[dA CLOwN]

Well i couldn't find anything.

This post has been edited by dA CLOwN: 31 December 2006 - 02:41 AM

[Dreamcatcher]

What an impressive job !

Unfortunately, I have an example where Universal Extractor fails : Acronis True Image 10.

No special problem with the installer itself : it just zipps many files including the .msi .
But what is strange is that once installed, the main program ([InstallDir] \ TrueImage.exe) is seen by PEID 0.94 as a MS C++ 7 [ZIP SFX] program.
And yes, if i rename the prog in .zip, I see that it contains various files within. But the real exe doesn't appear of course : it seems crypted/packed with a special tool ...

Then do you know this kind of ZIP SFX protection package ? And how to unpack them ?

Thanks.

[Perch]

I was working in the modifications for ietotal, and received a reply from kakeware.com, where I asked some help.

A new version of ietotalx, called ietotalxx, is out. It doesn't have the hacks, and extracts the filenames, so if it includes the test mode and output options, I think it's better than mine because of all exception handlings the author made.

In my version, I included the mods you asked for, but because I don't want to steal the work of ietotalxx, I won't keep coding an identical program if the author don't mind to colaborate here.

I'll keep testing ietotalxx, and thinking of a way to avoid the duplicate files.

[HiPPiEkilLeR]

Seems cool program, will test fully when I get home..
Instead of using PEiD, try using PEiDLL.DLL - PEiD 0.94 in a DLL, I made it for this kind of project.. You can scan all modes (including external) from invisible PEiD, and without changing the registry options, which normally happens if you run PEiD from prog like this.. There is also a multi-scan function, which you may find useful too.
Also, I see you're using my sig list This also is included in the DLL..

Find here : PEiDLL v1.04

I had to use my 'other' pseudoname, as BoB was already taken by some fake bob

If you convert the header files for your programming language, could you send to me for inclusion into the archive..? Thx..

~BoB~ / HiPPiEkilLeR
Team PEiD

[nitro322]

Dreamcatcher, on Dec 30 2006, 05:09 AM, said:

Unfortunately, I have an example where Universal Extractor fails : Acronis True Image 10.

Can you post a download link (assuming it's share/trial/etc. software)? I'll be happy to take a look.

Perch, on Dec 30 2006, 12:28 PM, said:

I was working in the modifications for ietotal, and received a reply from kakeware.com, where I asked some help.

A new version of ietotalx, called ietotalxx, is out. It doesn't have the hacks, and extracts the filenames, so if it includes the test mode and output options, I think it's better than mine because of all exception handlings the author made.

In my version, I included the mods you asked for, but because I don't want to steal the work of ietotalxx, I won't keep coding an identical program if the author don't mind to colaborate here.

I'll keep testing ietotalxx, and thinking of a way to avoid the duplicate files.

Yeah, I had e-mailed him as well, around the same time I originally posted the request for assembly help here. I definitely agree that there's no need to waste time doing duplicate work on essentially the same program.

The kakeeware author also wrote a more generic version of the wrapper, which should work with any TotcalCommander plugin (as well as a separate one for FAR plugins). Very cool. I'm sure you already know this, though, as I see your name listed in the credits.

http://www.kakeeware.../i_cmdtotal.php

Anyway, thanks again for helping out with this, as well as working with Adam at kakeeware on the updated versions. It looks like cmdTotal should do everything I need, so I'll play around with it and see how it works.

HiPPiEkilLeR, on Jan 1 2007, 03:20 AM, said:

Instead of using PEiD, try using PEiDLL.DLL - PEiD 0.94 in a DLL, I made it for this kind of project..

Hi, BoB. Welcome to the MSFN forum, and thanks for the tip. I've actually looked into using your DLL in the past, but was never able to figure out quite how to do it. I'm also not a very good low-level coder in general (as I've stated here before), and AutoIt's DLL capabilities isn't quite as straightforward as some other languages. Without specific example code to follow, I usually don't have much luck with this kind of stuff. However, I see you've included some pre-compiled examples with the DLL, so I'll check them out and see how it works.

HiPPiEkilLeR, on Jan 1 2007, 03:20 AM, said:

Also, I see you're using my sig list This also is included in the DLL..

Yeah, very useful. Thanks for posting it.

Now that I think about it, though, this may be a good reason to stick with the standalone .exe rather than using your DLL. As you pointed out I use your external userdb.txt file for additional signatures, but I've also added a few of my own. If I switch to the DLL with an embedded external database, I won't be able to just append my own custom entries to it. I suppose it'd be possible to create my own userdb.txt and reference it in addition to your embedded copy, but I find it useful to be able to search through your copy as well to copy/update/modify existing entries. I think I'd lose some of that flexability by switching to the DLL.

These are just some initial and random thoughts, though. Like I said, I'll play around with it and see what I can do. Thanks again.

[Dreamcatcher]

Hello, happy new year to everybody

The download link for "Acronis True Image 10 home" (US ...) :
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/downl...ge10.0_d_en.exe

This is a Time Trial software. After install, the final Exe (TrueImage.exe in the install Dir) is slightly different than the one we would get if installing the full version (search the newsgroups if you want this one). Anyway, our only concern is just to determine what does this strange "Zipped exe" contain ...

