WinRAR: An Advanced Archiving Utility
WinRAR stands out as a leading archiving software, proficient in handling RAR and ZIP formats while also supporting a multitude of other archive types including CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, 7Z, and Z archives. Its compression algorithm consistently produces smaller archive sizes compared to other utilities, resulting in significant savings on disk space and transmission costs.
This robust tool incorporates strong encryption using the AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) with a 128-bit key, ensuring your data remains secure. WinRAR can manage files and archives that scale up to an impressive 8, 589 billion gigabytes. Furthermore, it offers functionalities such as creating self-extracting archives and multi-volume archives, along with recovery records and recovery volumes that help reconstruct archives even in cases of physical damage.
Highlighted Features in WinRAR 7.11
- When utilizing the “Add to archive…”command from the Explorer context menu for multiple archives, WinRAR now suggests a more intuitive default name for a new archive (arc1_rar.rar), as opposed to the previous version that incorrectly proposed updating an existing archive.
Recent Bug Fixes
- The updated version rectifies issues in solid archives that had folders preceding file records, preserving the original positions during updates instead of shifting them to the end.
- Extraction of files from CAB archives now overrides existing files correctly, preventing leftover data from larger existing files from contaminating the extracted file.
- When using an SFX module stored within a compression profile, the module is now appropriately matched with the selected archive format, resolving prior misalignment issues.
- Selecting byte values from the “Split to volumes, size” field now auto-sets the units to bytes correctly, improving user interface functionality.
- In cases where the SFX “TextDone”command was linked with “Silent”and “TempMode”commands, the completion message is ensured to display correctly, avoiding conflicts with open windows.
- The software has addressed an issue concerning symlinks that point to executables, ensuring that executable Mark of the Web data is no longer disregarded.
- Special thanks to Shimamine Taihei of Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc.for identifying and reporting this issue.
Download WinRAR
To experience the latest features and improvements, download the 64-bit version of WinRAR (3.6 MB – Shareware).
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