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    anything planned for the future or is this software just dead now?

    Tech Support 23 days ago
    News/Update on PowerArchiver/Connexion in 2024
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    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).

    Tech Support Feb 27, 2025, 2:18 PM
    BETA PowerArchive 22.00.11 - Windows 11 Context Menu duplicated/additional tier
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    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:

    Screenshot 2025-01-08 082909.png

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    Edition Windows 11 Pro
    Version 24H2
    OS build 26100.2605

    Tech Support Jan 19, 2025, 8:56 AM
    No Icons for SFX-Archives
    M

    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.

    Zwischenablage_10-22-2024_01.jpg

    Tech Support Oct 23, 2024, 5:19 PM
    Zip extraction from windows 11 by windows
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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?

    Tech Support Oct 21, 2024, 7:18 AM
    Installer problem
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    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

    Tech Support Oct 14, 2024, 6:37 AM
    Button alignment. About window.
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    Buttons are not properly aligned on About screen.
    about window.png

    Tech Support Oct 7, 2024, 12:10 PM
    Button alignment on config window.
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    Buttons not aligned on configuration window.
    configbuttons.png

    Tech Support Oct 7, 2024, 12:09 PM
    BETA: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.10
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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!

    Tech Support Oct 7, 2024, 9:33 AM
    BETA: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.11
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    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!

    Tech Support Oct 7, 2024, 9:32 AM
    Missing Icons
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    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

    powerarc_2023-09-18_17-00-19.png

    powerarc_2023-09-18_17-01-05.png

    Tech Support Sep 21, 2024, 10:33 AM
    THE SSL CERTIFICATE FOR *.POWERARCHIVER.COM HAS EXPIRED.
    Brian GregoryB

    @spwolf @Mili THE SSL CERTIFICATE FOR *.POWERARCHIVER.COM HAS EXPIRED.

    Tech Support Aug 14, 2024, 2:49 PM
    PA2023 22.00.09 trying to delete a directory from a tar file.
    Brian GregoryB

    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.

    Tech Support Jul 8, 2024, 9:51 PM
    PA 2023: No portable version?
    A

    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!

    Tech Support Jul 5, 2024, 5:04 PM
    PA2023: Portable version missing?
    A

    Hello!
    Is there currently no portable version of PA2023 available?
    (When) do you plan to release one?
    Thanks!

    Tech Support Jul 2, 2024, 7:09 AM
    2024
    P

    Will you be releasing 2024 soon?

    Tech Support Jul 2, 2024, 7:07 AM
    PA 2023 Toolbox - 22.00.09 - Remove archive encryption
    PA_FanP

    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?

    Tech Support Feb 17, 2024, 10:53 AM
    Bug extracting from ZIP etc using Extract here with PA 22.00.09
    Brian GregoryB

    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.

    Tech Support Dec 9, 2023, 3:02 PM
    Updates
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    Any updates going to happen for the bugs reported?

    Tech Support Dec 1, 2023, 8:24 AM

    Bug not fixed in new version

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      godlydevils
      last edited by May 20, 2021, 3:45 PM

      Re: Using the Queue Feature affects Compression Ratio negatively

      I’m sorry if the dev team is affected by pandemic, and if anyways that is affecting their quality to provide quality software.

      But honestly, it’s been an year I have been complaining about the queue feature, it is taking them ages to fix.

      referencing the above bug, I have been waiting patiently, but the bug isn’t fixed at all.

      The old queuing bug where PA gets stuck randomly, isn’t fixed either.

      The Bug where you keep 10-15 files in queue at once, will cause the software to miss few in queue.

      and sometimes it would compress into a corrupt archive, so you have to manually open each archive and make sure everything is there as expected.

      There’s way too many bugs, and I see none getting fixed.

      I’m disappointed with this software.

      I should have sticked to 7zip or given a shot to other archivers than this, at least they don’t provide update once in 4 months and fix nothing.

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        spwolf conexware @godlydevils
        last edited by May 20, 2021, 11:39 PM

        @godlydevils

        Hi,

        thank you for the report. We (@Mili ) will investigate queue and PA format a bit better, I saw it mentioned in our issue reporting system. In this case, it seems all the options might not be passed to the queue as supposed to when you create file directly. Are the files the same if you do not change the dictionary size?

        When it comes to 7z and other software, what kind of compression are you getting on the same file? Is there a difference?

        thank you!

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          godlydevils @spwolf
          last edited by godlydevils Jun 19, 2021, 5:54 PM Jun 19, 2021, 5:50 PM

          @spwolf

          Honestly,

          There’s not even a single guide to using this software, it’s just that if you know what you are doing you are at your own’s mercy.

