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.
PA gives gpf
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When power archiver runs backup script from task mgr it gives 3 gpf windows for unknown and powarc.exe. It is set on gzip tar. I have edited it repeatedly. When I goto the menu from pa and runit w/ the editor it will run. Worked fine before upgrade. This happened in previous versions. I believe it was related to it getting file type wrong. Since it doesn’t give too much info hard to say. This is on w98 so no real dump.
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What version of PA are you using?
thanks,
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PA 9.00.33 / Win98
Cannot reproduce this.Note: Just testing so only used Run Once option?
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Latest version PA. On win98 original w/ updates. Runs fine from wizard, but tries to run from task manager and gpf. Don’t have anything unusual running at time. Only kerio fw. It did this before in on version. Then ran fine. This no install broke it I guess. I will try to down grade to last version I had.
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Can you please check what is the actual version number in About menu?
thanks,
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Sorry about that. Maybe not latest, but just downloaded it. 9.00.31. Thanks.
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Just updated. Here is something else I am seeing. When I go from in pa and edit/run the script I have to go and change it to gzipped tar then file name changes(filename.tar.gz) and I can run it fine, but the filename and gzip settings refuse to stick which may be causing the error. Even when I choose save as default if I open the script it goes back to .tar and the regular tar settings.
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With the update it finally stuck in pa when editing, but when I run *.pbs script from taskmgr it now gpfs in powerarc.exe. With run once set. How odd. The task is set as c:\path\script.pbs should I change that to make it run better. It may be a previous pa install in the reg somewhere that is messing it up.
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I don’t know…weird. zip runs fine, but gzip gives gpf. Checked registry couldn’t find anything that jumped at me.
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Sorry, missed your reply (not ignoring you).
zip runs fine, but gzip gives gpf.
Still cannot reproduce this.
Some things to consider:-
Can you activate DR Watson trace ( may help when nothing else is running).Do you know at which point it gpf’s
a) Building Filelist
b) Compressing TAR
c) GZippingI don’t know kerio fw, does it have an Anti-Virus check/scan which “might” influence this?
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Don’t sweat it. I was just using zip for now. Hadn’t had time to fool with it, but maybe this weekend. Since it doesn’t say. I don’t know when it happens, but it is right when it starts to run. It seems to load then gpf. Active desktop is disabled. I am using 5.5 IE. on this sys. 6.0 on win98 can get clunky. (use FF mostly anyway) I tried using dbugview and didn’t get anything. I did hit on something that has happened before tho. I went back and did a new script adding a folder at a time. I got a few folders added and it was fine. I think it was the my docs folder. Once before I had another desktop folder that triggered this. Might be related to size w/ in the desktop folder or recursive folders, as well. Just thought that the fact that it ran fine w/in PA, but not from taskmgr was odd and w/ tar gzip. I am going to add back all folders incrementally and see if I can isolate it. Kerio has no AV I unloaded other processes, as well. Including w/o AV. Didn’t change anything tho…just upgraded PA. I will let you know what it does.
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It appears to gpf’s when it is compiling a filelist. However, nothing is open or running. I tried it this way. -
gpf’s when it is compiling a filelist.
That points to a problem in TAR module. I would check filenames, path/filename lengths and things like non-english characters (Unicode support is not good on Win98).
Active desktop is disabled. I am using 5.5 IE. on this sys. 6.0 on win98 can get clunky.
We have some differences. I have active desktop enabled (only for Background JPG).
I have IE 6 - only because it includes OS updates.
I also upgraded OS via the MS update/security CD.use FF mostly anyway
I use Opera :cool: - but do have FF installed :p
That is for another forum though :DEdit: You did upgrade PA with 9.00.35 ?
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Yep, here’s the deal. A particularly long shared file path looks to be the problem w/ tar. Removed that: it ran fine. It ran fine before and from w/in PA. Just not from .pbs. I don’t have time stamp or other options selected. I will try 9.00.35 later and see if it works okay. Thanks guys. I have been sending you business. :D
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Maybe save yourself some testing effort (wait for 9.1):
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can you please send me that PBS you had problems with and full filename of file that caused problems?
