Universal Extractor 1.6 Beta / 1.5 Final

Universal Extractor descriptionUniversal Extractor is a program do to exactly what it says: extract files from any type of archiveUniversal Extractor is a program do to exactly what it says: extract files from any type of archive, whether it's a simple zip file, an installation program, or even a Windows Installer (.msi) package. This is still a work in progress, but so far it's proven quite useful and I feel others can also benefit from it.I should stress that Universal Extractor is not intended to be a general purpose archiving software. It will never replace WinRAR, 7-Zip, etc. What it will do is allow you to extract files from virtually any type of archive, regardless of source, compression method, etc.The original motivation behind this project was that I wanted an easy, convenient way to extract files from installation packages, such as Inno Setup or Windows Installer packages, without pulling up a command line every time. In the process I got a little carried away and ended up throwing in support for every kind of archive format I possibly could find. What's New in This Release:· 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 FEAD Optimizer packages (eg, Adobe Reader installers)· Added support for LZMA compressed files· Added support for Nero NRG CD-ROM images (data only) via nrg2iso· Added support for Reflexive Arcade installer wrapper via RAIU· 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 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 Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, 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 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 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 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}in to %PATH% if enabled; restores ability easily to call UniExtract.exe from command line· Updated 7-Zip to 4.52 beta· Updated innounp to 0.19· Updated Inno Setup to 5.1.13· Updated Pea to 1.6 (cannot use newer version due to broken GUI controls)· Updated UnRAR to 3.70· Updated UPX to 3.01

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