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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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    SOLVED Powerarchiver 2021 incorrectly extract tar.xz file

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      eperie last edited by

      Configuration:
      Powerarchiver 2021 20.00.73
      Windows 10 Education 10.0.19042 Build 19042

      When extracting gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf.tar.xz , Powerarchiver wrongly thinks some .exe files have a length of zero:

      98773b3b-65c0-48fa-8cd4-d081b2e0adee-image.png

      Once extracted:

      D:\Temp\Powerarchiver\gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf\bin>dir *.exe
 Volume in drive D is DATA
 Volume Serial Number is 0E12-BCA2

 Directory of D:\Temp\Powerarchiver\gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf\bin

2020-11-20  07:10 PM         1,391,599 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-addr2line.exe
2020-11-20  07:10 PM                 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ar.exe
2020-11-20  07:10 PM                 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-as.exe
2020-11-20  07:41 PM         3,030,119 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-c++.exe
2020-11-20  07:10 PM         1,389,293 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-c++filt.exe
2020-11-20  07:41 PM         3,027,513 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-cpp.exe
2020-11-20  07:10 PM         4,040,503 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-dwp.exe
2020-11-20  07:10 PM           391,769 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-elfedit.exe
2020-11-20  07:41 PM                 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-g++.exe
2020-11-20  07:41 PM         3,026,926 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-10.2.1.exe
2020-11-20  07:41 PM           609,607 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-ar.exe
2020-11-20  07:41 PM           609,607 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-nm.exe
2020-11-20  07:41 PM           609,607 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-ranlib.exe
2020-11-20  07:41 PM                 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc.exe
2020-11-20  07:41 PM         2,165,533 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov-dump.exe
2020-11-20  07:41 PM         2,343,605 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov-tool.exe
2020-11-20  07:41 PM         2,450,233 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov.exe
2020-11-20  07:54 PM         9,605,899 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gdb.exe
2020-11-20  07:41 PM         3,028,997 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gfortran.exe
2020-11-20  07:10 PM         1,412,943 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gprof.exe
2020-11-20  07:10 PM                 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.bfd.exe
2020-11-20  07:10 PM                 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.exe
2020-11-20  07:10 PM                 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.gold.exe
2020-11-20  07:41 PM        25,546,567 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-lto-dump.exe
2020-11-20  07:10 PM                 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-nm.exe
2020-11-20  07:10 PM                 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-objcopy.exe
2020-11-20  07:10 PM                 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-objdump.exe
2020-11-20  07:10 PM                 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ranlib.exe
2020-11-20  07:10 PM                 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-readelf.exe
2020-11-20  07:10 PM         1,393,083 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-size.exe
2020-11-20  07:10 PM         1,392,464 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-strings.exe
2020-11-20  07:10 PM                 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-strip.exe
              32 File(s)     67,465,867 bytes
               0 Dir(s)  1,002,422,431,744 bytes free

      When the same archive is being extracted from a git bash session (after having installed git 2.30.1 for Windows 64 bit version from git-scm.com), the .exe files are extracted as expected:

      xz -k -d gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf.tar.xz
tar xf gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf.tar
cd gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf/bin
ll *.exe
-rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121  1391599 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-addr2line.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121  1421598 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ar.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121  2028927 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-as.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121  3030119 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-c++.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121  1389293 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-c++filt.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121  3027513 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-cpp.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121  4040503 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-dwp.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121   391769 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-elfedit.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121  3030119 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-g++.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121  3026926 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-10.2.1.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121   609607 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-ar.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121   609607 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-nm.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121   609607 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-ranlib.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121  3026926 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121  2165533 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov-dump.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121  2343605 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov-tool.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121  2450233 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121  9605899 Nov 20 19:54 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gdb.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121  3028997 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gfortran.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121  1412943 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gprof.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 4 User 197121  2572182 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.bfd.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 4 User 197121  2572182 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121  4550029 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.gold.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 25546567 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-lto-dump.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121  1404945 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-nm.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121  1531656 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-objcopy.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121  1991350 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-objdump.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121  1421598 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ranlib.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121  1163376 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-readelf.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121  1393083 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-size.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121  1392464 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-strings.exe*
-rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121  1531656 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-strip.exe*

      The same archive file does extract properly under a native Linux Ubuntu 20.04 system, or under Windows 10 using the WSL2 Linux subsystem using xz and tar.

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        spwolf conexware @eperie last edited by

        @eperie Hello, new version has been released with fix for this issue. Can you please update and let us know? Thanks!

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          Mili conexware last edited by

          Hi @eperie

          We have reproduced the issue and it is logged in for fixing, many thanks for letting us know!

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          • Brian Gregory
            Brian Gregory Alpha Testers @Mili last edited by Brian Gregory

            @mili A lot of compressed tar files from linux/unix extract weirdly with PowerArchiver.
            I’ve never been able to figure out what’s going on so I’ve never reported it.
            For instance I often get messsages asking if I want to overwrite that suggest maybe some files are being extracted twice or that the paths are interpreted weirdly to mean several files end up in the same place.

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              eperie @Mili last edited by

              Hi @mili ,

              You are welcome, and thank you for the feedback. Are you planning do update the current thread at the time the issue will have been fixed ?

              Thanks.

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              • spwolf
                spwolf conexware @eperie last edited by

                @eperie Hello, new version has been released with fix for this issue. Can you please update and let us know? Thanks!

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                  eperie @spwolf last edited by

                  @spwolf Yes, the fix seems to be working, thank you.

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