История изменений программы PowerArchiver

Изменения в программе PowerArchiver 2015 15.03.04 Final (16.07.2015):

• Added detection code for TAR archives with improper extension – PowerArchiver will now be able to figure out which engine to use even if TAR archive has wrong extension set.
• Improved SFX support – added support for more SFX archives.
• Improved RAR creation support – Improved creating of RAR archives (when WinRar is installed).
• Shorter shell extensions – Added 60 character limit for shell extensions with extra long filenames.
• Added support for AttachmentCloud – Added support for AttachmentCloud as well as other smaller PowerArchiver Cloud updates.
• Improved Traditional Chinese translation – Completely updated Traditional Chinese translation.
• Various other fixes and improvements – Over 15 improvements and fixes in total.

Изменения в программе PowerArchiver 2015 15.02.04 Final (27.05.2015):

• Improved Installer – Removed uninstall page during repair, added back desktop icon after installation.
• Improved ISO format support – better support for certain ISO files.
• Improved SFX support – Improved detection and extraction of several different types of SFX archives.
• Improved color coded file list feature – Made changes so file selection is more visible, changed default base color.
• Improved shell extensions – Better default settings, limited maximum width of shell extension text (filename).
• Fixed security issue with encryption – Fixed security issue with encryption mode selection during drag and drop.
• Improved drag and drop extraction – During multiple file extraction, extract to filename now works correctly.
• Various other fixed and improvements – Over 40 improvements and fixes in total.

Изменения в программе PowerArchiver 2015 15.01.05 Final (31.03.2015):

• Improved Installer – Pin to Taskbar option can now be deselected if needed.


• Improved progress in Backup – Added better progress while copying completed backup from temp to another drive.


• Improved SFX support – Improved detection and extraction of several different types of SFX archives.


• Improved task scheduler – Improved task scheduler in Backup.


• Improved filters – Improved filters in Backup.


• Added AttachmentCloud beta – Added AttachmentCloud beta service to PA Cloud Browser.


• Extended Secure FTP timeout – Extended ftp timeout options.


• Delete your settings on Cloud – You can now delete your stored settings on Cloud.


• Over 50 various different improvements and issues fixed – Various small improvements in all applications and various fixes for reported issues.

Изменения в программе PowerArchiver 2015 15.00.41 Beta (21.01.2015):

• Improved ISO support – Improved support for large ISO files as well as some other formats.
• Improved PowerArchiver Backup – Improved filters action in backup.
• Improved Encryption Suite – Improved Encryption Suite with various different options.
• Improved Virtual ISO Drive – Fixed crash during ISO image unmount.
• Various different improvements and issues fixed – Various small improvements in all applications and various fixes for reported issues.

Изменения в программе PowerArchiver 2015 15.00.38 Final (26.11.2014):

• PowerArchiver Mini – PowerArchiver Mini brings PowerArchiver functionality to Windows Explorer Preview window. You can not only preview your archives in any Windows Explorer window, but you can also open individual files and extract archive to desired place, all through Windows Explorer Preview window and without opening PowerArchiver.
• Windows Explorer Tool tips – Shows tool tip when you hover over archive in Windows Explorer or desktop, with some basic archive info such as number of files, several file names and size.
• PowerArchiver shell extensions – preview extension added
– Added an preview shell extension to PowerArchiver. When clicked on, shows files in archive.
• Windows Explorer Property sheet – Added archive property sheet to Windows Explorer properties. When clicked on, some of the archive information is being shown.
• Join files shell extension – New shell extension that lets you combine several archives into one.
• Extract to filename improvements- By default enabled, lets you extract each archive into separate folder – with regular Extract to filename still working (all selected archives into folder named after first archive).
• Improved various format support- much improved format support and detection in shell extensions.

• ZIP/ZIPX XZ full support – Full support for ZIP/ZIPX XZ format, both read and write.
• Improved format support – Improved in support and detection of various different formats in PowerArchiver (including but not limited to ISO, RAR, WIM, etc, etc).
• New skinning system – new skinning system implementation that lets us skin PowerArchiver much better. 6 default skins included – combination of Windows 8, Office 2013 skins, as well as more playful dark skin and Halloween skin. New skins website will be available with more skins and ability to install them through simple doubleclick (.psf2 extension). Classic toolbar still available, as well as classic toolbar skins, for all of the users that prefer them.
• Copy and Paste – You can now copy and paste files from and to PowerArchiver main interface.
• Office 2013 file menu – more advanced file menu from Office 2013 has been implemented.
• Always on Top – lets you force PowerArchiver window to be always in front of other windows
• View menu – Created new View ribbon menu, moved some options there for easier usage.
• Join Tool – Combine several archives into one. Part of Converter tool.
• Other smaller changes – Too many smaller improvements and fixes to list!

