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.
Fast Ring: PowerArchiver 2018 18.00.37
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New version: PowerArchiver 2018 18.00.37 - Release Candidate 1.
Download: https://powerarchiver.cachefly.net/2018/powarc180037.exeRelease Notes - PowerArchiver - Version 17.00.37
** Improvement
* [PA-1247] - File Wiping for Move option
* [PA-1486] - Blue Tools Icons on dark skins
* [PA-1496] - modern/ribbon: add icons for file, send menus under file
* [PA-1521] - improve tools icons at 125dpi and black skin
* [PA-1540] - add Use Deflate&64 compression checkbox in main add screen for ZIP
* [PA-1549] - change tab name after renaming archive
* [PA-1550] - add burn audio cd help page** New Feature
* [PA-142] - New navbar instead of dropdown (ftp, etc)
* [PA-1567] - modern/ribbon ui: maximized window state not saved on restart
* [PA-1571] - Ability to add files to Zip container formats** Bug
* [PA-408] - no shortcut on FTP text in toolbar
* [PA-424] - Uploading Files and folders together to FTP, stalls PA
* [PA-955] - ftp left panel: sort by date, folders and files sorted together
* [PA-1124] - Compress w Options disappears when less than 2 shell options selected
* [PA-1249] - reset to default, go to ftp and then explorer tab, ftp window stays
* [PA-1402] - FTP Queue section does not show properly after Set to Defaults
* [PA-1408] - cannot download via D&D in FTP
* [PA-1508] - multiple checkboxes with checked state in ftp protocol dropdown
* [PA-1522] - Optimized Zipx archives with encryption not finishing compression
* [PA-1523] - aligment of controls in add window
* [PA-1524] - FTP: FTP stays checked when logging into SFTP site
* [PA-1525] - move Select Font button slightly to the right
* [PA-1526] - specific tgz file cant be listed inside PA
* [PA-1527] - tabing in burner mode does not move properly
* [PA-1528] - file explorer in archive and explorer tab: focus on file list by default (when browsing hdd)
* [PA-1531] - PA 2018 program group says 2017 in windows 7
* [PA-1535] - Update text in converter
* [PA-1536] - Compress & Email shell option not working for archive filenames w/ unicode characters
* [PA-1539] - Font button cutoff in configuration
* [PA-1541] - PowerArchiver does not install for all users
* [PA-1545] - FTP: PA Not responding after a few transfers
* [PA-1546] - FTP: PA freezes when overwriting files downloaded from FTP
* [PA-1547] - FTP: Overwrite dialog appears for each file when Overwrite all is selected
* [PA-1548] - FTP: Cannot D&D files to download
* [PA-1551] - when preview window off, PA default startup folder file list empty
* [PA-1553] - error when closing PA after cloud config used
* [PA-1555] - archive mode, explorer view, if we add 2 new tabs, we have to close all 3 in order to see explorer hdd again
* [PA-1565] - Exception Einvalidpointer erro appears whenever accesing cloud config
* [PA-1572] - modern: preview icon under view turns off preview, instead of on
* [PA-1574] - issue with encrypted file with aes and ultra/extreme with specific settings
* [PA-1575] - burn image icon with bad transparency in toolbar
* [PA-1583] - Customize Toolbar does not show a burn icon correctly in dark skinWhats New
- Overhauled Modern/Ribbon with new icons, new file menu and fixed several issues. Full interface now has same office colorful type icons that work much better across various possible DPI ranges. For best checking out, first use Toolbar Skins> Office and then change to Modern (will be fixed in the future).
- Much improved PDF handling with keyboard and mouse, as well as when changing the size of preview window. It has become a very usable and fast PDF preview tool on its own right.
- Reworked FTP internals, much better handling when downloading many files via queue. Updated security (openssl) components.
- Added wiping of files when moving them, according to your settings in Config.
- Added ability to disable Deflate64 compression in Ultra and Extreme modes (ZIP compression), for compatibility with older Windows software as well as Windows XP.
- Updated translations for several languages.
- Smaller installer changes.
- Various smaller graphic and other issues as well as other reported issues.
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Got this message when I tried to install this build. Very odd as the last build was installed properly.
Restarted my computer and then I was able to install it.Puzzled!
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Intel Core i7 6700HQ @ 2.60GHz
12.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz -
@luxor i think you didnt restart it last time, so in registry it found entries for shell extensions to updating during next restart.
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@spwolf said in Fast Ring: PowerArchiver 2018 18.00.37:
i think you didnt restart it last time
Possible, but my computer has been closed down and restarted a few times since. That should cover that shouldn’t it?
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Intel Core i7 6700HQ @ 2.60GHz
12.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz -
@luxor said in Fast Ring: PowerArchiver 2018 18.00.37:
@spwolf said in Fast Ring: PowerArchiver 2018 18.00.37:
i think you didnt restart it last time
Possible, but my computer has been closed down and restarted a few times since. That should cover that shouldn’t it?
apparently it found something that was left to do from old install? In any case, lets see if it happens again, but it is a normal installer feature, not something we do on our own end. Thanks!
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A one-off hopefully.