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
Fast Ring: PowerArchiver 2017 17.01.04
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Release Notes - PowerArchiver - Version 17.01.04
** Improvement
* [PA-1096] - sorting by extension enable
* [PA-1100] - Remove password policy requirements when creating a PGP archive
* [PA-1132] - add .mzz to the same steps as MSI
* [PA-1133] - add rll files to exe steps
* [PA-1138] - Only one password input field when creating a PGP archive and decrypting a PGP archive
* [PA-1160] - do not show update prompt if uses drag and drops files to archive
* [PA-1173] - add pa format under All Archives drop down in Add Window
* [PA-1174] - add new 1t solid switch for max, ultra and extreme modes
* [PA-1176] - small changes for English translation
* [PA-1177] - improve exe/dll compression with plzma:a0 setting for c_adr output
* [PA-1180] - add 1p4 extension to exe/dll step** Task
* [PA-1120] - remove POWERARC-PACKMP3.EXE from installer (not used)
* [PA-1127] - update Simplified Chinese translation (zh-CN)
* [PA-1137] - change default update ring to slow ring (first installs, reset to default).
* [PA-1169] - implement latest advanced codec pack engine
* [PA-1175] - remove extra japanese shell translation** Bug
* [PA-742] - PAES Standalone: Open PGP Keys tool does not refresh when clicking back arrow
* [PA-1098] - deleting PGP keys in PGP manager
* [PA-1116] - Backup: Cloud account not showing in final screen
* [PA-1123] - changing highlight archives color, config window loses focus, shows always white in config even if selected color works properly.
* [PA-1128] - enterprise: disabled features still show under new> button
* [PA-1136] - Small spelling fix in incorrect registration codes dialog
* [PA-1156] - change configure clouds shortcut to o
* [PA-1163] - zip crc error on 32bit OS
* [PA-1168] - mp3 files not showing correct memory usage calculation
* [PA-1170] - try to start backup, av shows.
* [PA-1179] - Favorite Folders, Converter dialog is empty
* [PA-1181] - AV error when extracting PA format via shell in Windows XPAdded 04/10/2017
* [PA-1189] - burner translation not showing properly
* [PA-1190] - onedrive login issues as of 2/10/17PA 2017 17.01.04 download:
http://dl.powerarchiver.com/2017/powarc170104.exePlease check it out and let us know if everything you use works correctly. Build is now live on patchbeam.
Thanks! @Alpha-Testers
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Near the end of manually installing this over 17.00.92, it said it would restart the programs it has stopped to allow the upgrade. However, it did not seem to restart PASTARTER. The same happened on both my PCs. They run 64 bit Windows 7. I have PA’s Queue disabled.
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@brian-gregory if it is PA Queue is disabled, then it should not start anyway. Thanks!
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@Alpha-Testers updated OP with list of issues fixed.
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@spwolf But the option to have PASTARTER present even when queue is disabled exists in PA and I use it that way.
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@brian-gregory said in Fast Ring: PowerArchiver 2017 17.01.04 (unreleased):
@spwolf But the option to have PASTARTER present even when queue is disabled exists in PA and I use it that way.
seems like Inno setup issue… we will check it out for 2018. Keep in mind that usually we use patchbeam these days so it wont do that.
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@Alpha-Testers portable and business versions now live on download site. Fast ring on Patchbeam for today, moving to Slow ring tomorrow.