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    • Functions in Windows 11 Context Menu don't work in some directories

      P

      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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    • Missing virtual driver in Patchbeam

      pirrbe

      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…
      Virtual driver PA 2023-01-28 152607.png
      It seems a standard problem with new releases :-)
      Can I have a link or can it be fixed. Thank you. CU later

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    • PA 21.00.18 testing via context menu causes extraction of files

      D

      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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    • Start PowerArchiver 2023 Starter when my computer starts

      Brian Gregory

      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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    • Testing .pa archives

      PA_Fan

      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 errors

      Is 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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    • 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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    • Small UI / Theme bug in 2023

      Z

      Clipboard02.jpg

      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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    • PowerArchiver and PACL for macOS

      spwolf

      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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    • Functions in Windows 11 context menu no longer work after last Windows Update

      T

      For some reason, the PowerArchiver functions in the Windows 11 context menu no longer work after the last Windows Update. Only the functions in the classic context menu function as they should.

      I’ve tried uninstalling PowerArchiver and using RevoUninstaller to remove all bits and pieces that were left behind and did a clean install of PowerArchiver, it didn’t fix the issue. Other items in the Windows 11 context menu work.

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    UNSOLVED I found a solution to OneDrive problem

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    • Michael72
      Michael72 last edited by

      Re: PowerArchiver 2019 Cloud is one-stop application for multiple clouds

      The problem with OneDrive, which I reported about, seems to be specific only to Windows XP. I found a solution to this problem by installing one VBS script. After running this script and rebooting the system, the PowerArchiver Cloud successfully logs in to OneDrive if it is running as an Admin.

      AES256_for_WindowsXP.vbs

      langFixUrl = "http://www.skaip.su/aes-256-dlya-windows-xp"
      langGetHelp = "Хотите посетить блог автора и обратиться за помощью?"
      langStartApp = "Вы уверены, что хотите заменить системные библиотеки?"
      langNoDownload = "Не удалось скачать библиотеку {name}.dll в папку %windir%\system32"
      langWrongVersion = "Библиотека {name}.dll не может быть заменена, поскольку не совпадают указанные версии."
      langRestartPc = "Скрипт закончил свою работу, но изменения вступят в силу только после перезагрузки системы. Перезагрузить компьютер сейчас?"
      
      Set App = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
      Set Shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
      Set Fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
      Set TypeLib = CreateObject("Scriptlet.TypeLib")
      
      Function RunAsAdministrator()
      	If WScript.Arguments.Length = 0 Then
      		Set Systems = WmiQuery("Select Caption From Win32_OperatingSystem")
      		For Each System In Systems
      			If InStr(System.Caption, "Windows XP") Then
      				Exit Function
      			End If
      		Next 
      
      		App.ShellExecute "wscript.exe", """" & WScript.ScriptFullName & """ RunAsAdministrator", , "runas", 1
      		WScript.Quit
      	End if
      End Function
      
      Function WmiQuery(query)
      	Set Wmi = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\.\root\cimv2")
      	Set WmiQuery = Wmi.ExecQuery(query)
      End Function
      
      Function DownloadFile(url, file)
      	Set Http = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
      	Http.Open "GET", url, False
      	Http.Send
      
      	Set Stream = CreateObject("Adodb.Stream")
      	Stream.type = 1
      	Stream.open
      	Stream.write Http.responseBody
      	Stream.saveToFile file, 2
      End Function
      
      Function RenameDll(sourcePath, dir, name)
      	dirPath = Shell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%windir%\" & dir)
      	If Fso.FolderExists(dirPath) Then
      		targetPath = dirPath & "\" & name & ".dll"
      		backupPath = targetPath & "." & UNIXTIME
      
      		If Fso.FileExists(targetPath) Then
      			Fso.MoveFile targetPath, backupPath
      		End if
      
      		Fso.CopyFile sourcePath, targetPath
      	End if
      End Function
      
      Function ReplaceDll(name, version, url)
      	tmpPath = Shell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%windir%\system32\" & name & ".dll.tmp." & UNIXTIME)
      	DownloadFile url, tmpPath
      
      	If Not Fso.FileExists(tmpPath) Then
      		ShowError Replace(langNoDownload, "{name}", name)
      		WScript.Quit
      	End if
      
      	If Fso.GetFileVersion(tmpPath) <> version Then
      		ShowError Replace(langWrongVersion, "{name}", name)
      		Fso.DeleteFile(tmpPath)
      		WScript.Quit
      	End if
       
      	RenameDll tmpPath, "system32", name
      	RenameDll tmpPath, "system32\dllcache", name
      	RenameDll tmpPath, "ServicePackFiles\i386", name
      	Fso.DeleteFile(tmpPath)
      End Function
      
      Function ShowError(msg)
      	btn = MsgBox(msg + vbNewLine + langGetHelp, 20, "ERROR!")
      	If btn = 6 Then
      		Shell.Run langFixUrl
      	End If
      End Function
      
      Function AppStart()
      	RunAsAdministrator()
      	ReplaceDll "dssenh", "5.1.2600.6924", "http://download.skaip.org/iexpress/AES256_for_WindowsXP/files/dssenh.dll"
      	ReplaceDll "rsaenh", "5.1.2600.6924", "http://download.skaip.org/iexpress/AES256_for_WindowsXP/files/rsaenh.dll"
      	ReplaceDll "schannel", "5.1.2600.6926", "http://download.skaip.org/iexpress/AES256_for_WindowsXP/files/schannel.dll"
      
      	btn = MsgBox(langRestartPc, 36)
      	If btn = 6 Then
      		Shell.Run "shutdown.exe -r -t 0"
      	End If
      End Function
      
      If MsgBox(langStartApp, 36) = 6 Then
      	UNIXTIME = DateDiff("s", "01/01/1970 00:00:00", Now())
      	AppStart()
      End If
      
      
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      • Michael72
        Michael72 last edited by Michael72

        @Michael72 said in I found a solution to OneDrive problem:

        The problem with OneDrive, which I reported about, seems to be specific only to Windows XP. I found a solution to this problem by installing one VBS script. After running this script and rebooting the system, the PowerArchiver Cloud successfully logs in to OneDrive if it is running as an Admin.

        However, now I have another problem.

        My OS: Windows XP Home Edition, SP3
        The version number and date of the program: PowerArchiver 2019 Standard 19.00.47 (05/2019)

        How to reproduce the problem

        Since it is recommended that we hold back from using the accounts with the type of administration for everyday work on the computer, I always have two accounts, an Admin account and a normal account from which I normally work.

        So, I have two accounts on my computer. One Michael, and the other Admin.
        I logged in as Michael (normal account with limited rightes).
        I run the PowerArchiver as an Admin by using Windows “Run As…” option.
        When the dialog window of account control popped up I chose another account with administration rights.

        2019-03-03_19-08-24.png

        The program has started successfully.

        2019-03-03_19-55-45.png

        I сlick on Clouds button to open the Cloud Browser.
        Now when I click on the OneDrive profile I get a successful connection to the cloud.
        I close the PowerArchiver 2019 Cloud and also close the PowerArchiver 2019.
        Now I am running the PowerArchiver 2019 as a Michael.
        I сlick on Clouds button to open the Cloud Browser.
        Now when I click on the OneDrive profile an empty Authorize dialog box opens and does not connect to the cloud.

        2019-05-12_10-21-38.png

        … Michael

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        • M
          Mili conexware last edited by

          Thanks @Michael72
          gonna test this out to confirm as well and log it in.
          We’ll reply with further questions if needed.
          thanks again!

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