WinRAR Interface Patch

[SentientPC]

(?`?._.?[Current Status: WinRAR 3.40 GUI Patch v1.0 Released / WinRAR 3.41 GUI Patch v1.1 Pending]?._.???)(?`?._.?[Last Update (posted below): Update #17 (11/07/2004)]?._.???)[/b>UPDATE #17: WinRAR 3.41 GUI Patch v1.1 coming soon :Dith a bonus :D)!bonus UPDATE #16: Announcing the release of the WinRAR 3.40 GUI Patch v1.0 (English only at this time)!

Neowin member 'DanyBoss' has submitted the WinRAR 3.40 GUI Patch v1.0 to Softpedia!:cool:se vote :cool:.

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Original postings (outdated):

Greetings fellow Neowinians.

I wanted to announce this when I had proper permission from everyone to actually release it, but with all of the recent talk regarding the WinRAR GUI I might as well post the information.

I have been working on a small WinRAR GUI patch based on FOOOD's icons. It began as a private project, but as it progressed, I thought about the possibility of releasing it. The patcher (GUI-based) weighs in at around 270 KB and currently works on the 3.40 B3/4 releases.

This required more time than anything, but I will release it if I can secureUPDATE #1: Eugene Roshal from WinRAR has given his permission. Thanks Eugene.neUPDATE #2: FOOOD from FOOOD's Icons has given his permission. FOOOD is sending me some tweaks to be implemented in the released version. Look for such a release following soon after. I will also contact Eugene Roshal to try to determine an estimated release date for 3.40 final, as only supporting the final version would be much easier. Thanks FOOOD.ODUPDATE #3: WinRAR 3.40 final is not expected until an estimated mid-September (get those last bug reports in!). After I receive the updated components from FOOOD, I will decide how to proceed.o UPDATE #4: FOOOD's updates:yes: arrived :yes:. I think everyone will be quite pleased. I will get to work :cool:ng them :cool:.emUPDATE #5: Screenshot previews using FOOOD's updates added as images #7 and #8 below. Please note that these are not final, as there are still images to replace (such as the arrows, disk drive, key, etc.). The main buttons are at, what effectively is, 36x36. I am trying to find a work around to this limitation right now. These icons really start looking great at 48x48, but they REALLY begin shining at 64 x 64. They are fantastically detailed and of typical FOOOD quality. I really want to show that off. tUPDATE #6: The icon size limitation I alluded to in UPDATE #5 :yes:xed! :yes:. I want to thank Eugene Roshal from WinRAR for taking a second out of working on 3.40 Final to send me some hints on this issue. If you use WinRAR on a regular basis, please register and support them. Also, if you enjoy all of the work FOOOD contributes for FREE to the community, please consider donating a little som:cool: to him :cool:.imUPDATE #7: I attached four more screenshots below to wet your appetite. I also moved the 'Alpha/Concept' screenshots into links for our modem viewers. When the patch is released, you will have a choice of which pixel size icons work best for you. The exact options have yet to be finalized, although 48 (shown below in the new screenshots), 64 (also shown below in the new screenshots), and 72 pixel versions :De safe bets :D. This way, you can tailor the interface more to your preference. More to follow... fUPDATE #8: I MIGHT release this patch for B6 so some foks can test it out (if I am satisfied with it, and FOOOD passes his final approval). I added five new screenshots below and moved older ones to links. 'B3' has a few toolbar icon updates, context icons, file icons, 'About' picture. More to follow... fUPDATE #9: I posted a small update here. More to follow... fUPDATE #10: I just had my power restored following Hurricane Frances. I will have to catch up on the thread. Attached a few screenshots of 'Beta 4' below. More to follow... fUPDATE #11: We are still ;)rking on it ;). WinRAR is getting new 'SFX' and 'Recovery' file icons, as well as tweaked toolbar and context menu icons:cool:y tuned :cool:.edUPDATE #12: Okay folks, here is the deal. FOOOD and I are in totally different time zones. When I am awake, he is asleep (and vice versa). This makes turn-around time on 'suggestions/receiving new files' a bit long sometimes.

We are adding a few more cool things at the last minute, so I think everyone will be quite happy with it.

Thanks again for all of the comments...I know you folks want to play with it and we are trying our best to get it out.

Regards.

UPDATE #13: As this patch has progressed, we have continuously identified areas we could improve/expand upon. Although we are open to additional tweaking in the future, we want this to be as complete as possible right out the door. The enthusiasm in this thread has been (and currently is) great to see and is most definitely a motivation to make you folks as happy as possible with the finished 'product'.

Instead of a rush job, we want to make sure we implement the highest quality artwork in all areas of WinRAR. As FOOOD mentioned, time sometimes becomes a constraint. While this project has taken longer than originally anticipated, its scope of coverage has also increased over what was originally planned. Let it be known that we are working to the best of our ability to make this happen as soon as we can, with the highest quality possible. pUPDATE #14: As FOOOD mentioned, additions to the patch are complete. All that remains is writing/organizing the copyright text, completing the Readme, and compiling together the patcher executable. We are in th;)homestretch ;). reUPDATE #15: Greetings folks. The complete download package has been sent off to FOOOD for his final approval and posting. It weighs in at 3.82 MB, which includes several file type icons created by FOOOD, documentation, and, of course:Dthe patches :D. Hold tight..ldUPDATE #16: Announcing the release of the WinRAR 3.40 GUI Patch v1.0 (English only at this time)!

