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Hi! I came across an issue when I tried to uninstall PowerArch 2013. I got an error “The specified account already exists” which broke the process. I got the same error when I tried to install the current version, without uninstalling the previous one.
So I can’t uninstall and I can’t install PowerArchiver. Any suggestions? OS Windows 8.1 x64.Dariusz
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I’ve been dealing with an intermittent explorer.exe crash for 5-6 years now. It happens randomly and will usually occur multiple times within a single session of an hour or two on my machine when manipulating files through Windows Explorer. explorer.exe is the only thing that ever crashes, so it’s not hardware IMO. I’ve done all hardware diagnostics and RAM is good. I’ve even swapped out motherboards with different brand and even the exact same one and it still crashes. sfc /scannow indicates system files are fine. I’ve done multiple reinstalls of the OS with no positive results. This crashing has happened on Windows 7 64-bit and Windows 10 64-bit. It seemed to get more frequent with Windows 10 after upgrading last year. I’ve also been using PowerArchiver throughout that time period (upgrading over time with new releases). I recently disabled all non-Microsoft extensions via ShellExView and saw no crashes for about 10 days, which is really unusual. I turned back them all back on after 10 days and saw another explorer.exe crash within the hour. So I disabled all 32-bit extensions and saw another crash. Following that I disabled all the PowerArchiver shell extensions and haven’t seen a crash after a day of heavy usage manipulating files within Windows Explorer, which doesn’t happen for me. The crash dumps I’ve captured don’t seem to indicate PowerArchiver is involved but I have a hunch it has something do with PowerArchiver shell extensions. The system even feels smoother with the PA extensions disabled. Windows 10 reliability monitor always has the same type of problem:
Description Faulting Application Path: C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe Problem signature Problem Event Name: BEX64 Application Name: explorer.exe Application Version: 10.0.17134.165 Application Timestamp: 4031a9f8 Fault Module Name: StackHash_e78e Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0 Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000 Exception Offset: PCH_8D_FROM_ntdll+0x000000000009AA54 Exception Code: c0000005 Exception Data: 0000000000000008 OS Version: 10.0.17134.2.0.0.256.48 Locale ID: 1033 Additional Information 1: e78e Additional Information 2: e78e327659b46c9a0c6916396b253cbf Additional Information 3: cebf Additional Information 4: cebf952c5db535ae7880488aafce55d9 Extra information about the problem Bucket ID: 1a57e4e784fbc735c231c68bd88581a9 (1311047270476906921)I know this is a very nebulous explanation but is there any way to link this up to PA shell extensions as the cause? I can provide the crash dumps and additional information if necessary.
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Good morning,
I have been using all compression programs for over 20 years, I have always found Winrar very easy to use when I create a self-extracting archive, even 7-zip is simple, “right click” and “create self-extracting archive”, because on powerarchiver it must be like this confused ?
It doesn’t just create the archive, it opens a page where I have to select the file again, what kind of archive, which folder to create it, etc … you should learn from your competitors how to make life easier! -
Converting an archive to .zip (using both the “Deflate (.zip, compatible)” and “Store” compression methods) always creates a .zipx file instead.
pa-convert-zip-1.jpg
pa-convert-zip-2.jpgUsing the “Store” method sometimes creates a .zip file; I have seen it happen just now, but I cannot reproduce it.
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Hi,
So refer this screenshot:
image_2020-12-30_115129.png
The properties panel that you see, is what I tried to compress, using PA, with following settigs:
Extreme Strong optimize
https://forums.powerarchiver.com/assets/uploads/files/1609079025475-image_2020-12-27_195344.pngThe process was stuck at 0% with no progress for over 8 Hours:
PA.png
Then the usual, clicking will make it go not responding.
So, I could not get the files compressed using PA.
I tried 7zip, and it worked, so that’s 1 issue.
PA shows incorrect original(before compression) size of total contents.
Refer the first screenshot.
folder’s size is shown correctly in 7ZIP
but not in powerarc.this happens with every archive, whether they are compressed in PA or not, whether it has only 1 file, or multiple files inside multiple directory.
Neither does the archive property panel shows original content’s size.
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Hi,
So my rig is as below:
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4720HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz (Turbo 3.7GHz)
RAM: 16 Gigs DDR3
Samsung SSD 860 EVO
Windows 10 pro for workstations x64, freshly installed on 22nd Dec 2020, and updated.
PA freshly downloaded on same day, so it’s 2021 x.x.62 versionPA Stuck.png
Issue and reproduction:
If you start a compression, and if it’s mid way anywhere or even started, and you try to cancel it, the window will get stuck there, another click or key press will make the window not responding, then, and more will make windows to collect logs for crash, and the process will be terminated by windowsOn the other hand.
