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+                WinRAR - What's new in the latest version
+
+
+   Version 7.01
+
+   1. Bugs fixed:
+
+      a) updating an encrypted file in a solid RAR archive produced
+         a corrupt archive if updated file was the first in archive,
+         no password was specified when starting updating and file name
+         encryption in the updated archive wasn't enabled;
+
+      b) WinRAR 7.00 crashed after switching to "Flat folders view" mode
+         from archive subfolder;
+
+      c) switch -ep4 duplicated the specified path instead of excluding it
+         when extracting;
+
+      d) if archive created by Unix RAR version contained symlinks with
+         path separator characters in target paths, these characters could be
+         broken when modifying such archive with Windows RAR;
+
+      e) invalid file name was displayed in file rename and file execute
+         WinRAR error messages;
+
+      f) SFX "Shortcut" command failed to recognize empty parameters
+         defined like "Shortcut=D,"",folder", while correctly recognizing
+         such parameters without quote marks like "Shortcut=D,,folder";
+
+      g) volume reconstruction didn't work in WinRAR.exe if "rc" command
+         was specified with .rev file, such as "WinRAR rc arc.part1.rev".
+         Unlike RAR, WinRAR required to use only .rar file name here.
+
+
+   Version 7.00
+
+   1. Compression dictionary sizes larger than 1 GB are supported
+      for RAR archive format. Depending on the amount of physically
+      available memory, dictionary up to 64 GB can be selected.
+
+      Not power of 2 dictionary sizes can be specified for dictionaries
+      exceeding 4 GB. So we are not limited to 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 series
+      and can use values like 5 GB or 22 GB.
+
+      Archives with dictionaries exceeding 4 GB can be unpacked only
+      by WinRAR 7.0 or newer. 64-bit WinRAR version is needed to unpack
+      archives with dictionaries exceeding 1 GB.
+
+      Increasing the dictionary size can improve the compression ratio
+      for large files with distant repeated blocks, like virtual machine
+      disk images. It also can be efficient for sets of large similar files
+      in a solid archive, such as a collection of software ISO images
+      differing by version or localization.
+
+   2. WinRAR issues a prompt allowing to cancel or continue if dictionary
+      size in extracted RAR archive exceeds "Maximum dictionary size
+      allowed to extract" parameter in "Settings/Compression".
+      It is done to prevent the unexpected excessive memory allocation.
+
+      In the command line mode by default WinRAR refuses to unpack archives
+      with dictionary exceeding 4 GB. Use -md<size> or -mdx<size> to allow
+      unpacking dictionaries up to and including the specified size.
+      Unlike -md<size>, -mdx<size> is applied to extraction only and can be
+      added to RAR environment variable, not affecting archiving commands.
+
+   3. "Define dictionary sizes" dialog in "Settings/Compression" can be used
+      to customize dictionary sizes proposed in the drop down list associated
+      with "Dictionary size" field in "Archive name and parameters" dialog.
+
+   4. Alternate search algorithm, optimized to locate longer and more distant
+      repeated data blocks, can be used when creating RAR archives.
+      It helps to improve the compression ratio and sometimes speed
+      for redundant data like big text files.
+      
+      It increases memory usage and might reduce the compression speed
+      for some types of data. It can be turned on or off with
+      "Long range search" options in "Advanced compression parameters" dialog
+      or with -mcl[+|-] switch. If "Auto" option is selected, WinRAR applies
+      the long range search depending on the compression method, dictionary
+      size and other parameters.
+
+      This algorithm is required for dictionaries exceeding 4 GB
+      and turning it off is ignored for such dictionaries.
+
+   5. Much slower and more exhaustive repeated data search and compression
+      algorithm can be enabled with "Exhaustive search" option
+      in "Advanced compression parameters" dialog or with -mcx switch.
+      It might provide the additional compression gain for some types of
+      redundant data, but at much lower compression speed.
+
+      Long range search is needed to implement this mode efficiently,
+      so the exhaustive search option activates it automatically.
+
+      Both long range and exhaustive search option do not affect
+      the compatibility of created archives. So if dictionary size
+      is in 128 KB - 4 GB range, archives created with these search options
+      can be unpacked by all WinRAR versions beginning from 5.0.
+         
+   6. Maximum path length limit is increased from 2047 to 65535 characters.
+
+   7. Creating archives in RAR 4.x format isn't supported anymore.
+      Options and switches specific for this format are removed.
+      It doesn't affect RAR 4.x archives decompression, which is included
+      into WinRAR.
+
+   8. "Propagate Mark of the Web" option in "Settings/Security" dialog
+      controls assigning the archive Mark of the Web to extracted files.
+      It is possible to prohibit propagating, allow it for several
+      predefined file groups, for all files or for files matching user
+      defined file masks.
+
+      Mark of the Web is the security zone information added by Internet
+      browsers to downloaded files. It can be used by various software
+      for security purposes.
