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    • PA 21.00.18 Action / Test behaves oddly for me on .PA files

      Brian Gregory

      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.

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    • Convert archive is incorrect for some WinRAR 5 archives

      W

      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.

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    • Some bugs on Advanced options

      W

      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

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    SOLVED Virgin install

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    • drteeth
      drteeth last edited by

      Hi,

      After a long-ish battle with my win 7 install, which I had been using for many years, I am now on a virgin 8.1 install. It has been configured to be identical to win 7 as possible.

      Two minor issues:- Installing new skins is impossible as PA is installed in the program files folder, so it is a permissions issue. I did fix this by brute force in my last install so would like advice on how to fix it here. Do I use the “take ownership” context menu?

      The other thing is that PA still takes ages to load. What the heck is going on behind the scenes that it should take so long? Honestly, I did not see any difference thyat the startup optimisations made in the v17 line of PA

      Cheers

      DrT

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      • spwolf
        spwolf conexware @drteeth last edited by spwolf

        @drteeth dont you have access to soon-to-be-beta PA 2018? Check out its speed vs PA 2017.

        As to the skins, give us a link to example please (of a skin you are trying to install). It should be installed to app data.

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        • Brian Gregory
          Brian Gregory Alpha Testers last edited by Brian Gregory

          I assume extra skins are meant to install to:
          C:\ProgramData\ConeXware\PowerArchiver\Skins

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          • drteeth
            drteeth last edited by drteeth

            Thanks both for the info on where to put skins, I will check it out.

            I do have access to PA 2018. I will download it and have a play. It wiuld have to have a considerable decrease in startup speed to be really noticeable. Also, the second and subsequent starups are not that much faster than the first one of the day.

            Cheers

            DrT

            Update about beta. I downloaded 18.00.08 and it seemed to put a lot more in my install folder than just the powerarc.exe file. I did rename my original file before the install. Can I still revert by swapping these two files? VERY impressed about the speedup improvements.

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            • spwolf
              spwolf conexware @drteeth last edited by

              @drteeth cant wait for you to try it :)

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              • drteeth
                drteeth last edited by

                Hi all.

                WOW! Now that IS a serious drop in loading speed.

                Regarding the skins issue. I cannot get any skins from the PA site to load at all no matter where I place them on my hard disk. The skins I was experimenting with are Slate and SmoothVista.

                Can I get updates via Patchbeam or must I download them directly from this site?

                Cheers

                DrT

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                • spwolf
                  spwolf conexware @drteeth last edited by

                  @drteeth this week should be start of 2018 patchbeam updates, but not yet exactly. Things are still moving at fast pace.

                  Full skins are not supported anymore like that… new skins coming up soon. But Slate and Smoothvista interfaces used to work with directskin that stopped working properly with x64 version. However toolbar icons should still work (not tested in 2018 yet)

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                  • drteeth
                    drteeth @spwolf last edited by

                    @spwolf

                    I had to stop testing as I found the unregistered version nag screen that appeared too annoying. If it can be removed, I will start again.

                    Due to the nature of the beta, I assume that I can have both PA 2017 and 2018 installed and usable at the same time? Is that correct?

                    I asked about downloading via patchbeam as I really do not like this forum software.

                    The good news is that I have retired by old Win 7 partition and am now on Win 8.1 x64, so the Virtual Drive feature is working again. YIPPEEEE!

                    Cheers

                    DrT

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                    • spwolf
                      spwolf conexware @drteeth last edited by

                      @drteeth there will be email with links… also you can configure forums in settings to load full page and set pagination manually, so it behaves like everything else… i have made it default now, but i cant change it for existing users… i assume thats the problem.

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                      • drteeth
                        drteeth last edited by

                        Hi,

                        Sorry, but what do you mean by “there will be email with links…”?

                        I also did not get any notification for your reply even though I am “watching” this thread. I’ll change a few settings.

                        Cheers

                        DrTeeth

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                        • spwolf
                          spwolf conexware @drteeth last edited by

                          @drteeth check chat icon on top right of the forums, i have sent it to you via chat.

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                          • drteeth
                            drteeth last edited by

                            Hi,

                            I have downloaded a later version.

                            My offline activation code is not working. I have been to my account page on the site and cannot see how to get another one.

                            Please advise.

                            Thanks

                            DrTeeth

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                            • spwolf
                              spwolf conexware @drteeth last edited by

                              @drteeth said in Virgin install:

                              Hi,

                              I have downloaded a later version.

                              My offline activation code is not working. I have been to my account page on the site and cannot see how to get another one.

                              Please advise.

                              Thanks

                              DrTeeth

                              online code works with every version since it checks and downloads appropriate offline code… and I have sent you manually offline code (in email) if for some reason you cant use it… latest release is a .16. Check it out and let us know how it works.

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                              • drteeth
                                drteeth last edited by

                                Hi,

                                I have not received an email from you at all.

                                I have been using the .16 release, but I need to get rid of that nag screen.

                                Cheers

                                DrTeeth

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