Latest version of WinRAR adds Vista compatibility

May 30, 2007

Latest version of WinRAR adds Vista compatibility and makes this leading compression software ready for Windows Vista.

win.rar GmbH, publisher for RARLAB software, are proud to announce the final version of the new WinRAR 3.70. WinRAR 3.70 has been in beta for a while now and with this latest release, win.rar GmbH plans to go live with it's Vista compatible version today. The new version WinRAR 3.70 contains important new features, general improvements and can now be used for Windows Vista, the newest operating system.

New version includes numerous Windows Vista compatibility changes including new CHM help format, support of UDF file format frequently used in DVD ISO images, Unicode support for CD ISO images, more space for file names in progress windows and new command line options for self-extracting modules.

Highlights of the 3.70 release are:

WinRAR 3.70 was designed to offer extensive Vista compatibility. So WinRAR 3.70 will be just as easy and reliable to use as under Windows XP and Windows 95/98.

In addition, WinRAR 3.70 now supports the "Universal Disk Format" (UDF; ISO 13346). This file format is frequently used in ISO images of DVD disks. UDF enables working with larger files, larger disks and with more information about individual files and folders.

Further the display and handling of unicode characters was improved. Now non-English file names can be used in .iso files as well.

The window displaying the archiving and extraction progress was extensively redesigned. Users can now see more information about the files being processed and the compression ratio achieved.

Finally WinRAR 3.70 features improved functionality for expert users of self extracting (SFX) archives, which are also vista compatible now. New switches allow to define destination path, password, silent mode and other parameters for extraction of SFX archives from command line mode.

These are just some of the features that were added or improved. More information on all the improved items can be found here http://www.win-rar.com/whatsnew.html.

Of course, as always, the upgrade to 3.70 is absolutely FREE for all registered users! Upgrading is quick and easy. Users only need to download and install the newest version of WinRAR to continue using the best compression tool around! No complicated uninstalling of the previous version is necessary.