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

    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
    W

    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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    Powerarchiver Backup Express Lite

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    • LuxorL
      Luxor Alpha Testers
      last edited by

      I have a backup script that I run every evening and so far I have never ever had a problem.

      Today I Installed the latest build PowerArchiver 9.20.07 and now my backup no longer works.

      It gets as far as preparing files to compress then shuts down with an error.

      PowerArchiver 2004 has encountered a problem and needs to close.
      We are sorry for the inconvenience.

      Thinking that maybe my backup had somehow become corrupted I made a new one. But this resulted in the same error.

      Have gone back to PA 9.11.01 and everything works again.

      Help would be appreciated as I do like to keep on top of my backups.

      System Spec
      XP Home SP2
      All security updates
      512MB of RAM
      NVidia GeForce4 440 Go64MB
      4-M CPU 2.00GHz

      Luxor

      Windows 10 Home 64-bit
      Intel Core i7 6700HQ @ 2.60GHz
      12.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz

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        davidsplash
        last edited by

        have you tied creating a new scrip to see if its a problem with the script opr pa

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        • spwolfS
          spwolf conexware @davidsplash
          last edited by

          Please give us more info about the pbs script - you can send it to us at supportRMVME@conexware.com so we can check it out.

          There were quite few changes behind the scenes for 9.2, which is why it was in beta testing for an month and nobody reported anything such as that so please send us that pbs so we can test it out.

          thanks,

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          • LuxorL
            Luxor Alpha Testers @davidsplash
            last edited by

            @davidsplash:

            have you tied creating a new scrip to see if its a problem with the script opr pa

            I guess you missed this part of my post.

            Thinking that maybe my backup had somehow become corrupted I made a new one. But this resulted in the same error.

            Luxor

            Windows 10 Home 64-bit
            Intel Core i7 6700HQ @ 2.60GHz
            12.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz

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            • LuxorL
              Luxor Alpha Testers @Luxor
              last edited by

              Spywolf the pbs is on it`s way.

              Luxor

              Windows 10 Home 64-bit
              Intel Core i7 6700HQ @ 2.60GHz
              12.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz

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                davidsplash
                last edited by

                i have tested the backup pbs scripts and they woirk with zip files is can u give up the path and what is in your filkes AND NAMES AND ZIZES OF THEM .

                Also can u let us know whether u are logged in as administator?

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                • LuxorL
                  Luxor Alpha Testers @davidsplash
                  last edited by

                  Path C:\Backup

                  Archive Contents
                  Name: backup_09032005.zip
                  Size: 67,735Kb
                  Decompressed Size: 138,069Kb
                  3,065 files in archive:

                  Far too many to name and as for sizes I would be here forever.

                  Logged in as administrator.

                  Further testing shows that if I create a backup consisting only of folders everything works as it should. However if I add a single file then PA crashes.

                  Information has been sent to support.

                  Thanks for your input, it`s appreciated. :)

                  Luxor

                  Windows 10 Home 64-bit
                  Intel Core i7 6700HQ @ 2.60GHz
                  12.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz

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                  • LuxorL
                    Luxor Alpha Testers @Luxor
                    last edited by

                    Just a heads up guys.

                    I have downloaded and installed the latest build version 9.21.00 and I am pleased to inform you that my backup scripts work once again.

                    Dont know what you changed but Im glad you changed it. :D

                    Luxor

                    Windows 10 Home 64-bit
                    Intel Core i7 6700HQ @ 2.60GHz
                    12.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz

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                      davidsplash @Luxor
                      last edited by

                      where is 9.21 ???

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                      • LuxorL
                        Luxor Alpha Testers @davidsplash
                        last edited by

                        @davidsplash:

                        where is 9.21 ???

                        I found it in this thread here

                        Luxor

                        Windows 10 Home 64-bit
                        Intel Core i7 6700HQ @ 2.60GHz
                        12.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz

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                        • spwolfS
                          spwolf conexware @Luxor
                          last edited by

                          @Luxor:

                          Just a heads up guys.

                          I have downloaded and installed the latest build version 9.21.00 and I am pleased to inform you that my backup scripts work once again.

                          Dont know what you changed but Im glad you changed it. :D

                          Luxor

                          We had one patient tester who replied to all 55 emails we sent :-).

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                            davidsplash @spwolf
                            last edited by

                            alpha testres should have been sent it. It looks ok as a quick look but still needs work where can we report 9.21 bugs?

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                            • TBGBeT
                              TBGBe @davidsplash
                              last edited by

                              @davidsplash:

                              alpha testres should have been sent it. It looks ok as a quick look but still needs work where can we report 9.21 bugs?

                              :confused: In this forum - where else :confused:

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                              • LuxorL
                                Luxor Alpha Testers @TBGBe
                                last edited by

                                Don’t know if I should have started a new thread or not.

                                But I’m sorry to report that this problem has reappeared with the latest beta v9.50.20 :(

                                Tried creating new backup script.

                                Comprising folders only and all was fine. Comprising files only, again all was fine. But make a script comprising folders and files and PA exits.

                                Have to go back to last version once again.

                                Luxor

                                Windows 10 Home 64-bit
                                Intel Core i7 6700HQ @ 2.60GHz
                                12.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz

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                                • spwolfS
                                  spwolf conexware @Luxor
                                  last edited by

                                  @Luxor:

                                  Don’t know if I should have started a new thread or not.

                                  But I’m sorry to report that this problem has reappeared with the latest beta v9.50.20 :(

                                  Tried creating new backup script.

                                  Comprising folders only and all was fine. Comprising files only, again all was fine. But make a script comprising folders and files and PA exits.

                                  Have to go back to last version once again.

                                  Luxor

                                  eh, thats what happens when you develop several versions next to each other. Thanks for letting us know.

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                                  • ivanI
                                    ivan conexware @spwolf
                                    last edited by

                                    Check it out with beta 2 when it comes out.

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                                    • LuxorL
                                      Luxor Alpha Testers @ivan
                                      last edited by

                                      Fixed in PA 2006 9.5 Beta 2

                                      Well done guys. :D

                                      Luxor

                                      Windows 10 Home 64-bit
                                      Intel Core i7 6700HQ @ 2.60GHz
                                      12.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz

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                                      • spwolfS
                                        spwolf conexware @Luxor
                                        last edited by

                                        @Luxor:

                                        Fixed in PA 2006 9.5 Beta 2

                                        Well done guys. :D

                                        Luxor

                                        thank you

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