• Sign and Verify (Encryption Suite)- Implemented sign and verify features that let you use OpenPGP to sign and verify files (.sgn, .asc, etc).
• Implemented PAE2 format (Encryption Suite)- Created new encryption format with AES 256 support, as well as many other features. Much faster than PAE. PAE2 can be set to FIPS 140-2 mode where it can be used in all government offices.
• Clone mode (Backup) – Implemented new Clone mode into PowerArchiver Backup, where users can simply clone their files and folders in their original state, without any format or compression (1:1 copy of files).
• Support for new AttachmentCloud (Cloud)- support for new AttachmentCloud service, beta coming soon.
• Implemented FTP+TLS in explicit mode (FTP) – Implemented support for FTP + TLS in explicit mode to expand our TLS support. SSL support completely taken out due to POODLE security issues found in SSL protocol that makes it not secure.
• Skin engine and interface – Fully implemented new skin engine into all of PowerArchiver apps, as well as new interface that makes it easier to use on variety of Windows systems.
• Other smaller changes – Too many smaller improvements and fixes to list!

Изменения в программе PowerArchiver 2015 15.00.35 RC2 (17.11.2014):

• Improvements in Translations.
• Shell Extensions/PowerArchiver Mini Improvements.
• Converter improvements with 7zip format.
• Backup to Network drive Improvements.
• Installer Improvements.
• Various other small changes and improvements

Изменения в программе PowerArchiver 2013 14.06.03 Final (13.10.2014):

• Add Window – Added back navigation toolbar.
• Shell Extensions – Several fixes to the issues users reported.

Изменения в программе PowerArchiver 2013 14.06.01 Final (23.09.2014):

• Added ZIPX – XZ support – Added support for extracting new XZ codec in ZIPX format that is used by WinZip 18.5.
• Various improvements in FTP tool – Improves several different issues found in Secure FTP tool in PowerArchiver.
• Improved GZIP handling – Improved compatibility with some GZIP (tar.gz) files.
• PowerArchiver Backup improvements – Added ability to upload multivolume files to Clouds and Secure FTP in backup.

Изменения в программе PowerArchiver 2013 14.05.05/06 Final (27.05.2014):

• Minor Improvements – Small improvements in main PowerArchiver and PAES.

Изменения в программе PowerArchiver 2013 14.05.05 Final (22.05.2014):

• Minor Improvements – Small improvements in main PowerArchiver and PAES.

Изменения в программе PowerArchiver 2013 14.05.04 Final (08.05.2014):

• Encryption Tool – Improves PGP/GPG compatibility and usage, Improved interface, Improved performance of various options.


• Improved ZIP handling – Added compatibility with ZIP files that have : in the file list.


• Improved GZIP handling – Improved compatibility with various GZ files.


• PA Cloud – Better 125 dpi support, improved Dropbox support.


• RAR support – Improved progress bar behaviour when single large file is being extracted, Improved handling of RAR archives with encrypted headers.


• Many small improvements and fixes – Over 70 improvements and fixes to every part of PowerArchiver.

Изменения в программе PowerArchiver 2013 14.02.03 Final (08.01.2014):

• Updated PowerArchiver Cloud – Significant update to the core engine as well as the GUI of PowerArchiver Cloud application. Brand new core engine makes accessing clouds with thousands of files much faster than before – for example 10,000 files on SkyDrive used to take up to 7-8 minutes, now it is several seconds to access. Similar improvements to other clouds such as Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure, Google Drive and Dropbox. GUI was also improved to look more like full application, with icons in the file list and “…” shortcut for easier browsing. Full help and video tutorial added.
• Windows XP security fix issue – One of the Microsoft Windows XP security fixes from December 10th 2013 prevented PowerArchiver from starting due to missing dependency (unusual and probably not intended from MS to break compatibility). This has been fixed in 14.02.
• Support for Ultra compression in Drag and Drop – Added support for Ultra compression strength in Drag and Drop window.
• Updated Translations – Brand new Korean translation, as well as updated Hebrew and Simplified Chinese translations.
• Improved format support – Improved format support for RAR, TAR, 7zip. Added support for IPK files.
• Various other small improvements – Total of 25 improvements/bugfixes implemented since previous release.

