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    BETA: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.10.02
    spwolfS
    New version: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.10.02: Download: https://u.powerarchiver.com/pa2023/powarc221002.exe New build with new signature so shell extensions in Windows will function properly. Thanks everyone for your assistance!
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    Missing Icons
    LuxorL
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    Missing or ugly SFX-Icon
    MerowingerM
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    End of Powerarchiver
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    Powerarchiver is dead no updates to fix bugs no new features, no communication and errors in program update system with scripting errors. Duplicate context menus windows 11 no fixes no updates I declare that this is the last version.
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    Windows 11 Shell Extension crash
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    Copied the Take Command shortcut, changed Target to be wt.exe -p “Take Command” and saved it. Right-clicked to get to properties and Explorer crashed. (wt.exe is the Microsoft Terminal program, which I have installed from the Microsoft Store.) The Target path had changed to: C:\Users{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\wt.exe -p “Take Command” Created a new shortcut in a Start Menu folder and set the command line to the same, and it crashed the same. Created a new shortcut and set the command line to mspaint.exe (also a Windows Store app) and Explorer crashed on right-click on the shortcut. It appears PowerArchiver shell extensions doesn’t handle Windows Store apps in shortcuts properly. Perhaps it needs better defensive coding around checking the Target of shortcuts, or just ignoring shortcuts altogether. Running PA 22.00.11 on Windows 11 24H2 Build 26100.6584
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    Affected by winrar/.rar vulnerability?
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    Was Power Archiver affected by the WinRAR/.rar vulnerability discovered by ESET researchers recently? Not sure if PA is using their libraries for extraction.
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    updates
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    anything planned for the future or is this software just dead now?
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    Ultimate zip was made by powerarchiver
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    From google search AI Overview Yes, that’s correct. UltimateZip was indeed a product of the same company that developed PowerArchiver, and it was essentially a rebranded version of PowerArchiver. It was discontinued and replaced by PowerArchiver.
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    News/Update on PowerArchiver/Connexion in 2024
    TheAndyMacT
    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).
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    BETA PowerArchive 22.00.11 - Windows 11 Context Menu duplicated/additional tier
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    No Icons for SFX-Archives
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    Zip extraction from windows 11 by windows
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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?
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    Installer problem
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    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
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    Button alignment. About window.
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    Button alignment on config window.
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    BETA: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.10
    spwolfS
    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!
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    BETA: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.00.11
    spwolfS
    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!
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    THE SSL CERTIFICATE FOR *.POWERARCHIVER.COM HAS EXPIRED.
    Brian GregoryB
    @spwolf @Mili THE SSL CERTIFICATE FOR *.POWERARCHIVER.COM HAS EXPIRED.
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    PA2023 22.00.09 trying to delete a directory from a tar file.
    Brian GregoryB
    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.
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    PA 2023: No portable version?
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    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!
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      davidsplash
      last edited by davidsplash

      Powerarchiver is dead no updates to fix bugs no new features, no communication and errors in program update system with scripting errors. Duplicate context menus windows 11 no fixes no updates

      I declare that this is the last version.

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        spwolf conexware @trparky
        last edited by

        There is an maintenance update coming this week :).

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          Nafcom
          last edited by Nafcom

          would be good to have some official statement regarding this, though. It would be sad as PowerArchiver is my fave tool for packing/unpacking, having a license since 2010 myself.

          Especially since a statement from last year confirmed that the product is not dead and an update will be released, soon: https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/6661/news-update-on-powerarchiver-connexion-in-2024

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            trparky
            last edited by

            I’ve moved on as well. Yeah, Powerarchiver is a dead project. Move on everyone. Luckily there’s a number of good free and open source projects that can replace a good portion of the abilities of PowerArchiver.

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              spwolf conexware @trparky
              last edited by

              There is an maintenance update coming this week :).

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                wilsonp @spwolf
                last edited by

                @spwolf This week seems to have taken a long time?

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                  spwolf conexware @wilsonp
                  last edited by

                  @wilsonp update has been posted on download page and forums for a while now.

                  Thanks!

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                    PragmaticPhil
                    last edited by

                    If it is dead . . .

                    that is sad.

                    But IF it is, I need to transition to another program that has at least some of the features . . . . including backup scripts.

                    Any ideas from the community?

                    And is there any program that might read these files . . . . or a script that would like to convert any .pa archives to 7zip or winrar?

                    Hugh

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                      PA_Fan @davidsplash
                      last edited by

                      @davidsplash

                      I am, in November 2025, being asked to pay a modest $15 fee for “continued support and updates”. I have no idea whether this is bona fide, a scam or whatever.
                      If it is indeed a genuine offer/service from Conexware/PA, I think that it should be offered in the context of a detailed an comprehensive statement, published here in full, as to what exactly is happening with PA, its future and answers to all the obvious questions about it. I have supported it almost from Day One, and it isn’t very acceptable to see it disappearing away in a cloud of Radio Silence.

                      Peter

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