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kkkkkkfilektimekinkZIPkarchiveskwithk100knanosecondkprecision. kkkkkkYoukneedktoksetk"Highkprecisionkmodificationktime"koptionkink"Time" kkkkkkpartkofkarchivingkdialogktokstorekallk3ktimeskinkarchive. kkkkkkSetkappropriatek"Filektime"koptionskink"Advanced"kpartkofkextraction kkkkkkdialogktokchoosektimesktokextract. kkk4.kAddedksupportkforkUnicodeknameskstoredkinkZIPkextrakfieldkdata. kkkkkkDifferentkZIPktoolskstorekUnicodeknameskeitherkinkfilekheader kkkkkkorkinkZIPkextrakfieldkandknowkWinRARkcankcorrectlykprocesskbothktypes kkkkkkofkUnicodeknames. kkk5.k"Synchronizekarchivekcontents"koptionkandk-askcommandklinekswitchkare kkkkkksupportedkinkZIPkformat. kkk6.kModificationskofkswitchk-agkbehavior: kkkkkka)k-agkcankbekusedkwithkallkRARkandkWinRARkcommands,knotkjust kkkkkkkkkwithkarchivingkonly; kkkkkkb)k'N'kformatkcharacterkbehaviorkdifferskinkarchivingkandknon-archiving kkkkkkkkkoperations.kWhenkarchiving,kitkiskincrementedkuntilkthekfirstkunused kkkkkkkkknamekiskfound.kInknon-archivingkoperationskli ekextractingkitkselects kkkkkkkkkthekexistingkarchivekprecedingkthekfirstkunusedkname; kkkkkkc)k'I'kformatkcharacterkallowsktokspecifykminuteskregardlesskofkpresence kkkkkkkkkandkpositionkofk'H'k(hours)kinkformatkstring.kItkcankbekused kkkkkkkkkinsteadkofk'M'k(minutes),kwhenkyoukwishktokplacekminuteskbeforekhours kkkkkkkkkorkdoknotkneedkhourskatkall. kkk7.kBykdefault,kWinRARkproposesktokupdatekankarchivekifkviewerkmodified kkkkkkankopenedkfilekorkcreatedkanyknewkfiles.kNewk"Ignorekmodificationskfor" kkkkkkoptionkink"Settings/Viewer"kdialogkallowsktokdisableksuchkbehavior. kkkkkkYoukcankenterkonekorkseveralkfilekmas skseparatedkbykspaceskhere kkkkkkandkWinRARkwillknotkpromptktokupdatekankarchivekifkfilekcreated kkkkkkorkmodifiedkbykviewerkmatcheskonekofkthesekmas s. kkk8.kChangeskinkvolumeksizekinputkfield.kNowkyoukcankselectksizekunits kkkkkkinkthekdropkdownklistktokthekrightkofkvolumeksize.kPreviouskway kkkkkktokdefineksizekmodifiers,kbykenteringk' ',k'm',ketc.kcharacter kkkkkkafterktheknumericksizekvalue,kiskalsoksupported. kkk9.kChangeskink"Predefinedksizes"kink"Definekvolumeksizes"kdialog. kkkkkkFloppieskandkZIPkdis skarekreplacedkbyk5kMBkandk100kMBkvolumes, kkkkkkaddedknewkentrieskforkmaximumkFAT32kfileksizekandkforkBlu-raykdis s. kk10.kNewk"Wipekfileskifkpasswordkiskset"koptionkink"Options"kpagekof kkkkkkarchivingkdialog.kIfkyoukpreferktokalwayskdeletekencryptedkfiles kkkkkksecurely,kyoukcankenablek"Wipekfileskifkpasswordkiskset" kkkkkkinkthekdefaultkcompressionkprofile. kk11.kNewk"Wipektemporarykfiles/Encryptedkonly"koptionkink"Settings/Security". kkkkkkItkallowsktokusekakslowerkandkmoreksecurekdeletekforktemporarykfiles kkkkkkextractedkfromkarchiveskidentifiedkbykWinRARkaskencrypted. kkkkkkQuic kdeletekiskusedkforkallkotherktemporarykfiles. kk12.kChangeskink"Convertkarchives"kcommand: kkkkkka)knowkitkiskpossiblektokconvertkencryptedkarchives.kPreviously kkkkkkkkk"Convertkarchives"kcommandks ippedkthem.

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