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- WinRAR - What's new in the latest version
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- Version 3.60 beta 1
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- 1. Multithreaded version of RAR compression algorithm improves
- the compression speed on computers with several CPU,
- dual core CPU and processors with hyperthreading technology.
- Multithreading is enabled by default, but you can disable it
- in "General" part of "Settings" dialog.
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- In the command line mode you can control multithreading with
- -mt<threads> switch.
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- 2. WinRAR can display the folder tree panel allowing to navigate
- in disk and archive folders. Use "Options/Folder tree" submenu
- to enable the folder tree. It can be configured separately
- in file and archive management modes.
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- Folder tree replaces "Browse for folder" command previously
- available in "File" menu and uses its Ctrl+T keyboard shortcut.
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- 3. Now WinRAR "Rename" command also works with ZIP archives.
- Previous versions could rename files only in RAR archives.
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- 4. Added decompression of LZH archives created with "-lh7-" algorithm.
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- 5. New "Remove duplicate folders from extraction path" option
- in "Settings/Compression" dialog.
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- If this option is on and you unpack an archive which root folder
- has no files and only one 'somename' folder and if destination
- folder is new or empty and also ends with '/somename', WinRAR
- will exclude one 'somename' from resulting 'somename/somename' path.
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- 6. New "Define volume sizes..." button in "Settings/Compression".
- This button activates "Define volume sizes" dialog. Here you
- can customize the list of predefined volume sizes associated
- with "Split to volumes, bytes" field in archiving dialog.
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- 7. Speed of RAR general compression increased for some data types.
- Depending on data type and size the gain may achieve 5 - 15%.
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- 8. New "Rename automatically" option in the extraction dialog
- and command line -or switch to rename extracted files automatically
- if file with the same name already exists. You can also enable
- the auto-renaming mode directly from the overwrite confirmation
- prompt with "Rename All" button.
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- Renamed files will get names like 'filename(N).txt',
- where 'filename.txt' is the original file name and 'N' is a number.
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- 9. "Set modification time" option in "Advanced" part of extraction
- dialog is accessible also for ZIP archives. Previously it could be
- changed only for RAR archives.
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- 10. "Multithreading" option added to "Benchmark and hardware test"
- command, so you can compare performance of usual and multithreaded
- versions of RAR compression algorithm.
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- 11. New 'ch' (change archive parameters) command line mode command.
- Its purpose is to apply switches like -av, -tl and -cl to archive.
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- 12. New 'cv' command line mode command. It provides the command line
- interface to WinRAR "Convert archives" command. It is supported
- only by winrar.exe, not by rar.exe.
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- 13. New command line -sl<size> and -sm<size> switches to set size
- limits of processing files.
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- 14. New command line -fcu[file] switch allows to read archive
- comments from Unicode files. It also modifies behavior
- of "cw" command, setting the comment output format to Unicode.
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- 15. 7Z added to list of formats stored without compression
- when using -ms switch without a parameter.
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- 16. Switch -e[+]<attr> is now supported by most of command line
- operations including extracting and deleting files. Previously
- it was supported by only archiving command.
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- 17. It is allowed to use environment variables in archive name
- in archiving dialog, in destination path in extraction dialog,
- in folder names on "Compression" and "Paths" pages in WinRAR
- settings. For example, you can enter '%temp%' in "Folder for
- temporary files" field.
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- Version 3.51
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- 1. Bugs fixed:
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- a) fixed two vulnerabilities, which could be exploited with
- specially crafted ACE and UUE/XXE archives;
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- b) previous version did not delete some of temporary files;
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- c) WinRAR could crash when processing very long (more than
- 1024 characters) archive name parameter in the command line.
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- Version 3.50
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- 1. Now it is possible to change WinRAR's look by installing
- interface themes. Theme files are available on
- http://www.rarlab.com/themes.htm
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- Theme files are RAR archives, just open them in WinRAR to install.
- You can manage installed themes using "Options/Themes" menu.
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- 2. WinRAR supports decompression of ZIP archives created using
- Zip64 format extension. Zip64 was introduced to remove
- original ZIP format limitations on archived file size.
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- 3. Added support of multivolume (multipart) CAB archives.
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- 4. New options in "Advanced" part of extraction dialog:
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- a) "Delete archive" options allow to delete extracted archives;
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- b) "Check authenticity information" option controls processing
- of authenticity information in RAR archives.
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- 5. "Wait if other WinRAR copies are active" option
- in "Advanced" parts of archiving and extraction dialogs.
