Setup Factory Unpacker

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a bonus of innounp

[URL]
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/innounp/suf001.rar?modtime=1082990549&big_mirror=0

innounp

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from homepage:"
Inno Setup is a popular program for making software installations. Unfortunately, there is no official unpacker - the only method of getting the files out of the self-extracting executable is to run it. One piece of software that addresses this issue is Sergei Wanin's InstallExplorer, a plug-in for the FAR Manager that unpacks several types of installations, including Inno Setup (IS). But since it is not updated in a timely fashion, and so does not support the latest IS most of the time, this program was born. The advantages over InstallExplorer are:

* Innounp is open source and based on IS source. Therefore, it is more likely to support future IS versions.
* It recovers portions of the installation script (.iss file), including the registry changes and the compiled Innerfuse/RemObjects Pascal Script, if available.
"

[Version Recommended]
0.19: Supports Inno Setup versions 3.0.0-beta through 5.1.10
latest: see http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1802239&forum_id=353235
2008/02/11, version 0.20 supports the latest inno setup:5.2.2. find http://innounp.sf.net/test020.rar , and 2007-10-27 is the last reply containing software in the thread

[Need Installation?]
NO

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http://www.portablefreeware.com/faq.php#extract
You should use Universal Extractor. It extract files directly from many different types of installer packages.

Note that in order for Universal Extractor to operate on installers created using newer versions of InnoSetup, you should download the latest version of innounp, then extract innounp.exe and place it in the bin subfolder of Universal Extractor. For installers created using the latest version of InnoSetup, you will need the latest beta version of innounp.

If you are still having problems with the extraction after updating innounp.exe, you have two options. You can try running innounp.exe directly from the command prompt (eg. innounp -x installer.exe), or you can resort to installing, extract the files, then uninstalling the program.

jZip

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a more front end (un)compression tool introduced by 7-zip homepage

[Need Installation?]
YES

[Can be Greened?]
YES

[Portable Support]
its a wise type,and there is an unwise.exe, uninstall,exe, install.log

UPX

[URL]
Google: upx

[Hardware Platform]
X86

[Software Platform (OS)]
WXP+SP2

[Need Installation?]
NO

WinRAR

use 7-zip instead. except for some special .rar format(with comment, multi-vol ...), it is ok

[URL]
http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm


[注册]
winrar的注册不是通过序列号而是通过license file:rarreg.key.只要得到某个有效的rarreg.key,然后放入winrar安装目录就可以。网上有很多破解的winrar,可以直接安装；或者下载后在winrar里打开下载的exe文件，解压出rarreg.key。

7-Zip

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WinRAR替代品。
winrar用于解压:老的，网上的，别人的。

解压都支持，包括rar

压缩格式支持7z(suitable for self-use),zip和tar(&bzip2,gzip)

压缩级别也有"store"方式(only archive not pack, very fast)

还可有密码保护(zip和7z)
note:if you need encry, use 7z or rar(using WinRAR), zip is not recommended

基本功能(压缩和解压缩)很稳定
速度和winrar各有千秋。要求速度的话，"Solid block size"选择"Non-solid".
about speed:compression level="store"方式(even in winrar) is most fast
speed of 7z and zip: 7z is 2-3 times faster than zip when I pack the helloworld mirror(about 120M. both using "Store" level)

独特:支持Unicode文件名
如果在简体中文操作系统下压缩一个中文名的文件或目录，然后在非简体中的操作系统解压，文件名或目录名会变成乱码。

差:rar支持可能不全；不支持注释。
此外:同时解大量不同名压缩时和分卷时WINRAR都是很有优势的。如果分卷中有一个卷出了问题，7Zip就会挂，而且7z分卷解压时的名字也不敢恭维

[URL]
Google: 7-Zip

[Hardware Platform]
X86

[Software Platform (OS)]
WXP+SP2

[Language Recommended]
English

[Need Installation?]
YES

[Can be Greened?]
YES(OR: Use PortableApps.com Edition)

[Version Recommended]
4.57 is Latest

[Software Files]
readme.txt has some intro to the files
description.ion also has

[Settings]
1. assocaite all formates except rar
2. not cascade menu and modify the context menu items
3. non-solid (7-zip will remember your last operation's parameters)

[?]
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_46dac66f0100007e.html

[Portable Support]
tc->ctrlPagedown(with plugin msi) or UE
the former has a .cab, which contains all files in a flat while the latter has a tree structure
also the former add a prefix "_" to all files in the .cab