This is a software solution of this type that has not stopped improving over time and offering its file compression and decompression services to its clients. This is something that is largely achieved thanks to the updates that come to us from its developers. This is precisely what we want to focus on below. We tell you all this because RARLAB, developer of the WinRAR software, has just released a new version of its program.
Specifically, it is about WinRAR 6.1, version that premieres in the new 2022 with some interesting news. A clear example of all this is the new requirements regarding compatibility with operating systems that it proposes. To give us an idea of what we are telling you, the new version of the software has eliminated compatibility with Microsoft’s Windows XP system, while It already works on Windows 11. In fact, by now many software developers They have already stopped giving support to XPsomething to which the file compressor is attached.
This means that to run WinRAR 6.1, we will at least need Windows Vista or higher. To all this we add that Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 will be supported until January 2023. But this is not all that the new version adds, so below we will see other integrated novelties.
What’s new in WinRAR 6.1 coming now
To begin with, we will tell you that this version, WinRAR 6.1 finally has support for the new context menus of the latest version of Microsoft’s system. This change refers to File Explorer context menu. Here we see the options for users to open the program and its functions if they need it. Note that one limitation of this context menu is that programs are allowed only one top-level entry.
Therefore, the new WinRAR 6.1 context menu in Windows 11 shows all compressor commands when they are selected. Of course, WinRAR users can change this functionality in the preferences of the application. In this way they will be able to customize the elements at their fingertips in the aforementioned menu.
In turn WinRAR 6.1 introduces other changes such as support for file formats. ZST and .ZIPX. Also, now we can create RAR5 recovery records.
This novelty allows the size of recovery volumes be up to 10 times larger than the actual size of RAR volumes. A new function has also been integrated for automation in checking the new files that we create here. Also, the developers of the application improve the functions of printing and increase security thanks to new messages from invalid passwords.