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- If enabled, it waits while other WinRAR copies are creating,
- modifying or unpacking an archive and starts the operation
- only when other WinRAR tasks are complete. If you are going
- to perform several archiving or decompressing tasks, such queued
- execution can help to reduce the amount of disk seeks and improve
- overall performance.
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- 6. WinRAR is able to integrate to Windows context menus also
- on Windows x64 systems.
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- 7. SFX modules:
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- a) SFX modules are not compressed by UPX anymore, so they are
- larger now. UPX compression caused numerous false alerts
- by antivirus software. If you wish to use compressed modules,
- you can get UPX from http://upx.sourceforge.net and compress
- *.sfx files in WinRAR folder;
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- b) The default SFX logo can be replaced by a custom bitmap file.
- You can do it either with "Load SFX logo from the file" option
- in "Text and icon" part of "Advanced SFX options" dialog
- or using -iimg<name> command line switch. Note that -iimg is not
- supported by console RAR, only GUI WinRAR recognizes it.
- This option is not supported in Windows 95, 98 and Me.
- Also you cannot use it if you compressed SFX modules by UPX.
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- c) It is possible to specify user defined SFX icons larger than
- 32x32 and with any color depth. Like the previous item,
- this improvement is valid only if SFX modules are not compressed
- by UPX and your operating system is not Windows 9x/Me;
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- d) DOS.SFX module moved to RAR/DOS32 distributive. If you need
- to create DOS SFX archives using WinRAR, just copy DOS.SFX
- to WinRAR folder.
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- 8. "Wizard" command allows to specify a password when creating
- or updating an archive.
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- 9. Previous WinRAR versions unpacked the complete archive contents
- if the user pressed Enter or double clicked on *.exe, *.htm and
- *.html files. Now it is possible to define file masks to unpack
- everything for. Such masks can be entered on the "Viewer" page
- of the "Settings" dialog. For example, if you wish to unpack only
- a file under the cursor when you double click on archived HTML file,
- remove "*.htm *.html" from this field.
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- 10. Additional file name extensions for archive formats supported
- by WinRAR can be specified in the "User defined archive extensions"
- field on the "Integration" page of the "Settings" dialog. For example,
- if you have files with ".001" extension, which are in RAR format,
- you can enter "001" here to associate WinRAR with such files.
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- 11. New "Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color" option
- in "File list" page of "Settings" dialog.
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- 12. New "Lock toolbars" option in "General" page of "Settings" dialog
- and in the menu displayed after clicking the right mouse button
- on the toolbar. "Lock toolbars" prevents accidental toolbar moving
- or resizing.
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- 13. "Repair" and "Extract" commands replace invalid characters
- (colon, question mark, etc.) by underscore also in file names
- in ZIP archives. Previously WinRAR did it only for RAR archives.
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- 14. New -n<mask> and -n@<listfile> switches set additional include
- filters, so only files matching the mask will be processed.
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- 15. New -id[c,d,p,q] switch. Additionally to previously available
- -idp switch (disable percentage indicator), switches -idc, -idd
- and -idq instruct the console RAR to hide the copyright message,
- "Done" message and all information messages.
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- 16. Switch -e+<attr> allows to specify file include attributes mask.
- For example, you can use -e+h switch to compress only hidden files.
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- 17. Switch -ver[n] supports the optional 'n' parameter also when
- archiving. It limits the maximum number of file versions.
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- 18. If the short name of an already existing file is equal to the long
- name of an unpacking file, WinRAR changes the short name of the already
- existing file before unpacking. In such situation previous versions
- prompted to overwrite the existing file even though long file names
- were not equal.
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- 19. Security changes:
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- a) WinRAR shell does not allow to run *.pif files. Archived PIF
- files is one of typical ways for computer viruses to distribute;
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- b) WinRAR shell does not allow to run files having 5 or more
- continuous spaces in the name. For example, "calc.txt .exe".
- Viruses frequently add such spaces to confuse users and hide
- the real extension. WinRAR shell removes these continuous spaces
- except first and last also when displaying names of such files
- in the file list.
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- 20. In Windows XP WinRAR highlights the sorted column in the file list
- using the different color, like it is done in Windows Explorer.
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- Version 3.42
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- 1. Fixed a buffer overflow bug in WinRAR GUI "Delete" command,
- which could cause a crash when deleting a file in a corrupt
- archive.
