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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?
thanks in advance!
All the best!
Joerg" -
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.
Backing up files that are in use
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Hello, I used to get an error dialog when backing up a file that was currently in use. This behaviour has changed one or two version ago. Now the file(s) that are in use during the backup run are simply skipped. Unfortunately, it is sometimes impossible to know if certain files were missed during a backup run.
If there is a solution in the current version please let me know, and many thanks in advance.
If not, is there an option that could be introduced to either write a log file or issue a warning if a backup was incomplete because of missed in-use files. A log/error file with the same name (different extension, e.g. .log or .err) as the backup file (I use the timestamp feature) would be handy. I would consider this a must-have feature for automated and unattended backup scenarios.
Thanks
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this would be great if PA would be able to compress files which are in use
I also posted this feature request in earlier times
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@Joe:
Hello, I used to get an error dialog when backing up a file that was currently in use. This behaviour has changed one or two version ago. Now the file(s) that are in use during the backup run are simply skipped. Unfortunately, it is sometimes impossible to know if certain files were missed during a backup run.
If there is a solution in the current version please let me know, and many thanks in advance.
If not, is there an option that could be introduced to either write a log file or issue a warning if a backup was incomplete because of missed in-use files. A log/error file with the same name (different extension, e.g. .log or .err) as the backup file (I use the timestamp feature) would be handy. I would consider this a must-have feature for automated and unattended backup scenarios.
Thanks
Joe :)Hi,
I think error still shows if you choose non-quiet operation, can you check if that works? We got some complaints from users getting an error box even if they choose quiet operation mode which is why this was changed.
thanks,
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Thank you “spwolf”, I followed your suggestion and that is indeed what happened.
I guess they fixed what was a “problem” for some and in the process caused a “problem” for others.
From the Help text:
“Run silent if run from Windows” - allows you to turn on the silent backup mode. With silent mode enabled, when you run the auto-backup script from Windows by either double clicking on it or scheduling it to run using Windows Task Scheduler, the backup will complete in the background without any notice. This feature is a great option to use if you schedule a backup using Windows Task Scheduler.
The intention of this feature is good, yet I believe the execution/implementation still needs some work.
Since a “Backup done.” notification is still issued upon completion, even during “silent” mode, perhaps a “Files in use skipped” notification could be issued as well. A log file is still the best solution in an automated over night backup scenario, because it would allow me to check if the backup missed any files.
By the way, I use System Scheduler Pro (from Splinterware) which allows me to check for the existence of specific windows and error dialogs, based on the window title text. So a “PowerArchiver Error” dialog could be used to trigger certain action(s) using System Scheduler.
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Hi,
keep in mind that “backup done” window is also an option, so it is not influenced by silent running since you can turn it off yourself. What we could do for the next version is rename Backup done option to be something like “Show backup done and any errors”… Would that work?
thanks,
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Hi “spwolf”,
Your suggestion could be useful. What about a dialog that says “Backup Successful” and one that says “Backup completed with errors - see logfile” or “Backup completed - some files skipped”.
Thanks.
Joe