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    • Windows Store Delivery (and ideally updates)

      T

      Now that the Windows Store is making support for non-UWP apps mainstream, including those with their own update delivery process, it would be nice to see PowerArchiver in the Windows Store going forwards - at least as a channel for the product to be available.

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    • What features do you want in new format?

      spwolf

      Tell us what features you want from new format…

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    • Support for Zstandard .zst/.zstd archives

      Z

      It would be nice to be able to at least extract Zstandard archives.

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    • Windows 11 Context menu support

      BigMike

      In Windows 11 a new explorer context menu is introduced.
      The “old” context menu may still be accessed through an additional mouse click, to reach the PowerArchiver context menu functions, but this isn’t comfortable at all.

      Could you add PowerArchiver items to the first level (and ideally disable the Windows native ZIP entry)

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    • OneDrive for Business support

      Z

      I’m surprised that OneDrive for Business isn’t supported. I can’t link my company’s OneDrive account, but a personal (free) account works fine.

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    • Better handling for protected archives

      BigMike

      Hi,

      I’d like to propose an improvement for password protected archives.

      Actual behavior is:
      If I open an archive, which is password protected and make a typo in the password dialog, I’ll get the message, that the password was wrong and I end up with an empty window. I need to reopen the archive to be able to enter the password again.

      Improved behavior:
      Tell me, that the password was wrong and give me the chance to enter the correct password to decrypt the archive.

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    • ZIPX: Add support for packing JPEG with specialized algorithm

      A

      Hello!
      I know I have been asking for this feature some time ago, but as nothing has changed let me ask again:
      The ZIPX-format offers an algorithm, that compresses JPEG-files by about 20-30%. Please add compression (packing) support for this in ZIPX-archives to Powerarchiver. Extraction of JPEGs packed into ZIPX by this algorithm is already supported by Powerarchiver for a long time, so it should not be difficult? Or is it a licensing problem?
      Thanks!

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    • Better archive type handling with drag & drop

      BigMike

      Hi,

      I’d like to suggest, that the correct archive type is (always) selected, when adding files by drag & drop to an archive.

      This is already happening if the archive has the correct extension. For example, if I’m adding files to test.zip, zip will be selected. If I’m adding files to test.7z, 7z will be selected as format in “Add dialog”.

      But this won’t be working, if the archive has not the “right” extension.
      So XPI files (Firefox addons) for example are ZIP files. PowerArchiver opens them without any problems, but if I try to add file by drag & drop, PowerArchiver won’t auto select “ZIP”, but use the last selected archive format, while PowerArchiver already knows, that I’m trying to add files to a ZIP.

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    • Elevation of UAC in Mounting Images

      F

      I love this, only there is one problem. The UAC elevation feature does not extend to Mount Image option in the add-on software PA provided. It is most annoying whenever I am on highest UAC settings and I mount an ISO, every time I open and create a virtual drive UAC appears. I also do not want to completely disable UAC.

      Is adding UAC elevation for mount image feature possible?

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    • Bulkzip Nanozip (.nz) file format

      D

      The now defunct Bulkzip had Nanozip (nz) as an option this would be great to have for compatibility with my .nz files, so I don’t have to install Bulkzip separately.

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    • Include Virtual Drive as standalone in the installer

      2

      Hi.

      I noticed that when I want to run the Virtual Drive for the first time inside the PowerArchiver Burner it prompts to download it form the internet.

      I was wondering, would it be OK to include this utility straight into the offline installer to be able to set it up locally?

      Thank you!

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    • Suggestion to improve .pa format

      Brian Gregory

      How about recognising a few more (or all) of the file formats that are basically renamed zip files and treating them is if they are zip files.
      For instance Android .apk files are just renamed .zip files.
      Libreoffice/Openoffice ODF documents are all, as far as I am aware, just renamed .zip files. (.odt, .ott, .ods, .ots, .odp, .otp, .odb, .odf etc.)

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    • Folder navigation

      drteeth

      I would like to make a further plea for my mouse’s backwards and forwards keys to work when navigating to and from files, just like they do in explorer. IIRC, I was told that this functionality would be added to v2019.

      Mni tnx.

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    • Quake 1/2 .PAK file support

      AluminumHaste

      I use PA for everything, if I can.
      Would be really nice to maybe get built in support for Quake 1/2 .pak files.
      More info on the format, seems simpler than I thought: https://quakewiki.org/wiki/.pak

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    • Find file in archive.

      Luxor

      Would it be possible at all in some future version perhaps, to have a “find file” function?
      Reason I ask is that I was looking for a certain file I knew existed in an archive, but I had to unzip it then use another tool to find the file. It would have saved that extra step if that function existed in PA itself.

