WinRAR 3.50 Beta 1

**MIG-31** · Mar 31, 2005, 07:40 PM

RAR is a general purpose archiving and compression program competing with/replacing programs such as PKZip, ARJ, and others. It 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
-Change WinRAR's look by installing interface themes
-Supports decompression of ZIP archives created using Zip64 format extension
-Added support of multivolume (multipart) CAB archives
-New options in "Advanced" part of archiving dialog: ' "Delete archive" options allow to delete extracted archives ' and ' "Check authenticity information" option controls processing of authenticity information in RAR archives '
-"Wait if other WinRAR copies are active" option in "Advanced" parts of archiving and extraction dialogs
-SFX modules are not compressed by UPX anymore
-The default SFX logo can be replaced by a custom bitmap file
-It is possible to specify user defined SFX icons larger than 32x32 and with any color depth
-DOS.SFX module moved to RAR/DOS32 distributive
-"Wizard" command allows to specify a password when creating or updating an archive
-Now it is possible to define file masks to unpack everything for
-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
-New "Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color" option in "File list" page of "Settings" dialog
-New "Lock toolbars" option in "General" page of "Settings" dialog and in the menu displayed after clicking the right mouse button on the toolbar
-"Repair" and "Extract" commands replace invalid characters (colon, question mark, etc.) by underscore also in file names in ZIP archives
-New -n and -n@ switches set additional include filters, so only files matching the mask will be processed
-New -id[c,d,p,q] switch
-Switch -e+ allows to specify file include attributes mask
-Switch -ver[n] supports the optional 'n' parameter also when archiving
-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
-Security changes: WinRAR shell does not allow to run *.pif files
-Security changes: WinRAR shell does not allow to run files having 5 or more continuous spaces in the name
-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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Shaga · Mar 31, 2005, 08:56 PM

Awesome, best archiving tool around, try this if you doesn't use it already

I've been using this for many years. I tried sometimes 7zip but it doesn't have as good integrated tools for right mouseclick.

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Mar 31, 2005, 09:54 PM

best program, its free too pretty much.

studbagel9 · Mar 31, 2005, 10:40 PM

w00t. Like the two guys before me said, this program rocks!

nForcer · Apr 1, 2005, 04:48 AM

God if they'd ONLY add multi-threadding support.
Love to see ANY ... ANY compression program be compatible with more than 1 processor.
THAT would be a TRUE benchmark. Just crunching numbers - and as many as possible.

Mar 31, 2005, 07:40 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,854 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	WinRAR 3.50 Beta 1 RAR is a general purpose archiving and compression program competing with/replacing programs such as PKZip, ARJ, and others. It 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 -Change WinRAR's look by installing interface themes -Supports decompression of ZIP archives created using Zip64 format extension -Added support of multivolume (multipart) CAB archives -New options in "Advanced" part of archiving dialog: ' "Delete archive" options allow to delete extracted archives ' and ' "Check authenticity information" option controls processing of authenticity information in RAR archives ' -"Wait if other WinRAR copies are active" option in "Advanced" parts of archiving and extraction dialogs -SFX modules are not compressed by UPX anymore -The default SFX logo can be replaced by a custom bitmap file -It is possible to specify user defined SFX icons larger than 32x32 and with any color depth -DOS.SFX module moved to RAR/DOS32 distributive -"Wizard" command allows to specify a password when creating or updating an archive -Now it is possible to define file masks to unpack everything for -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 -New "Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color" option in "File list" page of "Settings" dialog -New "Lock toolbars" option in "General" page of "Settings" dialog and in the menu displayed after clicking the right mouse button on the toolbar -"Repair" and "Extract" commands replace invalid characters (colon, question mark, etc.) by underscore also in file names in ZIP archives -New -n and -n@ switches set additional include filters, so only files matching the mask will be processed -New -id[c,d,p,q] switch -Switch -e+ allows to specify file include attributes mask -Switch -ver[n] supports the optional 'n' parameter also when archiving -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 -Security changes: WinRAR shell does not allow to run .pif files -Security changes: WinRAR shell does not allow to run files having 5 or more continuous spaces in the name -In Windows XP WinRAR highlights the sorted column in the file list using the different color, like it is done in Windows Explorer _______________ Download: Betanews __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here*

Mar 31, 2005, 08:56 PM	#2
Shaga Intelligent Life Form Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nordic Region Posts: 383 Rep Power: 48 System Specs	Awesome, best archiving tool around, try this if you doesn't use it already I've been using this for many years. I tried sometimes 7zip but it doesn't have as good integrated tools for right mouseclick. __________________ Server: Currently Offline

Mar 31, 2005, 09:54 PM	#3
BiGBrOwNPimpsta HH's #1 Hustla and Pimp Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Dirty Dot Posts: 7,717 Rep Power: 107 System Specs	best program, its free too pretty much. __________________ Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music \| Logitech Z-5500 THX 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers \| 2 Lite-On 20x S-ATA Burners \| Logitech G700 Mouse \| Logitech MX5500 Bluetooth Keyboard

Mar 31, 2005, 10:40 PM	#4
studbagel9 Rolling the Hard Six Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lock Haven, PA Posts: 767 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	w00t. Like the two guys before me said, this program rocks! __________________

Apr 1, 2005, 04:48 AM	#5
nForcer Twice the fun! Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,404 Rep Power: 0	God if they'd ONLY add multi-threadding support. Love to see ANY ... ANY compression program be compatible with more than 1 processor. THAT would be a TRUE benchmark. Just crunching numbers - and as many as possible.