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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 :-)
Can I have a link or can it be fixed. Thank you. CU later -
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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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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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 errorsIs 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 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!
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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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Please let us know here if you have Mac and can test latest builds.Features implemented:
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To start testing, please sign up here in this thread, and we will send you latest build.
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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.
Cannot delete file from ZIP archive
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I recently sent you an e-mail with attached ZIP regarding a problem with PA not allowing files to be deleted from it. I haven’t received a response hence my message here.
I’m pretty sure it is a problem with the DynaZip library since another app that uses it had the same problem.
Any news on when it will be fixed.
WinZip (and most other archivers) had no problems deleting files from it.
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we can not receive zip file, you can attach it on the forums…
thanks
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I originally sent it to general@conexware.com.
Here it is again
When you try to delete a file it says “Error in ZIP structure. Continue?” and the file is not deleted.
However , when you test the ZIP archive PA says there are no errors in the ZIP structure.
Please can you fix it because most other archivers can delete files from this archive with no problem.
As mentioned before, I’m pretty sure it’s an error with the DynaZip library because another app which uses DynaZip has the same problem.
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The proble is not the achive but the names of the files inside the archive i renamed the files then i tried delteing them with powerarchiver and it worked. the problemn is either the extension or the file names themselves. this problem was thought to be cured with powerarchiver but unfortuanately you’ve proved differently thanks.
When will a fix for this come about?
I have tested the file for errors using a more powerafull chaecking program, no errors in archive but file names a problem in powerarchiver or any with a similar coding.
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DynaZip shows an error in archive, which is why it can not work properly with the archive. It has nothing to do with specific filename or any specific PowerArchiver issue.
I will send it to Ivan so he can check it out, after he comes back from vacation…
thanks,
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You might want to send the ZIP archive to the DynaZip people so they can make a fix.
Then it’s simply a matter of re-compiling with the latest version of DynaZip.
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why is it that renaming the file enables deletring of the file
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why is it that renaming the file enables deletring of the file
Most likely because then proper information gets stored into local and central zip headers, unlike now. We will check if it is Dynazip/PowerArchiver or ZIP error, so far finger is being pointed to the zip file with wrong header info.
thanks,
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I think it might have something to do with both ‘/’ and ‘’ chars being used as the path separator in the zip. As spwolf says, renaming will correct this in the local and central zip headers allowing it to be deleted.
Just about all other archivers I’ve used allow you to delete files from the archive. Also, it seems odd that some operations in DynaZip support both ‘’ and ‘/’ but other operations don’t.
I would like to see this problem fixed, with transparent handling of both ‘’ and ‘/’ for all operations.
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The problem is with different name in central and local archive header, so our ZIP engine won’t delete it or extract single file.
The renaming file is just one workaround - the renaming file inside ZIP archives is our oun engine (DynaZip has nothing to do with this), so we cannot know the problem with ZIP delete/extract engine.
We will contact DynaZip support to get their answer about this issue.
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Hi Ivan/spwolf,
Any news from DynaZip on this problem and whether they will update their library to handle it ? (I hope they will!)
As mentioned in my previous posts WinZip and some other ZIP archive utilities can handle this file, so while the file may not adhere to the ZIP standard, I would still very much like to see PA handle it (which means the DynaZip library being updated)
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Hi Ivan/spwolf,
Any news from DynaZip on this problem and whether they will update their library to handle it ? (I hope they will!)
As mentioned in my previous posts WinZip and some other ZIP archive utilities can handle this file, so while the file may not adhere to the ZIP standard, I would still very much like to see PA handle it (which means the DynaZip library being updated)
We shall see, we are still compiling list of things for them, however they are usually not to keen to support things that outside of standards and any update they do has to be verified by MS team so do not expect anything soon.
thanks,
