WinRAR Vista compatibility

All versions of WinRAR from version 3.70 onwards are compatible with Windows Vista. See our version 3.80 update for more. 

winrar.co.nz and win.rar GmbH, publisher for RARLAB software, were proud to announce on May 30 2007 the release of the final version of WinRAR 3.70 which had been in beta since mid January.  This lrelease of WinRAR contains important new features, general improvements and can now be used for Windows Vista, Microsoft's newest operating system.

Version 3.70 includes numerous Windows Vista compatibility changes including new CHM Help format, support of the 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 earlier version of Windows.
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 has been improved,  so 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.
WinRAR 3.70 features improved functionality for expert users of self extracting (SFX) archives, which are now also vista compatible. New switches allow you to define destination path, password, silent mode and other parameters for extraction of SFX archives from the 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 at whats new.

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.