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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
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    Missing or ugly SFX-Icon
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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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    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 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.
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    @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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    • drteethD Offline
      drteeth @spwolf
      last edited by

      @spwolf:

      that would be great… last time I think ESET did something similar back in 2006 or so, and when we reported it, they managed to “fix” it.

      Hmm. First run with PA NOT exceluded in ESET -24 secs (the sort of long loads I have been experiencing.
      Next run with ESET exceluded from testing was 3 secs. From then on, ALL loads were 3 secs whether excluded or not in ESET. I have noticed the long loads in the past. PC completely rebooted between PA load tests.

      Do you gave a debug tracing build I can run to provide further info?

      DrT

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      • spwolfS Offline
        spwolf conexware
        last edited by

        we cant debug anything on our side - ESET checks it first time, and after that result is cached.

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          spwolf conexware
          last edited by

          i can confirm that when i launched 2013, eset service went to 50% cpu (one core 100%) and it took around 10s for PA to start…. i just tried it out.

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            spwolf conexware
            last edited by

            are you sure it happened all the time?
            It seems to take long time once, then it stores its crc and never checks it again.

            but yeah, if you run it first time, it seems like everything gets blocked and nod32 takes up 60%-70% of cpu.

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              spwolf conexware
              last edited by

              Since I have plenty of various pa.exe’s on my computer, i could easily reproduce this with Nod32… it is very very slow. I have no idea how AVs really work and what they do, but it seemed as if was checking something online.

              In any case, I have reported this to Nod32 team. I hope they fix it. While it doesnt happen after the first time (at least it is not super slow), it looks pretty bad the first time you run it. People will think it is due to PowerArchiver even though we have nothing to do with it.

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                spwolf conexware
                last edited by

                ok, soe ESET responded that this will be “fixed” tomorrow…

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                  drteeth @spwolf
                  last edited by

                  Excellent…nice to know I was not suffering another senior moment.

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                  • spwolfS Offline
                    spwolf conexware
                    last edited by

                    i think i will need to send them all versions in the future, unless this changes… let me know if you notice anything else with AVs. Once it decides to scan the file, it is really annoying :-).

                    I forgot to turn it on and went to test some compression and it was really really slow… so it turned out it went to scan few files out of selected list :-)

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                      drteeth @spwolf
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                      Think I’m going to have to lewave PA excluded permanently. Just has a > 20 second first load with the latest.20 beta.

                      It’s no biggie as I trust PA and only download it from the official site. I could always scan it manually.

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                        spwolf conexware @drteeth
                        last edited by

                        @drteeth:

                        Think I’m going to have to lewave PA excluded permanently. Just has a > 20 second first load with the latest.20 beta.

                        It’s no biggie as I trust PA and only download it from the official site. I could always scan it manually.

                        i uninstalled it from my computer, it was making everything slow… i will email them again, because it seems that i will have to for each new release.

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                          PeterM @spwolf
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                          Hi

                          Sorry to jump in on my first post, I have similar problems with very slow startup (20-30 secs) of PowerAchiver, after that first start it’s fine. It occurs on both of my PC’s using XP and Win7 64bit which both have ESET installed.
                          Since reading this post I have emailed ESET support (been annoying at times).

                          Peter

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                            PeterM @PeterM
                            last edited by

                            Hi again

                            Good support from ESET (replied quick)
                            added the exclusion for PA and it works!.
                            which I added C:\Program Files\PowerArchiver*.*

                            From ESET Support:

                            please make sure that you have the latest version of ESET software installed: http://kb.eset.com/esetkb/index?page=content&id=SOLN2788

                            NOTE: The latest version of ESET software is version 6

                            If you need to UPGRADE to the latest version, which is FREE with a current license, please refer to:
                            [

                            To exclude a program or file please complete the following:

                            For Windows XP (Vista and 7 is very similar).
                            1. Click on “Start”.
                            2. Click on “All Programs”.
                            3. Click on “ESET”.
                            4. Click on “ESET NOD32 Antivirus” or “ESET Smart Security”.
                            5. Click on the 2nd “ESET NOD32 Antivirus” or “ESET Smart Security”, this will open up the ESET Control Center.
                            6. Click on “Setup”.
                            7. Click on “Enter advanced setup…”
                            8. Expand “Computer”.
                            9. Expand “Antivirus and Antispyware”.
                            10. Click on “Exclusions”.
                            11. Click on “Add” and then navigate to the folder or file that you would like to exclude.

                            Please Note: You need to enter the exclusions like the following filename*.*
                            It is vital to have the wildcards at the end. e.g. c:\test*.*

                            Peter](http://kb.eset.com/esetkb/index?page=content&id=SOLN2788)

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                            • moles42M Offline
                              moles42 Alpha Testers
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                              Welcome to the forum Peter…:)

                              Many thanks for taking the time to post the useful feedback from ESET.

                              Windows 10 Pro x64
                              Intel Core i5 3470 @ 3.20GHz
                              8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3

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                                Mili conexware
                                last edited by

                                Yes, thanks Peter!

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                                  PeterM @Mili
                                  last edited by

                                  Hope this solves some issues relating to slow startup (first time start)
                                  for some as it fixed my problem. It was so annoying at times clicking to open
                                  a file and it would just hang. By that time you already clicked on it 2 to 3 times which then ran multiple instances of PA.

                                  Peter

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                                    spwolf conexware @PeterM
                                    last edited by

                                    @PeterM:

                                    Hope this solves some issues relating to slow startup (first time start)
                                    for some as it fixed my problem. It was so annoying at times clicking to open
                                    a file and it would just hang. By that time you already clicked on it 2 to 3 times which then ran multiple instances of PA.

                                    Peter

                                    we will keep emailing them to add new version to their whitelist so you dont have to… it is very annoying, most people wont know to do 11. steps required.

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                                    • drteethD Offline
                                      drteeth
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                                      I have to say no p[erformance issues with ESET other than this one. Computer just as fast, if not moreso than Kaspersky - left Kaspersky as their mods arrogant and power mad in the extreme as well as being often wrong.

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                                        spwolf conexware @drteeth
                                        last edited by

                                        @drteeth:

                                        I have to say no p[erformance issues with ESET other than this one. Computer just as fast, if not moreso than Kaspersky - left Kaspersky as their mods arrogant and power mad in the extreme as well as being often wrong.[/QUOTE]
                                        i am so happy I dont use any :-).

                                        For me NOD32 was pretty intrusive (compared to nothing)… I have had BD 2013 for testing, as we sell it, and it wasnt as intrusive, but as I am my own master on my own computer, i dont use any AVs in general (i dont download exe’s from internet, except major applications).

                                        I guess it is not easy for them to fight off all the evil :-)

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                                          drteeth
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                                          OT: I wish I had the cajones to run without AV. I am very naughty on the internet and do not get much of a peep from my AVs. I am much more worried about rogue web sites that infect PCs. Infected exe’s are sooo yesterday LOL.

                                          Both KAV and ESET do not slow down the machine at all, but KAV would not accept exceptions without nagging about them. No probs with ESET. I do not like the AVs whose interfaces have gaudy colours and do not allow detailed configuration - i.e. they are designed for noobs.

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                                          • spwolfS Offline
                                            spwolf conexware
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                                            we got access to their whitelist ftp, so we will have to upload each new release there and it will be auto-magically whitelisted by ESET.

                                            So let us know if you continue noticing anything :-)

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