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.
Unsolved 17.00.91 I couldn't create a largish .pa in a subfolder in my GoogleDriveSync folder and things went weird. Repeatable on my PC.
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I couldn’t create a largish .pa in a subfolder in my GoogleDriveSync folder. I right click on a subsubfolder and choose “Compress to subfolder.pa”. I’m expecting a .pa file somewhere in the region of 15MB in size. However PA halts with an error saying it doesn’t have access and leaves an unfinished .pa file and a .pa.tmp file. One of them, if I remember right the .pa file proves very difficult to delete. I went in to safe mode in the end and then I could delete it. I’ll try and investigate further soon.
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@brian-gregory interesting… maybe gdrive is trying to sync the file and then PA cant access it?
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@Mili can check it out…
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Have been trying to reproduce the error, but works every time. A 20MB .PA archive created out of a subfolder in GoogleDriveSynch folder, is created properly.
Was this a one time issue for you @Brian-Gregory or happens every time?
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Okay wait for me to investigate further.
Fails every time on my PC, but there is loads of other stuff install that might be interacting.
Seems like what I said about being unable to delete the file was wrong too, it deletes fine if you wait a while. -
if it’s a certain type of file, or maybe it is in use, let us know. we’ll try with a scenario as similar as yours
thanks again!
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Still seen here with .92. It seems to be only when the .tmp file is created as well as the .pa file. It also seems more likely to happen when the directory being compressed is larger. Originally the directory was about 45MB of file and with Google Drive Sync (Now Backup and Sync from Google) disabled the result was an about an 18MB .pa file. But I think it’s more likely to happen if you use larger sizes. I was using Optimize Strong and Ultra.
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@brian-gregory said in 17.00.91 I couldn't create a largish .pa in a subfolder in my GoogleDriveSync folder and things went weird. Repeatable on my PC.:
Still seen here with .92. It seems to be only when the .tmp file is created as well as the .pa file. It also seems more likely to happen when the directory being compressed is larger. Originally the directory was about 45MB of file and with Google Drive Sync (Now Backup and Sync from Google) disabled the result was an about an 18MB .pa file. But I think it’s more likely to happen if you use larger sizes. I was using Optimize Strong and Ultra.
i would guess that google sync takes over the file trying to sync it before it is done. If you go to Add window> Options, and turn off Use current folder as temp, it will use temp folder and copy end result to your google sync folder… that way it should work fine.
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@spwolf I think the problem is that PA want’s to rename the .tmp file. Why does it work that way, if the .pa file is temporary and the .tmp file is going to be the final archive why not just use the names the other way round?
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@brian-gregory because tmp file keeps copying into pa files at the end of different compression steps… if you disable same folder for temp in options, it will just copy end result to that folder and you would avoid this issue.
But pretty sure the problem is that google starts syncing (and locking) that file right away, while PA is still being written. Same when I tried to use Outlook pst file in google sync folder, it would cause corruption since it would lock it at the same time when Outlook is using it.
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@spwolf No that doesn’t make any difference. It still creates both files. It appears to do one step into the .pa file copy it to the .tmp file do another bit in the .pa file append to the .tmp file etc and at the end delete the .pa and rename the .tmp to .pa.
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@brian-gregory it should be in temp folder… @mili will log it in.