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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
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The problem : Any activity on PA is saved in these folders…
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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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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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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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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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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 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…
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It seems a standard problem with new releases :-)
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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 2023Can 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?
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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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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.
Error: dunzips32.dll
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Hi, i get on some Win2k SP4 machines the error “could not access dunzips32.dll” or something else on all mainuser, Hauptbenutzer on german. Then i get “read Errors of PowerArc.exe” an so on. As administrator the get i no errors. On other machines there are no problems.
It get this with 2003 and 2004 Version of Powerarc.Any sugestions?!?
Thx & best regards,
Henry
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do not get these but it might be something to do with your administrator privilages. windows 2k sp4 installed and checked ok
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You must have read access to that file in PowerArchiver directory - with normal installation it should work fine, but probably admin set that only POWERARC.EXE can be read/executed.
Check you premissions for C:\Program Files\PowerArchiver folder and files inside.
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I am getting this error, too:
"explorer.exe - Unable to Locate Component
This application has failed to start because DUNZIPS32.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem."
This is on Windows Vista and happens sometimes when right-clicking on a file in Explorer.
Is there any solution for this?
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I am getting this error, too:
"explorer.exe - Unable to Locate Component
This application has failed to start because DUNZIPS32.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem."
This is on Windows Vista and happens sometimes when right-clicking on a file in Explorer.
Is there any solution for this?
what version of PA are you using?
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Hi Spwolf -
I am the original poster, although I have had to use a different forum account, due to getting a “you do not have permission to access this page” error from the PowerArchiver forum.
I no longer have PowerArchiver installed (although I continue to get this annoying error condition).
I downloaded PowerArchiver from downloads.com sometime in August, if that tells you anything about what version I was running.
Thanks in advance for any constructive suggestions.
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This string has had more than 2,100 views(!). Wow.
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are you sure you are not missing that file as part of Windows installation? That file is installed by Windows as well, although under C:\Windows folder.
thanks,
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spwolf -
I checked just now, and there is no dunzips32.dll in c:\windows.
Suggested next step?
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can you write down complete error message you get?
thanks,
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maybe an screenshot?
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Here’s the screen shot. I hope that I uploaded it correctly.
By the way, I incorrectly said that I was the original poster. I am not. I posted as hatesfandango.
Thanks for your help!
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spwolf, thanks very much for the hint as to what the problem is, and davidsplash, thank you very much for providing a link to a dunzips32.dll that I can download. I was not able to find that by googling, for some reason.
It will take several days to be sure that this fixes the problem, because it didn’t happen all of the time, but I’m optimistic that you’ve solved it.
Thanks!
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davidsplash, I downloaded the file at the URL you provided and rebooted, but I’m still getting the error.
I noticed that the file at that URL is called dunzip32.dll, not dunzips32.dll, the latter of which is named in my error messages.
Perhaps dunzip32.dll is the generic Windows file, while dunzips32.dll is a PowerArchiver file? I’m just guessing…
Any more suggestions?
Thanks.
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try renaming the file to the one in your error message
if that works good if not search for it in the registry and delete that entry.
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you can install PA 2007 and use .dll from there…
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davidsplash, that’s a great idea, and I renamed the file today. I’ll let you know if it works.
Does anyone know what is supposed to be in c:\Windows for Vista Home? Is there supposed to be a dunzips32.dll there (without PA installed)?
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its somewhere under C:\Windows, dont know where exactly…
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davidspliash, unforunately, when I rename c:\windows\dunzip32.dll to dunzips32.dll, I get the error shown in the attachment (hopefully, I did not mess up when I attached it).
I’ll see whether I can summon up the nerve to do registry surgery.
Does anyone know whether Vista Home is actually supposed to have such a file in c:\windows and, if so, what it is supposed to be called?
Thanks.
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Again, with attachment this time (I hope).
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spwolf, I will keep that suggestion on my list of things to consider, but since my problems started with installing PA….
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davidsplash, I searched the registry for dunzips32.dll and came up with the entry shown in the attached graphic. I right-clicked on that entry and chose ‘delete’, but got the warning shown in the 2nd attached graphic.
When I then searched for ‘dunzips32.dll’ again, it was still there.
Any suggestion how to delete this entry? I’m not a registry wizard, as you can probably tell.
Thanks.
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I have a WinXP system that has both files on it:
dunzip32.dll: Version 5.0.0.0 Location: C:\program files\notes (Lotus Notes) Description: DynaZIP-32 Multi-Threading UnZIP DLL dunzips32.dll: Version 6.0.0.5 Location: C:\program files\powerarchiver Description: DynaZip Secure Multi-Threading UnZip DLL
These 2 DLLs are not interchangeable - dunzip32.dll (the non-secure one) has an export named “dunzip” (among other exports); dunzips32.dll (the secure one) has a corresponding export named “dunzipS”. If a program is compiled to use dunzips32.dll it will be looking for an API named dunzipS which will not be found if the DLL is really dunzip32.dll.
Of course there are probably other differences, but surely this is enough to conclude that the files are not interchangeable.
Also, the dunzips32.dll file is digitally signed by ConeXware - I don’t know if this is just so that user’s can verify where it came from or if PA checks for the signature and refuses to use one that’s unsigned (maybe spwolf can inform us on that).
If you want the file, you can get it from the PA installer by opening the installer executable with PA (which poses a chicken & egg problem for you certainly :)). It’s a 7Zip self-extractor, so I assume that other archive utilities can open up the PA installer as well.
But often files of this type require some sort of registration in the registry, so it might make sense to re-install PA to get the registry hopefully fixed up, too.
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I’m probably confused, but but do davidsplash’s and mwb1100’s suggestions combine to:
1. re-install PA
2. copy dunzips32.dll from whereever PA puts it to c:\windows?
Thanks.
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This is hatesalltel with a different login account.
Twice now I’ve gotten to the point where I’m blocked from making posts. I get the message shown below my signature.
Is an administrator consciously blocking my account? If so, may I ask why? Or, is it a problem with the forum application or database?
Regards,
(now) PA UserForum message:
you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:
1.Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else’s post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
2.If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.Log Out Home
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did you login with your account? maybe your cookies get cleared and you need to login properly with your username/password. We dont ban anyone, only for spamming and there was definetly no need to ban you.
I doubt there is an issue with database since everyone elses account work fine.
thanks