WinRAR and RAR files support for NSIS

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TheRainer
31st January 2010 15:14 UTC

WinRAR and RAR files support for NSIS
Hello,

Does NSIS support RAR files, encrypted and with password protection, from WinRAR? :rolleyes:

If yes: How? :igor:

If not: Can anybody implement it? :cry:

Thanks for help,
Rainer

Anders
31st January 2010 15:56 UTC

If this is for some type of copy protection, its not really going to help much since NSIS is not good at keeping secrets ;)

If you can't find a plugin that does what you want, you can always use a external unpacker

Lodester
31st January 2010 18:29 UTC

Why not just package and call rar.exe from your NSIS installer and do whatever you need to/want. That ships with winrar has a lot more functionality anyway.

CG!
31st January 2010 18:33 UTC

Or you optionally detect an installed WinRAR installation.
This way an possibly installed WinRAR x64 can be used instead of your shipped UnRAR x86.

Yathosho
31st January 2010 18:56 UTC

Originally posted by Lodester
Why not just package and call rar.exe from your NSIS installer and do whatever you need to/want. That ships with winrar has a lot more functionality anyway.

i'm sure that's an answer anders would have given, if it wasn't so easy to intercept the password for those encrypted rars.

i can't think of any other solution as long as there is no plugin with password support*

* hint to the developer of the 7-zip plugin

MSG
31st January 2010 19:26 UTC

i'm sure that's an answer anders would have given, if it wasn't so easy to intercept the password for those encrypted rars.

I can vouch for that particularity being a problem. :-)

Anyway, redistributing rar.exe is not allowed under the WinRAR EULA.

CG!
31st January 2010 19:35 UTC

That's why i was refering to use an installed WinRAR/RAR.EXE or shipping the UnRAR.EXE/.DLL.
Dunno about the UnRAR.EXE, but the DLL is free to use and the APi is good documented.