If the process is mid way, and if you try to pause it, the compression, CPU utilization, RAM usage will stay/increase as if the compression if still going on, the whole process will take it’s course, instead of doing what we clicked on.
So, both pause and cancel buttons are useless.
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I recently installed PA 2021. But the PowerArchiver Starter, for my backups, keeps running at high CPU usage, I have to keep killing it, its running about 46% constantly.
I have Windows 10 Pro, 20H2, build 19042.662
Any ideas would be helpful.
Thanks
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Just installed 2021 v20.00.63
Now, when I add to queue, with or without using always use queue.
The powerarc starter opens up in notification bar.
and that’s it, no matter how many files I add to queue, no compression will start.
I also cannot double click or right click the icon.
If i end task for this, and disable queuing, compression works fine, just that I have to manually start individual tasks.
it’s quite ironic that you guys took whole year to fix one issue, in this versions, which completely broke the queuing feature.
Did you guys test it before releasing?
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Hi,
You can obtain the original file from here:
https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/in/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/lenovo-y-series-laptops/y50-70-notebook-lenovo/80ej/59428436/cb32343883/downloads/driver-list/component?name=Power%20Management
For Lenovo Y50-70 win 7 x64 bit, power management, get lenovo energy management
Run the exe it will extract the installable drivers to C:\drivers
I tried to compress the whole folder using PA using following parameters:
Extreme, strong optimize.
image_2020-12-27_195344.pngThis resulted in negative compression.
However same file is compressed by 7zip alpha, with positive compression:
PA Negative compression.png
I understand that there are different algorithms, parameters used, and totally different software with unique sets of logics programmed, but see if compression algo can be optimized for such files.
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Over the last few months, I’ve been trying to track down the cause of a hanging bug in PA.
I have found a reliable test case (on my computer at least).I am trying to extract the folders/files from: https://github.com/codereader/DarkRadiant/releases/download/2.9.0/windeps.7z
By selecting both folders, then dragging over to a Windows Explorer window on another HDD.
I’m not sure what causes this but this just doesn’t do anything, progress bar appears, but nothing happens.
PA shows about 5% CPU utilization and I’ve left this going all night and it never does anything.
It doesn’t always happen, but this morning this is reliably failing for me.
The folder I’m dragging to is under Git source control, but this also happens when dragging into other folders also, but not always, sometimes it works.If I do a regular extraction and use the dialog box to select the location to extract to, that always works.
Windows 10 64bit Pro 20H2 (19042.630)
Ryzen 3900X
Anti Virus is built in Windows Security only.I captured a dump of the running process if that helps: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WLzHG_fOAMtzGMMFLHlIElnQXhsoPyYd/view?usp=sharing
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I have just installed 2021, but seems to have similar issues to 2019. If you move the app between differen monitors (with different resolutions) the app does not automatically adjust accordingly, so on one monitor I have the app is too big for the screen, whereas on another monitor it only takes up a small fraction of the screen.
This was worse with 2019, where the fonts were totally screwed up, making the app unusable. This seems better in 2021, but still not working properly. -
Hi.
I have noticed after updating PowerArchiver through PatchBeam to 20.00.63, after the installer finished and I recheck for updates, it still tells me that I have version 20.00.62 installed and prompts to download 20.00.63 again.
This also happens when I install from the offline setup file powarc200063.exe ( https://powerarchiverdl.cachefly.net/2021/powarc200063.exe ). It still installs version 20.00.62 and the process goes over and over again.
Also, in PowerArchiver About screen I see version 20.00.62 but in Programs and Features in Windows 10, version 20.00.63 is displayed as being installed.
Can someone check and see if they experience similar behavior?
Thank you!
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When I double click on a file within an archive the file gets temporarily extracted to being opened with the external program. When I now go back to the windows explorer and want to open another archive while the file from the first archive is still being extraceted, a new window of power archiver opens and immediatly closes. It opens and closes the new window repeatedly until the extraction of the file from the first archive is completed.
I use the option that power archiver opens a new tab when another archive is opened.
This happend with version 20.00.60. I wanted to update it to 20.00.63 as shown in the update window but it just updates to 20.00.62. It still shows that 20.00.63 is available but never seem to update to that version. The bug still exists though.
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I have some large zip files (~ 40 MB) with a lot of html files. When I double click on one of them in the archive, it takes a long time (eg 20 sec) for the file to be extracted and opened in the browser.
I am using version 19.00.59.
I discovered that the root cause of the problem is that all the files in the archive are extracted to the temporary dir before the selected file is launched.