+
+      It is supported only by GUI WinRAR. Console RAR doesn't propagate
+      Mark of the Web regardless of this option.
+
+   9. "Attributes" column can be enabled in "Settings/File list/Columns".
+      It displays file attribute abbreviations, such as 'A' for "Archive"
+      and 'D' for directory.
+
+      If file attribute isn't among those recognized by WinRAR,
+      the numeric value of file attributes is also displayed.
+      This value uses hexadecimal format for Windows attributes
+      or octal format for Unix attributes.
+   
+  10. "Benchmark" command allows to specify the exact number of threads
+      and copy results to clipboard. Information about WinRAR and Windows
+      versions, CPU and memory is added to benchmark window.
+   
+  11. "Remove redundant folders from extraction path" option
+      in "Settings/Paths" is now applicable also to extraction commands
+      invoked from WinRAR user interface and to multiple archives
+      unpacked to separate folders. It removes a destination path
+      component, only if its name matches both the archive name and root
+      archived folder name, provided that there are no other folders
+      or files in archive root.
+
+      For example, it will remove one of "Pictures" in the destination path
+      if we unpack Pictures.rar containing the root "Pictures" folder
+      to "Pictures\" destination.
+
+      Previously it worked only for a single archive extracted from
+      context menu and didn't check if archived folder name matches
+      the last destination path component.
+
+  12. "Word wrap in comment" option in "Interface" options group
+      in "Settings/General" toggles the word wrap mode in archive comment
+      window.
+   
+  13. Dictionary size data in archive information dialog is now available
+      for .bz2, .lz, .tar.bz2, .tar.gz, .tar.lz, .tar.zst archives.
+
+  14. Switch -ol- prohibits archiving and extracting symbolic links.
+   
+  15. Switches -sl<size>[u] and -sm<size>[u] recognize [k|K|m|M|g|G|t|T]
+      size units for kilobytes, thousands of bytes, megabytes, millions
+      of bytes, gigabytes, billions of bytes, terabytes, trillions of bytes.
+      If unit character is 'b', 'B' or not present, bytes are assumed.
+
+      Previously these switches accepted bytes only.
+
+  16. SFX TempMode command accepts the optional @set:user parameter
+      allowing to modify temporary folder permissions, so only the current
+      user can access it. It prohibits a local user to replace files
+      in a temporary folder if SFX is started under another account.
+
+      It also can be enabled with "Restrict folder access" option
+      in "Advanced SFX options/Modes" dialog.
+
+      Some installers might fail to start in a folder created with
+      @set:user parameter.
+   
+  17. File permissions and NTFS alternate streams are not saved for
+      hard link entries. They are saved only for the source file these
+      entries refer to. It allows to reduce the archive size, because
+      such file properties are automatically propagated to hard links
+      copies when extracting.
+
+  18. Keyboard shortcuts, such as Ctrl+A to select all files or Alt+E to
+      unpack found archives, are now functional in "Search results" window
+      also while search is still in progress. Previously they were available
+      only after completing search.
+   
+  19. Switch -v<size>[unit] recognizes 't' and 'T' as terabytes and
+      trillions of bytes for volume size units.
+   
+  20. Warning is issued if leading '-' character is missing in a parameter
+      specified in "Additional switches" field of WinRAR archiving 
+      and extraction dialogs. Also it is issued for parameters lacking '-'
+      in RAR environment variable and rar.ini file.
+
+      Previously such malformed parameters were ignored silently.
+
+  21. "Convert archives" command displays the smooth total operation progress.
+      Previously the total progress was updated abruptly after converting
+      an archive and was visible only when processing multiple archives.
+
+  22. Proper progress is displayed when compressing symbolic link targets.
+
+  23. "Integrate WinRAR into shell" option in WinRAR "Settings/Integration"
+      is grayed out if "Global\Integration=0" is present in winrar.ini file.
+
+  24. 64-bit WinRAR version uses 64-bit SFX modules by default.
+      64-bit SFX modules are needed to unpack archives with dictionaries
+      exceeding 1 GB.
+   
+      32-bit modules are renamed to Default32.SFX, Zip32.SFX, WinCon32.SFX.
+
+  25. Maximum allowed dictionary size for archiving and extraction
+      can be specified in gigabytes in MaxDictA and MaxDictE variables
+      in "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\Policy" Registry key.
+      If these variables are smaller than corresponding values defined
+      in WinRAR interface, they override interface values.
+
+  26. Console RAR filters out character 27 from screen output. It is done
+      for security reasons, because this character can be used to declare
+      ANSI escape control sequences in some terminal applications.
+
+      We are thankful to Siddharth Dushantha for bringing this issue
+      to our attention.
+
+  27. Bugs fixed:
+
+      a) it was possible to overwrite Mark of the Web, propagated from
+         archive to extracted files, and modify its security zone information
+         utilizing a specially crafted .rar archive.
+
+         We are thankful to Orange Tsai and NiNi from DEVCORE Research Team
+         working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative for letting us know
+         about this security issue.
