Bug 441015

Summary: add SFX support
Product: [Applications] ark Reporter: Christopher Yeleighton <giecrilj>
Component: pluginsAssignee: Ragnar Thomsen <rthomsen6>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: wishlist CC: aacid, elvis.angelaccio
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 21.04.3   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: openSUSE   
OS: Linux   
See Also: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138685
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Christopher Yeleighton 2021-08-15 20:03:01 UTC 
SUMMARY
Please support extracting self-extracting archives!

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Tell Ark to choose a self-extracting archive (*.exe)!


OBSERVED RESULT
File type unsupported.

EXPECTED RESULT
File type supported.  Ark can read it and extract its contents.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20210810
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.84.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Christopher Yeleighton 2021-08-15 20:05:51 UTC 
Workaround: { unrar x *.exe; }
Comment 2 Christopher Yeleighton 2021-08-15 20:09:24 UTC 
Note: a supported EXE file contains the following tag:
<assemblyIdentity
  version="1.0.0.0"
  processorArchitecture="*"
  name="WinRAR SFX"
  type="win32"/>