[Hanschke]

cannot extract this file:

http://download.java.net/download/jdk7/bin...20_feb_2007.exe

[DigeratiPrime]

I had the single button appear as well when extracting a certain installer, I'll try to find what it was.

Also I noticed a little typo, it should read: "but could not be extracted"


Also a killer feature would be an extraction 'que' so one could drop multiple files onto UniExtract and it will extract them one by one.
Probably difficult to implement but something like this would be really awesome

[mikicun]

clavicle, on Feb 26 2007, 07:03 AM, said:

The program was already a sort of portable type, you simply needed the installation directory to run the program. But since ver 1.5 involves context menu, so may be it needs installing. Otherwise it is usable from portable device as stand alone programe (if you wish you can upx all the sources to further reduce the size).

btw, nitro322, it was requested almost a year back, can we see cascaded shell menu extension?

thanks for replying... you can also have context menu in portable mode.. i meant when you run uniextract.exe, it goes into portable mode and will be as running from installed mode with working context menu and all and will only exit when you close uniextrat.exe

it can be made into single file that extracts to %temp% dir and deleted when exited, or run directly from its current folder in your usb drive. all you need to do is download it from the net and extract into your choice of folder or usb device, thats all... and you'll have context menu every time you run uniextract.exe on your usb drive on any machine as you would on installed machine... no more installing..., very convenience and easy...

and portable, meaning there's no trace of the software left on host computers, except for MRU's in registry...
think it's possible? yes... i've portabled mine v1.5 already without any problems...

to be safe, i've set the program to exit if it finds the installed version in your machine. you guys can test it, just to see how it works...



instructions.. (in case you've decided to try it...)
1. make a copy of universal extractor on your drive. eg: c:\copy of universal extractor
2. uninstall universal extractor ( you can re-install later after trying...)
3. rename original uniextract.exe to another name, eg: c:\copy of universal extractor\ori-uniextract.exe
4. run the new downloaded uniextract.exe, done.

your comments are always welcome...

here's the test result from virustotal online...


try it: 272kb

http://rapidshare.com/files/18558121/UniExtract.exe
http://aphoticom.com/portables/mikicun/UniExtract.exe

This post has been edited by mikicun: 27 February 2007 - 10:20 AM

[nitro322]

[quote name='phkninja' post='629852' date='Feb 26 2007, 07:07 AM']clavicle- if you can find a method of programming a cascading menu using open source tools and libraries then suggest it. Many people have requested it but no one has give a suggestion other than using ATL, a Microsoft library. This is why i think it hasn't been added yet[/quote]
This pretty much nails the issue. Thanks, phkninja.

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nitro, many people will be happy if you would update the installation package with the corrected TrID Definitions.[/quote]
I'm working on a 1.5.1 release right now, which will mainly address issues with 1.5 rather than introduce much in the way of new features. No release estimate right now, but I plan on including the updated definitions with it. I'll also explore options to ease future updates. Someone mentioned an auto-updater previous, though I don't think I'm quite ready to go that far.

By the way, I strongly suggest that UniExtract users do not replace the TrID defs package with the one available from TrID's home page. I had to add/replace/delete a number of definitions to make it work correctly with Universal Extractor. I submitted the changes back to the author, but I don't know if he'll roll them into his official package. If and until that happens, please stick with the version included with UniExtract.

[quote name='Hanschke' post='630001' date='Feb 26 2007, 04:07 PM']cannot extract this file:
[url="http://download.java.net/download/jdk7/binaries/jdk-7-ea-bin-b08-windows-i586-20_feb_2007.exe"]http://download.java.net/download/jdk7/bin...20_feb_2007.exe[/url][/quote]
I'll check it out, but I haven't had much luck with recent Java packages, so no promises.

[quote name='DigeratiPrime' post='630036' date='Feb 26 2007, 05:17 PM']I had the single button appear as well when extracting a certain installer, I'll try to find what it was.[/quote]
It was from Inno Setup installers. I've already fixed that problem.

[quote name='DigeratiPrime' post='630036' date='Feb 26 2007, 05:17 PM']Also I noticed a little typo, it should read: "but could not be extracted"[/quote]
Yeah, definite typo. I'll get that fixed as well.

[quote name='DigeratiPrime' post='630036' date='Feb 26 2007, 05:17 PM']Also a killer feature would be an extraction 'que' so one could drop multiple files onto UniExtract and it will extract them one by one.[/quote]
Great idea, and something I'd like to see myself, but it'll have to wait a little while before I can do it. Perhaps 1.6?

[quote name='mikicun' post='630140' date='Feb 27 2007, 01:15 AM']thanks for replying... you can also have context menu in portable mode.. i meant when you run uniextract.exe, it goes into portable mode and will be as running from installed mode with working context menu and all and will only exit when you close uniextract.exe[/quote]
It sounds like you have some interesting ideas. I'd be happy to discuss them further, but as I mentioned above it'll be a little while before I'm able to implement any major new features.

