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).
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:
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Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 24H2
OS build 26100.2605
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.
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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?
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
Buttons are not properly aligned on About screen.
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Buttons not aligned on configuration window.
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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!
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!
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
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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.
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!
Hello!
Is there currently no portable version of PA2023 available?
(When) do you plan to release one?
Thanks!
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?
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.
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,