+
+         Unlike WinRAR, unrar.dll library doesn't propagate the archive
+         Mark of the Web and leaves it to a caller application to assign it
+         to extracted files. So unrar.dll isn't affected by this issue;
+
+      b) "User defined archive extensions" field in "Settings/Integration"
+         was not saved if winrar.ini was used to store settings
+         and WinRAR was started under non-administrator user account.
+
+   
+   Version 6.24
+
+   1. Bugs fixed:
+
+      a) WinRAR and UnRAR.dll extraction command dereferenced a null pointer
+         and crashed when processing a zero length archive name
+         in the archive metadata stored with -am switch.
+
+         We are thankful to Radoslaw Madej from Check Point software
+         for reporting this issue;
+   
+      b) WinRAR and UnRAR.dll extraction command overwrote extracted file
+         data with contents of ::$DATA NTFS alternate data stream,
+         if such stream was present in the archive. In this case
+         unpacked data size and checksum could mismatch file size
+         and checksum displayed in WinRAR file list. It didn't affect
+         file name and type, which were displayed properly.
+
+         We are thankful to Ata Hakcil for reporting this issue.
+
+   
+   Version 6.23
+
+   1. Added extraction of XZ archives utilizing ARM64 filter.
+   
+   2. Rar$LS* temporary files, created when extracting or testing multiple
+      archives from Windows context menu, are now deleted immediately.
+      Previously they were deleted only on next WinRAR runs and only
+      if they were at least 1 hour old.
+   
+   3. Bugs fixed:
+
+      a) a security issue involving out of bounds write is fixed
+         in RAR4 recovery volumes processing code.
+
+         We are thankful to goodbyeselene working with Trend Micro Zero Day
+         Initiative for letting us know about this bug;
+
+      b) WinRAR could start a wrong file after a user double clicked
+         an item in a specially crafted archive.
+
+         We are thankful to Andrey Polovinkin from Group-IB Threat
+         Intelligence unit for letting us know about this bug;
+
+      c) if both NTFS and Unix time extra fields were available for a file
+         in ZIP archive, extraction command ignored the second extra field
+         even if it provided more time fields than first one;
+
+      d) interface themes were applied to archive icons even if
+         "Apply to archive icons" option in "Organize themes" dialog
+         was turned off.
+
+   
+   Version 6.22
+
+   1. Bugs fixed:
+
+      a) extracting individual files from solid archives created by
+         RAR versions older than 2.0, could fail in WinRAR 6.20 and 6.21.
+         It didn't affect extracting the entire archive, which was performed
+         correctly;
+
+      b) files in Unix ARJ archives could be erroneously displayed as folders
+         in WinRAR file list;
+
+      c) "Display files in Explorer" extraction option was ignored
+         if "When done: Close WinRAR" option was also set and archive
+         was opened in WinRAR before extracting;
+
+      d) file size value in the internal viewer status bar didn't include
+         the byte order mask field, displaying a smaller than actual size
+         for Unicode files.
+
+   
+   Version 6.21
+
+   1. Both file and folder modification timestamps are restored
+      when unpacking TAR and TAR based archives like tar.gz and tar.bz2.
+      Previously only file modification timestamps were set
+      for these archive formats.
+   
+   2. Added decompression of .tar.zst archives with dictionary
+      exceeding 128 MB. WinRAR 6.20 allowed such dictionary for .zst,
+      but not for .tar.zst.
+
+   3. Switches -ed and -e+d are also supported by ZIP archives.
+      Previously they worked only for RAR archives.
+
+   4. Bugs fixed:
+
+      a) if unencrypted file was stored after encrypted in the same
+         RAR archive and both files had been unpacked in the same extraction
+         command, WinRAR 6.20 failed to unpack the unencrypted file;
+
+      b) in some cases a wrong detailed reason of file open error could be
+         displayed in the second line of open error message.
+
+   
+   Version 6.20
+
+   1. If "Autodetect passwords" option in "Organizer passwords" dialog
+      is enabled and password matching a processing archive is present
+      among saved passwords, it is applied automatically. This option
+      is applicable only for archives in RAR 5.0 and ZIP formats,
+      which allow to verify the password validity quickly.
+
+      There is a minor chance of incorrect password detection
+      for ZIP archives if stored passwords do not include a proper one.
+      If encrypted ZIP archive extraction fails, you can try to disable
+      this option, repeat extraction and enter a valid password manually.
+
+   2. If extraction command involves only a part of files in RAR archive,
+      the additional archive analysis is performed when starting extraction.
+      It helps to properly unpack file references even if reference source
+      is not selected. It works for most of RAR archives except for volumes
+      on multiple removable media and archives containing a very large
+      number of references.
+
+      Also in some cases such analysis may help to optimize the amount
+      of processing data when extracting individual files from
+      semi-solid archives created with -s<N> and -se switches.
