<![CDATA[Bug? UAC and PA 2017]]>I tried to extract a program from an archive to a subfolder of "C:\Program Files (x86)"

This requires elevated privileges, my user is in the administrators group and UAC is enabled.
In PowerArchiver, UAC support is enabled.

Instead of raising an UAC prompt, I get an error, that the file is in use, disk full or my account has no write privileges.

Environment:
PowerArchiver 2017 17.01.06 x64
Windows 10 1709 x64

Actions to reproduce:
Open an archive with PowerArchiver
Select some files
Click on “Extract files” in the toolbar
Select C:\Program Files (x86) as destination folder
Click “Extract”

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/5863/bug-uac-and-pa-2017RSS for NodeWed, 09 Sep 2026 03:55:27 GMTTue, 14 Nov 2017 20:28:30 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Bug? UAC and PA 2017 on Thu, 14 Dec 2017 23:08:07 GMT]]>@bigmike said in Bug? UAC and PA 2017:

@spwolf Ok, compressing with the shell extension works also fine with the new version.

Thank you BigMike!

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35969https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35969Thu, 14 Dec 2017 23:08:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bug? UAC and PA 2017 on Thu, 14 Dec 2017 22:58:45 GMT]]>@spwolf Ok, compressing with the shell extension works also fine with the new version.

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35968https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35968Thu, 14 Dec 2017 22:58:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bug? UAC and PA 2017 on Thu, 14 Dec 2017 22:41:58 GMT]]>@bigmike said in Bug? UAC and PA 2017:

@spwolf Yes, I had a look and the files were extracted and placed into the folder.
What do you exactly mean by test compress? Create a new archive in a “special folder” from within PowerArchiver? Or update an existing archive? Or using the shell extension to extract/compress files?

just try compressing any folder within Program Files with 7z and zip and see if it works.

thanks a lot!

It works differently on different versions of Windows and different UAC settings, so it is good to doublecheck.

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35967https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35967Thu, 14 Dec 2017 22:41:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bug? UAC and PA 2017 on Thu, 14 Dec 2017 20:01:49 GMT]]>@spwolf Yes, I had a look and the files were extracted and placed into the folder.
What do you exactly mean by test compress? Create a new archive in a “special folder” from within PowerArchiver? Or update an existing archive? Or using the shell extension to extract/compress files?

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35966https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35966Thu, 14 Dec 2017 20:01:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bug? UAC and PA 2017 on Thu, 14 Dec 2017 18:25:53 GMT]]>@bigmike said in Bug? UAC and PA 2017:

@spwolf I can confirm, that I get an UAC prompt for both types - zip and 7z with version 18.00.23

can you check if files are there after extract, and also for compress if it works?

thanks!

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35965https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35965Thu, 14 Dec 2017 18:25:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bug? UAC and PA 2017 on Thu, 14 Dec 2017 17:17:28 GMT]]>@spwolf I can confirm, that I get an UAC prompt for both types - zip and 7z with version 18.00.23

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35964https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35964Thu, 14 Dec 2017 17:17:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bug? UAC and PA 2017 on Thu, 14 Dec 2017 15:42:54 GMT]]>Can you please check with following release and let us know if the problem is still there:

New version: PowerArchiver 2018 18.00.23 - BETA 1
Download: http://dl.powerarchiver.com/2018/powarc180023.exe

thanks!

(zip)

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35961https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35961Thu, 14 Dec 2017 15:42:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bug? UAC and PA 2017 on Tue, 05 Dec 2017 08:26:34 GMT]]>Hi,
ok, I thought, since you wrote, that’s dependent on the engine, I need to report it for 7z, too.

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35897https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35897Tue, 05 Dec 2017 08:26:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bug? UAC and PA 2017 on Mon, 04 Dec 2017 22:25:50 GMT]]>@bigmike we are aware of the issue since you reported it, i have bumped it up the queue right now. Thanks.

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35896https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35896Mon, 04 Dec 2017 22:25:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bug? UAC and PA 2017 on Mon, 04 Dec 2017 22:10:10 GMT]]>I had just the same behavior with a 7z-archive.

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35894https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35894Mon, 04 Dec 2017 22:10:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bug? UAC and PA 2017 on Wed, 15 Nov 2017 21:35:51 GMT]]>@bigmike thanks for the report… it does depend on the engine, but in this case nothing calls uac when extracting. thanks again!

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35743https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35743Wed, 15 Nov 2017 21:35:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bug? UAC and PA 2017 on Wed, 15 Nov 2017 18:46:52 GMT]]>It was a ZIP-file. Sorry, I didn’t know that the format would matter.

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35739https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35739Wed, 15 Nov 2017 18:46:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bug? UAC and PA 2017 on Tue, 14 Nov 2017 20:43:43 GMT]]>@bigmike what format/archive?

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35735https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35735Tue, 14 Nov 2017 20:43:43 GMT