Version history Universal Extractor

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Changes from v1.5 -> v1.6

• Added support for individual user preferences for better Vista support; by default, this is enabled for standalone, disabled for installed when enabled, UniExtract uses single .ini file as with previous version when disabled, individual prefs/history are saved to registry in HKCU this can be changed by modifying globalprefs setting in .ini file
• Added menu bar to main GUI; includes options to quit, edit preferences, and visit UniExtract website
• Added separate preferences GUI to provide easy access to all options; can be invoked through Edit menu or through '/prefs' argument
• Added support for DiscJuggler CDI CD-ROM images via cdirip.exe
• Added support for FEAD Optimizer packages (eg, Adobe Reader installers)
• Added support for LZMA compressed files via lzma
• Added support for LZX compressed files via unlzx
• Added support for Nero NRG CD-ROM images (data only) via nrg2iso
• Added support for Reflexive Arcade installer wrapper via RAIU
• Added support for RoboForm installers
• Added support for WIM (Windows Imaging Format) images via 7-Zip
• Added "Not an InstallShield installer" option to InstallShield method select dialog to force UniExtract to handle TrID InstallShield false positives
• Added components section to installer; makes installation of docs, languages, and certain (large) binaries optional
• Added SendTo icon option to installer
• Added internationalization support for decompressed ASPack and UPX files
• Added Croatian, Dutch, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Taiwanese, Turkish, and Valencian (Catalan) translations
• Added return codes to indicated status of extraction (actually added in 1.5):
• 0 = successful exit or user-initiated cancel
• 1 = supposedly supported file, but extraction failed
• 2 = debug file is not writable, aborted
• 3 = unknown executable - cannot be extracted
• 4 = unknown filetype - cannot be extracted
• 5 = invalid output directory specified
• Fixed bug that displayed debugging message box during Inno Setup extraction
• Fixed bug in InstallShield CAB file support; now properly extracts files with spaces in the filename
• Fixed support for (non-tar) gzip files
• Fixed support for Microsoft hotfixes (again)
• Fixed support for relative paths
• Fixed support for UNC paths
• Fixed missing Spanish language option during installation
• Removed support for Windows 9x due to new Unicode version of AutoIt; 9x was never officially supported, but it will not even execute now
• Removed Adobe-specific report (now handled by generic FEAD support)
• Updated UniExtract to prompt user before executing files for extraction; can be disabled via warnexecute option
• Updated UniExtract to make ACE, KGB, Pea, and StuffIt support optional
• Updated UniExtract to read English.ini from root install directory
• Updated UniExtract to output debug files to %temp% by default
• Updated UniExtract to verify that debug file location can be written to; user's temp directory will be used if selected dir fails test
• Updated UniExtract to disable appendext option by default
• Updated UniExtract changelog to add notice of Vietnamese translation in 1.5
• Updated TrID detection of MS Self-Extracting CAB (Type 1) archives
• Updated TrID detection of Windows Installer (MSI) packages
• Updated TrID detection of Zip Self-Extracting archives
• Updated CD-ROM image support to bypass TrID detection and rely on extensions
• Updated Inno Setup support for increased detection reliability
• Updated Inno Setup support to extract all files, including renamed duplicates
• Updated UHARC support to detect and extract SFX files
• Updated Windows Install patch (.msp) to include pure 7-zip option
• Updated installer to use Start Menu icons page and include uninstall icon
• Updated installer language initialization code for simplicity
• Updated installer to require administrative privileges; non-admin users should use binary archive (portable) version, or use a copy installed by the system administrator
• Updated installer to require Windows NT-based systems; 9x will not work
• Updated installer to prevent association with CHM files under Vista
• Updated installer to support new /nowarnexecute paramater
• Updated installer to support reversed appendext default preference; now use /appendext to enable instead of /noappendext to disable
• Updated installer to add {app} in addition to {app}\bin to %PATH% if enabled; restores ability easily to call UniExtract.exe from command line
• Updated 7-Zip to 4.57
• Updated AutoIt to 3.2.10.0
• Updated innounp to 0.20
• Updated Inno Setup to 5.2.2
• Updated msi2xml to 2.2.1.957
• Updated Pea to 1.6 (cannot use newer version due to broken GUI controls)
• Updated UnRAR to 3.80
• Updated UPX to 3.03
• Updated bin2iso to 1.95

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