+
+   3. "Save original archive name and time" option on "Options" page
+      of archiving dialog allows to save the original archive name
+      and creation time. If archive includes such saved name and time,
+      they are displayed on "Info" page of "Show information" command
+      and can be restored on "Options" page of same command.
+      Restoring involves renaming an archive to original name and setting
+      the saved time as the archive creation and modification time.
+
+      Switch -ams or just -am together with archive modification commands
+      can be used to save the archive name and time in the command line mode.
+      These saved parameters are displayed in header of "l" and "v" commands
+      output and can be restored with -amr switch combined with "ch" command,
+      such as "rar ch -amr arc.rar". If -amr is specified, "ch" ignores
+      other archive modification switches.
+
+   4. Faster RAR5 compression of poorly compressible data on modern CPUs
+      with 8 or more execution threads. This applies to all methods
+      except "Fastest", which performance remains the same.
+
+   5. "Repair" command efficiency is improved for shuffled data blocks
+      in recovery record protected RAR5 archives.
+         
+   6. If file size has grown after archiving when creating non-solid
+      RAR volumes, such file is stored without compression regardless of
+      volume number, provided that file isn't split between volumes.
+      Previously it worked only for files in the first volume.
+
+   7. Added decompression of .zipx archives containing file references,
+      provided that both reference source and target are selected
+      and reference source precedes the target inside of archive.
+
+      Typically, if .zipx archive includes file references, it is necessary
+      to unpack the entire archive to extract references successfully.
+   
+   8. Added decompression of .zst long range mode archives with dictionary
+      exceeding 128 MB. Previously it was possible to decompress them only
+      if dictionary was 128 MB or less.
+
+   9. If "Turn PC off", "Hibernate", "Sleep" or "Restart PC" archiving
+      options are enabled in WinRAR, a prompt to confirm or cancel
+      such power management action is displayed directly before starting it.
+      If no selection was made by user for 30 seconds, the proposed action
+      is confirmed and started automatically.
+
+      This prompt is also displayed for -ioff switch in WinRAR command line,
+      but not in console RAR command line.
+
+  10. Context menu in WinRAR file list provides "Open in internal viewer"
+      command for archive files. It can be helpful if you wish to view
+      the archive raw data in internal viewer. For example, to read
+      an email archive with UUE attachments included.
+
+      Usual "View" command always displays the archive contents.
+      If file is recognized as UUE archive, "View" would show UUE attachments.
+
+  11. Recovery record size is displayed on "Archive" page of file properties
+      invoked from Explorer context menu for archives in RAR5 format.
+      Previously there was only "Present" instead of exact size
+      for RAR5 archives.
+
+  12. When archiving from stdin with -si switch, RAR displays the current
+      amount of read bytes as the progress indicator.
+   
+  13. If wrong password is specified when adding files to encrypted
+      solid RAR5 archive, a password will be requested again.
+      Previous versions cancelled archiving in this case.
+
+  14. If both options "Test archived files" and "Clear attribute "Archive"
+      after compressing" or their command line -t -ac equivalents are
+      enabled when archiving, "Archive" attribute will be cleared only
+      if test was completed successfully. Previously it was cleared even
+      when test reported errors.
+
+  15. NoDrives value containing the bit mask to hide drives can be now
+      read from "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\Policy" Registry key,
+      which allows to include it to winrar.ini if necessary.
+      Its "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies" locations
+      in HKEY_CURRENT_USER and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE are also supported.
+
+      Previously only "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies"
+      in HKEY_CURRENT_USER was recognized.
+
+  16. Bugs fixed:
+
+      a) archive modification commands could fail for some ZIP archives
+         with file comments;
+
+      b) fixed a memory leak when reading contents of .tar.bz2 archives;
+
+      c) if source and resulting archive format is the same, the archive
+         conversion command didn't set the original archive time
+         to a newly created archive even if "Original archive time" option
+         was selected in archiving parameters;
+
+      d) if "Merge volumes contents" option in "Settings/File list" was
+         turned on, the folder packed size in WinRAR file list could be
+         less than expected when browsing a multivolume archive contents.
+         It didn't include the packed size of file parts continuing from
+         previous volume into calculation;
+
+      e) even if "Set file security" extraction option was turned off
+         by default, extraction commands in Explorer context menu still
+         attempted to restore NTFS file security data;
+
+      f) WinRAR could read data beyond the end of buffer and crash
+         when unpacking files from specially crafted ZIP archive.
+         We are thankful to Bakker working with Trend Micro Zero Day
+         Initiative for letting us know about this bug.
+
+
+   
+   Version 6.11
+
+   1. Added support for Gz archives with large archive comments.
+      Previously the extraction command failed to unpack gz archives
+      if comment size exceeded 16 KB.
+
+   2. Archive comments in gz archives are displayed in the comment window
+      and recognized by "Show information" command. Large comments are
+      shown partially.
+      
+      Previous versions didn't display Gzip comments.
+
+   3. Reserved device names followed by file extension, such as aux.txt,
+      are extracted as is in Windows 11 even without "Allow potentially
+      incompatible names" option or -oni command line switch.
