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Portable Universal Extractor Changelog

What's new in Portable Universal Extractor 1.6.1 Revision 11

Jun 12, 2017
  • Updated InnoUnp to 0.44

New in Portable Universal Extractor 1.6.1 (May 12, 2010)

  • 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

New in Portable Universal Extractor 1.5 (Jun 2, 2008)

  • Added filetype signature scanning via TrID; no longer dependent on extensions
  • Added support for Adobe Reader 7.x and 8.x installers
  • Added support for Base64, Quoted-Printable, UUencoded, and yEnc files via uudeview
  • Added support for Gentee, Installer VISE, and SetupFactory installers via cmdTotal InstallExplorer
  • Added support for InstallShield 3.x SFX installers via stix
  • Added support for InstallShield 5.x CAB files via i5comp
  • Added support for Itsy packages (.ipk)
  • Added support for Outlook Express (DBX) archives via cmdTotal DBX Plugin
  • Added support for Pea archives
  • Added support for SIS (SymbianOS) installers via cmdTotal PDunSIS
  • Added support for StuffIt packages (.sit, but not .sitx)
  • Added support for Windows Installer patch (.msp) files via 7-zip and cmdTotal MSI Plugin
  • Added support for Zoo archives via booz
  • Added support for files without an extension (eg, unknown files)
  • Added /noappendext, /noremovedupe, /noremovetemp parameters to installer
  • Added .dbx, .msp, .pea, and .sit file associations to installer
  • Added Polish, Russian, and Slovak translations
  • Fixed bug that prevented extraction of UPXed Zip and 7-Zip installers
  • Fixed bug in Inno Setup installer detection
  • Fixed potential file output bug in some installers, mainly InstallShield
  • Fixed ACE SFX error handling to continue processing if extraction fails
  • Fixed InstallShield cache mode handling to prevent hangs
  • Removed 'i6comp by group' option for InstallShield cabs
  • Removed expand.exe in favor of using 7-Zip for Microsoft Compressed files
  • Removed .in_, .oc_, .sr_, .1, .bin, .imf, .lib, and .wz file associations from installer
  • Updated UniExtract to scan signatures by default; extensions used as backup
  • Updated UniExtract to display icon in system tray during extraction
  • Updated UniExtract to select Cancel by default on PEiD and log prompts
  • Updated UniExtract internationalization support to simplify translation
  • Updated UniExtract with many code changes to increase robustness, simplicity, and efficiency wherever possible
  • Updated support for Inno Setup, NSIS, Wise Installer, and InstallShield via cmdTotal InstallExplorer
  • Updated ACE support to include non-PE ACE SFX archives
  • Updated BIN/CUE support with better conversion support and validation
  • Updated InstallShield 3.x archives support by adding STIX extraction option
  • Updated InstallShield CAB support to display progress dialog
  • Updated InstallShield cache extraction to support multiple nested MSIs
  • Updated InstallShield cache extraction to better detect installer window
  • Updated InstallShield support to provide choice of isxunpack or cache mode
  • Updated MHTML support to include option for extraction via cmdTotal MHT Packer Plugin
  • Updated Wise Installer support to include non-PE Wise installers
  • Updated Wise Installer support to include unzip option
  • Updated Wise Installer support to append missing file extensions
  • Updated Wise Installer support to provide option for removing temporary files
  • Updated Microsoft SFX CAB support for better detection and robustness
  • Updated Windows Installer support to append missing file extensions
  • Updated Windows Installer support to include option for extraction via cmdTotal MSI Packer Plugin
  • Updated AutoIt to 3.2.2.0
  • Updated bin2iso to 1.95
  • Updated Inno Setup to 5.1.9
  • Updated UnRAR to 3.62