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byuu describes the changes since v067: This release officially introduces the accuracy and performance cores, alongside the previously-existing compatibility core. The accuracy core allows the most accurate SNES emulation ever seen, with every last processor running at the lowest possible clock synchronization level. The performance core allows slower computers the chance to finally use bsnes. It is capable of attaining 60fps in standard games even on an entry-level Intel Atom processor, commonly found in netbooks. The accuracy core is absolutely not meant for casual gaming at all. It is meant solely for getting as close to 100% perfection as possible, no matter the cost to speed. It should only be used for testing, development or debugging. The compatibility core is identical to bsnes v067 and earlier, but is now roughly 10% faster. This is the default and recommended core for casual gaming. The performance core contains an entirely new S-CPU core, with range-tested IRQs; and uses blargg's heavily-optimized S-DSP core directly. Although there are very minor accuracy tradeoffs to increase speed, I am confident that the performance core is still more accurate and compatible than any other SNES emulator. The S-CPU, S-SMP, S-DSP, SuperFX and SA-1 processors are all clock-based, just as in the accuracy and compatibility cores; and as always, there are zero game-specific hacks. Its compatibility is still well above 99%, running even the most challenging games flawlessly. If you have held off from using bsnes in the past due to its system requirements, please give the performance core a try. I think you will be impressed. I'm also not finished: I believe performance can be increased even further. I would also strongly suggest Windows Vista and Windows 7 users to take advantage of the new XAudio2 driver by OV2. Not only does it give you a performance boost, it also lowers latency and provides better sound by way of skipping an API emulation layer. Changelog: - Split core into three profiles: accuracy, compatibility and performance - Accuracy core now takes advantage of variable-bitlength integers (eg uint24_t) - Performance core uses a new S-CPU core, written from scratch for speed - Performance core uses blargg's snes_dsp library for S-DSP emulation - Binaries are now compiled using GCC 4.5 - Added a workaround in the SA-1 core for a bug in GCC 4.5+ - The clock-based S-PPU renderer has greatly improved OAM emulation; fixing Winter Gold and Megalomania rendering issues - Corrected pseudo-hires color math in the clock-based S-PPU renderer; fixing Super Buster Bros backgrounds - Fixed a clamping bug in the Cx4 16-bit triangle operation [Jonas Quinn]; fixing Mega Man X2 "gained weapon" star background effect - Updated video renderer to properly handle mixed-resolution screens with interlace enabled; fixing Air Strike Patrol level briefing screen - Added mightymo's 2010-08-19 cheat code pack - Windows port: added XAudio2 output support [OV2] - Source: major code restructuring; virtual base classes for processor - cores removed, build system heavily modified, etc.
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WinRAR - What's new in the latest version
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Version 3.80
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1. Added support for ZIP archives containing Unicode file names
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in UTF-8 format. When creating ZIP archive, WinRAR stores
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names in Unicode only if they cannot be stored correctly using
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the current single byte character set.
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2. Added decompression support for WinZip AES encrypted ZIP archives.
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3. Improved Unicode support for RAR and ZIP archive names.
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4. "Ask before overwrite" and "Skip existing files" update modes
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are now available in archiving dialog. They allow to specify
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WinRAR behavior when updating already existing files in archive.
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Unlike already available "Fresh existing files only" and
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"Add and update files", these new modes ignore file date
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and compare only file names.
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Command line equivalents of these modes are:
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a) switch -o enables "Ask before overwrite" archiving mode;
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b) switch -o- enables "Skip existing files" archiving mode;
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c) switch -o+ enables "Overwrite all" mode (default for archiving).
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5. New "Add to context menu" option in "Profile parameters" dialog.
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If this option is on, the profile name will be displayed in Explorer
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context menus allowing to activate a profile from context menu.
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6. New -cp<profile name> switch allows to select a compression profile
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in command line mode. It is supported only by GUI WinRAR.exe,
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not by rar.exe.
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7. New "Options" page of archiving dialog contains the group of
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settings modifying the behavior of "Delete files after archiving"
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option from "General" page:
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a) Delete files. Delete files normally like in previous WinRAR
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versions.
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b) Move files to Recycle Bin. Deleted files are placed to
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Recycle Bin.
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Command line equivalent of this option is -dr switch.
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c) Wipe files. Before deleting file data are overwritten by
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zero bytes to prevent recovery of deleted files.
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Command line equivalent of this option is -dw switch.
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All these options have an effect only if "Delete files
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after archiving" is on. You can enable any of these options
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in the default compression profile to change the default
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behavior of "Delete files after archiving".
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8. WinRAR "Extraction path and options" dialog is now resizable.
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You can use the mouse to drag its border to the desired size
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and provide more space for folder tree pane. WinRAR will store
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new dimensions of this dialog.
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9. New "Update" SFX script command and "Update mode" group
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of options in "Update" page of "Advanced SFX options" dialog.
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These command and options allow to check time and implement
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file time based updating;
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10. SFX script "Shortcut" command and "Add shortcut..." command
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in "Advanced SFX options" dialog now allow to specify
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an icon file containing an icon associated with shortcut.
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11. New "Wipe temporary files" option in "Settings/Security" dialog
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provides more secure, though slower, way to delete temporary
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WinRAR files.
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12. WinRAR and RAR display the total progress bar when unpacking
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a multivolume RAR archive if all volumes are present
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in the same folder.
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13. WinRAR and RAR automatically expand names of environment
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variables in list files. For example, a list file can contain
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lines like:
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%windir%\*.exe
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%USERPROFILE%\Desktop
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This feature is available only in Windows RAR version.
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14. Added support of TAR archives with non-zero "extra field" data.
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15. Added support of TAR archives, which does not contain
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the end of archive entry consisting of 512 zero bytes.
