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.
WinRAR 5 has a rather useful option in some cases, which is to be able to create an archive by replacing identical files with a reference to the first occurrence (hardlink) within the archive.
In case you choose to convert the file with PowerArchiver to another format, however, the resulting archive does not have all the files. It does not consider those that were present as hardlinks.
If you do a normal extraction of the RAR archive instead, even with PowerArchivier, all the files are extracted correctly.
When adding to a file archive, and selecting for example PA format, strong optimization method, extreme compression. In the Advanced Options section you change to Automatic, EXE Filter and PDF filter . You return to the main section and save the Profile. When you then reload the profile you do not have the Automatic options of EXE Filter and PDF saved there.
I noticed that instead if you change other options they are saved correctly (except for the Filter box values).
Also among the various changes to the advanced options you click the “Calculate RAM usage” button the value seems to be added to the previous one. You can see it for example just by clicking the button twice in a row, the value changes. Edit: actually after many attempts now it seems to write a stable value (it does not change with each click). Maybe a synchronization problem in the calculation?
Used PowerArchivier 2023 but there is the same behavior with the 2022
Unsolved Slow drawing of main window.
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In the latest build 18.00.58 I’m noticing that the contents of the main window is a bit slow on loading. It’s not a great amount of time, milliseconds to be honest and has taken me ages to catch a screenshot of it, but it is noticeable.
Not an issue if I use “Classic Simple” skin.
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i see painting/color change sometimes when using classic toolbar skins. I went back to .53 and it was the same… I will try some other versions too.
But I never see scroll bar changing position like in your screenshot.
Can you save your settings first via regedit. And then reset to default via Options>?
Lets see if some option changes something.
Thanks!
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Reset to default and the window is empty when it starts, as expected. No issue there.
Changed my startup folder to my preferred folder and changed display style to “Explorer with Folders” selected only. Also changed my skin to my preferred Nightrider skin.
Those are the only changes I made to the default.
Closed and then restarted PA, same issue with the with that slowness to draw/paint the window.
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Intel Core i7 6700HQ @ 2.60GHz
12.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz -
@luxor said in Slow drawing of main window.:
Reset to default and the window is empty when it starts, as expected. No issue there.
Changed my startup folder to my preferred folder and changed display style to “Explorer with Folders” selected only. Also changed my skin to my preferred Nightrider skin.
Those are the only changes I made to the default.
Closed and then restarted PA, same issue with the with that slowness to draw/paint the window.
Try defaults with just skin? Maybe something due to the startup folder?
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Defaults with skin - All OK
Defaults + skin + Change display style to.
The problem arises.
Looks at that point as if “Explorer with Folders” is the problem.
More testing…
If I select “Explorer Display Style” along with my preferred startup folder, I get a noticable flash of white in some areas of the window where the toolbars appear.
I’ve seen similar before on the test dialogue where the progress bar appears, when testing a large archive. Was never fast enough to catch a screenshot of it though.
Maybe a combination of Explorer with Folders and my preferred startup folder is too much for those skins.
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Intel Core i7 6700HQ @ 2.60GHz
12.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz -
@luxor said in Slow drawing of main window.:
In the latest build 18.00.58 I’m noticing that the contents of the main window is a bit slow on loading. It’s not a great amount of time, milliseconds to be honest and has taken me ages to catch a screenshot of it, but it is noticeable.
Not an issue if I use “Classic Simple” skin.
HUGE Confirmed with Quartz Violet skin!
Turning OFF Folders Bar fixes it but the situation is unacceptable -
@luxor said in Slow drawing of main window.:
Defaults with skin - All OK
Defaults + skin + Change display style to.
The problem arises.
Looks at that point as if “Explorer with Folders” is the problem.
More testing…
If I select “Explorer Display Style” along with my preferred startup folder, I get a noticable flash of white in some areas of the window where the toolbars appear.
I’ve seen similar before on the test dialogue where the progress bar appears, when testing a large archive. Was never fast enough to catch a screenshot of it though.
Maybe a combination of Explorer with Folders and my preferred startup folder is too much for those skins.
ah, i get it… it is when it loads contents of hdd, together with custom skin and icons. Since scrollbar is custom painted + it waits for listing of default folder, you get that effect.
I will check if we can improve this. I dont think it was any different in previous builds.
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@spwolf said in Slow drawing of main window.:
I will check if we can improve this. I dont think it was any different in previous builds.
In previous builds I’ve never seen the scroll bar out of position like it is in this build.
If it did occur it was obviously too fast for my old eyes to pick up on it. ;)Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Intel Core i7 6700HQ @ 2.60GHz
12.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz -
@luxor said in Slow drawing of main window.:
@spwolf said in Slow drawing of main window.:
I will check if we can improve this. I dont think it was any different in previous builds.
In previous builds I’ve never seen the scroll bar out of position like it is in this build.
If it did occur it was obviously too fast for my old eyes to pick up on it. ;)might depend on number of files in the folder, but i went back to .37 and if folders bar + skins + hdd browse is on, scroll bar of the folders bar will be seen changing size at startup.
I wrote it in… thanks!
