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    • PA 21.00.18 Action / Test behaves oddly for me on .PA files

      Brian Gregory

      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.

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    • Convert archive is incorrect for some WinRAR 5 archives

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      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.

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    • Some bugs on Advanced options

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      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

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    How do I: extract to file name, multiple archives in a user defined directory

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      wulffra last edited by

      Under Shell Extensions there is an option:
      Extract to filename / multiple archives into separate folders.

      I’d like to do the above but then into a different location e.g. F:\temp
      separate file folders, using the filename as directory name.

      So: Extract to ‘F:\temp’ filename / multiple archives into separate folders

      The current setup will extract the multiple filenames in the same directory
      as where the files are located.

      For good order’s sake:
      file:
      aaa.zip
      bbb.zip
      ccc.zip

      shd be extracted into
      f:\temp\aaa
      f:\temp\bbb
      f:\temp\ccc

      It this is already feasable, how do I configure this??

      Thanks!
      brgds
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      • TBGBe
        TBGBe last edited by

        In windows explorer, select the zip files - right click and drag to F:\temp -then select the PowerArchiver options.

        Does that work (only done a quick check in WinXp) ?

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          lookdaditsme @TBGBe last edited by

          TBGBe that works for me and I like it!

          Another option is using PACL integrated into the shell so when right clicking a zip file you get a new context menu choice…

          Copy the following into your text editor and adjust it to suit your needs. Then save to a file with “.reg” as the extension and double click it to merge it into the registy. Now right click a zip file in Directory Opus (or Windows Explorer) and you have a new choice near the top of the menu.

          -----------------------REG FILE BEGINS ON NEXT LINE DON’T SAVE THIS LINE!
          Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

          [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\PAZIP\Shell\Extract To E-Temp With Subfolders]
          @=“Extract To E-Temp With Subfolders”
          “Position”=“0”

          [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\PAZIP\Shell\Extract To E-Temp With Subfolders\command]
          @=“d:\temp\test.bat”
          –---------------------REG FILE ENDS ON PREVIOUS LINE DON’T SAVE THIS LINE!

          With test.bat named / edited to ones own needs. For testing purposes I used
          xcopy *.zip e:\temp
          e:
          cd e:\temp
          paext -psub e:\Temp*.zip
          del e:\temp*.zip

          Tested with XP but I think it should work with any version => 95.
          Best wishes.

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          • spwolf
            spwolf conexware @lookdaditsme last edited by

            Hi,

            you can also set this option to be default in shell extensions. Just take a look at PA> Options> Config> Shell ext.

            thanks,

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            • TBGBe
              TBGBe @spwolf last edited by

              @spwolf:

              Hi,
              you can also set this option to be default in shell extensions. Just take a look at PA> Options> Config> Shell ext.
              thanks,

              Requirement - select multiple zip files
              c:\download\aaa.zip
              c:\download\bbb.zip
              c:\download\ccc.zip

              extract (via shell) to
              f:\utils\aaa
              f:\utils\bbb
              f:\utils\ccc\

              OK, I looked and cannot find it - without using right-click drag.
              As “wulffra” said
              Currently shell will extract the multiple filenames into the same directory
              as where the files are located (c:\download) - Want to give a clue?

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              • spwolf
                spwolf conexware @TBGBe last edited by

                Ah yes, if you want to extract to different root folder, then yes, only way it works is to use drag and drop and then select the option.

                thanks

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                  lookdaditsme @spwolf last edited by

                  @spwolf:

                  Ah yes, if you want to extract to different root folder, then yes, only way it works is to use drag and drop and then select the option.

                  thanks

                  Or with a registry hack :D

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                  • TBGBe
                    TBGBe @lookdaditsme last edited by

                    @lookdaditsme:

                    Or with a registry hack :D

                    I don’t mean to belittle your hack but I think we should clarify for beginners -

                    1. it uses PACL and not PA
                    2. it needs a fixed utility file “d:\temp\test.bat”
                    3. the destination folder is fixed (e:\temp\… )

                    I know that 2 & 3 can be changed/modified to individual needs, but this is not exactly “user friendly” for beginners.

                    Besides, the restrictions for PACL as opposed to PowerArchiver means that it will not work for all cases e.g 7-zip / filesize >4GB etc.

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                      lookdaditsme @TBGBe last edited by

                      @TBGBe:

                      I don’t mean to belittle your hack but I think we should clarify for beginners -

                      1. it uses PACL and not PA
                      2. it needs a fixed utility file “d:\temp\test.bat”
                      3. the destination folder is fixed (e:\temp\… )

                      I know that 2 & 3 can be changed/modified to individual needs, but this is not exactly “user friendly” for beginners.

                      Besides, the restrictions for PACL as opposed to PowerArchiver means that it will not work for all cases e.g 7-zip / filesize >4GB etc.

                      I have liked your solution better since I first read it - I never knew that one could drag and right click drop anything :eek: Thanks for that eye opener!

                      Best Wishes.

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                        wulffra @spwolf last edited by

                        @spwolf:

                        Ah yes, if you want to extract to different root folder, then yes, only way it works is to use drag and drop and then select the option.

                        thanks

                        To ALL

                        Thanks to you all for the feedback. Tthe drag and drop option, I was not aware of that
                        being available.
                        Basically PA can handle it, but it is not available in shell extension. It would be great
                        if it is in the next upgrade…??

                        Thanks again!
                        brgds
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                        • TBGBe
                          TBGBe @TBGBe last edited by

                          it is not available in shell extension

                          @TBGBe:

                          In windows explorer, select the zip files - right click and drag to F:\temp -then select the PowerArchiver options.

                          This is all using windows explorer - so it does use the shell extension. :confused:

                          Or do you mean you want a seperate “context menu” option such as
                          “extract to …\filename” ?

                          Hmm, “other utilities” don’t have it, so maybe it would be another advantage to using PA.

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                          • spwolf
                            spwolf conexware @TBGBe last edited by

                            It could only be put to the extract to/ window itself, however doing it via d&d is much better solution anyway

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                              lookdaditsme @TBGBe last edited by

                              @TBGBe:

                              This is all using windows explorer - so it does use the shell extension. :confused:

                              Or do you mean you want a seperate “context menu” option such as
                              “extract to …\filename” ?

                              Hmm, “other utilities” don’t have it, so maybe it would be another advantage to using PA.

                              Where perhaps a browse to folder common dialog pops up? Interesting…

                              I still like TBGBe original suggestion the best. (Wish I would have known about the right-click-drag-n-drop before I started hacking at the registry! - then I would not even have posted my hack that tried (in vein) to reinvent the wheel!) :o

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                                wulffra @TBGBe last edited by

                                @TBGBe:

                                This is all using windows explorer - so it does use the shell extension. :confused:

                                Or do you mean you want a seperate “context menu” option such as
                                “extract to …\filename” ?

                                Hmm, “other utilities” don’t have it, so maybe it would be another advantage to using PA.

                                Sorry - what I meant to say is that it is available under the RMB, like “Extract to”.
                                It would then have to be named like “Extract to \multiple filenames” (or something
                                similar)

                                Thank you.
                                brgds
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