Version history for Universal Extractor
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Changes for v1.6 - v1.6.1
- Added support for environmental variables (eg., specify %temp% for debug dir)
- Added support for XZ compressed files and txz/tlz archives via 7-Zip
- Added support for Windows Installer merge modules (.msm) via MsiX
- Added support for NBH files via NBHextract
- Added translations for Armenian, Czeck, Persian (Farsi), Serbian, Swedish
- Changed 7-Zip unpacking behavior; now attempts brute force extraction only after External PEiD scan; change due to aggressive .exe resource extraction in new versions
- Changed Windows installer support (.msi, .msp) to use MsiX instead of msi2xml
- Changed LZMA support to use 7-Zip for extraction
- Changed FEAD support to use PEiD rather than TrID for detection
- Changed following formats to call 7z by name (also see 7-Zip debug comment): bz2, chm, gz, tar, Z this is mostly for code cleanup; functionality should be the same
- Fixed InstallShield 5.x regression in 1.6 preventing successful extraction
- Fixed bug in extraction of non-TAR LZW compressed files
- Fixed bug that prevented picking files after toggling history option
- Fixed bug in display of history combo boxes when no items listed
- Fixed cosmetic bug in Visual C++ SFX status dialog
- Fixed cosmetic bug in status dialogs due to extra padding by AutoIt
- Removed lzma helper binary
- Removed msi2xml helper binary and MSXML download link on MSI selection page
- Removed Windows NT 4.0 support from installer
- Removed debug output for 7-Zip, arj, hlp; buffers output, preventing proper user feedback and input prompts
- Updated success/fail detection to check output directory timestamp; can detect cases where files are overwritten, which old method missed; will still consider failed if user chooses not to overwrite files, or if all files are written to a subdirectory of the output directory
- Updated RPM and DEB support to extract interim CPIO and TAR files
- Updated FEAD support to workaround read-only permission issue
- Updated Zip support to log unzip output and permit minor reported unzip errors
- Updated PEiD detection of Microsoft SFX cab files for more reliable extraction
- Updated some UniExtract window sizes for better internationalization support
- Updated translations for Italian, Korean, Russian
- Updated 7-Zip to 9.13 beta
- Updated AutoIt to 3.3.6.1 and replaced deprecated _ArrayCreate UDF
- Updated InfoZip unzip to 6.0.0
- Updated Inno Setup to 5.3.9
- Updated innounp to 0.31 (supports Inno Setup 5.3.9)
- Updated InstallExplorer WCX to 0.9.2
- Updated MSI WCX to 1.2.1
- Updated PEiD to 0.95
- Updated UnRAR to 3.93
Changes for 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
