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.
Solved Folder navigation not working correct in archive view
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Hi, I’m using the explorer view with folders in archive mode.
The problem is, that the folder navigation is only working with the first archive tab. If I open a second one, the folder pane gets blank instead of showing a new folder navigation:
Version: PowerArchiver 18.00.53 x64
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@BigMike here is the update, it is on fast ring now:
https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/5970/fast-ring-powerarchiver-2018-18-00-50-53-56Please check it out and let us know. Thank you!
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@bigmike i figured it out, it happens when you close empty new archive tab… wrote it in, thanks!
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@BigMike here is the update, it is on fast ring now:
https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/5970/fast-ring-powerarchiver-2018-18-00-50-53-56Please check it out and let us know. Thank you!
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Hi,
my problem isn’t fixed in the new build:
- Open PowerArchiver
- In Archive view, navigate to an archive and open it
- The folder pane shows the archive folder structure
- Click on “(+)”
- The folder pane goes blank instead of showing the complete folder tree
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@bigmike said in Folder navigation not working correct in archive view:
Hi,
my problem isn’t fixed in the new build:
- Open PowerArchiver
- In Archive view, navigate to an archive and open it
- The folder pane shows the archive folder structure
- Click on “(+)”
- The folder pane goes blank instead of showing the complete folder tree
@BigMike When you click on +, you open new empty tab. It has no archive open, so it has nothing in the folder panel? It cant show anything there if there is no archive open there?
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Hi,
when I open up PowerArchiver,- no archive is open
- in the folder panel, the top element is “Desktop” and I see the standard Windows elements “My Profile, My PC, Libraries…” and can browse my computer
- when I browse to an archive and double click on it, the folder pane switsches to the archive context, the top element is “Archive name”
- I thought if I click on the “(+)” and a new empty “(No Archive)” tab opens, the folder pane will switch back to the PC context with “Desktop” as top element (as no archive is open in this tab), instead it gets empty and shows only an archive icon
By the way I just realized,
- open up PowerArchiver
- click the (+) tab, while no archive is open in the first tab
- the folder area will be empty and therefore useless regardless which tab is active
- diasabling and reenabling folder pane will restore the “PC view”, but navigation only works for the first tab, the second tab stays empty while I navigate in the folder pane.
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Yes, I’ve known about this ever since the very beginning of 2018.
Funny thing is closing the new tab and BAM it’s the way it should be LOL
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@bigmike said in Folder navigation not working correct in archive view:
Hi,
when I open up PowerArchiver,- no archive is open
- in the folder panel, the top element is “Desktop” and I see the standard Windows elements “My Profile, My PC, Libraries…” and can browse my computer
- when I browse to an archive and double click on it, the folder pane switsches to the archive context, the top element is “Archive name”
- I thought if I click on the “(+)” and a new empty “(No Archive)” tab opens, the folder pane will switch back to the PC context with “Desktop” as top element (as no archive is open in this tab), instead it gets empty and shows only an archive icon
By the way I just realized,
- open up PowerArchiver
- click the (+) tab, while no archive is open in the first tab
- the folder area will be empty and therefore useless regardless which tab is active
- diasabling and reenabling folder pane will restore the “PC view”, but navigation only works for the first tab, the second tab stays empty while I navigate in the folder pane.
Oh, now I understand - you want to browse the disk in explorer mode in other tab.
We never meant it to be used that way, since there is Explorer mode with 2 panels and it seems to be perfect for exactly that.
But it certainly can be added to next more major release… I will write it up now.
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@BigMike @ckit we will just make it so it opens up archive in new tab and changes focus to that one… while explorer view stays in main tab. Works?
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Please make sure that those of us who never want to browse the file system (only archives) in PowerArchiver can still work the way we want. (‘Use Explorer Only Inside Archive’ switched on)
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@brian-gregory said in Folder navigation not working correct in archive view:
Please make sure that those of us who never want to browse the file system (only archives) in PowerArchiver can still work the way we want. (‘Use Explorer Only Inside Archive’ switched on)
yes, this is given of course.
Whole problem here comes from our main idea that people who want explorer hdd browsing, will use explorer mode with dual panels… of course, not everyone does, so next solution will work fine for everyone :)
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@spwolf said in Folder navigation not working correct in archive view:
@BigMike @ckit we will just make it so it opens up archive in new tab and changes focus to that one… while explorer view stays in main tab. Works?
Actually, I don’t think, this is what I like to have…
My Explorer Mode has a folder pane, which is fixed to my “PC view”, I can’t browse an archive’s folder structure.My Archive Mode has a hybrid folder pane: If I open an archive, I’ll be able to browse the archive’s folders. If no archive is open, I’ll be able to browse my pc.
Depending on my tasks and the archive’s structure I’m using different modes and like them as they are now.
If, in archive view, you open up a new tab, but the folder pane stays connected to the first pane, you won’t be able to browse the archive’s folder structure anymore - as @Brian-Gregory states.
Actually, I really like the current behavior when switching from Explorer Mode to Archive Mode: I get the archive in a tab and the folder pane in Archive Mode refers to the archive. This probably won’t work if you fix the folder pane in Archive Mode to a “My PC view”?
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@bigmike said in Folder navigation not working correct in archive view:
@spwolf said in Folder navigation not working correct in archive view:
@BigMike @ckit we will just make it so it opens up archive in new tab and changes focus to that one… while explorer view stays in main tab. Works?
Actually, I don’t think, this is what I like to have…
My Explorer Mode has a folder pane, which is fixed to my “PC view”, I can’t browse an archive’s folder structure.My Archive Mode has a hybrid folder pane: If I open an archive, I’ll be able to browse the archive’s folders. If no archive is open, I’ll be able to browse my pc.
Depending on my tasks and the archive’s structure I’m using different modes and like them as they are now.
If, in archive view, you open up a new tab, but the folder pane stays connected to the first pane, you won’t be able to browse the archive’s folder structure anymore - as @Brian-Gregory states.
Actually, I really like the current behavior when switching from Explorer Mode to Archive Mode: I get the archive in a tab and the folder pane in Archive Mode refers to the archive. This probably won’t work if you fix the folder pane in Archive Mode to a “My PC view”?
It will work as you want, plus you will always be able to use explorer hdd view in archive mode.
Folder panel is always related to the tab you are focused on.
So in archive mode with explorer hdd browsing, you will get first tab always being explorer disk browse (if you have unchecked use only in archives) , and then all archives will open in 2,3,4th, etc tabs… and when you click on tab with archive, folder panel will show folders in archive.
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This sounds really good :)
