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Camarade_Tux
Jul 14 2007, 01:17 PM
QUOTE (nitro322 @ Jul 14 2007, 06:04 PM) *
QUOTE (Camarade_Tux @ Jul 14 2007, 11:58 AM) *
I'm wondering how will you manage nsis installer in the future since all dll files have been merged in the same on and therefore it won't be possible to use 7zip 4.40's nsis.dll with newer release.
Will you compile your own modifier version of 7zip?

No, unfortunately I just had to change over to using the current NSIS extraction support in 7-Zip. It dropped the ability to create an .nsi file, but to be honest the files that were created by 4.40 really weren't that useful anyway. I tried to use them as reference a few times to figure out what an installer is doing, and it's just a major pain in the rear to try to read through and follow. I'd still like to have the feature there if it was possible, but I don't feel it's worth a lot of extra effort to bring it back.

This quite annoys me because I sometimes repackage apps and having the .nsi file was a lot more than handy.
One solution would be to find whether the file is a NSIS file and use a different version of 7zip to extract it but that's not very sexy.
I'll try to mod 7zip and provide a version which is able to extract .nsi files.

Btw, unshield compiles under mingw and with default optimizations, it takes 109+47.8KB (dll+main executable). With size optimizations, it takes 100+45.8KB. Not that bad. =)
nitro322
Jul 14 2007, 03:09 PM
QUOTE (mushu13 @ Jul 14 2007, 01:40 PM) *
Would it be possible to request the ability to use the '/sub' switch before the archive?

Ex:
UniExtract.exe /sub "c:\whatever.zip"

You can create a SendTo shortcut that opens the file in the UniExtract GUI and by default will extract to the '/sub' directory if you just hit enter. This will actually be included as an option in the 1.6 installer. Does that work for you, or are you just really wanting to skip that "hit Enter" step?

QUOTE (Camarade_Tux @ Jul 14 2007, 02:17 PM) *
This quite annoys me because I sometimes repackage apps and having the .nsi file was a lot more than handy. One solution would be to find whether the file is a NSIS file and use a different version of 7zip to extract it but that's not very sexy. I'll try to mod 7zip and provide a version which is able to extract .nsi files.


Sorry man, I didn't know anyone was utilizing that functionality. I'd strongly prefer to not include two versions of 7-Zip as that would significantly increase the package size, and it's already becoming bloated enough (with all the new format support it's now 11 MB uncompressed). I wouldn't necessarily be opposed to a modified .dll that restores the previous functionality, though I can't say I'm really a fan of the idea of including a non-official build of 7-Zip. Have you asked about this on the 7-Zip forum? Maybe since the whining over on the NSIS forum has died down Igor would be willing to restore that functionality in current builds?

QUOTE (Camarade_Tux @ Jul 14 2007, 02:17 PM) *
Btw, unshield compiles under mingw and with default optimizations, it takes 109+47.8KB (dll+main executable). With size optimizations, it takes 100+45.8KB. Not that bad. =)

Very cool. Question, though - do you know of any InstallShield packages that are not supported by UniExtract that will work with unshield? I haven't been able to find any in my test collection, and so I haven't yet found a need to add unshield to the mix.
mushu13
Jul 14 2007, 03:44 PM
QUOTE (nitro322 @ Jul 14 2007, 04:09 PM) *
You can create a SendTo shortcut that opens the file in the UniExtract GUI and by default will extract to the '/sub' directory if you just hit enter. This will actually be included as an option in the 1.6 installer. Does that work for you, or are you just really wanting to skip that "hit Enter" step?
That is currently what I'm doing, but sometimes it becomes annoying.

So after my previous post I poked around in the source an came up with a way to have UniExtract to accept the /sub in either the first or second positions.
CODE
ReadPrefs()
if $cmdline[0] = 0 then
    $prompt = 1
else
    if $cmdline[1] == "/help" OR $cmdline[1] == "/h" OR $cmdline[1] == "/?" _
                        OR $cmdline[1] == "-h" OR $cmdline[1] == "-?" then
        terminate("syntax", "", "")
    else
        $prompt = 1;GUI on
        if fileexists($cmdline[1]) then ;Check for file in first spot
            $file = $cmdline[1]
        elseif $cmdline[1] = "/sub" then ;Check for /sub in first spot
            if fileexists($cmdline[2]) then ;Check for file in second spot
                $file = $cmdline[2]
                $outdir = $cmdline[1]
                $prompt = 0 ;GUI off
            else
                terminate("syntax", "", "")
            endif
        else
            terminate("syntax", "", "")
        endif
        if $cmdline[0] > 1 and $cmdline[1] <> "/sub" then
            $outdir = $cmdline[2]
            $prompt = 0 ;GUI off
        endif
    endif
endif

; If no file passed, display GUI to select file and set options
Is is kind of sloppy (In my mind at least) but basically its a replacement for the beginning of the current ReadPrefs() section. I realize your source is probably very different from the current public source, but maybe this could inspire you to find a way to implement this in the next version.
Hanschke
Jul 15 2007, 08:11 AM
will there be a public beta available thumbup.gif
nitro322
Jul 17 2007, 12:06 AM
QUOTE (mushu13 @ Jul 14 2007, 04:44 PM) *
So after my previous post I poked around in the source an came up with a way to have UniExtract to accept the /sub in either the first or second positions.

