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    • Config settings doesn't impact PA behaviour...

      pirrbe

      PA2023 Win10, (same problem with older releases but never reported)
      PA Soft is installed on partition D. (exclusive for installed progs)
      Then I created on my partition G: the folders as configured in PA Settings ‘Folders’.

      0fcf1b09-1b91-4b74-b250-f8cf908a3348-Ashampoo_Snap_maandag 20 maart 2023_11h54m34s.png

      Screenshot 2023-03-20 121152.png

      The problem : Any activity on PA is saved in these folders…
      PA ignores them and still use the default settings. Whats wrong ? Regards, Pirrbe

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    • Missing pdf markups in pdf preview

      L

      I am still using Powerarchiver 2022 and it does not show pdf markups in the preview. Is there a setting to get version 2022 to show pdf markups in the preview? If not, does this work in version 2023?

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    • Question about PA Files...

      T

      The question that I have about PA archives is what happens if say ConeXware, as a company, dies in the future? What happens to any PA files that are created today? Can these files be decompressed with a copy of a PowerArchiver that can no longer phone home to the mothership thus can’t be registered or activated?

      I mean, I can understand that new PA files wouldn’t be able to be created if the program isn’t registered but what about an un-registered copy because well, the question that I posed above?

      It’s questions like this that make me not want to store anything really valuable in PA files out of fear that I, at some point in the future, might lose access to said data inside those files. OK, 7ZIP might not be able to compress as heavily as PA but at least it’s open source and any 7ZIP files will still be able to be read and decompressed ten, twenty, or fifty years from now.

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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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    • Multi Extract doesn't extract in parallel in Windows 11

      Z

      Is this a known problem? Is there a fix coming? This is a primary reason I buy PA.

      I’ve tried both methods I know to extract multiple zips at the same time. 1) Multi Extract feature in the GUI. 2) In Windows File Explorer, select multiple zips, right click, use PA context menu to Extract or Extract To…

      Is there a setting I missed? Or maybe it really is processing in parallel, but I can’t detect it? Nothing tells me in the Processes in Task Manager that multiple PA extracts are running. And my CPU, memory and disk resources do not look like a lot of extracts are running.

      I’m using PA 2022 Standard version 21.00.18 on Windows 11 Pro version 10.0.22621 Build 22621.

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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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    • PA 2023 Preview versus PA2022

      pirrbe

      Is the version Preview 2023 also considered to be tested by the testteam ? In the past we got messages in the forum for testing out version x.x, to be downloaded by fastring, or I missed the one for 2023. (I discovered 2023 on the official web…)
      CU, Pirrbe

      .

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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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    • How to get a registering code?

      N

      Hi there, been a user since 13 years now and in past whenever I had a problem or question I could email, however since 3 weeks it seems like everybody is dead?

      Anyway, as kind of a last resort, I post this email a 4th time but in this forum instead now, in the hope for help:
      "This is the 3rd time I am emailing you guys as I am missing a working code for the preview of Power Archiver 2023

      Can you please help me? I am a 13 years lasting customer of yours, and I am shocked thatr for whatever reason my support tickets are ignored now, why?

      thanks in advance!
      All the best!
      Joerg"

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    • File Explorer Shell Extension crash on Junction

      W

      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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    • 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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    • 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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    Bug: double folder when file unzipped

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      lip last edited by

      Hello,

      My problem is better understood if you read this example done with PowerArchiver (last version) :

      I have a root folder (C:\A) named “A” which contains 2 files : “1.htm” and “2.htm”

      I zip this “A” folder. It is named “A.zip”.

      I erase the folder “A”.

      Then I unzip the file “A.zip”. So it creates a folder named “A”.
      Until here no problem!

      But if I open the “A” folder, I have another “A” folder inside!!
      Then in order to find the files : “1.htm” and “2.htm”, I have to open again the new “A” folder!

      I have :
      C:\A\A\1.htm
      C:\A\A\2.htm

      Whereas I should have :
      C:\A\1.htm
      C:\A\2.htm

      Until today I thought “whatever” until I realized that I cannot make a keyword search by using the freeware Wilbur http://wilbur.redtree.com/ (I am sure it is not a bug from its part as zip files were working fine before!) inside the “A.zip” file! And that is a big problem for me!