Изменения в программе PowerArchiver 2013 14.01.06 Final (06.11.2013):

• Updated UnRAR engine – Updated unRAR engine to latest build – improved speed for PPM codec extract speed by up to 40%.
• Added OpenPGP HKP key server support – Added support for Open PGP servers, by supporting HKP protocol. Users can search and upload public keys to any HKP server, such as pgp.mit.edu.
• Added support for non-standard ZIP files – Added support for some non-standard ZIP files (such as ones created by Dropbox).
• Various fixes and improvements – Overall, over 20 various changes/improvements/fixes implemented.

Изменения в программе PowerArchiver 2013 14.00.32 Final (18.09.2013):

• Full OpenPGP support via Encryption Suite – Full support for OpenPGP format. From encrypting/decrypting files to creating/importing/exporting OpenPGP keys. PowerArchiver can encrypt any archive with OpenPGP format and then Add/Delete/Edit files inside transparently, without need to go through several steps as with competing products.


• Encryption Suite – Brand new Encryption Suite – application designed to make process of Encrypting and Decrypting your files easier. You can use 4 different formats – ZIP/ZIPX, OpenPGP, PAE and 7-zip, all with AES 256 bit encryption. FIPS 140-2 certified for use in U.S. Government. Encryption Suite is designed to support encrypting/decrypting hundreds of files at the same time. Full support for all of PowerArchiver security features such as Password Manager, Password Policies and Password Profiles.


• PowerArchiver Cloud – PowerArchiver Cloud can Download/Upload/Add files/archives from following business/SOHO cloud services: Amazon S3 and Microsoft Azure; consumer level cloud services like: Dropbox, Google Drive, Box.net, Microsoft SkyDrive as well as our own experimental AttachmentCloud service.


• More Advanced Modern/Ribbon Interface – New Windows 8/Office 2013 inspired skin makes PowerArchiver interface look stunning, while making it easier to use. Truly best of both worlds. Classic toolbar option still remains, now with improved loading speed.


• RAR 5 format support – PowerArchiver can open and extract RAR 5.x files. Of course, you can even create/edit them if you configure rar.exe to be used within PowerArchiver!


• Significantly Faster ZIP engine – Our advanced multi-core ZIP/ZIPX engine has been optimized for maximum speed, now up to 30-50% faster than WinZip’s multi-core engine (and much much faster than SecureZIP’s and WinRAR’s ZIP engines), while providing similar compressing strength.


• Power saving mode for ZIP engine – ZIP/ZIPX engine has been optimized to spend less CPU power when your laptop is in power saving mode. PowerArchiver will take up significantly less CPU when you have power saving mode, while still being quicker than competition, thus saving your battery while you are on the road.


• Special skin for Remote Desktop – Simplified white color skin for Remote Desktop/VNC usage. Enables faster redrawing for slower connections to RDP.


• Improved handling of various formats – Improved support for NSIS, PA SFX’s, ZIP.001 archives, tar archives and more.


• Faster SFTP speeds – Improved SFTP speeds for both download and upload.


• Easier registration system with PowerArchiver Select – Implemented better registration system, integrated with PowerArchiver Select. It automatically updates your codes for major versions as long as PowerArchiver Select is active.


• Hundreds of other Improvements – Overall, over 300 various changes/improvements/fixes implemented.

Изменения в программе PowerArchive 2013 RC2:

• Improved PGP support – Improved sorting, extraction and options for OpenPGP.
• FTP – file sizes displayed the same for local and server – File sizes for FTP Window are displayed the same for both local hard drive and outside server.
• Support for 7-zip ZIP spanned archives – Added support for 7zip’s non-standard ZIP spanning method.
• Better support for NSIS and PowerArchiver installers/sfx – NSIS and PowerArchiver installer/sfx can now be properly opened by both shell extensions and main PowerArchiver
• Improved >150/200dpi support – NAG screen now works properly on any dpi setting, including over 200 dpi.
• Shell Extensions improvement – Fixed issue when right clicking on file system links in shell extensions.
• Disableclouds=0 registry option added for Enterprises – Added option disableclouds=0 for Enterprise users. It disables all cloud features if set in HKLM>Software>PowerArchiverInt>General.
• Allow page for Dropbox improved – Improved allow security page for Dropbox so no errors show anymore.
• Registration Window improvement – Smarter behaviour for Registration Window when user enters both possible options.

Изменения в программе PowerArchive 2013 RC1:

• Full OpenPGP support via Encryption Suite – Full support for OpenPGP format. From encrypting/decrypting files to creating/importing/exporting OpenPGP keys. PowerArchiver can encrypt any archive with OpenPGP format and then Add/Delete/Edit files inside transparently, without need to go through several steps as with competing products..


