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History of Changes in PowerArchiver
Version 10.22 [January/2008]
Improvements:
- Improved storing of empty folders in TAR, LHA, BH formats.
- Small interface changes.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed Bug #79: Classic mode is now Screen Reader compatible.
- Fixed Bug #107: Open with .exe inside archive issue.
- Fixed Bug #135: .ppf and .psf associations are not working.
- Fixed Bug #146: convert does not save empty tar folders.
- Fixed Bug #94: Focus window issues.
- Fixed Bug #117: Displaying files with certain characters (TAR).
- Fixed Bug #151: Empty folders not shown in file list for certain formats.
- Fixed Bug #143: Compress shell Profiles not showing proper changes.
- Fixed Bug #151: Empty folders not shown in file list for certain formats.
- Minor other fixes and improvements.
Version 10.21 [November/2007]
Improvements:
- Improved speed of loading and closing in modern interface.
- Updated SFTP engine for better performance.
- Added snap-to/default action mouse support.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed Bug #56: Modern toolbar shows empty buttons.
- Fixed Bug #55: Skins can be enabled for Modern via configuration.
- Fixed Bug #67: Plugins do not work properly.
- Fixed Bug #60: Issues with TAR+99 characters.
- Fixed Bug #64: Strange FTP progress bar behavior.
- Fixed Bug #66: Updating ZIP PAE file shows zip encryption error.
- Fixed Bug #58: SFTP does not work with files over 100 MB.
- Fixed Bug #57: Improved installation of GDI+ on Win98/NT.
- Fixed Bug #68: Always use queue did not always ask for overwrite.
- Fixed Bug #69: Freeze if extracting file. when same name exists as folder
- Fixed Bug #70: QAT position does not get saved.
- Minor other fixes and improvements.
Version 10.20 [October/2007]
Improvements:
- Completly new Modern Interface, reworked to look better and more like Office 2007 interface.
- Tiny toolbar option, with minimal space usage.
- Hide toolbar completly option.
- QAT completly customizable, add any button to QAT.
- Support for Vista Aero transparency in Modern toolbar.
- Support for creating TAR archives with long filenames (GNU standard)
- Other minor improvements.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed Bug #43: Double-click to extract ñ taskbar shows 0%
- Fixed Bug #47: Canít update .doc file inside PAE
- Fixed Bug #50: incorrect date when extracting from specific tar.gz archive.
- Fixed Bug: #51: Progress bar doesnít show if file is unknown file type
- Fixed Bug: Adding file and folder via drag and drop.
- Fixed Bug: Testing results letters cut off.
- Minor other fixes and improvements
Version 10.10 [May 24, 2007]
- Added first configuration screen for interface selection
- Added PA Starter option in Configuration
- Changed Configuration interface to tabbed interface for better look and feel for older systems
- Updated 7-zip engine to latest version
- Updated Unrar engine to latest version
- Updated Direct Skin engine to latest version
- Other minor improvements
Version 10.01 [March 14, 2007]
- Improved Windows Vista support
- Fixed issue with Windows XP
- Improved language selection for translations
- Improved LZH engine
- Improved UNRAR engine
- Various minor improvements and changes
PowerArchiver 2007 - Version 10.0 [February 26, 2007]
Major Changes:
- Completely new "Modern" Interface
- Queue System (Add/Extract/Backup)
- PowerArchiver Starter - system tray application
- Support for transparent updating 7-Zip archives
- New Plug-in System - Total Commander Compatible
- Hybrid Shell Extensions
- 7-Zip SFX creation support
- True Multilanguage Edition
- Portions re-written in assembler like language
- Optimized speed, size and memory usage
Improvements:
- Improved Graphics and User Experience
- Improved Updating System
- Improved Progress Bar with Pause
- Enhanced Explorer View support
- Various minor updates and changes
Version 9.64 [December 11, 2006]
- Added full support for Windows Vista
- Skin Engine now supports Windows Vista
Version 9.63 [July 30, 2006]
- Now compatible with Windows Vista build 5472
- Updated 7-ZIP engine
- Updated ZIP engine
- Security issue fixed with zip engine
- Small fixes and improvements
Version 9.62 [May 2, 2006]
- Improved cancel in 7-Zip compress/extract
- Enabled multithreading mode for 7-Zip compression
- Added progress % to the progress bar caption and taskbar
- Several small improvements and fixes
Version 9.61 [Apr 19, 2006]
- Updated 7-Zip engine
- Updated UnAce engine
- Improvements to 7-Zip support
- Minor fixes and improvements
Version 9.6 [Apr 6, 2006]
- New DirectSkin skin engine for WindowBlinds skin compatibility
- Improved 7-Zip engine with faster and better compression
- Faster 7-Zip compression when compressing thousands of files
- Added support for opening 7-Zip archives with Unicode filename
- Added support for default shell extension profiles
- Improved shell extensions for Windows XP x64 Edition
- Added automatic alpha blending for the toolbar
- Optimize OpenOffice.org 2 files shell extension added
- Design improvements for several windows
- Fixed several smaller issues
Version 9.51 [Nov 29, 2005]
- 'Make Large ZIP File' option is now selected by default, in order to make it simpler for users
- Faster and smarter 7-Zip engine implemented for speed improvements
- Other minor fixes and improvements
PowerArchiver 2006 - Version 9.50 [Oct 24, 2005]
Major Changes:
- ISO reading/extracting support for formats: ISO, BIN, IMG and NRG
- Support for creating PAE SFX archives
- Updated PAE format with hiding filenames option
- Improved 7-ZIP support:
- Added support for AES encrypted 7z archives
- Added support for reading 7z multivolume archives
- Added support for creating 7z multivolume archives
- Added support for 7-Zip PPMd compression
- New DLL with improved compression methods
- Significantly faster compression with 7-Zip in some cases
- Full skinning support via PSF files - includes interface skins, toolbar skins, icons and customizable application settings
- SFTP (SSH FTP) support for secure FTP transfers
- Cool alert window in system tray
- Support for renaming files in BH, LHA and TAR archives
- Improved default toolbar skin (alpha-blended PNG)
- Improved security throughout application
- Hints implemented throughout the application
Improvements:
- Faster directory loading in archives - Explorer View Mode
- Drag & Drop on empty PowerArchiver window
- Faster Favorites window
- Explore view mode improvements: Column shading, color for highlighting archives, general pop-up menu
- Various other speed improvements
- Support for RAR comments
Bug Fixes:
- Extracting Japanese ZIP archives
- Various other fixes