Bitser 1.5.0.0

Added Dutch translation by Stephan Paternotte.
Added Traditional Chinese translation by jlgdot369.
Added Greek translation by geogeo.gr.
Added option to show Bitser's icon on the Windows Explorer context menu.
Added option to calculate SHA-512 checksums from the Windows Explorer context menu and in Bitser.
Added option to create new folders within archive using the context menu.
Added option to use alternate icons for supported extensions.
Added the ability to search for a matching checksum value after calculating file checksums.
Added .zab (zipped audio book) to the list of extensions that can be associated to Bitser.
Added 64-bit and 32-bit versions of unRAR to improve performance on 64-bit system.
Added option to send anonymous feedback about Bitser. Feedback option is located in the main help menu.
Changed progress window so that it allows resizing when warnings and logs occur.
Changed progress window text to show total archive count when creating/extracting multiple archives.
Improved the speed of checksum calculations.
Improved logging to help troubleshoot issues and errors.
pdated unRAR version from 5.20 to 5.40 which includes valid digital certificate.
Updated Bitser's digitally signed files with the latest SHA-256 code signing certificate from Digicert.
Note digitally certificate will show as invalid on Windows XP as SHA-256 cert is not fully supported.
Updated Bitser's underlying 7-zip version to 16.04 which fixes the 2 vulnerabilities listed below.
Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - Vulnerability - https://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0093/
Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - Vulnerability - https://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0094/
Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - now can extract ext2 and multivolume VMDK images
Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - now can extract ext3 and ext4 (Linux file system) images
Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - now can extract GPT images and single file QCOW2, VMDK, VDI images
Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - now can extract solid WIM archives with LZMS compression.
Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - now can extract .zipx (WinZip) archives that use xz compression.
Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - created incorrect ZIP archives, if ZipCrypto encryption was used.
Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - could not correctly extract ISO archives that are larger than 4 GiB.
Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - could not open some 7z archives created by another software.
Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - "Compress shared files" and -ssw switch didn't work.
Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - NSIS support was improved.
Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - ZIP, NSIS, HFS, AR, DMG support was improved.
Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - Improved compression ratio in some 7z format for EXE and DLL files > 16 MB.
Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - could not extract ZIP archives encrypted with PKWARE-AES method.
Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - LZMA decompression speed was improved.
Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - now can unpack UEFI BIOS files.
Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - Installer and SFX modules now use some protection against DLL preloading attack.
Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - Some bugs were fixed in 7z, NSIS, SquashFS.
Fixed bug in Bitser's file extension registration.
Fixed bug in archive comment text window not showing scroll bars for large comments.
Fixed bug in rar archive comment option having no effect.
Fixed bug that occassionally caused the file counter on the main progress window to show 0.
Fixed bug in archive info window which would sometimes show buttons off the screen.
Fixed bug in drag and drop from archive that caused incorrect message about user cancelling operation.
Fixed bug which caused Bitser to open as small blank window when user config settings became corrupted.
Fixed bug in context menu "Add to zip" where folder names containing "." resulted in a truncated zip filename.
Fixed bug where RAR exe failed to open if in RAR4 format.
Fixed bug in some threaded code.
Fixed bug which caused Bitser to not respond when opening an encrypted file and entering a blank password.
Fixed bug in drag and drop that could cause it to fail.
Fixed minor bugs and optimised some code.

Added new custom icons for zip, rar and 7zip file extension associations in Windows Explorer.
Added Simplified Chinese translation.
Added support for opening .xpi files.
Changed how compression level and update mode is set when adding files. Added new options button.
Changed how recently opened file lists are managed. Files are no longer removed if they dont exist.
Changed colour of text to grey in progress windows which was affecting some XP colour schemes.
Changed password and report tables. Increased row height and removed double borders on headings.
Changed digital certificate used to sign Bitser assemblies to the latest as it was due to expire.
Changed shell extension GUID.
Fixed some bugs in icon sizes.
Fixed bug in archive info window which showed archive type as unknown.
Fixed bug where the selected folder in 'folder view' didnt remain highlighted when losing focus.
Fixed bug which prevented some tar files from opening when data exists at the end of the file.
Fixed bug which cause slow startup if recently used file no longer existed.
Fixed bug when dragging from network location to root folder in archive.
Fixed bugs in file extension associations.
Fixed bug where temporary drag and drop folder was not deleted.

Мдя... Уже и архиватор без NET Framework сделать не могут. Что дальше будет?

Added support for opening and extracting RAR 5 archives.
Added support for displaying archive comments.
Changed compiler from Visual Studio 2010 to 2013.
Fixed bug which caused progress window to show behind Windows Explorer on some context menu jobs.
Fixed bug which caused extract jobs to ignore setting to hibernate computer after job completed.
Fixed bug which caused extracting of selected items to fail if certain folders already existed.
Fixed minor bugs and optimised some code.

