Recent changes to tickets

#910 PeaZip can't handle symbolic links

2026-04-18T05:10:49.622000Z

Thanks for taking your time for answering!

But changing default behavior for new options is literally pulling the rug on users.

Anyway, keep the great work on PeaZip.

(Windows) Some shortcuts not working with Menu bar disabled

2026-04-09T12:02:34.575000Z

Hi,

congratulations on the 11.0.0 release and thanks for the updates.

It seems that some shortcuts stop working when the Menu bar is disabled. Especially shortcuts using modifier keys seem to be affected, like Ctrl+A, Shift+F5 or Alt+F3.
Interestingly, some work without problem, like Alt+1 or Alt+Up. Others like F3, F5 or F9 also work fine.

Steps to reproduce:

Disable Menu bar (via Style menu or Alt+1 shortcut).
Try the shortcuts.

My PeaZip version: PeaZip 11.0.0 - Win64 Build, x86_64
My OS version: Windows 11 Home, 25H2, Build 26200.7623

Cheers

Issues with arc format

2026-04-03T04:14:55.321000Z

Files compressed using the arc format and those compressed using freearc have inconsistent compression ratios, with freearc producing smaller files

#910 PeaZip can't handle symbolic links

2026-03-14T07:58:06.218000Z

The way to handle links is now available as option in the Advanced tab of archive creation screen.
In the options group on the right you can find the checkbox to save symbolic links as links (default on) and to save hard links as links (default off).

PeaZip can't handle symbolic links

2026-03-14T05:05:48.569000Z

Versions of PeaZip after 10.3.0 on Windows can't handle symbolic links properly.

Drag and drop or menu additions of linked files or folders result in a 0~2KB file.

Tested the following versions of portable Peazip on Windows 10 x64:

10.9.0
10.6.0
10.5.0
10.4.0
10.3.0 --> last working version.

#909 What does peazip command line option -ext2openpwtest do ?

2026-02-16T18:52:18.283000Z

Program's error reporting it is not based in setting an exitcode when closing, rather there are specific interactive, human readable error messages (and logs if applicable) for each operation performed in the GUI.
I could consider in adding exitcodes to single purpose functions (like the one triggered by the switch), where the program is expected to run a single task and exit.

#909 What does peazip command line option -ext2openpwtest do ?

2026-02-16T16:24:34.653000Z

Ok.
What about exit code of (linux) Peazip program ? Always = 0 ?
Regards.

#909 What does peazip command line option -ext2openpwtest do ?

2026-02-16T13:33:55.659000Z

It was a legacy switch, no longer supported, I'll update documentation accordingly in the next release.
It was an internal method used to test correctness of a password for the input archive, now superseded by a more efficient routine, and it was also made available as CLI switch.

What does peazip command line option -ext2openpwtest do ?

2026-02-16T12:53:21.100000Z

Hi, what does peazip command line option -ext2openpwtest really do ?
The documentation says :

-ext2openpwtest requires password as paramstr(2) (always delimited) and archive’s full name as paramstr(3): try to list the archive and terminate with exit code 0 if archive is not encrypted, 1 if it is encrypted, 2 if it is non readable (corrupted or with encrypted file list), -1 if archive is not found.

(I guess paramstr(2) and (3) are arguments of command line.)

peazip -ext2openpwtest "mypassword" `realpath myfile.pea`

always exits code 0 or shows me a peazip add to archive window with those files to add : "mypassword" and "/home/test/test_peazip/myfile.pea".

Is my command line mal-formatted ? How does -ext2openpwtest work and what does it really mean ?

Best regards

#908 Window height grows automatically with Menu bar disabled

2026-02-15T09:26:23.167000Z

Thank you for reporting the issue.
I've now fixed it for next release.