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.
Hello!
Is there currently no portable version of PA2023 available?
(When) do you plan to release one?
Thanks!
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.
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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PA 22.00.09
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PA 22.00.09 shows a nag screen, when I try to open some setting windows. I have already PA 2023 Toolbox and PA shows, that it’s licensed in the info dialog.
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PA 22.00.09
Some labels in the help toolbar are not translated:
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I’m looking forward to deploying PowerArchiver 2023 to my users. Can you tell us when the MSI will be available for download and distribution?
Thanks.
Hi there,
there were some security issues fixed in 7zip:
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1165/
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1164/
As it seems, that PowerArchiver and PACL use the 7zip libraries, could you please update them to the latest version?
Hi,
From where I get PAVD2023.EXE? PowerArchiver 2023 tries to open it.
But it seems, it tries to download PAVD2021.EXE.
Thanks
I noticed that the version of ZPAQ used is older than the latest released 7.15 https://mattmahoney.net/dc/zpaq.html also there seems to be a newer fork that adds several features https://github.com/fcorbelli/zpaqfranz
It would be useful to implement this latest version (it also maintains the same syntax and behavior as the latest official release if used the -715 flag) and add when opening a zpaq file a choice of the version of the files to show (e.g. as dummy folders represented the various versions present). Since any previous changes are stored with this format, it is possible to extract a snapshot of a certain date/version.
If I open a password-protected zipper file (created with WinRAR but I think that’s irrelevant), open it with PowerArchiver and run “Remove Encryption” on the same file, then reopen it and add a password with “Encrypt Archive,” the resulting archive will be protected with the old ZipCrypto algorithm and not AES as indicated.
(this can be verified, for example, by trying to open the archive files with Windows Explorer, which does not support the AES algorithm)
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.
Unsolved Cloud Folders as Upload Target Folders-not working?
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PA 2018 - 18.00.32 Win7
This seems to be a continuation of a problem I experienced in PA 2017.
I have OneDrive, Dropbox and Googledrive clouds. In each of the clouds, there are a number of subfolders; for example <Googledrive>/TAX, <Googledrive>/BILLS and so forth.
When I run a backup via a .pbs script, I want the archive to be written into the cloud subfolder I’ve specified when creating the script (see screenshot).
In this case, I have defined my Google cloud target as “TAX”, but whatever I do, the archive is always uploaded into the root folder of the cloud drive, so I have the folders TAX, BILLS and so forth listed in My Drive, with the uploaded archive as a solitary file in the root folder.
I have tried defining the cloud folder TAX with forward slashes, backslashes, on it’s own and several other ways, but it makes no difference; the archive always ends up outside its targeted folder.
Of course, I can get around this by getting the pbs script to write the archives into the local cloud My Computer folders; in this case my main My Documents Archives folder plus the 2 additional cloud upload folders e.g. C:\Users\Peter\Google Drive\My Stuff . I then do an upload to cloud via the Google, Onedrive or other upload utility, which sweeps up any other files I’ve updated in the upload source folders as well as my PA archive. The PA archive will then arrive in the correct cloud target folder.
It would be nice if the pbs script would upload the archive direct into the named cloud folder, as I need the upload automated somehow.
If I open the archive locally, and then use File>Clouds>Upload to Clouds >Googledrive and then select the TAX folder interactively, it works fine.
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I created a Test folder in dropbox and then configured in PA the Destination Directory as this :
(only the name of the folder without slashes)I runned the backup script and the ‘zip’ file is posted directly in my dropbox Test folder.
When you want to create a subfolder in the folder do not use ‘spaces’.
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Thanks for the responses.
I had tried using the folder name without slashes, for Googledrive. It still piles up several copies of the uploaded archive in the root folder. I presume that it doesn’t overwrite them as they have the same name and size, but different dates and times.
I’ve tried the same thing in Dropbox, but all I get is a “Not Responding” message. However, if I use the desktop Dropbox uploader, the file is successfully uploaded from my local \User\Dropbox folder.
Using OneDrive, it seems to start working but exits within seconds without uploading anything to anywhere in the OD cloud. Again, the desktop OD uploader works fine.
I have deleted the three Clouds in PA, cleared credentials and set them up anew, but this doesn’t make any difference.
So, to summarise:-
Google - uploads, but only to root of cloud folders
Dropbox - errors out
OneDrive - runs, exits, does nothingI have no idea why this should be, but I’ll try odd things like running PA with Admin privileges to see if that alters anything. However, I suspect that a direct upload to clouds from PA isn’t going to work for me, for reasons I cannot fathom.
I should say that although I haven’t tried all three (just ODrive), I can upload the file interactively from PA archive open to cloud upload. It’s just running these via pbs which causes problems. I have looked at the pbs for GoogleDrive and it has my target cloud folder correctly given there.
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@pa_fan hereby my actual status :-(
dropbox : works perfect and .pbs scripts UL files to defined folders
google : uploads, only to root
ondrive : uploads, only to root
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thanks for the input all!
We’ll check this out and see what’s going to figure how to improve it. Any further details are welcome.
Thanks!
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@mili Google’s direct sync folder works perfect to overcome the root filing problem. It’s a plan B but finally I have my PA backups in the google cloud, where I want them :-).
For onedrive : microsoft helpdesk referred me to PA helpdesk to solve the root cloud problem, not their problem as a third part is involved…