Added option to check archives for viruses or malware using VirusTotal.com's online virus scanner.
Added Explorer context menu option to check any file for viruses or malware using VirusTotal.com.
Added split archive details to archive information window.
Added split archive file name number to progress window when creating split archive.
Added 'view files' button to prompt asking to delete modified archive files when exiting Bitser.
Added Turkish translation.
Changed and improved the way in which files opened and modified from within archives are handled.
Changed Bitser's download zip to an exe file to allow 'setup' to extract and run automatically.
Bitser's setup and msi files can be obtained by extracting Bitser's downloaded exe using Bitser.
Fixed bug in calculation of archive size when adding or updating existing files in archive.
Fixed bug which caused Bitser to not show compression progress when creating a split archive.
Fixed bug which caused correct password to fail when opening some split/multi-volume encrypted archives.
Fixed bug which could cause Bitser to crash while opening some archives.
Fixed bug which prevented Bitser from closing when Windows is shutting down.
Fixed bug in some yes/no prompts that would assume yes if prompt was closed using the "X" button.
Fixed bug which caused double password prompt when pressing F5 to refresh the archive.
Fixed bug which caused progress window to reposition itself when minimized during archive conversion.
Fixed bug which caused prompt to incorrectly state that no files were selected for backup.
Fixed minor bugs and optimised some code.

Changed digital certificate used to sign Bitser assemblies to the latest as it was due to expire.
Changed progress bar style to 'marquee' when calculating archive sizes.
Changed Bitser's start-up code to improve start times on some systems.
Changed some language translation files.
Fixed some bugs in Bitser's multi-threading code to make it more stable.
Fixed bug which allowed attempts to modify split archives.
Fixed bug where opening files within archive immediately prompted to update the archive on some systems with McAfee Anti-virus.
Fixed minor bugs and optimised some code.

Added search function to password manager.
Added translation - Hungarian.
Added translation - German (Beta).
Added translation - Bulgarian (Beta).
Added the column widths in the manage tab to settings that are saved when Bitser is closed.
Removed 2 year timeout that was on beta versions.
Fixed bug where Bitser failed to associate with a file extensions even after applying it from the options tab.
Changed and improved the way Bitser handles file extension associations in the options tab.
Changed and updated some translations.

Мдя... Уже и архиватор без NET Framework сделать не могут. Что дальше будет?

Added new main progress window with many new features including hibernate, view files, pin window etc.
Added new progress window for explorer context menu actions with progress and logs all in the same window.
Added full text translation to the new progress window for non-English languages.
Added new right click menu to archive root node to view properties, folder and change Character encoding.
Added new "Properties" button to archive Info window to view archive file Properties.
Added ability to change destination folder When creating multiple separate archives from explorer context menu.
Added right click menu to archive node to support working with archives using UTF-8, Windows or DOS encoding.
Added warning and errors received during archive jobs to main report.
Fixed checkbox drawing bug on file and folder selection window in create tab on Windows XP.
Fixed bug in built in explorer not showing hidden items when adding files and folders.
Fixed issue which prevented mouse cursor from being used until Drag and drop operation complete.
Fixed bug which caused archives containing filenames with paths greater than 260 characters not to open.
Fixed bug in Custom Parameters not being applied correctly when creating archives.
Fixed bug in reports not showing compression ratios for extract jobs.
Fixed many minor bugs and improved overall performance. Large Archives with lots of files open faster.
Changed archives to always use utf-8 for non-ascii characters(-mcu) when created/updated in UTF-8 mode.
Changed recently open archives list from 6 to 10 files.
Changed drag and drop code to improve performance on windows 7 and above.
Changed Windows admin shield icons and alternate tab icon set.
Changed and updated built-in file and folder browsers.
Changed and updated some translations.

· Added - Recently opened files in the archive dropdown menu now have icons.
· Fixed - Some folders within archives were not displaying their modified date.
· Fixed - Opening files from archives with a "." in the path would not open correctly.
· Fixed - Compression ratio % was not being calculated in file view.
· Fixed - Help file would take a long time to load if offline.
· Fixed - Profile settings no longer lost when upgrading versions (starting from last version).
· Fixed - Minor fixes, changes and code optimisations.
· Changed - Improved Bitser startup speed when opening archive file from Explorer, Outlook etc.
· Changed - Main Bitser app icon and setup image have been updated.
· Changed - Improved speed of folder browsing within archive.

Requires

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 which is freely available from Microsoft's website. Many computers already have this software installed. Bitser will automatically download and install it if not detected during setup.

· Added - New French Translation
· Added - New Portuguese Translation
· Added - New Swedish Translation
· Added - New Danish Translation
· Added - Improved progress indicators when opening all archives.
· Added - Improved performance and reduced memory usage when opening archives, especially those with millions of files.
· Fixed - Uninstalling Bitser prompted to close explorer which if selected caused desktop gui to crash (no icons/taskbar)
· Fixed - The above issue will still occur when uninstalling older versions. If prompted select "Do not close application"
· Fixed - Couldnt open some Linux archives with "." in the folder path such as rpm and tar
· Fixed - Pressing the "enter" key when creating archives from Bitsers context menu is now the same as clicking "OK"
· Fixed - Updated Folder and file explorers to resolve a number of bugs
· Fixed - Many fixes, changes and code optimisations
· Changed - Reverted Bitsers main form back to 32bit until slow startup issues are resolved. Archiving functions still remain 64bit
· Changed - Updated icons used in Bitser start menu
· Changed - Updated Spanish and Italian Translations
· Changed - Improved translation system
· Changed - Updated manual with Profile info