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- Version 3.41
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- 1. Bugs corrected in this version:
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- a) when adding new files to an already existing RAR solid archive,
- RAR 3.40 compression ratio was lower than in RAR 3.30;
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- b) WinRAR "Repair" command could crash when repairing
- a corrupt ZIP archive.
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- 2. If archived Unicode name is invalid, RAR 'l' and 'v' commands
- display ASCII file name instead of corrupt Unicode.
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- Version 3.40
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- 1. "Fastest" (-m1) RAR compression method has been modified
- to provide much higher compression speed and lower ratio.
- It may be useful for tasks requiring the high speed like
- regular backups.
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- You may increase "Fastest" speed even more selecting 64KB
- compression dictionary instead of default 4MB.
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- 2. WinRAR is able to decompress archives created by Unix 'compress'
- tool (.Z files). Like GZIP and BZIP2 archives, WinRAR opens
- tar.Z and .taz files in one step, so users do not need to
- unpack .tar manually.
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- 3. WinRAR is able to decompress archives created by 7-Zip
- (.7z files). "Find" command is not supported for this
- archive type.
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- 4. New "Security" dialog in WinRAR settings:
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- a) "File types to exclude from extracting" option to prevent
- extracting of potentially dangerous files like .exe, .scr
- and .pif;
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- b) "Propose to select virus scanner" option modifies behavior
- of "Scan archive for viruses" command. You may turn it off
- if you wish to skip the virus scanner selection dialog.
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- 5. New command line switch -ep3 allows to save and restore
- full file paths including the drive letter.
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- WinRAR shell equivalent of -ep3 switch are options
- "Store full paths including drive letter" in "Files/File paths"
- page of archiving dialog and "Extract absolute paths"
- in "Advanced/File paths" page of extracting dialog.
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- 6. You may select and compress disks directly in "My Computer"
- view in WinRAR shell. Just choose "My Computer" in WinRAR
- address bar, select disks to compress and press "Add".
- If you selected more than one item, WinRAR will automatically
- set "Store full paths including drive letter" archiving mode.
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- 7. If you have selected several disks in Windows Explorer "My Computer"
- view and started archiving from the context menu, WinRAR will
- automatically set the "Store full paths including drive letter"
- mode when compressing them.
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- 8. New command line switch -oc to restore NTFS "Compressed" attribute
- when extracting files. RAR always saves "Compressed" attribute
- when creating an archive, but does not restore it unless -oc switch
- has been specified.
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- WinRAR shell equivalent of -oc switch is "Set attribute Compressed"
- option in "Advanced" part of extracting dialog.
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- 9. Starting from this version RAR volumes contain the volume number
- field.
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- If the archive was created by WinRAR 3.40 or newer, you may
- view the volume number in the top line of "Info" dialog
- and in the address bar.
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- In the command line mode the volume number is displayed
- by 'L' and 'V' commands in the line with the total volume
- information.
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- This feature may be useful if original volume names are lost
- and you need to rename volumes to correct names.
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- 10. Commands 'L' and 'V' display NTFS "Compressed" attribute
- in archive listing.
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- 11. Switch -ag may include an optional text enclosed in '{' and '}'
- characters. This text is inserted into the archive name.
- For example: -agHH{hours}MM{minutes}
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- Same feature is supported in the "Generate archive name by mask"
- field of WinRAR archiving dialog.
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- 12. If switch -ac is specified, RAR will not reset the "Archive"
- attribute of those files, which size or modification time
- was changed after starting the archiving operation.
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- So files modified after placing them to an archive and before
- clearing "Archive" attribute, will be included in next incremental
- backup. The same is true for WinRAR "Clear attribute "Archive"
- after compressing" GUI option.
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- 13. If you use the "Add to favorites" command inside of an archive
- subfolder, WinRAR will save the subfolder and restore it
- when accessing this favorite item. Previous versions were able to
- restore only the root archive folder.
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- 14. When editing archived files, WinRAR proposes to update them
- immediately after detecting that file was changed. Previous
- versions waited until an external editor terminates before
- updating a changed file.
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- 15. If you drop an archive to the WinRAR address bar or toolbar,
- WinRAR will display its contents even if an other archive
- is opened right now. Previous versions proposed to add a dropped
- archive to browsing one.
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- You may still drop an archive to WinRAR file list if you
- need to add it to browsing archive.
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- 16. Corrected processing of corrupt LZH archives to exclude
- a possible crash when reading corrupt LZH file headers.
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- 17. RAR and WinRAR display the operation progress while
- repairing an archive containing the recovery record.
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