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16. Improved Unicode support when dragging files from WinRAR window.
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17. Shift+Tab key combination can be used in main WinRAR window to
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switch the input focus between interface elements (files, comment,
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tree, address) in reverse order. In previous versions Shift+Tab
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used the same order as Tab.
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18. Corrected a possible WinRAR crash when opening truncated
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UDF ISO files.
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Version 3.71
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1. Archive names in rar.log error log file always include
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the full path.
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2. WinRAR tray icon is compatible with high DPI display modes.
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3. If you modified a file in archive with encrypted names using
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an external editor, WinRAR will not ask for archive password again
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when prompting to update a file. It will use a password which
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you entered when opening an archive,
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4. Bugs fixed:
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a) switch -tl and "Set archive time to latest file time" option
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could fail in previous version. Sometimes they set archive time
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to current system time instead of latest file time;
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b) if -ag switch mask contained archive number, month and minute
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characters, WinRAR placed 'I' character instead of minute value
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into generated archive name for archive numbers exceeding 1;
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c) high ASCII names in ISO files using ISO 9660 format without
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Joliet format extension were displayed incorrectly;
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d) WinRAR could crash when decompressing some of corrupt RAR archives;
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e) if "Turn PC off when done" option was set in "Convert archives"
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command, WinRAR turned PC off after converting the first archive
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in selected group instead of after converting the entire group;
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f) if user specified a non-existent destination path in SFX archive
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in Vista, SFX could enter into infinite "create new SFX window"
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loop;
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g) WinRAR could fail to unpack an individual file from subfolder
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of ACE archive using the drag and drop.
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Version 3.70
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1. Numerous Windows Vista compatibility changes:
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a) help format changed from old HLP to newer HTML based CHM;
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b) GUI self-extracting modules attempt to request for
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administrator permissions if they cannot create destination
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folder under current user account;
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c) Log file rar.log and WinRAR theme files are stored
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in %APPDATA%\WinRAR folder instead of WinRAR program files folder.
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Exported settings file settings.reg is also stored
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in %APPDATA%\WinRAR folder by default, but it is possible to
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select another folder in "Save WinRAR settings" and "Load WinRAR
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settings" dialogs.
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WinRAR searches for registration key and settings.reg
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both in its program files folder and in %APPDATA%\WinRAR;
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It is possible to set the string value "AppData" in Registry key
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\Paths to override the default
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%appdata%\WinRAR path for WinRAR settings.
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For example, if you wish to store theme files in WinRAR folder,
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set this value to "c:\Program Files\WinRAR".
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d) Vista compatibility changes in WinRAR shell integration;
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e) New "Request administrative access" option in "Advanced" page
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of "Advanced SFX options" allows to create SFX archive,
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which will request the administrative access when started
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in Windows Vista.
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Command line equivalent of this option is -iadm switch.
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2. Added support for ISO 13346 (UDF) file format. This format
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is frequently used in ISO images of DVD disks.
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3. Added Unicode support for ISO 9660 files, so WinRAR should
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handle non-English file names in .iso files better.
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4. Design changes in window displaying archiving and extraction
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progress:
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a) it provides more space for file names, allowing lengthy names;
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b) it displays the current archive name in separate line,
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allowing much longer archive names than before;
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c) when archiving, it displays the current compression ratio
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in separate line;
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d) it can use both standard Windows and classic WinRAR progress bars.
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Turn on "Windows progress bars" option in WinRAR "Settings/General"
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dialog to use standard progress bars. By default this option is
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on if some Windows visual style is active and off if Windows Classic
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theme is selected.
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Windows progress bars are two color only, so they do not indicate
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the current compression ratio. But now the ratio is displayed
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in separate line;
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e) "Mode..." button moved to bottom of window.
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5. GUI self-extracting modules support following command line
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switches:
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-d<path> set the destination path
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-p<pwd> specify a password
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-s silent mode, hide all
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-s1 same as -s
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-s2 silent mode, hide start dialog
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-sp<par> specify parameters for setup program
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6. GUI self-extracting modules do not pass the entire command line
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to setup program like they did in previous versions.
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If you need to get access to entire command line of SFX archive,
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parse sfxcmd environment variable which contains this command line.
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7. New switch -sc<charset>[objects] allowing to select character
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sets for archive comments and list files. It replaces -fcu switch
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introduced in RAR 3.60, which was removed from list of supported
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switches. Now you need to specify -scuc instead of -fcu to use
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Unicode comments. Unlike -fcu, -sc also supports OEM and ANSI charset.
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8. New "Save archive copy as..." command in "File" menu.
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This command may be useful if you opened an archive from Internet
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directly in WinRAR and then decided to save it on local disk.
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9. "Word wrap" command added to "View" menu of WinRAR internal viewer,
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so you can change the wrapping mode of already opened viewer window.
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State of this option is not stored between viewing sessions.
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If you need to change the default word wrap mode, use WinRAR
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"Settings/Viewer" dialog.
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10. Buttons "Up" and "Down" added to "Organize profiles" dialog.
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Using these buttons you can change position of selected profile
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in the list.
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11. Operation progress is displayed when adding the recovery record.
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12. If WinRAR is minimized to tray and mouse is over its icon,
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WinRAR diplays a message about the current operation progress.
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In previous versions it included only percent done, now it also
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contains the time left information.
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13. Console RAR displays "Calculating the control sum" message
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when calculating CRC32 control sum for newly created RAR volume.
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Previous versions also calculated the volume control sum,
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but did it silently.
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14. Archives history list in "File" menu allows Unicode names,
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providing more reliable support for non-English archive names.
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15. Stack overflow vulnerability has been corrected in password
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processing module of console RAR and UnRAR. GUI WinRAR is not
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affected. We are thankful to the iDEFENSE LABS for reporting this bug.
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