Neowin member 'DanyBoss' has submitted the WinRAR 3.40 GUI Patch v1.0 to Softpedia!:cool:se vote :cool:.

Download:

MD5 hash: 01fb46eb96a81138040894ca3d04fbe5

Neowin member 'B3AN' provided the initial mirrors for distribution here (reported to have generated over 40GBs of traffic before B3AN had to remove it!) and here!

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Please mirror the file if you can (since I have become overloaded with PMs, please resend me a message if you can mirror the file). More mirrors will be posted to this thread as they become available.available.

Thanks again for the great co:happy: folks :happy:.

________________________________Eye candy:Ey'Alpha/Concept' screenshots (outdated) (moved to links fo:)modem users :)):)):

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http://pics.xs.to/pics/04085/rarIcons1.png

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http://pics.xs.to/pics/04085/rarIcons2.png

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http://pics.xs.to/pics/04085/rarIcons3.png

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http://pics.xs.to/pics/04085/rarIcons4.png

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http://pics.xs.to/pics/04085/rarIcons5.png

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http://pics.xs.to/pics/04085/rarIcons6.png

________________________________'Beta 1' screenshots (outdated) (moved to links fo:)modem users :)):)):

7) [Luna]

http://pics.xs.to/pics/04082/rarpatchbeta.png

http://pics.xs.to/pics/04082/classic.png

________________________________'Beta 2' screenshots (outdated) (Only 48x48 and 64x64 pixel versions are shown!;);):

http://pics.xs.to/pics/04094/Beta2Luna48All.png

http://pics.xs.to/pics/04094/Beta2Luna64.png

http://pics.xs.to/pics/04094/Beta2Luna64All.png

http://pics.xs.to/pics/04094/Beta2Classic64.png

________________________________'Beta 3' screenshots (outdated):d):

http://pics.xs.to/pics/04095/3about.png

http://pics.xs.to/pics/04095/3toolbar.png

http://pics.xs.to/pics/04095/3information.png

http://pics.xs.to/pics/04095/3wizard.png

http://pics.xs.to/pics/04095/3assorted.png

________________________________'Beta 4' screenshots (current):t):

Edited November 7, 2004 by SentientPC

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

So...how 'bout you give credit to the correct people?  SentientPC and FOOOD are the masterminds.  Botching their names become more than simple spelling errors to some of you guys and gals.  They spent (countless) hours trying to get this right for all of us, so show some respect by typing their names correctly in your posts.

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I made that mistake twice, im sorry, when i found out i made a mistake, it was to late to go back and change it.

Also, i (think) found a problem with the zip.sfx file, there is no 48x48 icon (might be by design), but there are 2 16x16 xp format's and 2 32x32 xp format's in the only icon.

[FOOOD]

Also, i (think) found a problem with the zip.sfx file, there is no 48x48 icon (might be by design), but there are 2 16x16 xp format's and 2 32x32 xp format's in the only icon.

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If you read through this thread you'll see the missing 48x48 size for SFX files is a WinRAR issue. We haven't forgotten it, it's not possible to add a 48x48 version at this time.

This is because Eugene (WinRAR) wanted to keep the file sizes down to a minimum, so they left out the 48x48 icon size to save a few Kbs of space. Hopefully something can be sorted out in the future.

[b3ta]

:o Well I'll be damned - it's released. I'm so sorry for being a disbeliever. :$

[Hawkeye]

:o  Well I'll be damned - it's released. I'm so sorry for being a disbeliever. :$

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For your convenience, you've already had many people test it for you as well. It works very nicely. :)

Great job both SentientPC and FOOOD. Fantastic patch!

[b3ta]

For your convenience, you've already had many people test it for you as well. It works very nicely. :)

Great job both SentientPC and FOOOD. Fantastic patch!

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Nice! I've installed it myself just then too - I hope this is the standard UI for WinRAR 3.50 :shifty:

[jcgamer60]

yes i must say once again that im lovin this patch especially the icons :D

[D!rtySh@dy]

Can you do a french version of this patch ??

[FOOOD]

There is only English versions available at the moment.

I'm not sure how easy/hard it would be to remake new versions for other languages as I don't understand if it would require programming, patching or whatever?

(SentientPC will probably know more about this (hopefully)).

@~D~ You don't have permission to release anything of ours, we haven't approved them.

Please remove the links for now.

I think it would be best to let SentientPC check them over & OK it before it was released (as I'm just a graphics monkey & don't understand the technical parts).

