encryption (whether using the same zip or asking to write another), the routine shows progress bar to the end, but then just hangs i.e. “OK” never activates. All process information shows this stalled/hanging.
What can I do to sort this out?
For example:
Download this ZIP file: http://dslstats.me.uk/files/dslstats32W-6.5.zip
Everything in the ZIP file is in a directory “dslstats32W-6.5”.
However when I extract using right click “Extract Here” the name of the directory created is “2W-6.5” !
I am running PA 22.00.09 on Windows 11. I have seen the same happen with some other kinds of archive too.
If I compress a folder to a .pa using right click, Compress to folder.pa and use the new Windows 11 menu then the Options, Configuration, Miscellaneous, Use normal relative path setting is always enabled.
But I like this option disabled so I have to use the old style menu in order to get PA to compress a folder in the way I wish.
PA 9.2 Bug: Relative folder info is NOT stored
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if you add more than 2 directories to an archive. PA will save the full path and not the relative path, even if you have deselected “Save full folder info”. I added the directories to the PA window by drag & Drop
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Which format?
How did you tried to add (main window, shell extensions?)?
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ZIP
I opened the ZIP in PA. Then I added the files from the windows explorer to the PA main window. In the following add dialog I deselected “Save full folder info”.
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Yep, thanks for the report. Awesome. When you select several folders to d&d into archive, it doesnt work properly and stores full path.
thanks for the find!
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never mind
I am glad to help out
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Hi,
you can test new release from here:
http://www.powerarchiver.com/test/release/powarc920.exePlease let us know if it works fine asap.
thanks,
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still doesn’t work in 9.20.07
can’t drag&drop empty folders to an existing archive
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eh, it is not “supposed” to work, I posted link in wrong thread :-).
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still doesn’t work in 9.20.07
can’t drag&drop empty folders to an existing archive
Hey, it is you that posted in the wrong thread :-). This was about storing relative info when d&d several folders into zip archive… It should work much faster as well now.
thanks,
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Hey, it is you that posted in the wrong thread :-). This was about storing relative info when d&d several folders into zip archive… It should work much faster as well now.
you are right
But the relative folder info still doesn’t work
I open the archive
F:\Temp\21 - Track 21.zipThen I drag&Drop the folder F:\Temp\kjlkjj with some mp3 files into the upper ZIP file
PA will store it as
Temp\kjlkjj in the main directory of the zip file and not as kjlkjj
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It sure works for me - test with some deeper folder to make sure it works/doesnt work…
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normal files works OK
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directories NOT OK
e.g.
I d&D the folder E:\Eigene Dateien\AquaNox2\576to an archive
E:\Eigene Dateien\AquaNox2\Savegame2.zip
the directory will be added as
AquaNox2\576and not as 576
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bug seems to be fixed now in the newest final ;)
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bug seems to be fixed now in the newest final ;)
eh, you didnt download latest, did you? :-)
