BETA: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.10.02

[joakim_46]

I have running: Norton AntiVirus 2004 (I already tried disabling, but no luck, the problem remains) and WinGate proxy software.

[davidsplash]

try powerarchiver in safe mode if this works then it is something in your startup files that is causing this. or something that you load once windows starts.

[davidsplash]

have you thought about also if powerarchier in windows safe mode does not work then that your registary is corrupted? run scanreg and see if that is the case also scandisk

[joakim_46]

I will try in safe mode and will post results. I don’t think the problem is with the registry because if I uninstall version 9.0 and install the 8.80 it works fine. Then I uninstall the 8.80 and install the 9.0 again and the problem is back. It occurs only with the 9.0 version (including betas).

[joakim_46]

I found that when I double-click in the file it really extracts it to the temporary folder (I’ve checked) but then it doesn’t open it with the associated Windows application.

[spwolf]

We have changed way of updating things in 8.8 and then in 9.0. We will have to check why doesnt it work for you now since we cant reproduce it and nobody else reported it yet, so we can not point out the issue.

thank you,

[joakim_46]

Thank you. Please check it out.

[joakim_46]

Finally I found what was causing the bug. If I disable the “Ask to update if the file has been changed” option, PA2004 will not open files with double-click. Is this a normal behavior? I’m asking this because viewing a file won’t do any changes.

[spwolf]

Hmph,

well thats the cause, but I dont see why it doesnt work on your computer while it works everywhere else. From version 8.8 we monitor the temp folder for file change, so if PA detects that you have saved the file it will ask for update. Before 8.8 we did it differently and that caused problems with half of the people using.

We even changed the monitoring code between 8.8 and 9.0.

thanks,

[TBGBe]

@joakim_46:

Finally I found what was causing the bug. If I disable the “Ask to update if the file has been changed” option, PA2004 will not open files with double-click. Is this a normal behavior? I’m asking this because viewing a file won’t do any changes.

Sorry, spwolf - I can confirm this under Win98 (English) PA9.00.33 :(
Opening Tutor.zip and double-clicking file3.txt - nothing happens :confused:

I never disable “Ask to update…” so hadn’t tried it before

Good Catch joakim_46

[spwolf]

@TBGBe:

Sorry, spwolf - I can confirm this under Win98 (English) PA9.00.33 :(
Opening Tutor.zip and double-clicking file3.txt - nothing happens :confused:

I never disable “Ask to update…” so hadn’t tried it before

Good Catch joakim_46

ah, I have not read the post properly… So it happens when ask for update is disabled? GREAT! No reason to be sorry, important thing about bugs/issues is that we can reproduce them, so it really is much better if we can reproduce it easily (e.g. happens to everyone) than if we cant… Of course, as long as it is nothing too silly :-).

thanks both of you,

[joakim_46]

I never though the problem was caused by this option, but I always disabled it :) Glad you can reproduce it. Lets hope you fix it in the next release.

[davidsplash]

I have checked this with the sample zip supplied and found that the file does work even with this ask to update on and off.

I’m using windows 98 se and have 64mb ram

if thats any help. it could be that they installed something or something has taken over the txt file that powerarchiver has difficulty opening when you double click a file. we had this problem before witha program called ultra edit notepad replacement

[TBGBe]

Strange, doesn’t work on Win2k either (for me).

I tried both the txt files (Textpad) and the bmp file (Irfanview).
I also tried a pdf file (inside a zip) - the status bar appears to show extracting, but Reader is not launched :confused:

[spwolf]

Dont worry, we will check it out and see…. It is not related to any issues from before, since this feature was completly redone in 8.8 and 9.0.

thanks,

[joakim_46]

@TBGBe:

Strange, doesn’t work on Win2k either (for me).

I tried both the txt files (Textpad) and the bmp file (Irfanview).
I also tried a pdf file (inside a zip) - the status bar appears to show extracting, but Reader is not launched :confused:

That is what I got, but now with the build 33 and the ask to update option disabled, I managed to get a workaround.

[TBGBe]

@joakim_46:

That is what I got, but now with the build 33 and the ask to update option disabled, I managed to get a workaround.

I think you meant workaround with “Ask to update option enabled” not disabled :p

[joakim_46]

@TBGBe:

I think you meant workaround with “Ask to update option enabled” not disabled :p

Yes, you’re right :p

[davidsplash]

I have no problems and i’m using windows 98 se so it must be a specific problem can you use the ctr alt del key and write down what it sayes and post it here that way we can identify the problem. does it work ok in safe mode? if it does its probably something that is running.

do you have norton products antivirus products firewalls etc.

[TBGBe]

@davidsplash:

I have no problems and i’m using windows 98 se so it must be a specific problem can you use the ctr alt del key and write down what it sayes and post it here that way we can identify the problem. does it work ok in safe mode? if it does its probably something that is running.

do you have norton products antivirus products firewalls etc.

Not sure what you are looking for (happens in both Win98 and Win2k).
Antway attached is screen dump of Win98 about screen and the Task Manager.

Running AVG anti-virus (Avgserv9)
on a laptop (with PS2 mouse - Ocbtray/Point32).

Note : Win2k machine is a desktop and has Trend (instead of AVG); shows same problem.

However, both Win98 and Win2k are English version if that has an influence.
(Although Joakim has WinXP / Portuguese).

Very strange that you cannot reproduce it. Maybe you have a different fault?

Edit: forgot the smiley :D
“Maybe you have a different fault?” should have been a joke!