It does not appear to happen with other file types (such as pdf) nor when dragging a html file into the browser.
I think I recall this issue being raised by someone else, but could not find it.
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On PowerArchiver 2021 (20.00.60) and windows 10, Both options in the windows explorer shell extension, “Compress to …zip” and “Compress to …zipx” create a .zipx file. ¿Its this intended?
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Hello there,
I was installing-uninstalling and reinstalling PA 2021 due to another bug when I noticed a minor popup “bug” if it is considered a bug, regarding application association with recommended formats.
During PA installation you get to choose those options
Installation 1.pngI have ticked Associate PA with recommended formats
Installation completes and when you open PA the defult theme is Windows Ribbon.
When I changed it to Classic Theme, PA restarts for changes to take effect and then I get the below popup (Sorry I have a greek system)
It asks: Do you want PA to associate with recommended formats now?
Options: Associate for all users and Never show again.
Popup 2.pngI could swear that once I was changing themes and icons all the time to see which one I prefered and also toggling PA.exe to run as admin and windows compatibility mode and got this popup twice or tripple times.
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If I the Configuration > View > Standard > Disable Tabs option is checked, when double clicking inside archives on files supported by the internal viewer (PDF, JPEG etc.) they are opened in associated application rather than on a new tab in PA internal viewer, which is expected behavior.
Next, if the Configuration > Miscellaneous > General > Reuse PA Windows is unchecked, when double clicking on archives associated with PA in Explorer they are opened in new PA instance when there is another one already running, which is expected behavior.
But when Configuration > View > Standard > Disable Tabs option is checked AND Configuration > Miscellaneous > General > Reuse PA Windows is unchecked, when double clicking inside archives on archive files they are opened in the same instance of PA with no way to get back to the parent archive. I would expect, that when the user doesn’t want to use tabs AND want to use multiple PA instances, that in such case double clicking on archive located inside another archive, the second one would open in a new PA window. -
I’ve made the sections of the output bold to indicate where the typo is.
Version 7 output
Commands:a : add files to archive (default)
u : update files to archive
h : freshen files in archive
m : move files to archive (files only)
d : delete files from archiver : recurse subfolders
Version 9 output…
p|P : store relative Pathnames|store full Pathnames
PP : store full Pathnames including drive
c[0,1,2,10,11,13,15,17,19,l,p,w,b,d,z] : set compression level
(0 - store; 1 - normal ; 2 - maximal)
(10 - store, 11 - super fast, 13 - fast, 15 - normal, 17 - max, 19 - ultra
(l - use LZMA, p - use PPMd, w - use WavPack, b - use BZIP2, d - use Deflate
(z - use optimized compression method based on file exstension)
g : create Solid archive (7Z format only)
Commands:a : add files to archive (default)
u : update files to archive
h : freshen files in archive
m : move files to archive (files only)
d : delete files from archiver : recurse subfolders
P : store full Pathnames
PP : store full Pathnames including drive
p : store relative Pathnames
c[0,1,2,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,u,l,p,w,b,d,z] : set compression level
(0 - store; 1 - normal ; 2 - maximal)
(10 - store, 11 - super fast, 13 - fast, 15 - normal, 17 - max, 19 - ultra
(l - use LZMA, p - use PPMd, w - use WavPack, b - use BZIP2, d - use Deflate
(o - use LZMA2
(u - use pLZMA4, f - use ZSTD, k - use PPMd_sh, e - use Deflate64
(z - use optimized strong compression method based on file exstension)
(x - use optimized fast compression method based on file exstension)
(m<filters|methods> - use custom set of filters and methods for .PA archive
y[r|b|d|x|p|d] - filters reflate, bcj2, x64flt, rep, delta
ypc<size> - custom rep c size
ypm<size> - custom rep mem size
yrx<size> - custom reflate zlib level (1-9)
yt{x} - number of threads
ya - debug mode
mt : set multithreading on
g : create Solid archive (7Z format only)
PA can't properly compress empty folders!
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I found a similar thread…but my case is different.
