If a wrong password has been entered when unpacking an encrypted RAR5 archive, WinRAR now proposes to enter a valid password for the same file instead of aborting extraction. In addition the usability of decompression dialog of password protected archives has been improved. Organizer data is converted to a new format only when users save it, but not immediately after installing WinRAR. It does not affect archive encryption formats and encrypted archives are compatible with previous WinRAR versions. The latest version uses a new data format for the password organizer, so passwords stored in the 'Organize passwords' dialog are not readable by older versions. To permanently save the master password WinRAR has to be closed. If the entered password does not match the master password, it is treated as a usual password for archive operations.

The 'Set master password' button in 'Organize passwords' dialog can be used to encrypt saved password records and protect them from unauthorized access.

In the latest release the password dialog has been updated, and from now on there is the possibility to use a master password. And with WinRAR’s 256-bit password protection the user won’t be having any trust issues. If RAR format has been saved in the default compression profile in previous versions, WinRAR respects these stored settings. This change affects only new, clean installs.

The user can change it to RAR 4.x compatible format with 'RAR4' option in archiving dialog or -ma4 command line switch. From version 5.50 on WinRAR and command line RAR use RAR 5.0 archive format by default. When users archive or share files, they will benefit from an outstanding compression ratio along with a fast compression rate to save you space and bandwidth.

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