      In fact, I assume that the bug is created when I zip the folder.
      I have older zip files on my computer. And when I unzip them, there are no problems. So I have this bug only when I create a zip file and try to unzip it.

      I have also noticed something strange (hope this helps):
      Example :
      I use a right click and select PowerAchiver to zip the C:\A folder.
      I have C:\A.zip
      I delete C:\A
      I copy C:\A.zip and paste is on C:
      So I have “C:\A.zip” and “copy of A.zip”.
      then I try to unzip with a right click on PowerArchiver :
      And I have the following result :

      C:\copy of A\A\1.htm
      C:\copy of A\A\2.htm

      Notice that I don’t have : C:\copy of A*copy of A*\1.htm !!

      I have already tried without success :
      regsvr32 /u %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll
      and regsvr32 /u %windir%\system32\cabview.dll and restart windows.

      I also use the freeware Rip-zip (warning! I assume that it is this freeware that may causes the bug with PowerArchiver but alas I cannot confirm! It would be great if somebody could! http://harmware.com/ripzip.htm).
      I have tried to install/uninstall PowerArchiver and Rip-zip. But the bug is still here.

      Any help would be welcomed ;-)

      Many thanks in advance,
      Lip
      XpSp1 (windows update ok)
      Note: zip files searches was working fine 3 weeks ago on my computer.

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      • spwolf
        spwolf conexware last edited by

        Are you using Extract to filename/ ?
        If so, PA will create initial folder based on filename! Instead you should use Extract Here, and then you would get only whatever path is in the ZIP file.

        I hope that helps. Otherwise, check whats the path inside of zip archive, since that is what PowerArchiver will use as path for files, if you use extract here feature.

        thanks,

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          lip @spwolf last edited by

          Are you using Extract to filename/ ?
          If so, PA will create initial folder based on filename! Instead you should use Extract Here, and then you would get only whatever path is in the ZIP file.

          Yes if I use “extract here” it works : I have :
          C:\A\1.htm
          C:\A\2.htm
          But alas if I use an older zip file I have to use “Extract to filemame” for having the same result! So I still think it is a bug!

          I hope that helps. Otherwise, check whats the path inside of zip archive, since that is what PowerArchiver will use as path for files, if you use extract here feature.

          I have checked the path shown inside the zip file : it is the correct one C:\a.zip but when I unzip I still have 2 folders!

          Any other idea ?

          Many thanks in advance,
          Lip

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          • spwolf
            spwolf conexware @lip last edited by

            It is not an bug, you can chose how do you want to extract these files, to the separate folder based on the filename or to the same folder.

            So if you use:

            • “extract to filename/” - it will extract all the files from the archive in the folder based on the filename (destination folder)
            • “extract here” - it will extract all of the files from the archive to the current folder.

            If you have path already set in the zip file, that means that PowerArchiver will correctly create another folder in the destination folder.

            You can also choose if you want relative path folder saved fully or not, by using “normal relative path”, I am assuming that you have checked that and now relative path is getting stored properly, and extract to filename/ doesnt work as before. You can always uncheck this option in Config> Misc and you will have it working as before, with only partial sorting of relative path.

            Whole point of PowerArchiver’s default relative path option, as used in all versions of PA, is that you can select an folder, compress it with shell extensions and simply then use extract to filename/ to recreate exactly the same folder structure.
            If you check “use normal path…” option in Config, then this will not work anymore as it did before, and you will have the problem of double folders. But this is not an bug, simply an way you chose PowerArchiver to save path info and to extract files.

            thanks,

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              lip @spwolf last edited by

              spwolf,

              I have tried again to uninstall Powerarchiver and Ripzip.
              As it kept an icon for Powerarchiver, I activated the zip folder of xp and reassociate zip file with it. Then, desactivated the zip folder of xp. And it worked as there were no more icons with zip files.
              Then, I have installed Powerarchiver again.
              And all seems to work fine now! ;-) No bug anymore and no need to change settings in Powerarchiver.

              For the little story, I still think I had a bug with zip files (no offense intented, but maybe you have not followed the instructions of my example?). Alas I cannot confirm what caused it. ;-(
              So if I have the same bug again I will anwser again to this message.

              Thanks again,
              Lip

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              • spwolf
                spwolf conexware @lip last edited by

                Hi,

                I am glad you have resolved it. Let us know if you have any other issues.

                thanks!

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