I wanted to copy to another PC the folder structure of one of my drives of another PC
The command I used to create just the folder structure, via DOS prompt (I’m on XP), was:
xcopy k:\software. /T /E
And that worked great. The only way I can have you get those folders - so you can work with them and confirm the bug - is via a rar file…here it is: save via your mouse right button (if you use firefox and it says the archive is damaged, it’s firefox’s fault. use IE or a download manager)
Decompress it, you’ll see there are no files, but just empty folders (321 precisely)Then I tried to compress the empty folders just created (to make it faster to copy them on a floppy disk), using PA. The archive is always created BUT:
7z -> I get a 1KB empty archive
cab -> PA says it’s not a valid archive and can’t open it
bh, lha, zip -> it does not contain all of the folders, just some :confused:
tar -> when trying to open it, PA HANGS and I have to kill it! :eek:I think those above are really heavy bugs!!
ah, I was forgetting to say…I’m using PA 9.20.07
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I wanted to copy to another PC the folder structure of one of my drives of another PC. The command I used to create just the folder structure, via DOS prompt (I’m on XP), was:
xcopy k:\software. /T /E
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Then I tried to compress the empty folders just created (to make it faster to copy them on a floppy disk), using PA.Not related to the PA problem which I cannot check at the moment, but why didn’t you use the xcopy command to create the structure directly onto the floppy ?
e.g.
xcopy k:\software A: /T /EI don’t see any benefit to compressing/decompressing “empty folders”?
Note: not sure if you would need a “root” directory on A: first (255 sub-directory limit) ?
i.e.
mkdir a:\Manuangi
xcopy k:\software A:\Manuangi /T /EP.S. from the other thread, did you try playing with “Full Folder Info” and also “Misc. Options / use normal relative path” ?
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Not related to the PA problem which I cannot check at the moment, but why didn’t you use the xcopy command to create the structure directly onto the floppy ?
e.g.
xcopy k:\software A: /T /EI don’t see any benefit to compressing/decompressing “empty folders”?
it’s just that the idea did not come to my mind…but thanks to that, I found this bug in PA!
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it’s just that the idea did not come to my mind…but thanks to that, I found this bug in PA!
It is not an bug - problem is that you are not adding any files, so zip engine thinks it doesnt have anything to do. As long as there is one selected file among your selection, everything should work fine, right?
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It is not an bug - problem is that you are not adding any files, so zip engine thinks it doesnt have anything to do. As long as there is one selected file among your selection, everything should work fine, right?
Forgive me, spwolf, but I think it is a bug…I might want, as in the described case, to compress just empty folders…and then PA wouldn’t be of use…it fails.
WinR** does that compression nice and smoothly…and that’s why the only thing I could link, on my 1st post here, was a rar file. -
Forgive me, spwolf, but I think it is a bug…I might want, as in the described case, to compress just empty folders…and then PA wouldn’t be of use…it fails.
WinR** does that compression nice and smoothly…and that’s why the only thing I could link, on my 1st post here, was a rar file.okie dokie.
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okie dokie.
what does that mean? are you recognizing the bug ;) …or yr answer was just a sop? :(
one more thing…the fact that PA hangs when it has to handle the TAR archive…can you reproduce it?
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Alright, I now have a chance to try this.
Using PA 9.21 with the “empty_folders.rar” results:-
Shell Extension “Test” reports all files OK.
Open with PA (double click rar file) and folders are shown in Explorer View.- Extract (inside PA) to new folder, creates new folder but it is empty.
- Shell Extension “extract to empty_folders” creates the subfolder but it is empty.
Finally, I used 7zip to extract - this created the subfolders correctly.
Use PA (shell extension) to compress to Zip.- This seems to work OK
- Test Zip - all files OK
-> extract to subfolder - directories/folders created (321).
:confused:
However,
Use PA (shell extension) to compress to CAB.- Open with PA => Error as Manuangi reported.
Use PA (shell extension) to compress to TAR - no tar file created.
Use PA (shell extension) to compress to 7z. - 7z created.
- Open with PA and no contents, even in explorer view.
- “extract to empty_folders” creates the subfolder but it is empty.
So it appears:-
RAR extraction has a problem, because PA handling should be same as 7zip.TAR works as spwolf stated - no files so nothing created not even empty TAR file.
7z almost works as spwolf stated - no files so nothing created except empty 7z file.
CAB has a fault, creates “invalid” file.Not sure what is happening with ZIP format. It seems to work in 9.21.
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thank you for confirming, TBGBe! :)
now let’s wait for spwolf to reply! :)
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I dont remember if anything was changed for 9.21 that would make it work - since we have been focused on 9.5 for a while now, but if it works then yes, it would seem that something was changed :-).
I do remember checking it out few months ago as well.
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I dont remember if anything was changed for 9.21 that would make it work - since we have been focused on 9.5 for a while now, but if it works then yes, it would seem that something was changed :-).
I do remember checking it out few months ago as well.
are you going to do something for the bug?
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with 9.5b4
compressing some empty folders and then decompressing the created archive with:
TAR, LHZ, BH -> the archive will contain just some of the folders. if you doubleclick on it, PA window will not show the files on the right panel with explorer view, you’ll have to click on the “+” left to the archive name, in the left panel
ZIP -> the archive will contain just some of the folders. doubleclicking on it shows those on the right.
