PA 21.00.18 running on Windows 7 64 bit.
I made a big .PA file and thought I’d check it was made correctly with Menu / Actions / Test.
Discovered:
a) PA always issues a UAC prompt to do this!
b) PA always says there are many errors in PA files.
WinRAR 5 has a rather useful option in some cases, which is to be able to create an archive by replacing identical files with a reference to the first occurrence (hardlink) within the archive.
In case you choose to convert the file with PowerArchiver to another format, however, the resulting archive does not have all the files. It does not consider those that were present as hardlinks.
If you do a normal extraction of the RAR archive instead, even with PowerArchivier, all the files are extracted correctly.
When adding to a file archive, and selecting for example PA format, strong optimization method, extreme compression. In the Advanced Options section you change to Automatic, EXE Filter and PDF filter . You return to the main section and save the Profile. When you then reload the profile you do not have the Automatic options of EXE Filter and PDF saved there.
I noticed that instead if you change other options they are saved correctly (except for the Filter box values).
Also among the various changes to the advanced options you click the “Calculate RAM usage” button the value seems to be added to the previous one. You can see it for example just by clicking the button twice in a row, the value changes. Edit: actually after many attempts now it seems to write a stable value (it does not change with each click). Maybe a synchronization problem in the calculation?
Used PowerArchivier 2023 but there is the same behavior with the 2022
Unsolved PA2017 build 74 - Testing 7-zip with DMG files
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Not sure how to report this one as I cannot send a sample 7-zip though due to it being 166Mb in size!
I have a new WD My Passport Ultra 2Tb Wild Berry drive and I compressed all the useless files in the root into a PA archive and a 7-ZIP archive. 7-ZIP won but only by 500Kb. When I tested the PA archive everything was ok but when I tested the 7-ZIP archive, PA stalled at 55% and had to use Task Manager to End Task.
WinRAR 5.40 had no problems testing the 7-ZIP archive!
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@ckit can you upload it via https://wetransfer.com/ and send it over in email please? It would be great to have actual sample! Thanks
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Sure, sending now…
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@ckit also, it is excellent sample… it seems to work the best if we use plzma and not all the filters with Optimized Strong… in that case, compression is lower than 7z, as it should be.
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Bug still exists for Build 77 \ RC1, I’ll test RC2 when released
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Bug still exists for RC2 Build 83, PA goes to “Not Responding” at 55% and have to End Task PA process
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Bug still exists for RC2 Build 85, PA goes to “Not Responding” at 55% and have to End Task PA process
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Bug still exists for RC2 Build 86, PA goes to “Not Responding” at 55% and have to End Task PA process
SIGH!
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Bug still exists for RC2 Build 87, PA goes to “Not Responding” at 55% and have to End Task PA process
I’m placing money this bug will be in the Final release
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@ckit said in PA2017 build 74 - Testing 7-zip with DMG files:
Bug still exists for RC2 Build 87, PA goes to “Not Responding” at 55% and have to End Task PA process
I’m placing money this bug will be in the Final release
likely… we dont have time to check it out yet, but it is very weird bug that shows only there and works everywhere else - our params are same there as when we test 7z file for instance… it is going to be something tricky.
thanks!
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I extracted and recompressed…
Just the WD_Apps_2.0.0.12.dmg to another 7z with same parms, tested fine
Just the WD_Apps_2.0.0.12.dmg with parent folder “WD Apps for Mac” to another 7z with same parms, tested fine
“WD Apps for Mac”. “WD Apps for Windows”, WD Apps Setup.exe" and locks up on “dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe” when testing so I’m thinking PA has trouble with multiple “WD Apps*.*” items (yes I’m wrong about the DMG theory)
PA 2017 RC2 build 87
Windows 10 Pro x64 RS2
