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PA2023 Win10, (same problem with older releases but never reported)
PA Soft is installed on partition D. (exclusive for installed progs)
Then I created on my partition G: the folders as configured in PA Settings ‘Folders’.0fcf1b09-1b91-4b74-b250-f8cf908a3348-Ashampoo_Snap_maandag 20 maart 2023_11h54m34s.png
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The problem : Any activity on PA is saved in these folders…
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I am still using Powerarchiver 2022 and it does not show pdf markups in the preview. Is there a setting to get version 2022 to show pdf markups in the preview? If not, does this work in version 2023?
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The question that I have about PA archives is what happens if say ConeXware, as a company, dies in the future? What happens to any PA files that are created today? Can these files be decompressed with a copy of a PowerArchiver that can no longer phone home to the mothership thus can’t be registered or activated?
I mean, I can understand that new PA files wouldn’t be able to be created if the program isn’t registered but what about an un-registered copy because well, the question that I posed above?
It’s questions like this that make me not want to store anything really valuable in PA files out of fear that I, at some point in the future, might lose access to said data inside those files. OK, 7ZIP might not be able to compress as heavily as PA but at least it’s open source and any 7ZIP files will still be able to be read and decompressed ten, twenty, or fifty years from now.
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For some reason, the PowerArchiver functions in the Windows 11 context menu no longer work after the last Windows Update. Only the functions in the classic context menu function as they should.
I’ve tried uninstalling PowerArchiver and using RevoUninstaller to remove all bits and pieces that were left behind and did a clean install of PowerArchiver, it didn’t fix the issue. Other items in the Windows 11 context menu work.
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Is this a known problem? Is there a fix coming? This is a primary reason I buy PA.
I’ve tried both methods I know to extract multiple zips at the same time. 1) Multi Extract feature in the GUI. 2) In Windows File Explorer, select multiple zips, right click, use PA context menu to Extract or Extract To…
Is there a setting I missed? Or maybe it really is processing in parallel, but I can’t detect it? Nothing tells me in the Processes in Task Manager that multiple PA extracts are running. And my CPU, memory and disk resources do not look like a lot of extracts are running.
I’m using PA 2022 Standard version 21.00.18 on Windows 11 Pro version 10.0.22621 Build 22621.
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In the latest version of PA, on W11 (latest build/SP) when you try to use the first level context menu - NOTHING HAPPENS (particularly when you do this from Downloads or Documents folders) - however I noticed that it DOES WORK when you use the context menu from the Desktop. Going to the second level context menu does work however.
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Is the version Preview 2023 also considered to be tested by the testteam ? In the past we got messages in the forum for testing out version x.x, to be downloaded by fastring, or I missed the one for 2023. (I discovered 2023 on the official web…)
CU, Pirrbe.
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PA 2023 22.00.08
Long time no seeing. So I start up the new year with a first problem : the virtual driver cannot be installed. Reason : it is missing in the Fast Ring PatchBeam Update Service…
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It seems a standard problem with new releases :-)
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Hi there, been a user since 13 years now and in past whenever I had a problem or question I could email, however since 3 weeks it seems like everybody is dead?
Anyway, as kind of a last resort, I post this email a 4th time but in this forum instead now, in the hope for help:
"This is the 3rd time I am emailing you guys as I am missing a working code for the preview of Power Archiver 2023Can you please help me? I am a 13 years lasting customer of yours, and I am shocked thatr for whatever reason my support tickets are ignored now, why?
thanks in advance!
All the best!
Joerg" -
Re: Explorer.exe Crash on right click
This appears to be happening again with the Power Archiver 2022 shell extensions.
When I have Use Explorer Shell Extensions enabled in Power Archiver Configuration and right-click on c:\Users\username\Start Menu, (hidden Junction file), File Explorer crashes.
I have version 21.00.15 (03/2022) 64-bit installed in Windows 10 Version 21H2 (Build 19044.1826).
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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!
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When the function for testing archives is invoked via the shell context menu (PowerArchiver > Test) then all the files in the archive get extracted to the current folder.
The test dialog reports as many errors as there are files in the archive but it fails to give any hint as to which files are supposed to be erroneous or what the nature of the problem might be. Comparing the extracted files to the originals shows no differences at all.
The .7z in question was produced with maximised compression settings in 7zip (taking forever but resulting in smaller archives than .7z produced by PowerArchiver with maximised settings). Therefore I wanted to see whether PowerArchiver can at least test .7z that it produced itself. Hence I had PowerArchiver convert a .pa with the same contents to .7z. There weren’t any errors reported but the resulting .7z contained fewer than half of the files contained in the .pa (137 of 366), so I scratched that test.
