BUG - unrar.dll 5.10.2 work not correctly in TCMD under W2K

[MVV]

I would make UNRAR9X additional too, and TC would show a message that some component should be downloaded separately.

[krasusczak]

tcm support all win ver from 95 so probably best thing is add this additional lib to installation, in compress version it's only ~100kB so not so much

[MarcinW]

Well, TC is a file manager... So file operations - also with archives - are most important... I'd personally prefer to have Unrar.dll in TC by default. It has 172 kB, and full 32-bit TC installation (with all languages) has 8.39 MB. So it's only 2% of the current size.

I know that most users don't use such old systems like Win9x or Win2k, but they are are still present in some embedded systems (reflectometers, ticket machines, etc...). And TC still declares full support for those systems (which is sometimes very useful).

[MVV]

It looks strange that RAR format is the only one requiring separate modules for more than one Windows version.

[Sir_SiLvA]

I would make UNRAR9X additional too, and TC would show a message that some component should be downloaded separately.

+1

tcm support all win ver from 95 so probably best thing is add this additional lib to installation, in compress version it's only ~100kB so not so much

tc still does just winrar doesnt. so in this case it will mean in 2 years we have another dll cause winrar 6 doesnt support xp anymore, next time we will have one for for win 7 and so on....
I think tc should only bring the latest dll and have a note (in the installer) that you can download the old ones from the addon page.

[BORG52]

http://www.rarlab.com/rar_add.htm

- unrar.dll is available as source code. Latest versions can be adapted for use with already unsupported OS.

[milo1012]

- unrar.dll is available as source code. Latest versions can be adapted for use with already unsupported OS.

Yes, my thought too.

I compiled the newest unrar.dll 5.10.4 for Win2k.
The mentioned function can be "emulated", with the help of this article.
I swapped the function and it works on Win2k!

Tested all types of archives, no problems so far, but still, maybe some problems are to expect. So please test it first.
Download (including the source):

http://en.file-upload.net/download-8921205/unrar_5.10.4_win2k.rar.html

BTW, for NT 4.0 there are missing:
CreateHardLinkW
GetLongPathNameW
So probably not adaptable here.

[MVV]

BTW, for NT 4.0 there are missing:
CreateHardLinkW
GetLongPathNameW
So probably not adaptable here.

WinNT 4.0 is too old system, Win2K is 5.0, and it supports both mentioned functions.

[Jarda]

@milo1012: Thank You very much for recompiling unrar.dll, I just tested it and works fine on my W2K! THANKS!!!

[MarcinW]

Can be moved to Fixed Bugs, becuse TC uses Unrar9x.dll under Windows NT4 and Windows 2000 now (I tested this with TC 9.0 beta3).

[ghisler(Author)]

Yes it does! The RAR author dropped support for Windows NT4 and 2000 in newer versions of the dll.

[MarcinW]

Yes, TC uses the right solution. The original problem has been solved.