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    • Encrypt files inside archive that has already been created [.zipx]

      2

      Hi.

      Is there a way to enable the user to encrypt the files inside a ZIPX archive that has already been created?

      This could save time for large archives that the user may need to encrypt at a later stage or that he/she has forgotten to enable encryption before creating the archive,

      Thank you!

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    • Fast Extract large files directly to target directory

      2

      Hi.

      I would like to see a new feature implemented: a ‘Fast Extract’ Mode.

      Currently PowerArchiver extracts files to a temporary directory and then moves them to the target directory chosen by the user. At least via drag and drop.

      This can be both time consuming and needs free space on the system drive for large files.

      Is there a way to directly extract files to the target directory with PowerArchiver?
      And if not, can a feature like this be considered for future updates?

      Thanks very much!

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    • Serpent-256 Encryption for PAE/PAE2

      2

      Hello.

      I believe it would be useful to implement Serpent-256 encryption for PAE/PAE2 formats, even though PowerArchiver offers strong encryption ciphers already.

      (deleted part advertising other software - admin)

      Do you think this will be a useful addition?

      Thank you for the consideration!

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    • Make portable version compatible with PortableApps

      A

      Hello!
      I think it would be a great option to make the portable version of PowerArchiver compatible with PortableApps (i.e. adding the necessary files and folders to integrate it smoothly into their structure).
      I own various other commercial programmes which -when installed in portable mode- offer to make the becessary changes without needing an extra installer or the official PortableApps repos.
      Thanks for opinions or perhaps even a realization of this.
      A.Borque

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    • manuangi
      manuangi last edited by

      download the following file:
      http://www.vallen.de/freeware/jpsetup.exe
      it’s an sfx zip archive

      then extract it with PA; you’ll get an “Error reading ZIP” file message, and nothing will be extracted.
      WinR** does that smoothly.

      now, repairing the archive with the proper PA feature does the trick…but, is the sfx zip archive really broken? then, why WinR** extracts it and PA fails?

      ah, I’m using 9.20.07

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      • TBGBe
        TBGBe last edited by

        I agree PA doesn’t recognise it as sfx Zip - but neither does 7-Zip.
        Sorry, don’t have RAR installed here.

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          davidsplash last edited by

          I have tested it with winzip and it failed to recognise it as a zip sfx file

          however winrar recognised it as a zip sfx.

          This is defibatly a zip sfx file. Do you know what program created it?

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          • spwolf
            spwolf conexware @davidsplash last edited by

            As mentioned numerous times before, if zip sfx is not created properly (and central directory is not updated due to it being an sfx), PA will not be able to open it. You would have to use zip repair tool in order to “fix” the file.

            thanks,

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            • manuangi
              manuangi @spwolf last edited by

              @spwolf:

              As mentioned numerous times before, if zip sfx is not created properly (and central directory is not updated due to it being an sfx), PA will not be able to open it. You would have to use zip repair tool in order to “fix” the file.

              thanks,

              yes, but, as mentioned numerous times before ;) , you can’t pretend a normal user to know he has to use the repair feature, also because PA gives no hints about that either.
              what I’d like is PA to directly recognize those kind of files…I think, forgive me if I’m rude, you can’t make excuses based on the way the sfx file was created.
              Eventually, Win*** extracts it, PA does not…and, when it happens with many files (it does, we’re at #5 now with my threads about that) what app do you think a normal user would be driven to use?

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              • spwolf
                spwolf conexware @manuangi last edited by

                @manuangi:

                yes, but, as mentioned numerous times before ;) , you can’t pretend a normal user to know he has to use the repair feature, also because PA gives no hints about that either.
                what I’d like is PA to directly recognize those kind of files…I think, forgive me if I’m rude, you can’t make excuses based on the way the sfx file was created.
                Eventually, Win*** extracts it, PA does not…and, when it happens with many files (it does, we’re at #5 now with my threads about that) what app do you think a normal user would be driven to use?

                Normal user would just use the sfx :-). And it is not excuses - it is an bad sfx, written outside of the zip standards, and PA zip engine does not want to read zip files that are bad. You can use repair tool to repair it, but thats the extent of what we can do about that.

                regards,

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                  arvidjaar @spwolf last edited by

                  @spwolf:

                  Normal user would just use the sfx :-). And it is not excuses - it is an bad sfx, written outside of the zip standards, and PA zip engine does not want to read zip files that are bad. You can use repair tool to repair it, but thats the extent of what we can do about that.

                  regards,

                  You can stop pretending you can open archive when you cannot. The most annoying “feature” is, in Explorer context menu user sees the “Open with PowerArchiver”, but selecting this action just brings error message.

