Professional Documents
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22.00 2022-06-16
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- 7-Zip now can extract APFS (Apple File System) images that can be used in DMG
files.
- 7-Zip now can create TAR archives in POSIX (pax) tar format with the switches
-ttar -mm=pax or -ttar -mm=posix
- 7-Zip now can store additional file timestamps with high precision (1 ns in
Linux)
in tar/pax archives with the following switches:
-ttar -mm=pax -mtp=3 -mtc -mta
- New switches for Linux version for TAR archives:
-snoi : store owner/group ids in archive or set owner/group ids from archive to
extracted files.
-snon : store owner/group names in archive
- New -snz switch to propagate Zone.Identifier stream to extracted files (Windows).
- New option "Propagate Zone.Id stream" in Tools/Options/7-Zip menu.
- New "Options" window in "Add to archive" allows to select what metadata must be
included to archive. Also it allows to select new option
"Do not change source files last access time".
- Some bugs were fixed.
21.07 2021-12-26
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- 7-Zip now can extract VHDX disk images (Microsoft Hyper-V Virtual Hard Disk v2
format).
- New switches: -spm and -im!{file_path} to exclude directories from processing
for specified paths that don't contain path separator character at the end of
path.
- In the "Add to Archive" window, now it is allowed to use -m prefix for
"Parameters"
field as in command line: -mparam.
- The sorting order of files in archives was slightly changed to be more consistent
for cases where the name of some directory is the same as the prefix part of the
name
of another directory or file.
- TAR archives created by 7-Zip now are more consistent with archives created by
GNU TAR program.
21.06 2021-11-24
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- The window "Add to Archive" now allows to set a limit on memory usage (RAM)
that will be used for compressing.
- New switch -mmemuse={N}g / -mmemuse=p{N} to set a limit on memory usage (RAM)
for compressing and decompressing.
- Bug in versions 21.00-21.05 was fixed:
7-Zip didn't set attributes of directories during archive extracting.
- Some bugs were fixed.
19.00 2019-02-21
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- Encryption strength for 7z archives was increased:
the size of random initialization vector was increased from 64-bit to 128-bit,
and the pseudo-random number generator was improved.
- Some bugs were fixed.
18.06 2018-12-30
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- The speed for LZMA/LZMA2 compressing was increased by 3-10%,
and there are minor changes in compression ratio.
- Some bugs were fixed.
- The bug in 7-Zip 18.02-18.05 was fixed: there was memory leak in xz decoder.
- 7-Zip 18.02-18.05 used only one CPU thread for bz2 archive creation.
18.05 2018-04-30
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- The speed for LZMA/LZMA2 compressing was increased
by 8% for fastest/fast compression levels and
by 3% for normal/maximum compression levels.
- 7-Zip now shows Properties (Info) window and CRC/SHA results window
as "list view" window instead of "message box" window.
- Some improvements in zip, hfs and dmg code.
- Previous versions of 7-Zip could work incorrectly in "Large memory pages" mode in
Windows 10 because of some BUG with "Large Pages" in Windows 10.
Now 7-Zip doesn't use "Large Pages" on Windows 10 up to revision 1709 (16299).
- The vulnerability in RAR unpacking code was fixed (CVE-2018-10115).
- Some bugs were fixed.
18.01 2018-01-28
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- 7-Zip now can unpack DMG archives that use LZFSE compression method.
- 7-Zip now doesn't allow update operation for archives that have read-only
attribute.
- The BUG was fixed:
extracting from tar with -si switch didn't set timestamps for directories.
- Some bugs were fixed.
16.04 2016-10-04
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- The bug was fixed: 7-Zip 16.03 exe installer under Vista didn't create
links in Start / Programs menu.
- Some bugs were fixed in RAR code.
16.03 2016-09-28
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- Installer and SFX modules now use some protection against DLL preloading attack.
- Some bugs were fixed in 7z, NSIS, SquashFS, RAR5 and another code.
16.02 2016-05-21
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- 7-Zip now can extract multivolume ZIP archives (z01, z02, ... , zip).
- Some bugs were fixed.