[SentientPC]

Regarding the 'Corporate Edition' saga, I am still trying to gather information on this version.? I have heard opinions for and against the existence of an officially sanctioned corporate version, but from all accounts, it seems most (if not all) versions labeled 'Corporate' lack proper Authenticity Verification on the wrar340.exe file.

Please let it be known I am not calling anyone a liar...I am referring to the general releases labeled as 'Corporate' on the internet.? As far as business use, I am not sure how licensing and distribution are handled with WinRAR in this environment.? Anyone here care to elaborate?

Don't get me wrong, I would like to support all versions out there, but obviously I cannot release a public patch for anything outside of 'officially stamped? releases.

With that said, I will ask Eugene for his take on the 'Corporate Edition' issue.

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Thanks again for all of the great comments.

As a follow-up to this post I made earlier, I would like to say that I have just received additional information regarding this topic from Eugene at Rarlab. He confirms that the 'Corporate Edition' is not an official Rarlab release. He goes on to state that all official versions of WinRAR require a registration key.

Thanks.

[sebastian_insua]

Umm, if you look back a few posts, you'll see that creamhackered also has the Corporate Edition of WinRAR at work. Do you truly, honestly believe that creamhackered, one of the most respected Mods and News Posters on Neowin, would pirate software? I don't think so! :rolleyes:

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:D He obviously does...

Somebody tell me if they can get the corporate version to work with Sentient's patch as until I can I will just have to use the Evaluation copy...

[b0m8er]

Nice! I've installed it myself just then too - I hope this is the standard UI for WinRAR 3.50  :shifty:

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:yes: And available in all languages WinRAR supports!

[insanekiwi]

it doesnt work for me. i tried both (german and english) versions of winrar unregistred. also rebooted. didnt work.

[Joe User 99]

FOOOD,

Any chance of a standalone Icon set?

For use in Docks, Icon Packager, etc?

[FOOOD]

There are icons for WinRAR, WinRAR folder & file types in the package.

If you mean the toolbar icons, I don't have any plans to release them.

Most of them are only suitable for the WinRAR toolbar.

I might release some of the more generic ones in an iCandy Junior update.

[MikeN]

The patch looks great and everyone I've shown it to agrees. :D However, I just wanted check whether the patch works on Windows 2000 because I tried it on my PC at work and I get a black background to my icons even though my display is set to 32-bit colour depth. :( No such problem with Windows XP. :)

[Nvidiafreak]

anyone tried to see if it works on 3.20??

[Ryan V]

The patch looks great and everyone I've shown it to agrees. :D However, I just wanted check whether the patch works on Windows 2000 because I tried it on my PC at work and I get a black background to my icons even though my display is set to 32-bit colour depth. :( No such problem with Windows XP. :)

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This fix was posted earlier and worked on Windows Server 2003, so it will probably work on 2000 also

Make sure those values are set to 16

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics\Shell Icon BPP=16

HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics\Shell Icon BPP=16

http://www.onecomputerguy.com/registry_tips.htm#hicolor

anyone tried to see if it works on 3.20??

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According to what other people have said, no it does not work on 3.20

[Storm]

erm, im mirroring this, where is my link? :s

[SentientPC]

erm, im mirroring this, where is my link? :s

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Sorry about that :pinch:. Your mirror is now in the first post.

Thanks.

[SentientPC]

The patch looks great and everyone I've shown it to agrees. :D However, I just wanted check whether the patch works on Windows 2000 because I tried it on my PC at work and I get a black background to my icons even though my display is set to 32-bit colour depth. :( No such problem with Windows XP. :)

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Can anyone else confirm these issues on their install of Win2k? Has anyone tried this patch on any other Windows version besides 2k/xp? What were the results?

Thanks.

[MikeN]

This fix was posted earlier and worked on Windows Server 2003, so it will probably work on 2000 also

Make sure those values are set to 16

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics\Shell Icon BPP=16

HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics\Shell Icon BPP=16

I already checked those registry settings and they were already set to 16 as you suggested. I will try out the patch on another Windows 2000 PC sometime tomorrow.

[Shaidar]

There should be enough mirrors by now ... but hey ... http://www.damn.be/files/patch/WinRAR_GUI.exe

:)

[MCT]

can this patch be applied silently?

if so what are the commandline switches?

if not, can this be a request for a future version?

[msg43]

I think the patch just mainly hacks the winrar files, but I think you should be able to apply the other icons through a reg command.

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&...t1w.prodigy.net

I've built two of these for various uses back in high school, and I can say they work great. All of the parts can easily be obtained from Radio Shack, and it'll be about $50 total.

Then you just plug two phones in an amaze everyone.

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can this patch be applied silently?

if so what are the commandline switches?

if not, can this be a request for a future version?

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[The Burning Rom]

Has anyone tried this patch on any other Windows version besides 2k/xp?  What were the results?

Thanks.

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Works perfect on Server 2003 Standard (the 4832 patch) without any fixes or modifications. :D Actually...it worked better for me on 2003 than it did on XP. It actually replaced ALL the icons. :laugh: On my XP machine it wouldn't replace the file icons for the zip and rar. I just replaced them manually :ninja: