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 WinRAR 3.90 in Windows 7 |
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| Developer(s) | Eugene Roshal, Alexander Roshal |
| Initial release | 1995 |
| Stable release | 3.91 (2009-12-15) [+/−] |
| Preview release | [+/−] |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, Linux (Wine required for GUI), OS/2 |
| Available in | Multilingual (46+ languages) |
| Development status | Current |
| Type | File archiver |
| License | Commercial, Proprietary, Shareware |
| Website | Primary: www.rarlab.com Secondary: www.win-rar.com |
WinRAR is a popular shareware file archiver and data compression utility developed by Eugene Roshal, and first released around 1995.[1] It is one of the few applications that is able to create RAR archives natively, because the encoding method is held to be proprietary.
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Developer
The current developer is Eugene Roshal, while his brother Alexander Roshal is engaged in running the business behind the software.[2]
Features
WinRAR supports the following features:
- Complete support for RAR (WinRAR native conversion format) and ZIP archives, and unpacking of ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, EXE, 7z, and Z archives. Future versions of WinRAR are planned to include 7z creation.[3]
- The ability to create self-extracting and multi-volume (split) archives.
- Data redundancy is provided via recovery records and recovery volumes, allowing reconstruction of damaged archives.
- Support for advanced NTFS file system options and Unicode in file names.
- Optional archive encryption using AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) with a 128-bit key.
Version history
Below is a summary of version information. Version 2.00 was released on 6 September 1996
- Since version 2.90, the new RAR3 archive format is implemented. The new compressed archives cannot be managed by old versions of WinRAR.
- Since version 3.50, WinRAR adds support for interface skins and themes and support Windows XP x64.[4]
- Since version 3.60, WinRAR includes a multithreaded version of the compression algorithm, which improves compression speed on systems with multiple, dual-core, or Hyper-threading-enabled CPUs.
- Since version 3.70, WinRAR features support for Windows Vista.[5]
- Since version 3.80, support for ZIP archives, which contain Unicode file names in UTF-8.[6]
- Since version 3.90, WinRAR adds support Windows x64 natively and support Windows 7.[7]
WinRAR Unplugged
WinRAR Unplugged is a portable version of WinRAR that does not require installation or create dependencies on the host computer.
Cost
- $30 (U.S. Dollars)
See also
References
- ^ "WinRAR v1.54 for Windows 3.x". Oldapps.com. http://www.oldapps.com/winrar.php?old_winrar=1. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
- ^ WinRAR 3.40 release notes by Eugene Roshal (Russian)
- ^ "Best Archive Tool - DonationCoder.com". DonationCoder.com<!. 2005-09-05. http://www.donationcoder.com/Reviews/Archive/ArchiveTools/index.html. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
- ^ "WinRAR download and support. WinRAR is a powerful Windows tool to compress and decompress zip, rar and many other formats: Knowledge Base". Win-rar.com. http://www.win-rar.com/index.php?id=24&kb=1&kb_article_id=191. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
- ^ "WinRAR download and support. WinRAR is a powerful Windows tool to compress and decompress zip, rar and many other formats: WinRAR 3.70 beta 1 Released". Win-rar.com. 2007-01-10. http://www.win-rar.com/447.html. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
- ^ "WinRAR archiver, a powerful tool to process RAR and ZIP files". Rarlab.com. http://www.rarlab.com/. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
- ^ "WinRAR archiver, a powerful tool to process RAR and ZIP files". Rarlab.com. http://www.rarlab.com/rarnew.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
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