I gave this a little more thought, and I agree that this will be a useful change, but I'm going to hold off until the next version before I implement this. Here's why: one long-standing item on my todo list is proper support for multiple files. In order to do this I'll have to change up how UniExtract deals with the CLI arguments, which means I'm going to have to implement your idea (or something similar) anyway at that time. It'll be a fairly big change, though, and I've already implemented a number of new features in the current dev version, so I'd prefer to get this out as is (just with bug fixes at this point) and then tackle multiple file support in version 1.7.

It'll get done, but it'll take some time. In the meantime, you're of course welcome to just use your modified binary. That section of the code should be very pretty similar between version 1.5 and 1.6, so even when the new version is released it should be pretty easy to merge in your changes and recompile.

QUOTE (Hanschke @ Jul 15 2007, 09:11 AM) *
will there be a public beta available?

Absolutely, as soon as I finish some more testing, resolving whatever bugs I'm able to find myself, and begin communicating with the translators for language file updates. It's coming, just not quite there yet. :-)
Hanschke
Jul 18 2007, 05:38 AM
yeah i love you biggrin.gif
Camarade_Tux
Jul 18 2007, 06:05 AM
@nitro, some news about 7-zip: I couldn't compile it.
I have some Visual Studio 2005 CDs MS graciously sent me but I couldn't import the project file.
Also, I wasn't able to install the 2005 Express Edition, my copy of windows not being validated; can't I run a compiler inside a virtual machine? =/

Anyway, I'll ask Igor by mail later today because I fear posting such a thing on the forum might wake up some NSIS dangerous guys. rolleyes.gif
ghostza
Jul 20 2007, 08:40 AM
When does the new version come out that supports the new NSIS version of files.
ghostza
Jul 20 2007, 08:42 AM
sorry ment inno setups
nitro322
Jul 20 2007, 02:08 PM
QUOTE (ghostza @ Jul 20 2007, 09:40 AM) *
When does the new version come out that supports the new NSIS version of files.

It'll be in the next version.
meihong
Jul 22 2007, 01:18 PM
QUOTE (ghostza @ Jul 20 2007, 08:42 AM) *
sorry ment inno setups

meanwhile it should be enough to overwrite the old innounp.exe with this one welcome.gif
Semiono
Jul 24 2007, 11:08 AM
Hey! What is a problem with uniextract15.exe ? Is it version should old! smile.gif
Why some installers InnoSetup is don't accessible from it?
Or it's have anybodys security signatures?

Ok! I try innounpack now...
Dave-H
Jul 25 2007, 05:20 PM
I've just installed version 1.5 of Universal Extractor on my dual boot Windows 2000 SP4 / Windows 98SE machine.
Works OK on Windows 2000, but on Windows 98SE I'm getting an error and the program won't work.
Searching this thread it looks as if some others have seen this too, on earlier versions going back a year!
Is the there any fix as yet? The program is supposed to work under Windows 98...........
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nitro322
Jul 29 2007, 02:07 AM
QUOTE (Dave-H @ Jul 25 2007, 06:20 PM) *
...but on Windows 98SE I'm getting an error and the program won't work.
Searching this thread it looks as if some others have seen this too, on earlier versions going back a year!
Is the there any fix as yet? The program is supposed to work under Windows 98...........

Actually, it's always had issues under Windows 98 (as you've seen in this thread history). I've made a some attempts at fixing this in the past few releases, but I still haven't been able to make it work reliably. As it stands, support under Windows 98 remains broken.

Going forward, this unofficial "Win 9x is not officially supported but I'll try to make it work" policy will change. Beginning with version 1.6, UniExtract will not work under Win 9x. Period. This is due to changes in recent versions of AutoIt. The AutoIt developers have added proper Unicode support, which (among other things) will make translations more reliable. The downside is that Unicode is not supported under Win 9x. The new version of UniExtract will simply not run. I tested and verified this earlier tonight, just to be certain.