Goodbye.

[nitro322]

Dreamcatcher, on Jan 3 2007, 04:10 PM, said:

This is a Time Trial software. After install, the final Exe (TrueImage.exe in the install Dir) is slightly different than the one we would get if installing the full version (search the newsgroups if you want this one). Anyway, our only concern is just to determine what does this strange "Zipped exe" contain

Well, the current dev version can extract the contents of that file, but all I get is images and various support files as well. Just like you, I don't see the actual .exe that's doing the work. This seems to be related to the issue I described in post 374, in which I'm able to extract support files from the VMware installer (in particular the installer for Windows Installer), but not the VMware installer itself. I have yet to figure out why. I poked around at this one for a few minutes, but didn't have any luck with it, either.

If anyone else can figure this out, I'd love to hear it. It'd probably help out with my installer issue as well.

Thanks.

[nitro322]

I have another request. Can anyone point me to some older Setup Factory installers (< v7.0)? I should be able to support them now with the new additions to what-will-become version 1.5, but I need at least two examples to test. So far I've only been able to find stuff packaged with Setup Factory 7.x, which is not supported.

[anonymous_user]

Universal Extractor fails to extract Firetune.

also i found this program packed with Setup Factory 6: Auto Schedule

This post has been edited by anoymous_person: 04 January 2007 - 06:58 PM

[Perch]

I' ve found 2 old installers made with Setup Factory, both fail to extract with uniextract. I also tried cmdTotal, and it doesn't work either.

http://rapidshare.co...actory.rar.html (3.8 MB)

Hope it helps!

[nitro322]

anoymous_person, on Jan 4 2007, 06:53 PM, said:

Universal Extractor fails to extract Firetune.
also i found this program packed with Setup Factory 6: Auto Schedule

Thanks, anonymous_person. I was able to get both of those working.

Perch, on Jan 4 2007, 08:53 PM, said:

I' ve found 2 old installers made with Setup Factory, both fail to extract with uniextract. I also tried cmdTotal, and it doesn't work either.

Wow, when I asked for "older" SetupFactory installers, you really delivered! It looks like these are too old, though. I can't find anything to support them. I'll hang on to them for future testing, though.

Thanks to both of you for your response.

By the way, I think UniExtract 1.5 is feature-complete at this point. I still need to do a lot of testing and fine-tuning, and will need to get some assistance updating the translation files, but I'm hoping to put out a beta version either this weekend or on Monday. I've made some significant changes in this version, so I'll definitely need some help testing it before releasing the final version to make sure I haven't added any regressions. If you're interested in helping out, check back here periodically over the next couple days. I'll post a download link and beta ChangeLog as soon as it's ready.

[pwong]

Universal Extractor fails to extract ONES

This post has been edited by pwong: 06 January 2007 - 01:32 AM

[nitro322]

pwong, on Jan 6 2007, 01:27 AM, said:

Universal Extractor fails to extract ONES

Nope. I played around with it for about 45 min., but couldn't figure it out. To be honest, I can't even figure out what kind of installer it is, let alone how to extract files.

It looks like it might be an NSIS installer, but doesn't behave like others I've seen. Perhaps it's a custom NSIS build, similar to how Skype uses a custom version of Inno Setup.

Alternatively, is it possible to package applications in an installer directly with Visual Studio? If so, that may be the case here rather than NSIS.

Either way, though, I can't support it at this time.

[Hanschke]

can u please add cab support and i dont mean the win cab files. i mean cab files from the installshield installer

under vista i got an error after extrating some file i cannot delete the archive cause the files are used from ur application

[Stranger]

InstallShield CAB File Viewer 12
Allows to extract from any InstallShield CABinets up to version 12.
Features also a full help guide & a command line edition.
http://www.4shared.com/file/3299830/2eeab3...leviewer12.html

InstallShield CAB File Viewer 10.5
http://www.4shared.com/file/3300121/d8676f...eviewer105.html

MultiExtractor
MultiExtractor is an application that allows you to extract/recovery multimedia files. MultiExtractor is different from other extractors becouse:
it extracts image/audio/video files (BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG, PCX, TGA, ICO, CUR, XM, MOD, WAV, OGG, MP3, S3M, AVI, DAT, ASF, MOV and SWF)
it can extract files stored in DATABASES (like *.doc, *.ppt, *.xls, *.pdf, *.db...)
it can also extract all specifed formats (stored as resources) from PE-FILES (*.exe, *.scr, *.dll, *.ocx, *.ax...)
it have a dynamic multimedia explorer (all data is mapped)
it have a very strong filtering options (like icon properties, image properties, size of files)
it can extract crypted/packed resources of executable file
it uses DRAG&DROP interface and CLIPBOARD.
http://www.multiextr...tiextractor.exe


These toolz also can help.

