![]() ![]() What it will do, however, is allow you to extract files from virtually any type of archive, regardless of source, file format, compression method, etc. It cannot (and never will) create archives, and therefore cannot fully replace archivers such as 7-Zip or WinRAR. Please note that Universal Extractor is not intended to be a general purpose archiving program. It's able to support so many varied file formats by utilizing the many backend utilities listed in the credits at the bottom of the page. The full list of supported formats can be found in the table below. Universal Extractor is a program designed to decompress and extract files from any type of archive or installer, such as ZIP or RAR files, self-extracting EXE files, application installers, etc. This has become the main point of discussion for this project. If you have any questions about, or find any problems with, Universal Extractor, please post your comments to the UniExtract subforum on the MSFN message board. Skip to: Download/Screenshots | Installation and Usage | Technical Details | Supported Formats | Credits Introduction I've not used it myself, but if you're having trouble with the official version or not able to get it to extract newer formats and executables, I'd recommend giving Bioruebe's version a try. I'm not affiliated with the project in any way, but it seems to be a nice continuation of the project in the original open source spirit as my own creation. ![]() That said, I recently discovered a project calling itself Universal Extractor 2. There have been a lot of unofficial forks and continuations released, and while I appreciate the effort and enthusiasm, most of those have been closed source updates that I wouldn't recommend. It's not exactly abandoned, but since I no longer run Windows it's not something I have much of a need for these days. Apart from using it to complete that chore, however, few users will be pleased with what this utility offers.Note: Development on the 'official' version of Universal Extractor has stopped. SITX files regularly-or ever-you have little choice but to use this utility. Of course, the one thing that StuffIt Expander does offer that other file-extraction tools don't is the capability to open StuffIt (.SITX) files, a popular Mac compression format. In addition, there is no Windows shell integration, and contrary to the publisher description, you cannot drag files onto the application window or its icon to prompt expansion. You cannot open more than one archive at a time, and the application cannot automatically create a folder for the archives you do expand. You can sort the resulting list by file name but not by size, location, or file type. On opening-and every time you return to the main window-the application insists on searching your computer for all supported files. Unfortunately, the program is hampered by a '90s-era user interface, limited functionality, and poor integration with Windows. According to its comprehensive Help file, StuffIt Expander 13.0.1.1 can now handle more than 30 file types, including. The utility fulfills its promise to handle more file types than past incarnations, which had been limited to. Users looking for a tool to extract multiple archive types may be disappointed by the bare and clumsy interface of this latest iteration of StuffIt Expander.
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