If you're still running Win 9x, probably your best option going forward would be to treat UniExtract as a collection of tools and utilities and use those utilities directly to extract the files. Eg., UniExtract as a frontend will no longer work, but most of the supporting binaries included with it should function properly when called directly from the command line. It's obviously less convenient, but it'll work.
Dave-H
Jul 30 2007, 12:02 PM
Thanks for the reply nitro322.
I thought that it looked like something pretty fundamental that was causing the error message!
I understand the Windows 98 compatibility problem.
The only thing I would ask is whether there is an earlier version of Universal Extractor that does work under Windows 98 still available anywhere?
I could then install both versions on my dual boot machine.
Cheers, Dave.
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Ver Greeneyes
Jul 30 2007, 06:50 PM
Dunno if this has been mentioned yet, but as I'm using the updated unofficial 1.5.0.1, here's an archive where the data1.cab can't be extracted. Thanks for your hard work smile.gif
nitro322
Jul 31 2007, 12:41 AM
QUOTE (Dave-H @ Jul 30 2007, 01:02 PM) *
The only thing I would ask is whether there is an earlier version of Universal Extractor that does work under Windows 98 still available anywhere?

None of them worked perfectly. 1.3.1, 1.4.2, and 1.5 all worked to varying degrees of success. Also, in some cases the standalone version worked better than the installed version, and vice-versa. I ran into some really, really weird problems that I just never could get worked out no matter how many hacks I threw at it. I'd suggest trying out the other version of 1.5 than what you're using now, and if that still fails then try 1.4.2, then 1.3.1. One of those should at least cover the basics.

QUOTE (Ver Greeneyes @ Jul 30 2007, 07:50 PM) *
Dunno if this has been mentioned yet, but as I'm using the updated unofficial 1.5.0.1, here's an archive where the data1.cab can't be extracted. Thanks for your hard work smile.gif

I'll look into it, but I can only test against the current dev version. I have not used the unofficial release.
kulmegil
Aug 1 2007, 04:19 AM
where is this "updated unofficial 1.5.0.1"?
Dave-H
Aug 1 2007, 08:46 AM
QUOTE (nitro322 @ Jul 31 2007, 07:41 AM) *
.......I'd suggest trying out the other version of 1.5 than what you're using now, and if that still fails then try 1.4.2, then 1.3.1. One of those should at least cover the basics...........

Thanks again.
I managed to find and download a copy of version 1.4.2, which produced exactly the same error message as 1.5!
I tried the exe installer version and the rar archive version, with the same result.
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I can't find a copy of 1.3.1 anywhere to download.
Could you point me to somewhere I can get it?
What is the "other" version of 1.5?
Do you mean the non exe installer version?
Cheers, Dave.
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Ver Greeneyes
Aug 1 2007, 10:30 AM
QUOTE (kulmegil @ Aug 1 2007, 04:19 AM) *
where is this "updated unofficial 1.5.0.1"?


Have a look at this post.
Ver Greeneyes
Aug 4 2007, 06:21 AM
7-zip 4.52 beta has been released, now featuring support for extracting MSI and doc files smile.gif Seems like 7-zip is taking a hint from UE!
nitro322
Aug 5 2007, 08:44 AM
QUOTE (Dave-H @ Aug 1 2007, 09:46 AM) *
I can't find a copy of 1.3.1 anywhere to download. Could you point me to somewhere I can get it?

It's not currently downloadable. I've been meaning to setup a download pages for archived versions for quite some time, but it's one of those things that I just haven't gotten around to. I just started working on this, though, so it should be ready in a little while. I'll post a link once everything's up.

QUOTE (Dave-H @ Aug 1 2007, 09:46 AM) *
What is the "other" version of 1.5? Do you mean the non exe installer version?

Yes, that's what I meant. The %PATH% variable behaves differently when using the installed version vs. the standalone version. I could not for the life of me figure out why, but in some cases one works better than the other. I recommend trying both (you can use both of them concurrently to ease testing).

QUOTE (Ver Greeneyes @ Aug 4 2007, 07:21 AM) *
7-zip 4.52 beta has been released, now featuring support for extracting MSI and doc files smile.gif Seems like 7-zip is taking a hint from UE!

Very cool. I'll check it out, see how it compares with the existing MSI extraction options.
nitro322
Aug 5 2007, 08:48 AM
Random request: does anyone happen to have a copy of the Universal Extract 1.4 installer? I'm uploading all of the older versions to an archive page, but I seem to be missing that file. It was released on 11/18/2006. If anyone still has a copy of this, I'd greatly appreciate it if you could send it to me or post a download link.

