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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 :-)
Can I have a link or can it be fixed. Thank you. CU later -
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.
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In PowerArchiver 2023 22.00.06 configuration, the option labelled “Start PowerArchiver 2023 Starter when my computer starts” seems to be redundant.
I am only allowed to change this option when PA Starter is disabled, and then it seems to be ignored.
When I enable PA Starter this option is forced to the enabled state.
I think it’d be good to remove “Start PowerArchiver 2023 Starter when my computer starts” completely. I’ve always found it confusing having both options.
Added later: However i don’t particularly want to use queue but I do like having the PAStarter icon in my tray area.
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W10 Pro 22H2 - 64 -bit
PA 22.00.06 (PA 2023)
It has been the case with previous versions of PowerArchiver, but I had hoped that the latest might behave differently. Not so, I’m afraid.
I have, for various obscure reasons, created a few .pa archives, mainly in the hope that they will save me some more space. From time to time, I use the “Test” option to check that important archives are OK and uncorrupted.
With every .pa archive I’ve tested, the process runs through OK but then reports that there are errors. This is always the number of files in the archive e.g. if 11 files, then 11 errors reported.
In the .pa, I can:-
preview the files (usually PDF) extract some or all files and look at or use them convert the .pa to a .zip or .zipx archive, which then works fine and tests without errorsIs it the case that the Test routine isn’t designed for .pa archives, or is there another reason? Although the .pa seems to function properly, despite the test reporting errors, I would like to be sure that every .pa is OK and not “broken”.
Some of the .pas are quite old and produced with earlier PA versions (they are truly “archives”). If I extract all the files in the old .pa, create a new, fresh .pa and add back the files to that, then test the new, no errors (at least in the .pa I’ve tried this on) are reported. This would suggest a mismatch between old .pas and newer versions of PA itself.
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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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See the, supposedly, blank space where the green box is? It’s like that in Modern Light theme too. I can toggle it, but it’s missing text or shouldn’t be there I guess?
Thanks :)
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Dear @Alpha-Testers and all of our users,
time has come for testing of PowerArchiver and PACL for macOS.
Please let us know here if you have Mac and can test latest builds.Features implemented:
PowerArchiver 2020 - tabbing, opening, extracting, adding, testing, favorite folders, support for multiple languages, opening via Finder, explorer mode, installer.
PACL 10 - support for most formats and features in Windows version.Upcoming: Tools such as archive converter, batch zip, multi-extract.
To start testing, please sign up here in this thread, and we will send you latest build.
thank you!
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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.
Fast Ring: PowerArchiver 2017 17.01.06
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Release Notes - PowerArchiver - Version 17.01.06
** Improvement
* [PA-1195] - disable preview by default
* [PA-1198] - disable web locations in MSI business installer (both install and uninstall)
* [PA-1201] - use optimize fast as default on 32bit systems (strong now is default)
* [PA-1213] - update French, Danish, Hebrew, Korean and Ukrainian languages** Task
* [PA-1197] - registration window update** Bug
* [PA-1199] - XML/HTML files no longer previewed in main PA preview window (Type: Internet)PA 2017 17.01.06 download:
http://dl.powerarchiver.com/2017/powarc170106.exeWhats New:
Small changes and updates based on feedback in past 2 weeks. Please check it out to make sure there are no new issues.As of now, build is only on forums… in next 12 hours it will be published on Fast Ring and then if all goes fine, on Slow Ring as well.
Thanks @Alpha-Testers!
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Installing 17.01.06 enabled PowerArchiver Queue when it should have left it disabled as I had it before.
Later: In fact every time I reboot I now find PA Queue is re-enabled. :-(
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Thanks @Brian-Gregory
It enables queue when starter is selected to start at reboot, even though queue has been disabled.
logging it in
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Is there any way I can tell PowerArchiver that when using the .PA format I want it to treat certain file extensions as if they were some other file extension? For instance, I want it to treat .EML, .68H and .ASM as if they were .TXT.
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Why when restoring settings from the cloud does 17.01.06 fail to restore very much as all.
I made the mistake of trying 18.00.11 which I view as being as good as unusable since it always prompts with a nag screen.
The when I reinstalled 17.01.06 I had no effective way to get my settings back from your cloud.
Maybe some of them are restored but most are not. Even obvious things like the window position, size and columns on the screen are just not restored. That could only have been missed if absolutely zero testing was done.
I don’t understand why you’re even working on a version 18 when version 17 is still so unfinished.
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@brian-gregory we can add them as default, otherwise you cant do it manually now… are they text files always?
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@brian-gregory nothing computer specific is saved on purpose, since it might not work at all at different resolution. IE if you have one computer with 4k screen, it would render PA at 1080p screen unusable. We actually saved everything before, but user reports from similar problems made us scale back whats saved.
So if you want 1:1 save, export reg settings and save it.
If there is something else that you want saved, let us know. Thanks!
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@spwolf said in Fast Ring: PowerArchiver 2017 17.01.06:
@brian-gregory we can add them as default, otherwise you cant do it manually now… are they text files always?
Most often but not always text files. You could add EML (emails in mime format) and ASM (assembler source files) but 68H is very specific to me.
How do I do it manually? Is it the preview settings?
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@spwolf said in Fast Ring: PowerArchiver 2017 17.01.06:
@brian-gregory nothing computer specific is saved on purpose, since it might not work at all at different resolution. IE if you have one computer with 4k screen, it would render PA at 1080p screen unusable. We actually saved everything before, but user reports from similar problems made us scale back whats saved.
So if you want 1:1 save, export reg settings and save it.
If there is something else that you want saved, let us know. Thanks!
It seemed like nothing worth mentioning was saved.
Or maybe everything that was saved was things I leave as the default.Can’t you save it all and check when restoring for different screen resolution etc that means some of it isn’t applicable.
Do you save everything and strip it out when restoring?
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@brian-gregory i have to move it to separate post and check it out
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@spwolf I meant:
How do I do it manually? Is it the preview settings?
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Do you save everything and strip it out [what might cause trouble] when restoring?
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So you’re just NEVER going to tell me how to do it???
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@brian-gregory said in Fast Ring: PowerArchiver 2017 17.01.06:
So you’re just NEVER going to tell me how to do it???
If you use Options> Export to local file, it seems like everything gets saved.
Can you tell me what settings did not get restored for you via Cloud?