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Re: Explorer.exe Crash on right click
This appears to be happening again with the Power Archiver 2022 shell extensions.
When I have Use Explorer Shell Extensions enabled in Power Archiver Configuration and right-click on c:\Users\username\Start Menu, (hidden Junction file), File Explorer crashes.
I have version 21.00.15 (03/2022) 64-bit installed in Windows 10 Version 21H2 (Build 19044.1826).
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In the latest version of PA, on W11 (latest build/SP) when you try to use the first level context menu - NOTHING HAPPENS (particularly when you do this from Downloads or Documents folders) - however I noticed that it DOES WORK when you use the context menu from the Desktop. Going to the second level context menu does work however.
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PA 2023 22.00.08
Long time no seeing. So I start up the new year with a first problem : the virtual driver cannot be installed. Reason : it is missing in the Fast Ring PatchBeam Update Service…
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It seems a standard problem with new releases :-)
Can I have a link or can it be fixed. Thank you. CU later -
When the function for testing archives is invoked via the shell context menu (PowerArchiver > Test) then all the files in the archive get extracted to the current folder.
The test dialog reports as many errors as there are files in the archive but it fails to give any hint as to which files are supposed to be erroneous or what the nature of the problem might be. Comparing the extracted files to the originals shows no differences at all.
The .7z in question was produced with maximised compression settings in 7zip (taking forever but resulting in smaller archives than .7z produced by PowerArchiver with maximised settings). Therefore I wanted to see whether PowerArchiver can at least test .7z that it produced itself. Hence I had PowerArchiver convert a .pa with the same contents to .7z. There weren’t any errors reported but the resulting .7z contained fewer than half of the files contained in the .pa (137 of 366), so I scratched that test.
Performance is abysmal when testing via the context menu (e.g. almost 2 minutes for testing a .7z that 7zip tests in 4 seconds), but that is most likely due to the fact that the extracted files are written to disk. Testing the same .7z in the PowerArchiver GUI takes only 8 seconds but causes the mysterious appearance of a UAC dialog, as reported elsewhere.
The testing function is vital because PowerArchiver has a history of producing archives that it cannot unpack without errors or that do not conform to the respective file format standards (e.g. ZIP) so that other programs report them as erroneous.
The point of creating archives is that the files in them will most likely have to be extracted at some point. If the extraction cannot be guaranteed to produce correct results then the whole program is absolutely pointless. Actually, worse than pointless - it causes data loss and hence damage.
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In PowerArchiver 2023 22.00.06 configuration, the option labelled “Start PowerArchiver 2023 Starter when my computer starts” seems to be redundant.
I am only allowed to change this option when PA Starter is disabled, and then it seems to be ignored.
When I enable PA Starter this option is forced to the enabled state.
I think it’d be good to remove “Start PowerArchiver 2023 Starter when my computer starts” completely. I’ve always found it confusing having both options.
Added later: However i don’t particularly want to use queue but I do like having the PAStarter icon in my tray area.
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W10 Pro 22H2 - 64 -bit
PA 22.00.06 (PA 2023)
It has been the case with previous versions of PowerArchiver, but I had hoped that the latest might behave differently. Not so, I’m afraid.
I have, for various obscure reasons, created a few .pa archives, mainly in the hope that they will save me some more space. From time to time, I use the “Test” option to check that important archives are OK and uncorrupted.
With every .pa archive I’ve tested, the process runs through OK but then reports that there are errors. This is always the number of files in the archive e.g. if 11 files, then 11 errors reported.
In the .pa, I can:-
preview the files (usually PDF) extract some or all files and look at or use them convert the .pa to a .zip or .zipx archive, which then works fine and tests without errorsIs it the case that the Test routine isn’t designed for .pa archives, or is there another reason? Although the .pa seems to function properly, despite the test reporting errors, I would like to be sure that every .pa is OK and not “broken”.
Some of the .pas are quite old and produced with earlier PA versions (they are truly “archives”). If I extract all the files in the old .pa, create a new, fresh .pa and add back the files to that, then test the new, no errors (at least in the .pa I’ve tried this on) are reported. This would suggest a mismatch between old .pas and newer versions of PA itself.
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See the, supposedly, blank space where the green box is? It’s like that in Modern Light theme too. I can toggle it, but it’s missing text or shouldn’t be there I guess?
Thanks :)
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Dear @Alpha-Testers and all of our users,
time has come for testing of PowerArchiver and PACL for macOS.
Please let us know here if you have Mac and can test latest builds.Features implemented:
PowerArchiver 2020 - tabbing, opening, extracting, adding, testing, favorite folders, support for multiple languages, opening via Finder, explorer mode, installer.
PACL 10 - support for most formats and features in Windows version.Upcoming: Tools such as archive converter, batch zip, multi-extract.
To start testing, please sign up here in this thread, and we will send you latest build.
thank you!
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How do I: extract to file name, multiple archives in a user defined directory
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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.zipshd be extracted into
f:\temp\aaa
f:\temp\bbb
f:\temp\cccIt this is already feasable, how do I configure this??
Thanks!
brgds
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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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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*.zipTested with XP but I think it should work with any version => 95.
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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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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.zipextract (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
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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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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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Or with a registry hack :D
I don’t mean to belittle your hack but I think we should clarify for beginners -
- it uses PACL and not PA
- it needs a fixed utility file “d:\temp\test.bat”
- 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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I don’t mean to belittle your hack but I think we should clarify for beginners -
- it uses PACL and not PA
- it needs a fixed utility file “d:\temp\test.bat”
- 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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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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it is not available in shell extension
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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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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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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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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