BETA: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.10.02

[spwolf]

Hello, please try with this release:
http://dl.powerarchiver.com/2013/powarc140030int.exe

thank you!

[Fryedsoft]

I know it’s been awhile, and at this point I’ve updated to 14.00.32 and Windows 8.1, but I can right click on C:\documents and settings with no issue now.

[spwolf]

this was indeed fixed, thanks for the report!

[Brian Gregory]

I’m getting this crashing explorer.exe in 64 bit Windows 7 when right clicking junctions.

Could the problem have come back?

Note that I have yet to confirm whether uninstalling PowerArchiver fixes it.
(I’m currently using PA 14.01.06)

Also it usually occurs the second time I right click on a junction in a particular open folder window.

[spwolf]

it seems to be fine here…

[Brian Gregory]

@spwolf:

it seems to be fine here…

Yes, I agree, it must be something else.
Sorry.

[Brian Gregory]

CORRECTION:

I’ve been experimenting with SysInternals autoruns.exe disabling things to see what cures my problem and disabling this:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Folder\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\PowerArchiver64

which refers indirectly to
“c:\program files (x86)\powerarchiver\pashlext64.dll”

fixes the crashing problem when right clicking junctions, at the expense (obviously) of losing the PA right click on folder operations.

Next I’ll try rearranging my PA context menu items to see if that fixes it.

[Brian Gregory]

No, fiddling subtly with PA’s right click options makes no difference.
:(

[spwolf]

try this:
1. save you PA registry via Options> Export settings.
2. Reset your PA options by using set defaults

If it still happens, try disabling every other shell extension but enabling PA and lets see if it happens then.

We have to find a way to reproduce it here.

What exactly are you clicking on? I tried C:\Documents and Settings as well as C:\users All Users or Default user and it all seems fine, and i have tons of various different PA shell extensions on.

Also - always use latest PA - which is 14.02.

thanks!

[Brian Gregory]

I think you probably need more than one junction for it to fail.
Please try this:
Download JUNCTION from here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx
Extract junction.exe from the junction.zip you downloaded in to C:
(or the root of any other local drive or partition)
open command prompt and cd to the root of your chosen drive, run junction, and agree to EULA.
Then do:

md test-dir

junction junc1 test-dir

junction junction-test test-dir

Then open an explorer window and right click junc1 several times.
You don’t need to choose anything from the resulting menu if it appears.

I find the first right click produces a menu with slightly garbled PowerArchiver parts in it and then the second time explorer crashes.

Afterwards you can clean up by doing this at the command prompt:

junction junc1 /d
junction junction-test /d
rd test-dir
del junction.exe

or just delete the created items using explorer

Afterthought:
If you use C:\ you may need to run the command prompt as Administrator.

[Brian Gregory]

@spwolf:

…
Also - always use latest PA - which is 14.02.

Why isn’t this showing up in PatchBeam, I have asked it to show me BETA versions.

[spwolf]

i tried it with 3 junctions and was able to reproduce it… thanks!

[spwolf]

Try this latest release please, it is up on the PatchBeam… let us know how it works :-)

[Brian Gregory]

@spwolf:

Try this latest release please, it is up on the PatchBeam… let us know how it works :-)

It works great.
Thanks.

[Brian Gregory]

Hello it’s me again.

I’ve found ANOTHER case where right clicking a junction still crashes explorer due to PowerArchiver. (Using PowerArchiver 14.02.03).

Please try this:
Download JUNCTION from here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx
Extract junction.exe from the junction.zip you downloaded in to C:
(or the root of any other local drive or partition)
open command prompt and cd to the root of your chosen drive, run junction, and agree to EULA.
Then do:

md test-dir

junction junc1 test-dir

rd test-dir

Then open an explorer window and right click junc1.
Explorer should crash.

(If it doesn’t maybe you need two junctions in the root).

Afterwards you can clean up by doing this at the command prompt:

junction junc1 /d
del junction.exe

or just delete the created items using explorer

If you use C:\ you may need to run the command prompt as Administrator.

Thanks in advance.

[Brian Gregory]

Hello?

[spwolf]

We got it, we will check it out for next release, as usual :-)

[Brian Gregory]

@spwolf:

We got it, we will check it out for next release, as usual :-)

Is this (Explorer crash when right clicking a junction pointing to non existent folder) supposed to be fixed in 14.02.05 ?

Either it isn’t fixed for me or, as often happens, Powerarchiver is proving difficult to update to the latest version without some old files getting left in use.

[spwolf]

nope, it will come in update to come :-)

[Brian Gregory]

When exactly?
Am I only allowed one bug fix or something?
Is somebody reporting more than one bug regarded by you as a trouble maker?