Thanks.
jaclaz
Aug 5 2007, 09:59 AM
Should be this one:
http://filehippo.com/download_universal_extractor/tech/?1882

jaclaz
nitro322
Aug 5 2007, 10:10 AM
QUOTE (jaclaz @ Aug 5 2007, 10:59 AM) *
Should be this one:
http://filehippo.com/download_universal_extractor/tech/?1882

Thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for.

For anyone interested, I just finished the download page (complete with the 1.4 installer, thanks to jaclaz). You can find it here:
http://uniextract.c1pher.com/archive/

I highly encourage you to use the latest available version, but in the event that you need an older version for some reason you should be able to always download a copy from the above link. It includes all official binary and source code releases.
nitro322
Aug 7 2007, 07:37 PM
QUOTE (Ver Greeneyes @ Jul 30 2007, 07:50 PM) *
Dunno if this has been mentioned yet, but as I'm using the updated unofficial 1.5.0.1, here's an archive where the data1.cab can't be extracted.

I finally had a chance to check this out. Unfortunately, it's one of the newer IS 12.x packages, which cannot be extracted with any freely redistributable programs (that I'm aware of). See this previous post for more details.
Stranger
Aug 7 2007, 08:35 PM
Some other "extracting-related" programs:

dmg2iso converts compressed (z-lib) dmg images to iso images
http://vu1tur.eu.org/tools/

MDF2ISO is a very simple utility to convert an Alcohol 120% bin image to the standard ISO-9660 format.
http://developer.berlios.de/projects/mdf2iso

nrg2iso program converts Nero CD images into ISO-9660 CD images.
http://www.roland-illig.de/lang.delphi.nrg2iso.html

xbiso is an iso extraction utillity for xdvdfs images
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xbiso

Extract-xiso is the premier backup tool for creating and extracting disc image .iso's of XBox games.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/extract-xiso

WinMount
WinMount is a powerful windows utility which is dedicated to managing compressed archives and image files impressivesly and conviniently. It can be used to mount ZIP, RAR, ISO,etc archives very fast, which enabling you to use the files inside it directly without needing extract it beforehand. Such convenience, therefore, saves your time and disk space dramatically. In addition, WinMount, serving as a CD-ROM OR DVD-ROM emulator, supports almost all image file formats, which including but not limited to ISO, CUE/BIN, CCD,BWT, MDS, CDI, NRG, PDI B5T and ISZ.
http://www.winmount.com/
nitro322
Aug 8 2007, 12:18 AM
QUOTE (Stranger @ Aug 7 2007, 09:35 PM) *
dmg2iso converts compressed (z-lib) dmg images to iso images

I tried adding support for this in the past, but it didn't work. I downloaded several .dmg files for testing, and dmg2iso could not convert a single one of them. I'd definitely like to add support for the format, but this particular program just doesn't work.

QUOTE (Stranger @ Aug 7 2007, 09:35 PM) *
MDF2ISO is a very simple utility to convert an Alcohol 120% bin image to the standard ISO-9660 format.

I tried adding support for this as well, but I had similar experiences as above. I could at least get this to convert some of the images I tried, but nowhere near enough to be considered reliable.

QUOTE (Stranger @ Aug 7 2007, 09:35 PM) *
nrg2iso program converts Nero CD images into ISO-9660 CD images.

This one is already included in 1.6. :-)

QUOTE (Stranger @ Aug 7 2007, 09:35 PM) *
xbiso is an iso extraction utillity for xdvdfs images
Extract-xiso is the premier backup tool for creating and extracting disc image .iso's of XBox games.

I'm not opposed to either of these, but I don't have an XBOX and therefore no such ISO images to test.

QUOTE (Stranger @ Aug 7 2007, 09:35 PM) *
WinMount

This seems to be a commercial program, and as far as I can tell it's not redistributable. Even if it was, I'm not sure if it'd be useful to UniExtract as it seems to mount images rather than extract them. Looks like kind of an interesting app, though, and I've never heard up it before. Thanks for the heads up.
joomlagirl
Aug 8 2007, 01:53 AM
Ref: Universal Extractor v1.5 help decompiling

I downloaded it and it extracts. I want to decompile and recompile a setup file with my logo. The setup file is a 'wise' compiled file, which decompiles but I cannot make the changes as I am not a tech. person. Can anyone help doing that for me?
radix
Aug 8 2007, 03:21 AM
QUOTE (joomlagirl @ Aug 8 2007, 10:53 AM) *
Ref: Universal Extractor v1.5 help decompiling

I downloaded it and it extracts. I want to decompile and recompile a setup file with my logo. The setup file is a 'wise' compiled file, which decompiles but I cannot make the changes as I am not a tech. person. Can anyone help doing that for me?