Performance is abysmal when testing via the context menu (e.g. almost 2 minutes for testing a .7z that 7zip tests in 4 seconds), but that is most likely due to the fact that the extracted files are written to disk. Testing the same .7z in the PowerArchiver GUI takes only 8 seconds but causes the mysterious appearance of a UAC dialog, as reported elsewhere.
The testing function is vital because PowerArchiver has a history of producing archives that it cannot unpack without errors or that do not conform to the respective file format standards (e.g. ZIP) so that other programs report them as erroneous.
The point of creating archives is that the files in them will most likely have to be extracted at some point. If the extraction cannot be guaranteed to produce correct results then the whole program is absolutely pointless. Actually, worse than pointless - it causes data loss and hence damage.
UNSOLVED 17.00.91- File "Move" = folder delete
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I notice that this continues to be a problem. To recap:-
I have a .zipx archive, to which I wish to move all files in a folder.
If, under Miscellaneous settings, I do NOT have “Enable Advanced Add…” checked (i.e. simple Add screen), when I select the files and Move them, they disappear from the folder, thus leaving an empty folder. This is what I would expect when I am selecting files within the folder and not the folder.
However, if I tick the “Enable Advanced Add…” option and use that screen to Move the files, the effect is to move the files and also delete their folder. In other words, the Move action moves the containing folder as well as the files. If just one file is unselected and left in the folder, then the folder is not deleted.
If I had selected “Move” for the folder (not the files), then I would expect the folder to be moved (deleted) from the folder/directory structure and into the archive. This is, however, not satisfactory when I wish to Move all the files in the folder to the archive, but leaving an empty folder for future use.
I have tested this using different parameters in each of the two Add screens e.g. store paths, don’t store paths etc. but there isn’t any difference in how the screens operate.
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@pa_fan I used the PA explorer (view Explorer display style), left side folders, right side the files of an opened archive. I moved all files of that archive to the other…(right to left dual screen) no problem, the emptied folder is still present. And then removed the files back to their original archive. (PA 2017.00.91 - simulations with advanced add not enabled and enabled).
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@pirrbe said in 17.00.91- File "Move" = folder delete:
@pa_fan I used the PA explorer (view Explorer display style), left side folders, right side the files of an opened archive. I moved all files of that archive to the other…(right to left dual screen) no problem, the emptied folder is still present. And then removed the files back to their original archive. (PA 2017.00.91 - simulations with advanced add not enabled and enabled).
Interesting. I’ll try that out of interest. I do find the Explorer view in the archive window not the best method for the way I have things arranged, and I don’t especially find the multiple narrow panes to be that easy to work with.
However, it still leaves the problem I mention above, in the case where I’m working with two open PA windows; one being the open folder and the other the Advanced add window. I find this method (whether using either of the two Add windows) far easier on my system, with my folder tree layouts.
This isn’t a new problem, as it came up in my testing for 17.00 at the early part of the year. I reported it against 17.00.55, and, looking at the post, it remain marked as “Unsolved”.
https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/5711/17-00-55-zipx-move-and-replace-files
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hmmm, tested again. tested creating zipx various ways, with enabled/disabled advanced add window, selecting all files inside a folder and Moving them into a zipx archive, empty folder stayed empty(not deleted) in each case.
How exactly are you compressing? I’ll try the exact same way
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@mili PA_Fan, héee… do you open two sessions of PA and each with a diff configuration ?? (able/unable add win).
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@pirrbe Nope.
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Test folder, 6 files.
Move 5 files to test archive per settings in shots 1 and 2 and selection in shot 3
Folder remains with 1 file left
Move remaining file per next shot. Note that the folder and file boxes are bold-ticked.
File moves, folder disappears.Only one instance of PA running.
If I use the “Simple” add window, I can perform exactly the same steps, but after the last file is moved, the folder remains.
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got it, it occurs when selecting files via the Select files/folders button.
Does not occur when D&D files inside.Thanks very much for the details, logging it in
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I got hit by something like this, I think, today. 17.00.92, 64-bit. Using PA Scheduler / script once a week to archive (ie move) files over 35 days old into zipx – which has been happening without incident for months. This morning’s run deleted the source folders, complete with newer – unarchived – content. Files lost irretrievably as a result. :(
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The Backup application does not have the Action field as the Add window does, where you can select to either Move/Add/Update/Freshen the archive. That option is available in the Add window
Maybe you have the “Delete original files after backup” selected?
You can send us the .pbs script to support at conexware dot com and we can check it out to see why the files were/are deleted
