RAR is a general purpose archiving and compression program competing with/replacing programs such as PKZip, ARJ, and others. RAR offers significantly improved compression ratios, easier use and a cheaper price as well as supporting long file names, disk spanning, and self-extracting file creation.
Changes in Current Version:
Console rar.exe executed from NT service is continuing to run after user's logoff
Encryption algorithm is changed to AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) with 128 bit key length
"Wizard" command helps novice users to perform basic archive operations in simple, step by step mode. Just click on Wizard button on the toolbar and choosean operation which you want to perform
"Send archive by email" option in the "Files" part of archiving dialog. Your email program must support MAPI interface,otherwise this option will not work
WinRAR adds "Compress and email" item to Explorer context menu
"My Network Places" item is added to WinRAR address bar
WinRAR uses new visual styles of Windows XP controls
WinRAR recognizes and processes TAR @LongLink records