You don't need Universal Extractor. Use Resource Hacker 3.4.0.79 for this.
Dave-H
Aug 8 2007, 12:12 PM
QUOTE (nitro322 @ Aug 5 2007, 05:10 PM) *
For anyone interested, I just finished the download page (complete with the 1.4 installer, thanks to jaclaz). You can find it here:
http://uniextract.c1pher.com/archive/

I highly encourage you to use the latest available version, but in the event that you need an older version for some reason you should be able to always download a copy from the above link. It includes all official binary and source code releases.


Hi again Nitro.
Thanks for the download page of previous versions!
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I have tried almost all versions with my Windows 98SE setup, and reached the conclusion that 1.3.1 seems to work the best. I am using the installed version. Even that occasionally throws up an error message, and doesn't support as many file types as the later versions of course, but most of the time it does work under Windows 98.
Maybe that's the latest version that you should recommend to Windows 98 users, as I had no luck at all with any of the versions of 1.4, or 1.5.
I will install 1.5 on the Windows 2000 side of my machine.
Looking forward to 1.6!
Thanks again.
Cheers, Dave.
nitro322
Aug 8 2007, 10:25 PM
QUOTE (Leolo @ Jul 10 2007, 03:00 PM) *
QUOTE (nitro322 @ Jul 1 2007, 11:44 AM) *
Unfortunately, I can't even get to the MSP file. I'm unable to extract the main installer, which tells me that, "The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service because the program to be upgraded may be missing..." It won't even let me extract the files using the command you provided.

Sorry, I forgot to tell you that you need the latest .NET framework installed in order to use that parameter.

<SNIP>

And the resulting .MSP file is what gives UniExtract some problems with the filenames.

Ok, I finally got around to testing this again. I was able to get to the MSP and extract it, and as you mentioned there are problems with the filenames. Unfortunately, there isn't much I can do about it. The actual filenames ARE there, but they're scrambled in with the version information and other crap in the filenames. Eg:

CODE
FL_atl71_dll_____X86.3643236F_FC70_11D3_A536_0090278A1BB8
FL_atl71_dll_1_____X86.3643236F_FC70_11D3_A536_0090278A1BB8
FL_atl71_dll_6_____X86.3643236F_FC70_11D3_A536_0090278A1BB8

Here are 3 different versions of atl71.dll. Which one gets installed depends on what kind of system you're running. It's inconvenient, but technically it's accurate. :-) This is an issue with both MSI and MSP files - ripping our the embedded files by brute force like this tends to produce incomplete results. It's almost always better to go with the "administrative installation" option for MSI packages (when possible) rather than either of the other two extraction options, but unfortunately there's no such option for MSP files.
nitro322
Aug 8 2007, 11:14 PM
The beta is ready to go. I'm making it available for everyone, but please keep in mind that when I use the term beta I mean it - the program should work fine, but it has not been tested on anything but my own two systems, and I have a far-from-normal setup. Please download this if you're willing to test and provide feedback on some of the new features. In particular, this includes:
  • Vista support
  • Individual vs. Global preferences (see ChangeLog for details)
  • Preferences GUI functionality
  • Menu bar functionality
  • Code execution warnings
  • Optional component support in installer
  • Installer Admin user restriction
I haven't actually tested all of these changes on Vista, but assuming I did my job correctly it should just work. Please let me know if you come across any issues at all, but especially from the above major changes. Also, please be aware that language support will be incomplete in the beta. Updated translations will be included in the final release.

One other note: I'm heading out of town in a couple days. I'll be around tomorrow, so if there are any major issues please report them by tomorrow (Thursday) night. Otherwise, it'll be a few days before I can reply.

Here are the download links. I'd appreciate feedback on both the installer and standalone versions if possible, as they behave differently.
Edit 10/11/2008: Please download the 1.6 release candidate instead:
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?s=&...st&p=803082

For reference, here's the complete ChangeLog for the beta.