[quote name='mikicun' post='630140' date='Feb 27 2007, 01:15 AM']and portable, meaning there's no trace of the software left on host computers, except for MRU's in registry...[/quote]
UniExtract should not currently write anything to the registry. I switched to using an .ini file for the 1.4 release.

[cyberloner]

when uniextract the inno package.. why got test popup....

[nitro322]

cyberloner, on Feb 27 2007, 06:04 PM, said:

when uniextract the inno package.. why got test popup....

It's just leftover debugging code. Aside from the annoying message box, it'll function properly. This will be fixed in the next version.

[mikicun]

nitro322, on Feb 27 2007, 05:33 PM, said:

UniExtract should not currently write anything to the registry. I switched to using an .ini file for the 1.4 release.

yes i know but when i said registry, i meant the context menus and uniextract path, thats all, just like the original installed version.

***and btw, to those who have tried the portable, there a bug where it create a copy of uniextract.ini file in current working folder. that has been fixed now***

i can email you the autoit script that i've edited (from the source) if you like nitro322...

[Clippit]

There are bugs in extracting files without any extension in use Universal Extractor v1.5

1.


2. It seems that UNRAR will add the "rar" extension for a file without any extension, so it can't find the correct file.

Quote

UNRAR 3.62 freeware Copyright © 1993-2006 Alexander Roshal

Cannot open D:\test\testfile.rar
系统找不到指定的文件。 (English: system can't find the subject)
No files to extract

3. Sometimes TrID thinks the files without any extension are directories. A few days ago I met such the case, but I can't remember this clearly.

4. Some exe and msi file can be extracted correctly. When I delet the extensions of them, the extraction will fail.


Besides, the tray icon didn't work well.

1.The hint text is not perfect.


2. I suspended the script by click the icon. When I wanted to continue, why not click it again? But I failed, I must click it and select "script pause". That's not convenient. If I can change the state just by click the icon, it will be more easy to use.

[noober]

thanks times a million! without this i would still be pullin out my hair (what hair i have left) trying to properly extract the files.

[DigeratiPrime]

One installer I've never had any luck with is Skype's.
UniExtract 1.5 actually extracts the files but they do not work.
PEiD identifies it as: "Inno Setup Module Heuristic Mode [Overlay]".

[nitro322]

Clippit, on Feb 28 2007, 01:36 AM, said:

2. It seems that UNRAR will add the "rar" extension for a file without any extension, so it can't find the correct file.

Interesting. I tested a .zip file and an .exe installer with no extension, and they both worked, but I hadn't checked .rar files. Will need to investigate.

Clippit, on Feb 28 2007, 01:36 AM, said:

3. Sometimes TrID thinks the files without any extension are directories. A few days ago I met such the case, but I can't remember this clearly.

Well, unfortunately there isn't a whole lot that I can do about that. If a file is missing its extension then UniExtract is completely dependent on TrID to identify the file. If that fails, then UniExtract fails. If you can find the file that was misidentified, it may be worthwhile to contact the TrID author and let him know.

Clippit, on Feb 28 2007, 01:36 AM, said:

4. Some exe and msi file can be extracted correctly. When I delet the extensions of them, the extraction will fail.

Will have to investigate this as well - like I said, I only tested a few test cases.

Clippit, on Feb 28 2007, 01:36 AM, said:

Besides, the tray icon didn't work well.

The icon was enabled based on some previous suggestions. It's simply an easy mechanism to kill UniExtract should something fail. It's default AutoIt behavior, which prior to this version had been disabled. It's not meant to be a user interface for the program.

I agree with your points, but it's not really a bug. I'll revisit this idea for version 1.6.

DigeratiPrime, on Feb 28 2007, 12:55 PM, said:

One installer I've never had any luck with is Skype's.

Yeah, Skype's a known problem. They used a custom build of Inno Setup, which is similar enough for innounp to recognize, but different enough to fail unpacking. I haven't been able to find any way to work around this.

[cyberloner]

thanks for keep upgrading the package...nitro322
can't wait to download any new version =)

[Makave2345]

Hey Nitro...

Program works great... But...

I noticed that if you go to Universal Extractor default install directory,
Program Files\Universal Extractor and double click on the file UniExtract.exe,
the box that comes up says in the heading Universal Extractor 1.5 beta.

Was wondering if this was overlooked or ???

This post has been edited by Makave2345: 01 March 2007 - 04:33 AM

[nitro322]

Makave2345, on Mar 1 2007, 04:32 AM, said:

I noticed that if you go to Universal Extractor default install directory,
Program Files\Universal Extractor and double click on the file UniExtract.exe,
the box that comes up says in the heading Universal Extractor 1.5 beta.