+      Unlike previous Windows versions, Windows 11 treats such names
+      as usual files.
+
+      Device names without extension, such as aux, still require these
+      options to be unpacked as is regardless of Windows version.
+
+   4. Switch -mes can be also used to suppress the password prompt
+      and abort when adding files to encrypted solid archive.
+
+   5. Additional measures to prevent extracting insecure links are
+      implemented.
+
+   6. Bugs fixed:
+
+      a) if password exceeding 127 characters was entered when unpacking
+         an encrypted archive with console RAR, text after 127th character
+         could be erroneously recognized as user's input by different
+         prompts issued later;
+
+      b) wrong archived file time could be displayed in overwrite prompt
+         when extracting a file from ZIP archive. It happened if such
+         archive included extended file times and was created in another
+         time zone. It didn't affect the actual file time, which was set
+         properly upon extraction.
+
+
+   Version 6.10
+   
+   1. WinRAR can unpack contents of .zst and .zipx archives utilizing
+      Zstandard algorithm.
+
+   2. Added support of Windows 11 Explorer context menus.
+
+      Beginning from Windows 11, an application can add only a single top
+      level command or submenu to Explorer context menu.
+      
+      If "Cascaded context menus" in "Integration settings" dialog is on,
+      this single item is a submenu storing all necessary WinRAR commands.
+
+      If this option is off, only one extraction command for archives
+      and one archiving command for usual files are available.
+      You can select these commands with "Context menu items..." button
+      in "Integration settings" dialog.
+
+   3. "Legacy context menus" option in "Settings/Integration" dialog
+      can be used in Windows 11 if WinRAR commands are missing in
+      "Show more options" Windows legacy context menu or in context menus
+      of third party file managers. If WinRAR commands are already present
+      here, keep "Legacy context menus" option turned off to prevent
+      duplicating them.
+      
+      This option is not available in Windows 10 and older.
+   
+   4. Windows XP is not supported anymore. Minimum required operating
+      system version is Windows Vista.
+   
+   5. "Close" item is added to "When done" list on "Advanced" page of
+      archiving dialog. It closes WinRAR window, when archiving is done.
+
+   6. "When done" list is added to "Options" page of extraction dialog.
+      It allows to select an action like turning a computer off
+      or closing WinRAR after completing extraction.
+   
+   7. Switch -si can be used when extracting or testing to read archive
+      data from stdin, such as: 
+
+        type docs.rar | rar x -si -o+ -pmypwd dummy docs\
+
+      Even though the archive name is ignored with this switch,
+      an arbitrary dummy archive name has to specified in the command line.
+            
+      Operations requiring backward seeks are unavailable in this mode.
+      It includes displaying archive comments, testing the recovery record,
+      utilizing the quick open information, processing multivolume archives.
+
+      Prompts requiring user interaction are not allowed.
+      Use -o[+|-|r], -p<pwd> or -mes switches to suppress such prompts.
+   
+   8. New -ep4<path> switch excludes the path prefix when archiving
+      or extracting if this path is found in the beginning of archived name.
+      Path is compared with names already prepared to store in archive,
+      without drive letters and leading path separators. For example:
+
+        rar a -ep4texts\books archive c:\texts\books\technical
+
+      removes "text\books" from archived names, so they start
+      from 'technical'.
+   
+   9. New -mes switch skips encrypted files when extracting or testing.
+      It replaces the former -p- switch.
+
+  10. New -op<path> switch sets the destination folder for 'x' and 'e'
+      extraction commands. Unlike <path_to_extract\> command line parameter,
+      this switch also accepts paths without trailing path separator
+      character.
+
+  11. If 'p' command is used to print a file to stdout, informational
+      messages are suppressed automatically to prevent them mixing
+      with file data.
+
+  12. "Generate archive name by mask" option and switch -ag treat only
+      first two 'M' characters after 'H' as minutes. Previously any
+      amount of such characters was considered as minutes.
+
+      It makes possible to place the time field before the date,
+      like -agHHMM-DDMMYY. Previous versions considered all 'M'
+      in this string as minutes.
+
+  13. Maximum allowed size of RAR5 recovery record is increased to 1000%
+      of protected data size. Maximum number of RAR5 recovery volumes
+      can be 10 times larger than protected RAR volumes.
+
+      Previous WinRAR versions are not able to use the recovery record
+      to repair broken archives if recovery record size exceeds 99%.
+      Similarly, previous versions cannot use recovery volumes
+      if their number is equal or larger than number of RAR volumes.
+
+  14. Warning is issued if entered password exceeds the allowed limit
+      of 127 characters and is truncated. Previously such passwords
+      had been truncated silently.
+
+  15. If archive includes reserved device names, the underscore character
+      is inserted in the beginning of such names when extracting.
+      For example, aux.txt is converted to _aux.txt. It is done to prevent
+      compatibility problems with software unable to process such names.