CODE
  Added support for individual user preferences for better Vista support;
        by default, this is enabled for standalone, disabled for installed
        when enabled, UniExtract uses single .ini file as with previous version
        when disabled, individual prefs/history are saved to registry in HKCU
        this can be changed by modifying globalprefs setting in .ini file
  Added menu bar to main GUI;
        includes options to quit, edit preferences, and visit UniExtract website
  Added separate preferences GUI to provide easy access to all options;
        can be invoked through Edit menu or through '/prefs' argument
  Added support for FEAD Optimizer packages (eg, Adobe Reader installers)
  Added support for LZMA compressed files
  Added support for Nero NRG CD-ROM images (data only) via nrg2iso
  Added support for Reflexive Arcade installer wrapper via RAIU
  Added support for WIM (Windows Imaging Format) images via 7-Zip
  Added "Not an InstallShield installer" option to InstallShield method select
        dialog to force UniExtract to handle TrID false positives
  Added components section to installer; makes installation of
        docs, languages, and certain (large) binaries optional
  Added SendTo icon option to installer
  Added internationalization support for decompressed ASPack and UPX files
  Added Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Turkish, and Valencian (Catalan)
        translations
  Added return codes to indicated status of extraction (actually added in 1.5):
        0 = successful exit or user-initiated cancel
        1 = supposedly supported file, but extraction failed
        2 = debug file is not writable, aborted
        3 = unknown executable - cannot be extracted
        4 = unknown filetype - cannot be extracted
        5 = invalid output directory specified
  Fixed bug that displayed debugging message box during Inno Setup extraction
  Fixed support for Microsoft hotfixes (again)
  Fixed support for relative paths
  Fixed support for UNC paths
  Fixed missing Spanish language option during installation
  Removed support for Windows 9x due to new Unicode version of AutoIt;
          9x was never officially supported, but it will not even execute now
  Removed Adobe-specific report (now handled by generic FEAD support)
  Updated UniExtract to prompt user before executing files for extraction;
          can be disabled via warnexecute option
  Updated UniExtract to make ACE, KGB, Pea, and StuffIt support optional
  Updated UniExtract to read English.ini from root install directory
  Updated UniExtract to output debug files to %temp% by default
  Updated UniExtract to verify that debug file location can be written to;
          user's temp directory will be used if selected dir fails test
  Updated UniExtract to disable appendext option by default
  Updated UniExtract changelog to add notice of Vietnamese translation in 1.5
  Updated TrID detection of MS Self-Extracting CAB (Type 1) archives
  Updated TrID detection of Windows Installer (MSI) packages
  Updated TrID detection of Zip Self-Extracting archives
  Updated CD-ROM image support to bypass TrID detection and rely on extensions
  Updated Windows Install patch (.msp) to include pure 7-zip option
  Updated installer to use Start Menu icons page and include uninstall icon
  Updated installer language initialization code for simplicity
  Updated installer to require administrative privileges;
          non-admin users should use binary archive (portable) version,
          or use a copy installed by the system administrator
  Updated installer to prevent association with CHM files under Vista
  Updated installer to support new /nowarnexecute paramater
  Updated installer to support reversed appendext default preference;
          now use /appendext to enable instead of /noappendext to disable
  Updated installer to add {app} in addition to {app}\bin to %PATH% if enabled;
          restores ability easily to call UniExtract.exe from command line
  Updated 7-Zip to 4.52 beta
  Updated innounp to 0.19
  Updated Inno Setup to 5.1.13
  Updated Pea to 1.6 (cannot use newer version due to broken GUI controls)
  Updated UnRAR to 3.70
  Updated UPX to 3.01
MagicAndre1981
Aug 9 2007, 05:55 AM
Amazing!

I will try the new version out now smile.gif
BigRandalo
Aug 9 2007, 06:12 AM
thumbup.gif THX nitro! thumbup.gif

Just Installed and no problem yet.
I'll report if there is any bugs i find and THX again!!!
Ver Greeneyes
Aug 9 2007, 06:40 AM
Thanks for the beta! Have you had any luck getting those cabs I mentioned earlier to extract? All the cabs that I've had trouble extracting came with InstallShield v12 dlls, and the logs show that UE tries to extract them as v5 cabs.. dunno how many versions UE recognises, but these new cabs are obviously different! I don't have any small examples for you to test with unfortunately, but for another example try the 1.2 patch for the game Overlord.

PS: tested with the new 1.6 beta.
AgiHammerklau
Aug 9 2007, 06:42 AM
Hi Nitro332 !
Thank you for this tool . thumbup.gif
Iīm using the v1.5 and have no problems.
Just checked out the 1.6 no installer /standalone version and itīs not working for me.
When I started the .exe, I got a "no access" error and I canīt remove the folder due to several "in use" errors (7z, simplified chinese,...), even though there are none of those processes shown in the taskmanager.
Will now try the installer.

Agi

EDIT
The installer works fine, as expected.
Unfortunately the Mustek drivers are still unextractable (no valid PE file).
Will try again with Win98SE.
Still canīt get rid of the folder, even in Safe Mode...
nitro322
Aug 9 2007, 07:26 AM
QUOTE (Ver Greeneyes @ Aug 9 2007, 07:40 AM) *
Thanks for the beta! Have you had any luck getting those cabs I mentioned earlier to extract? All the cabs that I've had trouble extracting came with InstallShield v12 dlls, and the logs show that UE tries to extract them as v5 cabs

InstallShield 12.x cab files cannot be supported at this time. See this post for more details.