                  Please, do not show “Open with PowerArchiver” for those files that can NOT be opened with PowerArchiver

                  Thank you

                  =arvi=

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                  • spwolf
                    spwolf conexware @arvidjaar last edited by

                    @arvidjaar:

                    You can stop pretending you can open archive when you cannot. The most annoying “feature” is, in Explorer context menu user sees the “Open with PowerArchiver”, but selecting this action just brings error message.

                    Please, do not show “Open with PowerArchiver” for those files that can NOT be opened with PowerArchiver

                    Thank you

                    =arvi=

                    It is not that simple - PA (and every other compression program) checks for proper sfx header. However it does not test the archive to see if it is corrupt (which is what PA is thinking in this case and doesnt want to open it).

                    We can not test archives when you right click on the file, that would bring long delays when you right click on files in explorer, which would be even more annoying I would assume.

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                    • TBGBe
                      TBGBe @spwolf last edited by

                      @spwolf:

                      You would have to use zip repair tool in order to “fix” the file.

                      Yes, but I do think there is room for improvement somewhere…

                      A) “the user” tries to extract using shell sees the message < error reading ZIP file > or
                      B) “the user” tries to open with PA using shell sees the message < it may be corrupt or is not in the proper format >

                      In order to “fix” the file “the user” has to

                      1A) Open PA to access the Zip Repair (from A)
                      1B) Know to use ZIP Repair (on an exe file - from B)
                      2) Know how to access the sfx using the Repair tool (not explained in the Help file)
                      3) Use “Create self extracting Zip” on the _PAFixed.zip

                      Hm, maybe this should be moved to wishlist?

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                      • spwolf
                        spwolf conexware @TBGBe last edited by

                        Figure out an way to better inform users that they can repair zip sfx’s with bad headers?

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                          arvidjaar @TBGBe last edited by

                          @TBGBe:

                          Yes, but I do think there is room for improvement somewhere…

                          1B) Know to use ZIP Repair (on an exe file - from B)

                          PowerArchiver Repair menu does not allow selection of exe files - it is hardcoded to *.zip. As long as we discuss sfx problem - should it not suggest exe too?
                          @TBGBe:

                          1. Know how to access the sfx using the Repair tool (not explained in the Help file)
                          2. Use “Create self extracting Zip” on the _PAFixed.zip

                          Hm, maybe this should be moved to wishlist?

                          yep. For exe files automatically fix and create _PAFixed.exe

                          Actually, may be even further - user tries to open archive, PA detects it is corrupted, suggests to fix it and automatically opens fixed archive (normal or sfx).

                          That would be really nice given that overall program is near to perfect :)

                          TIA

                          =arvi=

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                          • TBGBe
                            TBGBe @arvidjaar last edited by

                            @arvidjaar:

                            PowerArchiver Repair menu does not allow selection of exe files - it is hardcoded to *.zip. As long as we discuss sfx problem - should it not suggest exe too?

                            Makes sense, as it will actually “work” on Zip sfx files.
                            Probably also need a note that not all sfx formats are supported (is it only Zip? ).

                            @arvidjaar:

                            user tries to open archive, PA detects it is corrupted, suggests to fix it and automatically opens fixed archive (normal or sfx).

                            Within PA, could offer “Run Repair Tool ?” - Yes/No.
                            From Shell extension, suggest Opening PA and running Repair Tool.

                            This is assuming that PA can identify a corrupted Zip sfx as distinct from CAB/7z sfx etc.
                            Proposing to use Repair Tool on an unsupported format would add an extra level of confusion making it worse than we currently have!

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                            • manuangi
                              manuangi @TBGBe last edited by

                              as proposed, an automated tool could do the trick:
                              when you get an error extracting a sfx zip file, PA could prompt “try to repair it”?
                              then, two solution (checkable): “repair” “repair and create new sfx”

                              then, in PA itself, when one wants to run the repair tool, exe files should be between the choosable ones…I understand few exe files are sfx zip, but getting a “not a sfx zip file” is definitely better than not seeing the sfx zip (exe) file we’re searching, better than having to insert it manually.

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                                davidsplash @manuangi last edited by

                                the repair tool only works on zip files so you have to change the exe to a zip extension before it will work. i hope the repair tool can do this automatically if it needs to reapiar a file.

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                                • TBGBe
                                  TBGBe @davidsplash last edited by

                                  @davidsplash:

                                  the repair tool only works on zip files so you have to change the exe to a zip extension before it will work…

                                  @TBGBe:

                                  1B) Know to use ZIP Repair (on an exe file - from B)

                                  Actually, when you use the Open Dialogue within the repair tool, it seems as if will only allow selection of ZIP files - however you can type in the sfx filename e.g. ARCHIVE.EXE
                                  The repair tool will work and produce a " _PAfixed.zip" file.

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