+
+      You can use "Allow potentially incompatible names" option
+      in "Advanced" part of extraction dialog or command line -oni switch
+      to avoid this conversion.
+  
+  16. WinRAR attempts to reset the file cache before testing an archive.
+      It helps to verify actual data written to disk instead of reading
+      a cached copy.
+
+  17. Multiple -v<size> switches specifying different sizes for different
+      volumes are now allowed also for ZIP archives:
+
+      WinRAR a -v100k -v200k -v300k arcname.zip
+
+      Previously multiple -v<size> switches were supported only for
+      RAR archives.
+
+  18. Switches -sl<size> and -sm<size> can be used in WinRAR.exe command
+      line mode when extracting archives in any supported formats,
+      provided that such archive includes unpacked file sizes.
+      Previously these switches could filter files by size only in RAR
+      and ZIP archives.
+  
+  19. Newer folder selection dialog is invoked when pressing "Browse" button
+      in WinRAR "Settings/Paths" page, "Repair" and "Convert" commands,
+      also as in few other similar places. Previously a simpler XP style
+      folder selection dialog was opened.
+  
+  20. When restoring from tray after completing an operation,
+      WinRAR window is positioned under other opened windows,
+      to not interfere with current user activities.
+
+  21. "650 MB CD" is removed and "2 GB volumes" is added to the list of
+      predefined volume sizes in "Define volume sizes" dialog invoked
+      from WinRAR "Settings/Compression".
+
+  22. "Rename" command selects the file name part up to the final dot.
+      Previously it selected the entire name.
+
+  23. If SFX archive size exceeds 4 GB, an error message is issued
+      during compression, immediately after exceeding this threshold.
+      Previously this error was reported only after completing compression.
+
+      Executables of such size cannot be started by Windows.
+
+  24. Command line -en switch is not supported anymore.
+      It created RAR4 archives without the end of archive record.
+
+      End of archive record permits to gracefully skip external data
+      like digital signatures.
+
+  25. Bugs fixed:
+
+      a) when editing a file inside of .rar or .zip archive,
+         WinRAR created a new SFX archive instead of updating an existing 
+         archive if "Create SFX archive" option was set in the default
+         compression profile;
+
+      b) the total progress could be displayed incorrectly when using
+         -oi, -f, -u switches or appropriate GUI options;
+
+      c) "Find files" command with "Use all tables" option and command line
+         "it" commands failed to find strings in UTF-16 encoding.
+
+
+   Version 6.02
+
+   1. ZIP SFX module refuses to process SFX commands stored in archive
+      comment if such comment is resided after beginning of Authenticode
+      digital signature. It is done to prevent possible attacks with
+      inclusion of ZIP archive into the signature body.
+
+      We already prohibited extracting contents of such malformed archives
+      in WinRAR 6.01.
+
+      We are thankful to Jacob Thompson - Mandiant Advantage Labs
+      for reporting this issue.
+
+   2. WinRAR uses https instead of http in the web notifier window,
+      home page and themes links. It also implements additional checks
+      within the web notifier. This is done to prevent a malicious web page
+      from executing existing files on a user's computer. Such attack
+      is only possible if the intruder has managed to spoof or otherwise
+      control user's DNS records. Some other factors are also involved
+      in limiting the practical application of this attack.
+
+      We would like to express our gratitude to Igor Sak-Sakovskiy
+      for bringing this issue to our attention.
+
+   3. Where appropriate, SFX archive displays the additional line
+      with detailed error information provided by operating system.
+
+      For example, previously such archive would display "Cannot create file"
+      message alone. Now this message is followed by a detailed reason
+      like access denied or file being used by another process.
+
+      In the past this extended error information was available in WinRAR,
+      but not in SFX archives.
+
+   4. Switch -idn hides archived names also in 'v' and 'l' commands.
+      It can be useful if only the archive type or total information
+      is needed.
+   
+   5. If -ibck -ri<priority> switches are used together, WinRAR process
+      sets the priority specified in -ri switch. Previous versions ignored
+      -ri and set the priority to low in the presence of -ibck switch.
+
+   6. When using "File/Change drive" command, WinRAR saves the last folder
+      of previous drive and restores it if that drive is selected again
+      later.
+
+   7. Name of unpacking file is now included into WinRAR incorrect password
+      warning for RAR5 archives. It can be helpful when unpacking
+      a non-solid archive containing files encrypted with different passwords.
+   
+   8. Bugs fixed:
+
+      a) "Convert archives" command issued erroneous "The specified password
+         is incorrect" message after succesfully converting RAR archive
+         with encrypted file names if new password was set and archive
+         was opened in WinRAR shell;
+
+      b) if command progress window was resized up and then quickly resized
+         down to original dimensions, window contents could be positioned
+         incorrectly.
+
+   
+   Version 6.01
+
+   1. Ctrl+A keyboard shortcut selects the entire text in WinRAR comment
+      window.