As for "version detection", that's really non-existent. I can determine whether it's a MS cab or IS cab using TrID (or 7-Zip, if necessary), and once I know that it's an IS cab i simply try extracting it with i6comp and then, if it fails, i5comp. Since i5comp is run second, that's the one that'll show up in the log file if it fails.

QUOTE (AgiHammerklau @ Aug 9 2007, 07:42 AM) *
Just checked out the 1.6 no installer /standalone version and itīs not working for me. When I started the .exe, I got a "no access" error and I canīt remove the folder due to several "in use" errors (7z, simplified chinese,...), even though there are none of those processes shown in the taskmanager.

That's really weird. Is anyone else seeing this behavior? I've never come across this.

QUOTE (AgiHammerklau @ Aug 9 2007, 07:42 AM) *
Unfortunately the Mustek drivers are still unextractable (no valid PE file).

Have you provided a link to this previously? I don't recall... If not, let me know and I'll test it out.

QUOTE (AgiHammerklau @ Aug 9 2007, 07:42 AM) *
Will try again with Win98SE.

Don't bother. This version will not run under Windows 9x at all. Please see this post for details.

I'm going to update the changelog file to reflect this.
Rafel
Aug 9 2007, 08:51 AM
Hello everyone
I'm Rafel the Valencian-catalan translator.
I'll make the update translation next Wednesday, today i go to Mallorca(bBalears Islands) until next Tuesday.
But i've got a problem. I unziped the files no install, .exe gimme an error and too i can't remove the unziped files, only i can move to my documents.
Thanks a lot.
Ver Greeneyes
Aug 9 2007, 09:29 AM
QUOTE (nitro322 @ Aug 9 2007, 07:26 AM) *
InstallShield 12.x cab files cannot be supported at this time. See this post for more details.

As for "version detection", that's really non-existent. I can determine whether it's a MS cab or IS cab using TrID (or 7-Zip, if necessary), and once I know that it's an IS cab i simply try extracting it with i6comp and then, if it fails, i5comp. Since i5comp is run second, that's the one that'll show up in the log file if it fails.

Oops, missed that post! Well, thanks for explaining smile.gif
jacklours
Aug 9 2007, 10:46 AM
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Hi, all of you !

I am french translater and I got same problem as AgiHammerklau with standalone version 1.6 this morning !

running under XP SP2 !

with installer version, no problem, everything goes well !

I have just finished to translate in french language thumbup.gif thumbup.gif

tested --> OK !

@+.

jacklours
AgiHammerklau
Aug 9 2007, 11:24 AM
QUOTE
QUOTE(AgiHammerklau @ Aug 9 2007, 07:42 AM) *
Will try again with Win98SE.

Don't bother. This version will not run under Windows 9x at all. Please see this post for details.


Ooops ! :blush:
Seems, I skipped that, when I went through the 35 pages, sorry !

The drivers are for an old Mustek 600IIEP parport scanner and the guys donīt provide W2K drivers for it.
So I have to use the NT4 or Win98 drivers and apply some tweaks to the registry.

But also tried to extract the W2K drivers for the 1200.
Was also a nogo, same error.

Sorry, canīt provide a link without breaking the forumrules, īcause Mustek wants to verify the letters on the product label.

Agi
nitro322
Aug 9 2007, 12:38 PM
QUOTE (Rafel @ Aug 9 2007, 09:51 AM) *
But i've got a problem. I unziped the files no install, .exe gimme an error and too i can't remove the unziped files, only i can move to my documents.

You're the second person to report this issue. I have no idea what's happening, but I'll definitely look into it. In the meantime, try using the installer version. That seems to be more reliable at this time.

Edit: I just tried downloading and extracting the _noinst.rar package on a separate system and I had no problems with it. Can you (or AgiHammerklau) provide more details about this issue? What OS and SP are you running? Where exactly did you extract the files? Are you running as an administrator or standard (or power) user? Can you post a screenshot or complete textual description of the error message?
AgiHammerklau
Aug 9 2007, 01:12 PM
Actually, heīs the third, jacklours had the same problem. newwink.gif
Iīm using an nlited W2KSP4 with admin rights.
I extracted the zip to :
Z:\progbu\testinst\treiber_tools\uniextract16beta_noinst
Z:\progbu\testinst\treiber_tools is the folder, where the 1.5 and 1.6 installers are in.
1.5 was uninstalled before (made 2 reboots, just to be sure).
Sorry, but I removed the zip and most of the unzipped files, directly after it failed.
There are just the bin, docs and lang folders left.
The message said "Zugriff verweigert" ("access denied"), when starting the exe.
The error occurring while removal sais (roughly translated) either "canīt be removed, source is possibly open" (7zip) or "canīt be removed, source is used by another process" (lang files).

