FreeArc Changelog

What's new in FreeArc 0.67 Alpha

May 25, 2012
  • Encryption support in sfx/unarc.exe/unarc.dll
  • Don't open cmd instance for external compressors
  • Option 'Do not show hidden files and folders' (like in Explorer) Usability
  • Extraction: answers no/skip/update are not handled properly
  • DisPack assertation failure for large file
  • File Type column in the GUI
  • v0.666 archive updating problems (updating archives made with -mex)
  • v0.666 SFX problems (extraction of SFX made with -mex)
  • Return self-explanatory error codes from unarc.dll
  • Replace Compression and Encryption tabs with dialog boxes
  • Option "Compress into separate archives" should respect "Output archive/dir" setting
  • FreeArc archives that include non-compressed zip/7z archives are recognized as zip/7z archives
  • Nothing work without log folder
  • Option "queue operations across multiple FreeArc copies"
  • Support for archive names containing UNC addresses
  • set archive time to:-> Latest file time under Archive Tab not working

New in FreeArc 0.666 (May 20, 2010)

  • New FreeArc version made break-through in compression efficiency! It is 1.5-2x faster than previous speed king - FreeArc 0.60. And 2-5x faster than best other compression programs (7-zip, WinRAR, WinZIP) for the same comrpession ratio. New FreeArc is as fast as hell - it's why we chosen such version number ;)
  • Now FreeArc is able to browse and extract archives of many kinds: zip, rar, 7-zip, cab, arj, lzh, gz, bz2... using brilliant 7-zip technology.
  • Documents and program may be run directly from archive, FreeArc will extract supplementary files if necessary.
  • All problems with Explorer integration has been solved.

New in FreeArc 0.60 (Dec 28, 2009)

  • Increased reliability is a key improvement of this version. We have fixed several problems causing program crashes and freezes. FreeArc has been made compatible with UAC and no more needs administrator privileges to run. Also we have improved memory handling so that decompression with 1+ gb dictionary no more fails due to memory fragmentation.
  • Support for huge dictionaries allows FreeArc to significantly outperform any other compressors on multi-gigabyte datasets, so installers for many huge programs now are built using InnoSetup+FreeArc. We have developed unarc.dll that allows to extract FreeArc archives directly from InnoSetup installers.
  • We have added Explorer integration (both 32-bit and 64-bit). Now, Explorer context menu provides commands to compress selected files/folders, extract archives, convert other archive formats to .arc and so on. Archive conversion facility is also available from FreeArc. It's provided by All2Arc program developed by Black_Fox, with help of 7zg by Igor Pavlov.
  • LZMA was updated to 9.07 version that improved speed by 10-20%%. Maximum compression mode was modified in order to allow decompression on computers with 1Gb RAM, new Ultra mode creates archives that need 2Gb RAM for decompression.
  • Finally, we have added License file clearly stating that FreeArc is free for any usage.

New in FreeArc 0.60 RC (Oct 7, 2009)

  • Fixed a lot of problems and bugs with memory usage, maximum compression, tempfiles etc
  • Explorer integration (right-click context menu items on archives, files and directories)
  • Conversion of non-FreeArc archives to FreeArc format using All2Arc utility by Black_Fox
  • Support for using FreeArc archives in InnoSetup installers
  • LZMA made 10-20% faster
  • Added Ultra compression mode with 1.5 gb dictionary