+   
+   2. If -idn switch is used together with -t or -df in console RAR
+      when archiving, it additionally disables "Deleting <filename>"
+      or "Testing <filename>" messages, normally issued by these switches.
+
+      Also -idn disables folder creation messages when extracting
+      a file to non-existing folder.
+
+   3. WinRAR and ZIP SFX module refuse to extract contents of ZIP SFX
+      archives if ZIP central directory is resided after beginning
+      of Authenticode digital signature. It is done to prevent possible
+      attacks with inclusion of ZIP archive into signature body.
+   
+   4. Bugs fixed:
+
+      a) "Convert archives" command could incorrectly convert Unicode
+         comments in RAR archives.
+      
+      b) if two archive information windows had been opened from Explorer
+         context menu, the compression ratio bar in the first window
+         could erroneously display a value for second archive.
+
+         It did not affect the ratio and other text details at the right
+         of window. Only the vertical bar at the left could be updated
+         to a wrong value;
+
+      c) if "Wait if other WinRAR copies are active" option was enabled
+         in extraction dialog, "Waiting for another WinRAR copy" title
+         was not set in command progress window while waiting;
+
+      d) when extracting a symbolic link, previous versions did not
+         overwrite existing symbolic links even if user requested it
+         in overwrite prompt.
+
+
+   Version 6.00
+
+   1. "Ignore" and "Ignore All" options are added to read error prompt.
+      "Ignore" allows to continue processing with already read file part
+      only and "Ignore All" does it for all future read errors.
+
+      For example, if you archive a file, which portion is locked by another
+      process, and if "Ignore" is selected in read error prompt,
+      only a part of file preceding the unreadable region will be saved
+      into archive.
+
+      It can help to avoid interrupting lengthy archiving operations,
+      though be aware that files archived with "Ignore" are incomplete.
+      
+      If switch -y is specified, "Ignore" is applied to all files by default.
+
+      Previously available "Retry" and "Quit" options are still present
+      in read error prompt as well.
+
+   2. Exit code 12 is returned in the command line mode in case of read errors.
+      This code is returned for all options in the read error prompt,
+      including a newly introduced "Ignore" option.
+
+      Previously more common fatal error code 2 was returned for read errors.
+
+   3. If several archives are selected, "Extract archives to" option group
+      in "Options" page of extraction dialog can be used to place extracted
+      files to specified destination folder, to separate subfolders
+      in destination folder, to separate subfolders in archive folders
+      and directly to archive folders.
+      
+      It replaces "Extract archives to subfolders" option and available
+      only if multiple archives are selected.
+
+   4. New -ad2 switch places extracted files directly to archive's own folder.
+      Unlike -ad1, it does not create a separate subfolder for each unpacked
+      archive.
+
+   5. "Additional switches" option in "Options" page of archiving
+      and extraction dialogs allows to specify WinRAR command line switches.
+      It might be useful if there is no option in WinRAR graphical interface
+      matching a switch.
+
+      Use this feature only if you are familiar with WinRAR command line
+      syntax and clearly understand what specified switches are intended for.
+
+   6. Compression parameters in "Benchmark" command are changed to
+      32 MB dictionary and "Normal" method. They match RAR5 default mode
+      and more suitable to estimate the typical performance of recent
+      WinRAR versions than former 4 MB "Best" intended for RAR4 format.
+
+      Latest "Benchmark" results cannot be compared with previous versions
+      directly. New parameters set produces different values, likely lower
+      because of eight times larger dictionary size.
+   
+   7. When unpacking a part of files from solid volume set,
+      WinRAR attempts to skip volumes in the beginning and start
+      extraction from volume closest to specified file and with reset
+      solid statistics.
+
+      By default WinRAR resets the solid statistics in the beginning
+      of large enough solid volumes where possible. For such volumes
+      extracting a part of files from the middle of volume set can be
+      faster now.
+
+      It does not affect performance when all archived files are unpacked.
+
+   8. Previously WinRAR automatically resorted to extracting from
+      first volume, when user started extraction from non-first volume
+      and first volume was available. Now WinRAR does so only if all volumes
+      between first and specified are also available.
+
+   9. Warning is issued when closing WinRAR if one or more archived files
+      had been modified by external apps, but failed to be saved back to
+      archive, because an external app still locks them. Such warning
+      includes the list of modified files and proposes to quit immediately
+      and lose changes or return to WinRAR and close an editor app.
+
+      Previous versions issued a similar warning while editing a file,
+      but did not remind it again when quitting.
+
+  10. "Move to Recycle Bin" option in "Delete archive" options group
+      of extraction dialog places deleted archives to Recycle Bin
+      instead of deleting them permanently.
+
+  11. New "Clear history..." command in "Options" menu allows to remove
+      names of recently opened archives in "File" menu and clear drop down
+      lists with previously entered values in dialogs. For example,
+      these values include archive names in archiving dialog
+      and destination paths in extraction dialog.