[Surfer]

Hanschke, on Jan 8 2007, 03:42 AM, said:

can u please add cab support and i dont mean the win cab files. i mean cab files from the installshield installer

under vista i got an error after extrating some file i cannot delete the archive cause the files are used from ur application

IS CAB's is supported by UniExtractor

[nitro322]

Well, the update is (still) taking longer than expected to finish up. Let's set a new timeframe of Wednesday/Thursday for the beta.

Hanschke, on Jan 7 2007, 03:42 PM, said:

can u please add cab support and i dont mean the win cab files. i mean cab files from the installshield installer

They should already be supported. Can you provide some more information about what exactly is failing? What version of UniExtract are you using? What application are you trying to extract? Can you post a download link for it?

Stranger, on Jan 7 2007, 11:22 PM, said:

InstallShield CAB File Viewer 12

Unfortunately I can't use these. Somebody had actually sent me a link to this a while back, but it turns out that this is official InstallShield/Macrovision code which cannot be redistributed. Heck, according the the license and previous discusson I've seen on the issue it can't even be redistributed within your own organization, let alone including it in a separate product and distributing to everyone on the internet. It stinks, too, because it does a good job and I had actually figured out how to make it work with UniExtract before realizing the licensing issue.

Stranger, on Jan 7 2007, 11:22 PM, said:

MultiExtractor

This is new to me, I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the tip.

[j7n]

Thank you both Nitro and Stranger for your extraction tools. Much appreciated.

Can you please tell me how to use the cracked InstallShield Cabinet Viewer 12? I tried to unpack an IS7 cabinet (split into data1.hdr, data1.cab, data2.cab), which is unsupported by i6comp, using ISCAB and IsCabVu. Both applications parsed the header file without errors. Finally IsCabVu allows me to extract files one by one. The problem is that there are over 1000 files packed.

To do unpacking in batch mode I created an ini file using command.

iscab data1.cab -i"iscab.ini" -l

Then modified the ini file to include target path according to this helpfile.

Upon running the extraction process iscab tells me it can't find a file #1418. There is no file with such index in the cabinets and my ini file.

iscab.exe data1.cab -i"iscab.ini" -x

Quote

Error: Could not find CAB file with file #1418
The system cannot find the file specified.

To exclude the possibility with mismatched seachpaths, I have finally copied the installer, iscab12 and the ini file in the same directory.

This post has been edited by j7n: 09 January 2007 - 08:04 AM

[nitro322]

j7n, on Jan 8 2007, 08:41 PM, said:

Can you please tell me how to use the cracked InstallShield Cabinet Viewer 12? I tried to unpack an IS7 cabinet (split into data1.hdr, data1.cab, data2.cab), which is unsupported by i6comp, using ISCAB and IsCabVu.

i6comp does indeed support these types of files:

C:\1\Test\iscab>dir
04/24/2002  06:01 AM		 1,203,219 data1.cab
04/24/2002  06:03 AM			46,414 data1.hdr
04/24/2002  06:04 AM		11,782,898 data2.cab
			   3 File(s)	 13,032,531 bytes
			   2 Dir(s)   5,239,394,304 bytes free

C:\1\Test\iscab>i6comp l data1.cab

<SNIP>

Date	   Time   OrigSize Attr  CompSize Ind,Vol FileName
========== ===== ========= ==== ========= ======= =================
12-16-1999 10:24	 28529 A___	  5841	0, 1 corecomp.ini
01-04-2000 06:44	151552 A___	 66724	1, 1 ctor.dll
01-04-2000 06:39	 32768 A___	  4524	2, 1 objectps.dll
01-08-2000 06:40	208896 A___	 90177	3, 1 iuser.dll
07-09-1999 21:43		 0 A___		 0	4, 1 ILog.dll
<SNIP>

Now, it's possible that the particular files that you are working with may not be supported by i6comp, but just because it's split into multiple files does not mean it's unsupported. If that's the case, I'd recommend trying i5comp instead, which can sometimes work in cases where i6comp fails. You may also want to try using WinPack, which includes both of these utilities, i3comp for even older archives, and a nice little GUI frontend. You can read more about WinPack here:
http://snoopy81.ifra.../en/winpack.htm

If you really want to use InstallShield Cabinet Viewer instead, you'll have to do a bit more work. I don't know why, but as you've seen extraction doesn't work quite right. I can't remember the details of what I had to do to make it work, but I think it involved listing the files first, reading through the list and creating all subdirectories, then running iscab again to actually extract the files. I'm pretty sure all subdirectories have to be created first. It's a pain, so like I said earlier I'd recommend trying i6comp/i5comp instead ad using this only as a fallback option.

[j7n]

Quote

I'd recommend trying i5comp instead, which can sometimes work in cases where i6comp fails.

Can i5comp extract InstallShield 7 cabinets?

Phew, after a few hours I have at last successfully extracted the archive using ISCAB 12. The cabinet was "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" installer on 2 CDs. At first I had overlooked a small dummy cabinet data3.cab on the second disc, which obviously contained the #1418 file. There were also uncompressed files on the disc, and when listing the contents uising -l iscab did not differentiate between uncompressed files and files packed in CABs. So, those files also had to be copied over (first I tried extracting in the current directory, overwriting those files with themselves).

Iscab created all required subdirectories.