• PowerArchiver Cloud – PowerArchiver Cloud can Download/Upload/Add files/archives from following business/SOHO cloud services: Amazon S3 and Microsoft Azure, as well as our own experimental AttachmentCloud service. (Consumer level Dropbox, Google Drive and SkyDrive are planned to appear in the list of supported services later this year).


• More Advanced Modern/Ribbon Interface – New Windows 8/Office 2013 inspired skin makes PowerArchiver interface look stunning, while making it easier to use. Truly best of both worlds. Classic toolbar option still remains, now with improved loading speed.


• RAR 5 format support – PowerArchiver can open and extract RAR 5.x files. Of course, you can even create/edit them if you configure rar.exe to be used within PowerArchiver!


• Significantly Faster ZIP engine – Our advanced multi-core ZIP/ZIPX engine has been optimized for maximum speed, now up to 30-50% faster than WinZip’s multi-core engine (and much much faster than SecureZIP’s and WinRAR’s ZIP engines), while providing similar compressing strength.


• Power saving mode for ZIP engine – ZIP/ZIPX engine has been optimized to spend less CPU power when your laptop is in power saving mode. PowerArchiver will take up significantly less CPU when you have power saving mode, while still being quicker than competition, thus saving your battery while you are on the road.

Изменения в программе PowerArchiver 2012 13.03 (22.01.2013):

• Windows 8 support – Various smaller changes for official Windows 8 Certification.
• Backup: date options – Enabled date options for file naming as default so users wont by accident overwrite their old backups.
• Backup: tar.gz support – Improved TAR.GZ support in backup.
• Virtual Drive: IMG support – Added support for IMG files in Virtual Drive.
• Drag & Drop: Profiles – Added support for Compression Profiles in Drag and Drop window.
• Preview Window Improvements – Disabled preview window for file selection when renaming files.
• ZIP format – Added support for extracting folders with invalid name in Windows File System (/.example/).

Изменения в программе PowerArchiver 13.02.02 (25.09.2012):

• Completely new PA Starter – PA Starter built from grounds up for better Windows 8 performance.
• Windows 8 file associations – Windows 8 file associations used for Default Programs option in Windows 8.

Изменения в программе PowerArchiver 13.01.04 (10.09.2012):

• Improved RAR engine - Increased speed of RAR engine by 15% on average.
• Better look for Windows Classic theme – We improved the look of some windows if Windows classic theme is running. They look slightly different now depending on OS you have installed.
• Improved Test Archives Tool - Better detection of broken archives.
• Added option to not install Patchbeam for Enterprise users - Added option to not install Patchbeam for Enterprise users.
• Improved Simple mode - Simple mode now shows FTP/Burner tabs.
• Added SFX creation support in shell - Added support for creating SFX via Windows shell.
• Various other improvements - Over 25 fixes/improvement since 13.00.26 release!

Изменения в программе PowerArchiver 13.01.03 (05.09.2012):

• Improved RAR engine – Increased speed of RAR engine by 15% on average.
• PASTARTER Windows 8 compatibility – PASTARTER (Queue) now works under Windows 8.
• Better look for Windows Classic theme – We improved the look of some windows if Windows classic theme is running. They look slightly different now depending on OS you have installed.
• Improved Test Archives Tool – Better detection of broken archives.
• Added option to not install Patchbeam for Enterprise users – Added option to not install Patchbeam for Enterprise users.
• Improved Simple mode – Simple mode now shows FTP/Burner tabs.
• Added SFX creation support in shell – Added support for creating SFX’s via Windows shell.
• Various other improvements – Over 25 fixes/improvement since 13.00.26 release!

Изменения в программе PowerArchiver 13.00.26 (17.07.2012):

• File list color coding – Background color of file list columns changed based on file size, compression ratio, file type. Completely configurable. Button on status bar for easy on/off.
• Enhancements of Modern/Ribbon interface – Active tabs based on file currently clicked on (Preview tab currently).
• Easy/Advanced Ribbon interface options – new Easy option for interface that removes less used tabs to make it easier for new users to start using PowerArchiver. Button on status bar for easy on/off.
• RAR Compression support – PowerArchiver will use WinRar to compress to RAR within PowerArchiver interface.
• RAR Extraction improved – 5% speed improvement on RAR extraction, up to 15% faster than WR 4.x, 30%+ over WR 3.9x.
• New Explorer mode for reading archives – New mode that shows paths as folders but does not display contents of hard drive, set as default option.
• Redesigned Shell Interface – easier to use, easier to view.
• Encrypted Icon – Added encrypted icon to the file list, for easier recognition of encrypted files inside archive.
• Improved look of various windows – such as progress bar, etc, matching Win8 look more.
• Wiki Help by default – converted help to Wiki online system, enabling better search, better translations for the future and user interactions. Offline help pack will be available.
• Single version – Multilingual, improvements – From now on, PowerArchiver will be distributed only as Multilingual software, with over 20+ translations. Due to compression improvements and online help, multilingual version has been reduced in size by almost 50%.
• Password Policies – Allows you to setup minimum password policy/rule, to force your users to enter passwords with proper length and mix of characters, so they will be harder to crack. Options include: minimum password length, forcing of lower case, upper case, numeric and symbol characters, independently.
• Password Profiles – You can setup password profiles and then you can select them from the dropdown during password entry, thus enabling higher productivity. It works both in Encryption and Decryption, for all modes supported.
• File Wipe – Wipes your temporary files by using DoD 5220.22-M suggested methods for clearing and sanitizing information on a writable media. You can select between 1, 3 and 7 passes.