+   
+  12. "File time" options in "Advanced" part of extraction dialog are
+      now available for 7z archives. Additionally to modification time,
+      WinRAR can set creation and last access time when unpacking such
+      archives.
+
+  13. ""New" submenu items" options group is added to
+      "Settings/Integration/Context menu items..." dialog. You can use
+      these options to remove "WinRAR archive" and "WinRAR ZIP archive"
+      entries in "New" submenu of Windows context menu.
+
+      New state of these option is applied only after you press "OK"
+      both in "Context menu items" and its parent "Settings" dialog.
+
+  14. <Max>, <Min> and <Hide> commands can be inserted before the program
+      name in SFX "Setup" command to run a program in maximized,
+      minimized or hidden window. For example:
+
+      Setup=<Hide>setup.exe
+
+  15. It is possible to specify an additional high resolution logo
+      for SFX module. If such logo is present, SFX module scales
+      and displays it in high DPI Windows mode, providing the better visible
+      quality compared to resizing the standard logo.
+      
+      Use "High resolution SFX logo" in "Advanced SFX options" dialog
+      to define such logo. In command line mode add second -iimg switch
+      to set the high resolution logo.
+
+      Recommended size of high resolution logo PNG file is 186x604 pixels.
+
+  16. If archive currently opened in WinRAR shell was deleted or moved
+      by another program, WinRAR displays "Inaccessible" before archive name
+      in the window title. Also it flashes the window caption and taskbar
+      button.
+
+  17. "Total information" option in "Report" dialog is renamed to
+      "Headers and totals". Now it also adds headers of report columns
+      additionally to total information about listed files and archives.
+  
+  18. If archive processing is started from Windows context menu
+      in multiple monitor system, WinRAR operation progress and dialogs
+      use the monitor with context menu.
+
+      While basic multiple monitor support was present in previous versions
+      shell extension for mouse driven commands, now it is extended to
+      operations initiated from keyboard and to dropping files to archives.
+
+  19. New -imon<number> switch allows to select a monitor to display
+      WinRAR operation progress and dialogs in the command line mode.
+
+      Use -imon1 for primary and -imon2 for secondary monitor.
+      For example, "WinRAR x -imon2 arcname" will start extraction
+      on secondary monitor.
+
+      It works only in the command line mode and does not affect
+      interactive WinRAR graphical inteface also as console RAR.
+
+  20. Switch -idn hides archived names output in archiving, extraction
+      and some other commands in console RAR. Other messages and total
+      percentage are not affected.
+
+      You can use this switch to reduce visual clutter and console output
+      overhead when archiving or extracting a lot of small files.
+
+      Minor visual artifacts, such as percentage indicator overwriting
+      few last characters of error messages, are possible with -idn.
+  
+  21. Former "-im - show more information" switch is changed to
+      "-idv - display verbose output" for consistency with console RAR
+      -id[c,d,p,q] message control options and avoid a potential name
+      conflict with newer -imon switch.
+
+      While WinRAR still recognizes both -im and -idv, in the future
+      -im support can be dropped.
+
+  22. It is allowed to add an optional %arcname% variable to compression
+      profile name. Such variable will be replaced with actual archive name.
+      It might be convenient when using with "Add to context menu" profile
+      option. For example, you can create ZIP compression profile
+      and set its name to "Add to %arcname%", to display it with actual
+      ZIP archive name in context menu.
+
+  23. Ctrl+C and Ctrl+Ins keyboard shortcuts can be used
+      in "Diagnostic messages" window to copy contents to clipboard.
+   
+  24. More text is allowed in tray icon hint before a lengthy text
+      is truncated. Also such text is now truncated in the middle of string,
+      so both command type and completion percentage are still visible.
+
+  25. In case of clean install, if previous version compression profiles
+      are not present, "Files to store without compression" field
+      in newly created predefined compression profiles is set to:
+
+        *.rar *.zip *.cab *.7z *.ace *.arj *.bz2 *.gz *.lha *.lzh
+        *.taz *.tgz *.xz *.txz
+
+      You can change this field and save a modified value to compression
+      profile later.
+      
+      Previous versions set this field to blank for clean install.
+
+  26. Destination path history in extraction dialog treats paths like
+      'folder' and 'folder\' as the same path and displays only 'folder'
+      entry. Previously they occupied two entries in the history.
+
+  27. "Enable Itanium executable compression" GUI option and -mci command
+      line switch are removed. Optimized compression of Itanium executables
+      is not supported anymore. WinRAR still can decompress already existing
+      archives utilizing Itanium executable compression.
+
+  28. Bugs fixed:
+
+      a) "Lock", "Comment" and "Protect" commands could not be applied
+         to several archives selected in WinRAR file list at once;
+
+      b) SFX archive process did not terminate after completing
+         extraction in Windows 10 if archive comment included "Setup"
+         and "SetupCode" commands, did not include "TempMode" command
+         and setup program was running for more than 8 minutes;
+
+      c) compression profiles with quote character in profile name
+         could not be invoked from Explorer context menu.