CAB -> if you doubleclick on the archive, PA will say it’s corrupted. If you extract to a path, an empty folder will be created. If you “extract here”, nothing will be created.and PA’s decompressing window has to be closed manually
7Z -> everything is okSo…I guess bugs still to be fixed!
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Not clear - Are you trying to compress ONLY empty folders?
Or multiple folders - some with files and some empty?I think she is trying to compress only folders, with no files in them…
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I think she is trying to compress only folders, with no files in them…
Yes, but then I wonder if this is a “real life” problem? It is certainly something I have never considered. Still …
@manuangi:TAR, LHZ, BH … Zip -> the archive will contain just some of the folders.
I agree this is a problem. It should be consistent, either ALL or NONE.
@manuangi:CAB -> if you doubleclick on the archive, PA will say it’s corrupted. If you extract to a path, an empty folder will be created. If you “extract here”, nothing will be created.and PA’s decompressing window has to be closed manually.
This is also a problem. PA should not create a corrupt archive.
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- CAB format does not support this at all.
As to the all or non - are you sure this is happening? This is probably just related how relative path is saved.
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- CAB format does not support this at all.
As to the all or non - are you sure this is happening? This is probably just related how relative path is saved.
Yes, this IS happening, and it’s not related to the path, believe me.
And if you don’t, try yourself and you’ll see I’m right.That behaviour is at least strange, isn’t it
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Yes, this IS happenind, and it’s not related to the path, believe me.
And if you don’t, try yourself and you’ll see I’m right.That behaviour is at least strange, isn’t it
I did try it and it works fine in my example. Please post more information on what exactly is happening.
thank you,
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download this:
http://ftp.7host.com/mix/Temp.7z (save rightclicking)
uncompress it, there are 35 empty folders in it.then compress those with all the archive types PA supports. you will see that with:
TAR, LHZ, BH -> the archive will contain just some of the folders (18 out of 35). if you doubleclick on it, PA window will not show the files on the right panel with explorer view, you’ll have to click on the “+” left to the archive name, in the left panel
ZIP -> the archive will contain just some of the folders (18 out of 35) . doubleclicking on it shows those on the right.
CAB -> if you doubleclick on the archive, PA will say it’s corrupted. If you extract to a path, an empty folder will be created. If you “extract here”, nothing will be created.and PA’s decompressing window has to be closed manually
7Z -> everything is ok
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download this:
http://ftp.7host.com/mix/Temp.7z (save rightclicking)
uncompress it, there are 35 empty folders in it.then compress it with all the archive type PA supports. you will see that with:
That link does not work.
thanks,
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mmh…ok
try this one:
http://greg79.altervista.org/Temp.7z (always save via rightclicking)that will work, I tried just now
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mmh…ok
try this one:
http://greg79.altervista.org/Temp.7z (always save via rightclicking)that will work, I tried just now
great, thanks, we will check it out.
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download this:
http://ftp.7host.com/mix/Temp.7z (save rightclicking)
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http://greg79.altervista.org/Temp.7z (always save via rightclicking)sorry - neither works for me :confused:
If spwolf has been able to access - we can leave it here.Otherwise can you just confirm
@spwolf:she is trying to compress only folders, with no files in them…
or is it something else?
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Otherwise can you just confirm
or is it something else?
Yes, this thread is about compressing EMPTY FOLDERS (no files in any of them)
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Yes, this thread is about compressing EMPTY FOLDERS (no files in any of them)
OK - my results:
Create Folder “Empty Folders”
Create subfolders as below-Compress (right click) to “Empty Folders.xxx”
with 20 subfolders:
Zip, BH, LZH - all OK
TAR - only 19 subfolders (last folder, in name order, is not present) :(with 30 subfolders:
Zip, BH, LZH, TAR - all OKwith 40 subfolders
Zip, BH, LZH - all OK
TAR - only 39 subfolders (last folder, in name order, is not present) :(Same whether Use normal relative path - is checked or not except
when not checked, the “Empty Folder” itself is not stored,
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Reminded by thw wishlist thread :
http://www.powerarchiver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1371
@TBGBe:with 35 subfolders:
Zip, BH, LZH, TAR - all OKwith 40 subfolders
Zip, BH, LZH - all OK
TAR - only 39 subfolders (last folder, in name order, is not present) :(Note : All folders are empty (no files).
Checked compress via shell extension, for TAR I actually used TAR.GZ.
Problem (?) still in PA9.51.01 :(