Изменения в программе PowerArchiver 13.00.25 RC2 (13.07.2012):

• Improved 64bit shell extensions – Made sure that 32bit and 64bit shell extensions operate exactly the same.
• Improved GZ support – Improved GZIP support.
• Improved FTP SSL/TLS support – Improved support for explicit FTP/SSL, when there is no separate data channel for encrypted files (in Backup).
• Translation Improvements – Russian and other translations have been updated.
• Various fixes and improvements (over 10)! – Various small improvements.

Изменения в программе PowerArchiver 13.00.24 RC1 (27.06.2012):

• Improved GZ support – Improved GZIP support.
• Improved RAR support – Improved RAR support (deleting files from archive).
• Improved FTP SSL/TLS support – Improved support for explicit FTP/SSL, when there is no separate data channel for encrypted files.
• Improved Archive Converter – Now keeps encryption when converted encrypted archives, such as from ZIP to 7-zip.
• Translation Improvements – German and other translations have been updated.
• Various fixes and improvements (over 10)! – Based on your feedback, PA Team worked hard to push RC1 out of the door.

Изменения в программе PowerArchiver 13.00.15 Beta 2 (29.05.2012):

• Various fixes and improvements (over 25)!

Изменения в программе PowerArchiver 13.00.15 Beta 1 (25.05.2012):

File list color coding – Background color of file list columns changed based on file size, compression ratio, file type. Completely configurable. Button on status bar for easy on/off.
• Enhancements of Modern/Ribbon interface – Active tabs based on file currently clicked on (Preview tab currently).
• Easy/Advanced Ribbon interface options – new Easy option for interface that removes less used tabs to make it easier for new users to start using PowerArchiver. Button on status bar for easy on/off.
• RAR Compression support – PowerArchiver will use WinRar to compress to RAR within PowerArchiver interface.
• RAR Extraction improved – 5% speed improvement on RAR extraction, up to 15% faster than WR 4.x, 30%+ over WR 3.9x.
• New Explorer mode for reading archives – New mode that shows paths as folders but does not display contents of hard drive, set as default option.
• Redesigned Shell Interface – easier to use, easier to view.
• Encrypted Icon – Added encrypted icon to the file list, for easier recognition of encrypted files inside archive.
• Improved look of various windows – such as progress bar, etc, matching Win8 look more.
• Wiki Help by default – converted help to Wiki online system, enabling better search, better translations for the future and user interactions. Offline help pack will be available.
• Single version – Multilingual, improvements – From now on, PowerArchiver will be distributed only as Multilingual software, with over 20+ translations. Due to compression improvements and online help, multilingual version has been reduced in size by almost 50%.
• Password Policies – Allows you to setup minimum password policy/rule, to force your users to enter passwords with proper length and mix of characters, so they will be harder to crack. Options include: minimum password length, forcing of lower case, upper case, numeric and symbol characters, independently.
• Password Profiles – You can setup password profiles and then you can select them from the dropdown during password entry, thus enabling higher productivity. It works both in Encryption and Decryption, for all modes supported.
• File Wipe – Wipes your temporary files by using DoD 5220.22-M suggested methods for clearing and sanitizing information on a writable media. You can select between 1, 3 and 7 passes.

Изменения в программе PowerArchiver 12.12.03 (27.03.2012):

• Improved TAR handling – Improved behavior when working with large TAR archives.
• Improved rename box – Consistent size between different dialogues, F2 now activates rename file inside archive dialogue.
• Improved Windows 8 support – Small improvements for Windows 8 Consumer Preview support.
• Modern interface and backup option – Modern interface will now allow backup for Professional users.
• Better Unicode compatibility with PAOP – Added improved Unicode compatibility for interaction with PAOP for new PAOP release 2.20.05.