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Hi,
I’d like to propose an improvement for password protected archives.
Actual behavior is:
If I open an archive, which is password protected and make a typo in the password dialog, I’ll get the message, that the password was wrong and I end up with an empty window. I need to reopen the archive to be able to enter the password again.Improved behavior:
Tell me, that the password was wrong and give me the chance to enter the correct password to decrypt the archive. -
Hello!
I know I have been asking for this feature some time ago, but as nothing has changed let me ask again:
The ZIPX-format offers an algorithm, that compresses JPEG-files by about 20-30%. Please add compression (packing) support for this in ZIPX-archives to Powerarchiver. Extraction of JPEGs packed into ZIPX by this algorithm is already supported by Powerarchiver for a long time, so it should not be difficult? Or is it a licensing problem?
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Hi,
I’d like to suggest, that the correct archive type is (always) selected, when adding files by drag & drop to an archive.
This is already happening if the archive has the correct extension. For example, if I’m adding files to test.zip, zip will be selected. If I’m adding files to test.7z, 7z will be selected as format in “Add dialog”.
But this won’t be working, if the archive has not the “right” extension.
So XPI files (Firefox addons) for example are ZIP files. PowerArchiver opens them without any problems, but if I try to add file by drag & drop, PowerArchiver won’t auto select “ZIP”, but use the last selected archive format, while PowerArchiver already knows, that I’m trying to add files to a ZIP. -
I love this, only there is one problem. The UAC elevation feature does not extend to Mount Image option in the add-on software PA provided. It is most annoying whenever I am on highest UAC settings and I mount an ISO, every time I open and create a virtual drive UAC appears. I also do not want to completely disable UAC.
Is adding UAC elevation for mount image feature possible?
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The now defunct Bulkzip had Nanozip (nz) as an option this would be great to have for compatibility with my .nz files, so I don’t have to install Bulkzip separately.
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Hi.
I noticed that when I want to run the Virtual Drive for the first time inside the PowerArchiver Burner it prompts to download it form the internet.
I was wondering, would it be OK to include this utility straight into the offline installer to be able to set it up locally?
Thank you!
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How about recognising a few more (or all) of the file formats that are basically renamed zip files and treating them is if they are zip files.
For instance Android .apk files are just renamed .zip files.
Libreoffice/Openoffice ODF documents are all, as far as I am aware, just renamed .zip files. (.odt, .ott, .ods, .ots, .odp, .otp, .odb, .odf etc.) -
I would like to make a further plea for my mouse’s backwards and forwards keys to work when navigating to and from files, just like they do in explorer. IIRC, I was told that this functionality would be added to v2019.
Mni tnx.
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I use PA for everything, if I can.
Would be really nice to maybe get built in support for Quake 1/2 .pak files.
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Would it be possible at all in some future version perhaps, to have a “find file” function?
Reason I ask is that I was looking for a certain file I knew existed in an archive, but I had to unzip it then use another tool to find the file. It would have saved that extra step if that function existed in PA itself. -
Hi.
Is there a way to enable the user to encrypt the files inside a ZIPX archive that has already been created?
This could save time for large archives that the user may need to encrypt at a later stage or that he/she has forgotten to enable encryption before creating the archive,
Thank you!
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Hi.
I would like to see a new feature implemented: a ‘Fast Extract’ Mode.
Currently PowerArchiver extracts files to a temporary directory and then moves them to the target directory chosen by the user. At least via drag and drop.
This can be both time consuming and needs free space on the system drive for large files.
Is there a way to directly extract files to the target directory with PowerArchiver?
And if not, can a feature like this be considered for future updates?Thanks very much!
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Hello.
I believe it would be useful to implement Serpent-256 encryption for PAE/PAE2 formats, even though PowerArchiver offers strong encryption ciphers already.
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Do you think this will be a useful addition?
Thank you for the consideration!
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Hello!
I think it would be a great option to make the portable version of PowerArchiver compatible with PortableApps (i.e. adding the necessary files and folders to integrate it smoothly into their structure).
I own various other commercial programmes which -when installed in portable mode- offer to make the becessary changes without needing an extra installer or the official PortableApps repos.
Thanks for opinions or perhaps even a realization of this.
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Presently, PowerArchiver 2019 (any build) cannot rename PBS filenames by single clicking on such entry or right-click menu has no “Rename” feature!
Hmm, even pressing F2 on selected entry does nothing :(
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Please add support for ownCloud / Nextcloud, thanks.
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There needs to be a setting for the backup feature to set how many backup files to keep.
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SVG files (scalable vector graphics) seem to be special XML files and therefore when added to .pa archives I think they should be compressed as if they were text files.
[Bug] Encrypted 7z archives
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If you open an encrypted 7z archive PA does not prompt for the password, it shows an empty archive instead.
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this is not a bug powerarchiver does not at present support 7zip encrypted files please wait for it
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You are wrong. 7z.dll offers support for encrypted 7z archives so it is a bug in PA.
