Hi everyone, some good news about PowerArchiver… I’ve managed to get in touch with the original developer of PowerArchiver, Ivan Petrovic, and he has confirmed that the product is not dead or abandoned, in fact it is still very much alive! There has been a hiatus over the past months for various reasons, but that we should expect to see stuff coming through in the coming months (hopefully the next 2 months).
The Windows 11 context menu for PowerArchiver on normal files (to be compressed, etc.) is now showing multiple tiers with two identical menus. See attached captures of the issue:
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Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 24H2
OS build 26100.2605
Hello!
I’ve just created SFX-Archives both from ZIP and 7z-Archives and none has an Icon as it seems.
I use the new version 22.00.11.
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Basically I used powerarchiver context menus to zip up a folder then i used windows 11 own built in zip extractor via the context menu to extract all and this is where it throw up a fault. , I’m using windows 11 .
The file that was a problem in the zip that windows 11 could not extract was iva “babe” cotton.jpg
I know it has non standard quotes in it.
However I had winrar on the computer and tried the exact same method with their context menu compress to zip and then I extracted the file with windows own extract all context menu and it had no problems. This indicates that powerarchiver is doing something different with iva “babe” cotton.jpg compressing to zip.
Then I changed iva “babe” cotton.jpg to iva babe cotton.jpg and compressed it with powerarchiver and then tried it with windows 11 extract all and had no problems. It looks like powerarchiver is doing something to that one file that has quotes in it.
Please note that powerarchiver extracted both zip files with no problems, only windows built in zip extraction had the fault. Reason I’m letting people know in case they send zip files with special characters in files names to people who do not have powerarchiver.
When will a fix be implemented?
On installing the program I am getting the error message:
"Unable to execute file c:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\pashutil.exe
CreateProcess failed: code 2
The system cannot find the file specified"
This can’t be right!
I am using the latest official build of Windows 11
Buttons are not properly aligned on About screen.
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Buttons not aligned on configuration window.
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New version:
PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.10:
Download:
https://u.powerarchiver.com/pa2023/powarc220010.exe
New build for some bug fixes and issues - full list to come with new update. Please test and see if you have any issues.
Thanks everyone for your assistance!
New version:
PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.11:
Download:
https://u.powerarchiver.com/pa2023/powarc220011.exe
New build for some bug fixes and issues - full list to come with new update. Please test and see if you have any issues.
Thanks everyone for your assistance!
Just tried using the Modern (Windows 10) Icon set and seeing a few missing icons in both PowerArchiver Burner and PowerArchiver Encryption screens . They are all there in the Minimalistik icon set and the only difference I can see is the former is blue and the latter grey. In version 22.00.9
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I had a large .tar file (a backed up WSL) and I want to delete a few directories and their contents from it using PA2023.
PA just destroys the whole archive as soon as I try to delete a directory, leaving it in a state where PA2023 won’t even open it any more.
I tried several times and also tried compressing it to .tar.xz instead - same result.
This should either actually work, or it should say operation not supported and do nothing.
Hello!
The regular version of PA 2023 is out for over 6 months now, but there is still no sign of the portable release.
(When) will there be one?
Thanks!
Hello!
Is there currently no portable version of PA2023 available?
(When) do you plan to release one?
Thanks!
Win 11 64 bit
I have some archives which have been encrypted, using the encrypt option either in pbs or when interactively creating a zip. When I open these, and look at files, I am asked for passwords, which I know, and then can view items or decrypt the files in the archive (tools>decrypt files).
However, when I use the Actions>Remove Archive Encryption (whether using the same zip or asking to write another), the routine shows progress bar to the end, but then just hangs i.e. “OK” never activates. All process information shows this stalled/hanging.
What can I do to sort this out?
For example:
Download this ZIP file: http://dslstats.me.uk/files/dslstats32W-6.5.zip
Everything in the ZIP file is in a directory “dslstats32W-6.5”.
However when I extract using right click “Extract Here” the name of the directory created is “2W-6.5” !
I am running PA 22.00.09 on Windows 11. I have seen the same happen with some other kinds of archive too.
If I compress a folder to a .pa using right click, Compress to folder.pa and use the new Windows 11 menu then the Options, Configuration, Miscellaneous, Use normal relative path setting is always enabled.
But I like this option disabled so I have to use the old style menu in order to get PA to compress a folder in the way I wish.
Unsolved Windows Explorer Dalay
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Hi
I feel significant delay Opening Windows Explorer after each Windows restart after Installing PowerArchiver 2018.
Windows 10 x64
CPU: Intel i5 6600
RAM: 8 GB DDR4
SSD: Samsung 960 EVORegards
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@shahin said in Windows Explorer Dalay:
Hi
I feel significant delay Opening Windows Explorer after each Windows restart after Installing PowerArchiver 2018.
Windows 10 x64
CPU: Intel i5 6600
RAM: 8 GB DDR4
SSD: Samsung 960 EVORegards
try uninstalling it and see if it helps. In general, it should not cause Windows Explorer to be slower unless you are right clicking on a file. It does not really matter what computer you have.
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@shahin you can disable shell extensions by using shellexview:
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.htmlOpen it up after install, find PowerArchiver and disable all of them. Then in Task Manager, right click on Windows Explorer and select Restart.
PA Shell should not show in the menu anymore.
Windows Explorer takes around 2s-3s on Win10 build that I have, but there is no difference if PA is enabled or disabled, nothing noticeable… I went ahead and disabled most of my shell extensions and is still seems slow.
Right clicking on archive is super fast though.
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@Shahin i tested a bit more, disabled all 5 different compression utilities i have installed / their shells, and Explorer startup speed is the same 3s according to the stopwatch.
Check on your side, and lets see whats happening.
thanks.
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Powerarchiver shell extension enabled about 1s 20ms, PowerArchiver shell extension disabled about 55ms.
WinRAR shell extension enabled about 80ms
WinZip shell extension enabled about 90ms
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@shahin said in Windows Explorer Dalay:
Powerarchiver shell extension enabled about 1s 20ms, PowerArchiver shell extension disabled about 55ms.
WinRAR shell extension enabled about 80ms
WinZip shell extension enabled about 90ms
Is this for right click menu or for actual explorer.exe startup? It is interesting thats so fast for you and so slow for me, might be network drive.
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It’s for actual Explorer.exe
yes, so fast, my drive is Samsung 960 EVO M.2
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@shahin said in Windows Explorer Dalay:
It’s for actual Explorer.exe
yes, so fast, my drive is Samsung 960 EVO M.2
I have same ssd and 7700HQ :)
Now I envy you.
Can you try disabling various different PA extensions listed there and see how it affects speed? Maybe we can gain that 0.3s back. I cant really reproduce it here right now, there is no difference whatever I do.
thanks!
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@shahin said in Windows Explorer Dalay:
Hi
I feel significant delay Opening Windows Explorer after each Windows restart after Installing PowerArchiver 2018.
Windows 10 x64
CPU: Intel i5 6600
RAM: 8 GB DDR4
SSD: Samsung 960 EVORegards
Are you using firmware 3B7QCXE7? If so its a know issue with the Samsung 960 EVO. More info below.
Really long thread, but worth the read.
Samsung 960 Pro -
@spwolf I’ll test ASAP
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It’s hard to decide witch extension has the most impact
after long testing I think “Context Menu” “Context Menu 64” and Property Sheet" have the most impact on Explorer Opening Delay
