New WinRAR 3.70 is Now Vista Compatible

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Bremen, Germany (PRWEB) May 30, 2007 -- 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.

About WinRAR

WinRAR is a 32-bit Windows version of RAR Archiver, the powerful archiver and archive manager. RAR files can usually compress content up to 30 percent better than ZIP files. WinRAR's main features are very strong general and multimedia compression, processing of non-RARarchives, long filename support, programmable self-extracting archives(SFX), damaged archive repair, authenticity verification, embedded file comments, and encryption. WinRAR is available in over 45 different languages and runs on Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME/XP/Vista. The command line version RAR is available for Linux, DOS, OS/2, FreeBSD and MAC OS X. Pocket RAR, the free WinRAR version for Pocket PCs and the new WinRAR for U3 complete the compression product range. So WinRAR simply is "The Size Solution".

About win.rar GmbH

win.rar GmbH is the official publisher for WinRAR and RARLAB products since February 2002 and handles all support, marketing and sales related to WinRAR & rarlab.com. win.rar GmbH is located in Germany and is represented globally through its local partners on 6 continents and in more than 80 countries. The company is dedicated to offering the highest level of quality support to its customers, and to constantly improving its software according to their needs and feedback. For more information about WinRAR and win.rar GmbH please visit www.win-rar.com.

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