Cannot even copy or rename the folders, guess I have to move my backup partition and format it, to get rid of īem. sad.gif

Agi
nitro322
Aug 9 2007, 04:12 PM
Well, I just duplicated that access denied error, though I'll be damned if I know why it's occurring. It has to do with the file and folder permissions on the created directory. To fix the problem (and delete the files/folders that are causing problems):
  1. Right-click on the uniextract16beta_noinst folder and click Properties
  2. select CREATOR OWNER and check "Full Control"
  3. select your username and check "Full Control"
  4. click Advanced
  5. change to the Owner tab
  6. select your username and check "Replace owner on subcontainers"
  7. click Apply
  8. change to the Permissions tab
  9. select your username and click Edit
  10. verify that you have "Full Control" is checked (check it if necessary) and click ok
  11. check "Replace permission entries on all child objects..."
  12. click Ok, then Yes
  13. click Ok again
This should reset the security permissions on the folder so that you have complete ownership of them. You should be able to now use the program, or delete all of it if you're prefer to use the installer version.

Now, to try to figure out why this happened in the first place. I haven't changed anything about how that .rar file was created since around the 1.2 release. I just update the filenames each time. sad.gif I'll post back once I figure it out.

Edit: This is really weird. If I use Universal Extractor to extract that .rar file, it works properly. However, if I extract it with WinRAR, it has the permissions issue described above. WTF? UniExtract uses the official unrar.exe to extract RAR files, so the results should be the exact same. RAR files are capable of store file permissions and resetting them on extraction, but I did not enable that switch when creating the RAR file.

Edit 2: Well crap. It turns out I had that option enabled in WinRAR after all. Must've done it without realizing it, or at least without realizing the implications. See next post.
nitro322
Aug 9 2007, 04:52 PM
I fixed the issue with the standalone/noinst version that a few people have reported. I replaced the file in the original link with the fixed copy. Can someone please download this updated copy and verify that it does indeed work properly?

Thanks.
jacklours
Aug 9 2007, 05:18 PM
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I have downloaded again uniextract16beta_noinst.rar and tested it again with winrar 3.70!

same problem as describe before, I am not the owner on this folder, I can't replace, delete, modify

on this folder ! ( admin rights on xp SP2 )

I have try to extract with uniextract, and you are right, everything goes well with it !

I am owner on this folder, I can delete, modify, replace.....etc...!!

I have try to compack ( winrar 3.70 ) the folder extract with uniextract and I get a rar file

highier than yours !!!

your uniextract16beta_noinst.rar --> 4 737 Ko --> compress 46%

my uniextract16beta_noinst.rar --> 5 111 Ko --> compress 51 %

may be something wrong with the compress level disturbs the extraction process !

@+.

jacklours

PS : oupssss ! I didn't see your answer, nitro ! I try again right now, sorry !

downloaded right now and tested : working now, I am owner, I can move, modify, rename, delete...etc !!

great job ! nice !
AgiHammerklau
Aug 9 2007, 06:35 PM
Will give it a try.
Finally removed some files manually, but in the long run, I had to move 110GB (with 5 freezes due to VIA 4in1/ Hyperion drivers) and format the drive.
Found out, there was something wrong with the ownership of the folders/ files.
Suddenly there were, instead of the one and only administrator before, also administrators, S-1-5-21-4053075971-2917252117-2478306495-3000 and S-1-5-.....
Maybe I couldnīt do it easier, because I "nlited" "grouppolicies".

Agi

EDIT
Tested the new standalone and itīs working fine now ! thumbup.gif
KSA
Aug 10 2007, 08:37 AM
Hi,

I'm facing a problem with an apllication when I extract it using this useful tool "uniextract". I can extract every thing in the installer except any folder contains spaces like: "Visual C++". I already test it with the latest uniextract v1.6 beta without success. The URL of the installer which I'm trying to extract it:

CODE
http://www.activexperts.com/files/activemail/aemail.exe


Thanks
Clippit
Aug 12 2007, 06:00 AM
Each new version can give us surprises! thumbup.gif excellent！！

Advice: UniExtract can support Microsoft Office 2007 filetype such as .docx, .xlsx, .pptx... due to they are ZIP file actually.

I find that you added MANY Chinese language files in the tinstaller rolleyes.gif
It seems that Chinese (Simp).ini and Chinese (Simplified).ini are alike, and Chinese (Trad).ini and Chinese (Traditional).ini are the same too.
And you added my language files in it which makes me happy. But two Simplified Chinese files will make the end users confused wacko.gif

I have updated my language file to 1.6
see attachment

P.S. Simplified Chinese's native name is not '北方话' but '简体中文'




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