          I tried changing lots of options, including changing dictionary size to 128 MB.
          keep PNG filter to reflate*7, and no filter for PNG files.
          keep x64+deltab for exe and no filter

          Everything has same result, Using queue will make the files large

          There’s another issue.

          I tried to avert the queue feature.(Instead start all compression at once)

          Make some 10 folders, with 10-15 files in each, small PNG, JPG, or anything u want. make total size somewhere 50 MB of each folder.

          then keep all the folders in compression individually, and run all of them at once.

          out of 10, the very first process will complete normally, rest all will have following resuults:

          1. either complete with no errors but the .pa archive will be corrupt with some 20-40% of total file’s size or empty.
          2. will give disk full error after some 10-15 secs
          3. if the first one completed while you tried to put up another one for archiving, it will go on as it should, but the rest process will have corrupt results.

          Also, when I try to change directory from the selection tab, without using browse feature, to create folders.

          The PA process runs, asks for admin rights, I give it, it creates folder if it does not exist, then it will give disk full error, and delete the empty folder, no compression is done.

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            godlydevils @godlydevils
            last edited by Jun 19, 2021, 5:57 PM

            Coming back after exact 30 days, there’s no update for the software.

            Now the windows 11 is coming, so there will be huge delay due to migrating and making the code work with new OS.

            I don’t expect the very features that I need to work to be fixed in this year’s patches.

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              spwolf conexware @godlydevils
              last edited by Jun 19, 2021, 7:25 PM

              @godlydevils said in Bug not fixed in new version:

              @spwolf

              Honestly,

              There’s not even a single guide to using this software, it’s just that if you know what you are doing you are at your own’s mercy.

              I tried changing lots of options, including changing dictionary size to 128 MB.
              keep PNG filter to reflate*7, and no filter for PNG files.
              keep x64+deltab for exe and no filter

              Everything has same result, Using queue will make the files large

              There’s another issue.

              I tried to avert the queue feature.(Instead start all compression at once)

              Make some 10 folders, with 10-15 files in each, small PNG, JPG, or anything u want. make total size somewhere 50 MB of each folder.

              then keep all the folders in compression individually, and run all of them at once.

              out of 10, the very first process will complete normally, rest all will have following resuults:

              1. either complete with no errors but the .pa archive will be corrupt with some 20-40% of total file’s size or empty.
              2. will give disk full error after some 10-15 secs
              3. if the first one completed while you tried to put up another one for archiving, it will go on as it should, but the rest process will have corrupt results.

              Also, when I try to change directory from the selection tab, without using browse feature, to create folders.

              The PA process runs, asks for admin rights, I give it, it creates folder if it does not exist, then it will give disk full error, and delete the empty folder, no compression is done.

              Please send us that archive compressed with .pa/normal and let us know what settings you used. Thanks.

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                spwolf conexware @godlydevils
                last edited by Jun 19, 2021, 7:26 PM

                @godlydevils said in Bug not fixed in new version:

                Coming back after exact 30 days, there’s no update for the software.

                Now the windows 11 is coming, so there will be huge delay due to migrating and making the code work with new OS.

                I don’t expect the very features that I need to work to be fixed in this year’s patches.

                There will be no changes needed on our side for Windows 11.

                On PA side, we are releasing minor version update in next 10 days and we have started working on PA 2022. Thanks!

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                  godlydevils @spwolf
                  last edited by Jul 1, 2021, 8:42 PM

                  @spwolf

                  I cannot make a lengthy video for variety of errors that I encounter.

                  However, this is persistent error, let’s start with this.

                  https://youtu.be/Ar7qDIKvAn4

                  and the file that was archived.

                  https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1NnQ2DVttFarYhQEszd9R__oD63nxr6ZT

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                    godlydevils @spwolf
                    last edited by godlydevils Jul 1, 2021, 8:51 PM Jul 1, 2021, 8:50 PM

                    @spwolf

                    I will be honest with you.

                    You release minor versions because you fixed bugs, optimized performance/code.
                    ,
                    You release major version because you added new features, made overhaul to the software, and it’s competitively better than old major release.

                    However, all your releases had same bugs, same outcome, I hardly notice any difference between resulting compressed archives, there are no new algorithms, there’s no optimization or performance improvements, and no new features.

                    Many devs have made it a hobby to release new major versions to sell new software due to major upgrade.

                    also, don’t wish to go offtopic, but ConeXware’s Encryption suite has never been updated, it has same visual and operational bugs, yet you guys are selling it openly, without disclosing the fact that software is no longer supported.

                    I feel the same with this software.

                    P.S. commenting after 12 days, there’s no minor version update yet. as per your 10 days statement.

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