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powerarchiver has not implimented 7ziop encrytion from there dll yet they will do it is a missing feature that is avaliable but not jet implimented in powerarchiver give them time new features are popping up in 7zip dll everyday and you saying its a bug just because they have had no time to implimented is stupid it should go to the wish list cause its a wiush to support 7zip encrypted files.
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I guess it can be felt more as a bug than as a wish by the standard user, davidsplash.
The fact is that, when you know that PA supports 7z, you think it’s a “full” support…you can’t know something has not been implemented yet…
And let me say that, if you open a 7z encrypted archive and you see an empty archive, you think that PA can handle that but fails in asking the password…
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Well, to quote PA 9.00 help file
PowerArchiver’s 7-Zip limitations Currently, PowerArchiver does not support several features already found in 7-Zip: AES encryption (both read and write), SFX creation (extraction works fine), and detection of solid archives (which is why we can not update files inside 7-Zip archives). We plan to add these and other new 7-Zip features that become available in future PowerArchiver releases.
So, no matter how easy it would be to implement - it is a wishlist item; not a bug!
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then the user should be warned about that…instead of just seeing an empty archive and being stuck there, wondering what’s wrong…
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david is correct, it is not a bug. PA team has said in several post that all features of the 7-zip format has not been fully implimented. They are working hard to continue to add features and correct bugs. Each version of PA gets better and better. So, with a little patience, we will all see an improved version.
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then the user should be warned about that…instead of just seeing an empty archive and being stuck there, wondering what’s wrong…
Exactly! :)
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Postman has this silly notion that programming is drag and drop work. If so, I have mentioned it few times before, you should create delphi interface to 7zip’s dll and help all of delphi programmers throughout the world.
As to this, it is an wish not an bug. We have mentioned it several times before in the forums, and it is clearly written in the help file that PA doesnt support 7zip completly and every limitation was actually included there. Nevertheless, out of all archivers that have some kind of support for 7zip, PowerArchiver’s 7zip support is by far the best and most complete. I only tried few, but none of them had the basics right…
thanks,
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@spwolf: As for postman I think that you missunderstood him. I guess that he isn’t in the opinion that programming is drag and drop work. Actually, his statement was an ironic one.
Anyway, the announcement on your homepage is much more promising than the software itself, therefore it is not surprising for me that some users may call missing features a bug.
As for 7-Zip you claim
7-Zip Compression: New 7-Zip support gives PowerArchiver higher compression ratios than any other archiver
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What is about 7-Zip itself? And all other archiver that offer plenty options for 7-Zip archives? Be sure that they can do better compression. BTW, I do know archive tools with full 7-Zip support, means encryption, solid archives, different memory settings etc.The same applies for SFX’es, the are many missing features. Beside this I noticed a heavy memory leak in PA.
As for me, I downloaded PA 9 because of your announcement, but so far I’m really disapointed.
Alfons
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@spwolf: As for postman I think that you missunderstood him. I guess that he isn’t in the opinion that programming is drag and drop work. Actually, his statement was an ironic one.
My comment was based on his previous posts on this forum, and I am quite sure I did not misunderstand him. I am sure Postman got it :cool:
As to 7-zip support, PA actually supports solid archives, why did you think it doesnt? It certainly does not support all of the options found in 7zip file manager, and it most likely never will (all of the dictionary size options). At maximum, it supports Ultra setting which is basically 32 MB dictionary size and takes up close to 400 MB of memory for compression. We could add support for 128 MB dictionary sizes but when I tested it (and we did test it a lot), in most cases you dont even get reduced filesizes but you end up using 1.3 GB of memory. Since PA is used by both novice and experienced users, we simply dont have the luxury of having our windows cluttered with too many options, we already have hundreds of checkboxes, radio buttons or dropdowns everywhere!
What it does need it support for AES primarily, and updating of non solid archives. And we are working on it. Is it really such as dissapointing problem? Would it be better if PA didnt have 7zip support at all? I very much doubt it. If you discover any problems, please report them to the tech support forums.
p.s. If you are looking for the best 7zip support, that will always be 7-Zip file manager. As stated above, we will never have as many options and we will obviously be late in implementing ones we have, as compared to 7zip file manager.
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As to the Postmans quote - we have several people working on it, we had Igor Pavlov take a look at it and still nobody knows why is it such an issue in Delphi. It is simply not as simple. Which is where my original, ironic, post above comes from.
I am sorry that you are dissapointed, luckily for both of us, uninstall is just an click away! Postman promised to do that so many times, yet he keeps coming back for more :D
Thanks for all of your comments, much appreciated.
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Why do I even try to respond? I just wrote 3 page essay response, and then understood how stupid from me is to actually respond to insults like these.
PowerArchiver has been in works for 6 years, and it has been considered to be one of the best for past 5. It pioneered half of the options you now take for granted - before it, most of archivers didnt have proper shell extensions or many tools.
This topic is closed. As to 7zip support, as mentioned above we shall try to implement AES and updating as soon as we can. We have several people working on that so hopefully results will come.
Thank you!
