Since nothing is extracted to folder containing an archive in such case, UAC prompt is not needed ī) WinRAR could overwrite files with read-only attribute only when unpacking RAR and ZIP archive formats. Enable their extraction only if you are sure that archive contents is safe, such as your own backup.Ī) WinRAR 5.20 issued unnecessary user account control (UAC) prompt, when running an executable from archive stored in UAC protected folder. Such links pointing to folders outside of extraction destination folder can present a security risk.

You can enable creating such links with 'Allow absolute paths in symbolic links' option on 'Advanced' page of extraction dialog or with -ola command line switch. Now by default WinRAR skips symbolic links with absolute paths in link target when extracting.

In most cases volume size equals to specified by user.Ĥ. While previous versions could produce RAR5 volumes of slightly smaller than requested size sometimes, such situation is less likely now. If winrar.ini file is present in the same folder as WinRAR installer, winrar.ini will be copied to WinRAR program folder after completing installation.ģ. 'Drag and drop context menu' options in 'Settings/Integration/ Context menu items' dialog allow to disable WinRAR archiving and extraction commands in context menu displayed after dragging and dropping files with right mouse button.Ģ.

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