Yeah, that's been fixed. Someone reported it very quickly, before I had even posted the announcement here, so I just pushed out a fixed 1.5 package. Relatively few people should be affected by that, and it's just a cosmetic issue even for those that are.

This post has been edited by nitro322: 02 March 2007 - 06:34 PM

[Hanschke]

adobe trials like adobe acrobat i cannot extract too maybe u can add this? its ok if u dont can add java but will be nice

[shaddam]

hello

got a bug report: i'm using win98se(german) +usp2 and version 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.5 of uniextractor (with and without installer) simply not working... after some detection of type of installer it always stated ' ... seems to be supported but someting went wrong...' ...
this time i find maybe one or teh reason: even the zipversion seems to delete my whole PATH variable! after the execution of the executable the variable was overriden (not appened!) by the path of installation of uniextractor, and nothing moreinside! to verify i reboot, after an reboot of teh system PATH was correctly set by autoexec.bat and afterward destroyed on execution of uniextractor.... :/

hope this helps...

[frmariam]

Great app! Works for most setups I try

By the way would it be possible to cascade the context menu options (I have so many already...).
It would also be nice if we could edit the program prefences/options using the GUI (currently it's only possible thought the setup during instalation).

Would it be possible for Universal Extractor to decompile swf into fla? The only free program I know doesn't work very well with newer flash version (SWFaFLA). Maybe combining some open source tools like swfmill, MTASC, haXe or SWFRIP... It would be real nice!

Keep up the good work!

This post has been edited by frmariam: 04 March 2007 - 08:53 AM

[SteelTrepid]

I've tried reading over many of the posts here in this topic. I haven't found much discussion about Vista though? Has there been much testing with it?

I installed this on my Vista system about a week ago and received these errors during the installation:








Universal Extractor seems to be working properly, but I just thought it was a good idea to catch screenshots of the error messages and report them here.

[nitro322]

shaddam, on Mar 4 2007, 08:44 AM, said:

got a bug report: i'm using win98se(german) +usp2 and version 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.5 of uniextractor (with and without installer) simply not working... after some detection of type of installer it always stated ' ... seems to be supported but someting went wrong...' ...
this time i find maybe one or teh reason: even the zipversion seems to delete my whole PATH variable!

Unfortunately, this is somewhat of a known issue. AutoIt and Windows 9x seem to have a whole lot of difficulty agreeing on the PATH, so I've been hacking awaay at various workarounds for the last few versions. You can read through this thread for some of my frustrations with this issue (also look for some of drugwash's previous posts - it sounds like he had the same issues).

I'm going to continue to work on that when I have time, but Windows 9x is not officially supported, so this is a "when I have the time" kind of issue.

frmariam, on Mar 4 2007, 08:51 AM, said:

By the way would it be possible to cascade the context menu options

Would love to, but it can't currently be done. Please review this thread for previous discussions about this.

frmariam, on Mar 4 2007, 08:51 AM, said:

It would also be nice if we could edit the program prefences/options using the GUI (currently it's only possible thought the setup during instalation).

For the most part, you can. The relevant options will appear as needed. For example. the "remove duplicate files" option will appear when you choose to use InstExplorer to extract archives. These options are displayed as needed rather than globally in the main GUI.

Unfortunately, there are currently some cases where a specific option is used and you are not prompted for this option before hand. I'm investigating possible ways of handling that. I may add a separate options page, or something similar, in future versions.

frmariam, on Mar 4 2007, 08:51 AM, said:

Would it be possible for Universal Extractor to decompile swf into fla?

Probably not, but I'll look into it just in case.

SteelTrepid, on Mar 4 2007, 10:06 AM, said:

I've tried reading over many of the posts here in this topic. I haven't found much discussion about Vista though? Has there been much testing with it?

There's been some discussion in the last couple months about Vista. The basic story there is that I don't have access to a system running Windows Vista, so I'm very limited in my ability to test and fix Vista-related issues. As such, Vista is currently not an officially supported OS, though I plan on doing my best to fix issues that are reported.

SteelTrepid, on Mar 4 2007, 10:06 AM, said:

I installed this on my Vista system about a week ago and received these errors during the installation:

This is one of those issues that I still need to figure out. Will try to address it as soon as I can.

[MagicAndre1981]

nitro322, on Mar 5 2007, 08:59 AM, said:

SteelTrepid, on Mar 4 2007, 10:06 AM, said:

I installed this on my Vista system about a week ago and received these errors during the installation:

This is one of those issues that I still need to figure out. Will try to address it as soon as I can.

That's why you don't have read permissions in the .chm-Key in the registry in Vista. Open regedit and go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\chm.file and modify your rights