Feb 21, 2015 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. Please note that Universal Extractor is not intended to be a general purpose archiving program.
Universal Extractor is a program do to exactly what it says: extract files from any type of archive, whether it´s a simple zip file, an installation program, or even a Windows Installer (.msi) package. This is still a work in progress, but so far it´s proven quite useful and I feel others can also benefit from it. I should stress that Universal Extractor is not intended to be a general purpose archiving software. It will never replace WinRAR, 7-Zip, etc. What it will do is allow you to extract files from virtually any type of archive, regardless of source, compression method, etc. The original motivation behind this project was that I wanted an easy, convenient way to extract files from installation packages, such as Inno Setup or Windows Installer packages, without pulling up a command line every time. In the process I got a little carried away and ended up throwing in support for every kind of archive format I possibly could find. It also, of course, includes support for additional formats, as well as the latest versions of support binaries such as 7-Zip. What's New in version 1.6.1: Added support for environmental variables (eg., specify 'temp' for debug dir) Added: support for XZ compressed files and txz/tlz archives via 7-Zip Added: support for Windows Installer merge modules (.msm) via MsiX Added: support for NBH files via NBHextract Added: translations for Armenian, Czeck, Persian (Farsi), Serbian, Swedish Changed: 7-Zip unpacking behavior; now attempts brute force extraction only after External PEiD scan; change due to aggressive .exe resource extraction in new versions Changed: Windows installer support (.msi, .msp) to use MsiX instead of msi2xml Changed: LZMA support to use 7-Zip for extraction Changed: FEAD support to use PEiD rather than TrID for detection Read the full Changelog.
What is Universal Extractor?
Universal Extractor is a program that is designed to decompress and extract files from any type of archive or installer, such as ZIP or RAR files, and self-extracting EXE files, application installers, etc. It is able to support many varied file formats by operating a lot of backend utilities. The Universal Extractor is not intended to be a general purpose archiving program. It cannot create archives, and therefore, it can’t fully replace archives such as 7-Zip, or WINRAR. But it can allow the user to extract files from virtually any type of archive, regardless of source, file format, or compression method.
The purpose behind the Universal Extractor’s creation was to create an easy and convenient way to extract files from various different types of installation packages, without the need to remember deep command line switches, or track down separate utilities in order to handle the unpacking. Over time, it has evolved into a mature and capable archiving utility that a lot of people had found indispensable. As of version 1.4, the Universal Extractor supports internationalization.
The purpose behind the Universal Extractor’s creation was to create an easy and convenient way to extract files from various different types of installation packages, without the need to remember deep command line switches, or track down separate utilities in order to handle the unpacking. Over time, it has evolved into a mature and capable archiving utility that a lot of people had found indispensable. As of version 1.4, the Universal Extractor supports internationalization.
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