WinRAR's latest update introduces a long-awaited dark theme and performance improvements

WinRAR's latest update introduces a long-awaited dark theme and performance improvements

WinRAR has launched its latest version, 7.10, introducing a long-awaited dark theme. Users can now select this theme in the new interface section within the settings, with an option to follow the system's default theme. Additionally, the update includes a Large memory pages option, allowing the use of 2 MB memory pages rather than the default 4 KB for large memory areas in RAR archive format. This can enhance archiving and extraction speed, especially with larger compression dictionaries and slower methods.

The update also optimizes extraction time by assigning the NTFS “Compressed” attribute at the start of file extraction. Furthermore, the RAR compression algorithm can now utilize up to 64 logical processors across multiple Windows processor groups, improving compression speed on systems with more than 64 logical processors.

Support for Windows Vista and 32-bit Windows has been discontinued; WinRAR now requires Windows 7 x64 or later. Version 7.10 also includes various other enhancements and bug fixes, further enhancing the user experience.

by Paul

ya
jethro_tull
yanto found this interesting
MORE ABOUT: #File Archivers#File Compressors#WinRAR
WinRAR iconWinRAR
  1164
  • ...

WinRAR is a file archiver that compresses and encrypts files, supporting multiple formats for secure data transfer and efficient storage. It features shell integration, AES-256 encryption, and a command line interface. With a rating of 3.6, WinRAR's top alternatives are 7-Zip, PeaZip, and Bandizip.

Related news

All news about WinRAR »

External links

Comments

linuxplayer
2

I will alwars prefer 7-zip, 7-zip forever

2 replies
starbond01

I use winrar because of its encoding language :D which 7zip can't do

linuxplayer

What encoding language ?

Darlene Sonalder
1

Is that a reason to buy a licence after all these years ?

3 replies
xSalty1

You buy a WinRAR license for legacy and future RAR compression support. RAR is a proprietary archive file format and no decompression source code is publicly available. Support is thus always going to be best and first using RAR formats using WinRAR.

I do like the dark mode though ngl

UnderfedDuck

That's not true the unrar source code is publicly available from WinRAR.

It's not under a standard open source licence though but most of the restrictions are to do with not using it to create something that can compress to RAR or a derivative of RAR, decompression is fine.

Darlene Sonalder

That was for the Meme I don't use proprietary option when a clearly superior FreeSoftware does exists :D

Gu