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-------------------4.57 beta
2007-12-06
------------------------- The BUG in command line version was fixed: -up3 switch
could work incorrectly.
4.56 beta
2007-10-24
------------------------- Some bugs were fixed.
4.55 beta
2007-09-05
------------------------- Some bugs were fixed.
4.54 beta
2007-09-04
------------------------- Decompression speed was increased.
4.53 beta
2007-08-27
------------------------- "Test" and "Info" buttons now work for open archives.
- The bug in 7-Zip 4.48 - 4.52 beta was fixed:
7-Zip could create .ZIP archives with broken files.
- Some bugs were fixed.
4.52 beta
2007-08-03
------------------------- 7-Zip now can unpack Compound files (msi, doc, ...).
- Some bugs were fixed.
4.51 beta
2007-07-25
------------------------- Bug was fixed: 7-Zip 4.50 beta could not open some .7z archives.
4.50 beta
2007-07-24
------------------------- New switch for command line version:
-ssc[-] enables/disables case-sensitive mode for file names.
- Speed optimizations for AES encryption.
- Some bugs were fixed.
4.49 beta
2007-07-11
------------------------- 7-Zip now can unpack WIM archives.
- 7-Zip now replaces incorrect characters in filenames during extracting.
4.48 beta
2007-06-26
------------------------- Encryption strength for .7z format was increased.
4.42
2006-05-14
-------------------------
- Bug was fixed: 7-Zip 4.28 beta worked incorrectly in Windows 95/98/Me
4.28 beta
2005-09-27
------------------------- Bug was fixed: 7-Zip 4.27 beta created incorrect multivolume archives.
- "Duplicate filename" collision problem between names with ligatures was fi
xed.
4.27 beta
2005-09-21
------------------------- 7-Zip can unpack CHM/HXS (MS HTML HELP) archives
- 7-Zip can unpack multivolume CAB archives
- Now 7-Zip deletes files to the Recycle Bin by default.
Shift+Delete deletes files permanently.
- Some bugs were fixed
- New localization: Tatarish
4.26 beta
2005-08-05
------------------------- LZH format support (extracting only)
- Some bugs were fixed
- New localization: Ido
4.25 beta
2005-07-31
------------------------- 7-Zip now doesn't interrupt the compressing when it can not
find specified file as in version 4.24 beta. It just shows warning.
- 7-Zip now supports standard selection mode in the file list
- Some bugs were fixed
4.24 beta
2005-07-06
------------------------- 7-Zip now supports right-click Drag and Drop in Explorer
- Command line version now supports short file names (like FILENA~1.TXT)
- If there are no wildcard names and there is no -r switch in command line,
7-Zip now checks that specified files exist on disk before compressing.
- Some bugs were fixed
4.23
2005-06-29
------------------------- Drag and Drop support
- 7-Zip File Manager now can copy files from one archive to another
- Some bugs were fixed
- New localizations: Extremaduran, Malay
4.20
2005-05-30
------------------------- No changes
4.19 beta
2005-05-21
------------------------- BZip2 code was rewritten. Now it supports 3 modes: Normal, Maximum and
3.13
2003-12-11
------------------------- Some small bugs were fixed
3.12
2003-12-10
------------------------- Now you can select compression method, dictionary size
and word size in "Add to archive" dialog box. Also it
shows memory usage.
- 7-Zip File Manager now contains toolbars.
- New "Benchmark" command in 7-Zip File Manager.
It measures compressing and decompressing speeds and
shows rating values.
- Some bugs were fixed.
3.11
2003-10-06
------------------------- 7-zip now use limitations for solid block size
for increasing the speed of random file decompressing:
- in Store mode:
0 B
- in Fast mode:
16 MB
- in Normal mode: 256 MB
- in Maximum mode: 1 GB
- in Ultra mode:
4 GB
- 7z.exe, 7za.exe and SFX modules now support Unicode
file names under Windows NT/2000/XP/2003.
7zn.exe and 7zan.exe were removed from package.
- Some bugs were fixed
- New localization: Afrikaans
3.10
2003-09-27
------------------------- Drag-and-Drop from external application
- GUI version (7zG.exe) can compress files with absolute paths
- Compression dialog doesn't suggest bzip2 and gzip2 types when
there are more than one selected file
- Optional auto renaming for existing files during extraction
in command line version (-aot switch).
- Some bugs were fixed
3.09.02
2003-09-20
------------------------- Optional limitation for solid block size for increasing
the speed of random file decompressing (-ms switch)
3.09.01 beta 2003-09-06
------------------------- Automatic compression filter for executable files:
dll, exe, ocx, sfx, sys, (-mf switch)
- Compression levels in 7z now are:
- Fast:
32 KB dictionary, BCJ filter
- Normal: 2 MB dictionary, BCJ filter
- Maximum: 8 MB dictionary, BCJ filter, max settings
- Ultra: 32 MB dictionary, BCJ2 filter, max settings
- Updating solid 7z archives now is supported, if it doesn't
require repacking solid blocks
- -mhcf switch for 7z format now is default
- Some bugs were fixed
3.08.04 beta 2003-08-24
------------------------- Favorites menu in 7-Zip File Manager
- Some bugs were fixed
3.08.03 beta 2003-08-21
------------------------- Automatic adding of extension to archive name in Compress Dialog
- Some bugs in previous 3.08.* versions were fixed:
- Storing columns width inside archives in File Manager
- Opening archive inside archive
- Quotes in list files in console version
3.08.02 beta 2003-08-20
------------------------- Some bugs were fixed
3.08 beta
2003-08-19
------------------------- Compress dialog:
- Supporting fast compressing mode (-mx=1 switch)
- Multi-threading option for Multi-Processor systems
or Pentium 4 with Hyper-Threading
- Encrypt file names option
- New context menu items:
- Extract here
- Extract to <Folder>
- Compress and email
- Internal reconstruction, registry using was reduced
- New localization: Esperanto
2.30 Beta 32 2003-05-15
-------------------------
2.30 Beta 4
2001-09-15
------------------------- Self extract capability for 7z format.
- 7z archive format is default for 7z.exe and 7za.exe.
- 7z in default mode now uses bt234 match finder
and solid compression.
- 7z in maximum mode (-mx) now uses 4MB dictionary.
2.30 Beta 3
2001-09-10
------------------------- Bug was fixed: decompressing .7z solid archives
containing empty files.
- new 7za.exe: standalone command line version
(only for 7z format).
- Speed of compressing to Deflate format (zip, gzip)
was slightly increased.
2.30 Beta 2
2001-08-30
------------------------- Supporting the new 7z format with high compression ratio.
- -bd (Disable percentage indicator) switch in
console version.
- Bug in console version was fixed:
previous versions incorrectly execute compression
commands with non-recursive wildcards in combination
with subfolders.
- Some other bugs were fixed.
2.30 Beta 1
2001-05-07
------------------------- Speed of reading of archive contents was increased.
- Bug was fixed: incorrect showing file names with
national charsets in some zip archives.
- Now it is possible to compress files larger than 4GB
to GZip archives.
2.24
2001-03-21
------------------------- Bugs in GZip and Cab decoders were fixed.
2.23
2001-03-04
------------------------- Opening archive items in Explorer.
- Context menu for archive items in Explorer.
- Automatic adding extension to archive name in console version.
- Some bugs were fixed.
2.22
2001-01-21
------------------------- Supporting Zip archives containing more than 65535 files.
- Speed of Plugin for Explorer was increased.
- Searching start position of archive now is limited by