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ALL Context entries have disappeared

Fri, 11/23/2007 - 09:27 — Anonymous

Hi, just posted this on BetaNews:

EDIT 11/23/07 re below quote:

1. Bobad: there is one main UniExtract shortcut in Send To, if all else fails.

2. BUT more importantly to the author:
Bobad may be on to something here-- my context menu entries for Universal Extractor have disappeared(for .zip, .msi & .exe), on Vista Home Premium Sp1. I've tried reinstalling, w/ all possible context entries enabled and .zip associated w/ it, of course-- to no avail.

Of note-- may help you-- re related programs:

    Others having issues--

PeaZip: all entries disappeared as well HOWEVER, all Send To entries still in place.
ZipInstaller: context entry ONLY appears after archive is opened & listed in Explorer 'Folder' Pane-- ALTHOUGH ONLY if right-clicked from that side, NOT if right-clicked in File pane.
ExtractNow context entries have disappeared for .exe files, but for .zip have NOT disappeared.
7Zip main context 'name' entry is still there, BUT its command submenu NEVER LOADS.

Other related programs

    "still functioning properly(each/all the very latest release, even if beta/rc/etc.)"--

#7Z, AlZip, IzArc, GSplit.

BTW
A. Universal Extractor, even before reinstall, was the last program of its kind installed.
B. SP1 for Vista was only installed 2 days ago.
C. Universal Extractor was upgraded to this Beta, w/ no issues, from the day it was released to the public.

Dollars to Doughnuts this is a Vista change issue--

1. NO such issues on WinXP SP3

2. Going by MS deadline to programmers to comply with all Vista OS changes: something along the lines that 'initially' older programs could still run normally w/ some older behaviors allowed & expected folder locations still in place... until xx date.

Reviewer: bobad Aug 13, 2007
Version: 1.6 Beta

Very good program. Extremely useful. My only wish is that it have a Context Menu item for "Open With Uni Extractor". That way you could peek inside a compilation without extracting the whole thing. Drag-and-drop would be excellent too, but I don't know if that's possible unless ported to a full programming language. Give it a 4.6/5 :)
Rating: 5

What's funny about all this is that a not recently updated prog like IzArc has no such issues, yet some of the more constantly-updated ones, like 7zip suffer.

PS I love Universal Extractor... and i have a ton of computers & OSes, feel free to use me to troubleshoot.

G'Luck, all the best,

charles langer msmvp

Edit by jbreland: cleaned up the invalid tags so the post will display with proper formatting on this forum