Hi everyone, some good news about PowerArchiver… I’ve managed to get in touch with the original developer of PowerArchiver, Ivan Petrovic, and he has confirmed that the product is not dead or abandoned, in fact it is still very much alive! There has been a hiatus over the past months for various reasons, but that we should expect to see stuff coming through in the coming months (hopefully the next 2 months).
The Windows 11 context menu for PowerArchiver on normal files (to be compressed, etc.) is now showing multiple tiers with two identical menus. See attached captures of the issue:
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Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 24H2
OS build 26100.2605
Hello!
I’ve just created SFX-Archives both from ZIP and 7z-Archives and none has an Icon as it seems.
I use the new version 22.00.11.
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Basically I used powerarchiver context menus to zip up a folder then i used windows 11 own built in zip extractor via the context menu to extract all and this is where it throw up a fault. , I’m using windows 11 .
The file that was a problem in the zip that windows 11 could not extract was iva “babe” cotton.jpg
I know it has non standard quotes in it.
However I had winrar on the computer and tried the exact same method with their context menu compress to zip and then I extracted the file with windows own extract all context menu and it had no problems. This indicates that powerarchiver is doing something different with iva “babe” cotton.jpg compressing to zip.
Then I changed iva “babe” cotton.jpg to iva babe cotton.jpg and compressed it with powerarchiver and then tried it with windows 11 extract all and had no problems. It looks like powerarchiver is doing something to that one file that has quotes in it.
Please note that powerarchiver extracted both zip files with no problems, only windows built in zip extraction had the fault. Reason I’m letting people know in case they send zip files with special characters in files names to people who do not have powerarchiver.
When will a fix be implemented?
On installing the program I am getting the error message:
"Unable to execute file c:\Program Files\PowerArchiver\pashutil.exe
CreateProcess failed: code 2
The system cannot find the file specified"
This can’t be right!
I am using the latest official build of Windows 11
Buttons are not properly aligned on About screen.
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Buttons not aligned on configuration window.
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New version:
PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.10:
Download:
https://u.powerarchiver.com/pa2023/powarc220010.exe
New build for some bug fixes and issues - full list to come with new update. Please test and see if you have any issues.
Thanks everyone for your assistance!
New version:
PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.11:
Download:
https://u.powerarchiver.com/pa2023/powarc220011.exe
New build for some bug fixes and issues - full list to come with new update. Please test and see if you have any issues.
Thanks everyone for your assistance!
Just tried using the Modern (Windows 10) Icon set and seeing a few missing icons in both PowerArchiver Burner and PowerArchiver Encryption screens . They are all there in the Minimalistik icon set and the only difference I can see is the former is blue and the latter grey. In version 22.00.9
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I had a large .tar file (a backed up WSL) and I want to delete a few directories and their contents from it using PA2023.
PA just destroys the whole archive as soon as I try to delete a directory, leaving it in a state where PA2023 won’t even open it any more.
I tried several times and also tried compressing it to .tar.xz instead - same result.
This should either actually work, or it should say operation not supported and do nothing.
Hello!
The regular version of PA 2023 is out for over 6 months now, but there is still no sign of the portable release.
(When) will there be one?
Thanks!
Hello!
Is there currently no portable version of PA2023 available?
(When) do you plan to release one?
Thanks!
Win 11 64 bit
I have some archives which have been encrypted, using the encrypt option either in pbs or when interactively creating a zip. When I open these, and look at files, I am asked for passwords, which I know, and then can view items or decrypt the files in the archive (tools>decrypt files).
However, when I use the Actions>Remove Archive Encryption (whether using the same zip or asking to write another), the routine shows progress bar to the end, but then just hangs i.e. “OK” never activates. All process information shows this stalled/hanging.
What can I do to sort this out?
For example:
Download this ZIP file: http://dslstats.me.uk/files/dslstats32W-6.5.zip
Everything in the ZIP file is in a directory “dslstats32W-6.5”.
However when I extract using right click “Extract Here” the name of the directory created is “2W-6.5” !
I am running PA 22.00.09 on Windows 11. I have seen the same happen with some other kinds of archive too.
Unsolved PA 2016-19 freezing when unpacking 4GB+ files
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Hello,
Actually I’ve had this issue for a long time, dating back to old versions.
Every time I’ve tried to unpack large file the PA freezes (either on the first file in the archive or on the one above ~4GB (not sure the exact size, but 4GB+). Task manager showing not responding but not taking up any resources (processor and disk utilization at 0%).At first it made me think that maybe it has to do with FAT filesystem, google never showed anyone with similar problem so I chose to ignore it and use another archiver for those rare, large files. But ofc, time flies, all systems working on NTFS, and I deal with large files every day. Would be nice to get to the bottom of it. Tried doing clean reinstall, didn’t help. Any suggestions pls?
Win10 Pro, latest PA 19.00.48
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Ok, seems like a specific usage case, connected with what I do.
The archive it’s unable to unpack is full of files with .tar.md5 extensions.
And it’s those that contain 4GB+ .tar.md5 files that freeze the program. -
You mention FAT file system. Files larger than 4GB cannot exist on FAT32 file system.
However if that is the problem PA should show an error message and not just freeze, so that would be a bug.
If you are unpacking to something formatted as FAT32 consider reformatting it as ExFAT or maybe NTFS.Which are you running - 32 or 64 bit Windows?
Can you provide a link you one of these archives onthe web?
They look rather like Samsung firmware files. -
@Brian-Gregory said in PA 2016-19 freezing when unpacking 4GB+ files:
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Just mentioned FAT, fore the old times sake, as it was ages ago when I first noticed that issue.
64x running on NTFS - I see no technical reason why 4GB+ file cannot be unpacked by PA.
And yes, those are Samsung firmware files :)An example archive www.londontechnologies.pl/pliki/Samsung/9.0%20G970FXXU1ASBA_G970FOWO1ASBAZTO_4file.zip
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@NekoOtoko said in PA 2016-19 freezing when unpacking 4GB+ files:
www.londontechnologies.pl/pliki/Samsung/9.0%20G970FXXU1ASBA_G970FOWO1ASBAZTO_4file.zip
thanks @NekoOtoko
downloading it now, lets check it out. -
@NekoOtoko said in PA 2016-19 freezing when unpacking 4GB+ files:
@Brian-Gregory said in PA 2016-19 freezing when unpacking 4GB+ files:
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Just mentioned FAT, fore the old times sake, as it was ages ago when I first noticed that issue.
64x running on NTFS - I see no technical reason why 4GB+ file cannot be unpacked by PA.
And yes, those are Samsung firmware files :)An example archive www.londontechnologies.pl/pliki/Samsung/9.0%20G970FXXU1ASBA_G970FOWO1ASBAZTO_4file.zip
Thanks for sending the link @NekoOtoko
The test confirms the issue and we have logged it in for fixing. We’ll report back with a fix. -
Thanks a lot. I could finally have a single archiving app on my system after all those years.
Keeping fingers crossed!