15.14 2015-12-31
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- 7-Zip File Manager:
- The code for "Open file from archive" operation was improved.
- The code for "Tools/Options" window was improved.
- The BUG was fixed: there was incorrect mouse cursor capture for
drag-and-drop operations from open archive to Explorer window.
- Some bugs were fixed.
- New localization: Yoruba.
15.12 2015-11-19
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- The release version.
15.11 beta 2015-11-14
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- Some bugs were fixed.
- 7-Zip now uses progress indicator displayed on a taskbar button under Windows 7.
- The BUG in 7-Zip 9.21 beta was fixed:
7-Zip could ignore some options when you created ZIP archives.
For example, it could use ZipCrypto cipher instead of AES-256.
9.20 2010-11-18
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- Some bugs were fixed.
4.65 2009-02-03
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- 7-Zip File Manager now can calculate SHA-256 checksum.
- Some bugs were fixed.
4.64 2009-01-03
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- The bug in 7-Zip 4.63 was fixed: 7-Zip could not decrypt .ZIP archives
encrypted with WinZip-AES method.
4.63 2008-12-31
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- 7-Zip now can unpack ZIP archives encrypted with PKWARE-AES.
- Some bugs were fixed.
4.62 2008-12-02
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- Some bugs were fixed.
4.57 2007-12-06
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- The BUG in command line version was fixed: -up3 switch
could work incorrectly.
4.42 2006-05-14
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- Compressing speed and Memory requirements were increased.
Default dictionary size was increased: Fastest: 64 KB, Fast: 1 MB,
Normal: 4 MB, Max: 16 MB, Ultra: 64 MB.
- BZip2 compressing / decompressing now can work in multi-threading mode
- Multi-threading mode now is default for multi-processor systems
- 64-bit version now supports 1 GB dictionary
- 7z/LZMA now can use only these match finders: HC4, BT2, BT3, BT4
- Compression ratio in Zip/GZip/Deflate in Ultra mode was increased
- 7-Zip now can unpack ISO archives and some installers created by NSIS
- Optional "Flat View" mode in 7-Zip File Manager
- 7-Zip File Manager now can calculate CRC checksums for files
- -x switch with relative paths now affects files specified with absolute paths
- New switch for 7za.exe (console version): -slt.
"l" (list) command with -slt shows technical information for archive.
- New switch: -scs{WIN|DOS|UTF-8} specifies charset for list files.
Default charset for list files is UTF-8 now.
- Some bugs were fixed
- New localizations: Albanian, Kurdish
4.32 2005-12-09
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- Bug was fixed: 7-Zip 4.31 didn't work in Windows 95
4.31 2005-12-04
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- Small changes
- New localization: Basque
4.23 2005-06-29
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- 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
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- No changes
3.12 2003-12-10
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- Optional limitation for solid block size for increasing
the speed of random file decompressing (-ms switch)
2.24 2001-03-21
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- Bugs in GZip and Cab decoders were fixed.
2.23 2001-03-04
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- 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
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- Supporting Zip archives containing more than 65535 files.
- Speed of Plugin for Explorer was increased.
- Searching start position of archive now is limited by
first 1MB part of file.
- Some bugs were fixed.
- Packet now doesn't contain 7zip.exe, far7zip.reg and
far7zip2.reg files. There is new far7z.reg file.
2.21 2000-12-21
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- FAR Plugin was improved:
- Showing process box during opening archives.
- Viewing properties of file by Ctrl-A.
- Alt-F6 in archive now immediately extracts selected files
to current directory.
2.20 2000-11-20
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- Supporting BZip2 and Cab.
- New program architecture with external
compression and cryptographic modules.
- Decryption support (Rar and Zip).
- New console client.
- Some bugs were fixed.
2.11 2000-06-15
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- Bugs were fixed:
2.10 2000-05-16
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- First level 7-Zip Plugin for FAR Manager.
- GUI version with integration to Windows Shell.
- Compression and decompressing GZip and TAR formats.
- Decompression RAR.
- Install & Uninstall support.
- Some bugs were fixed.
2.01 1999-09-19
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- Small bug was fixed.
- Compression ratio was improved for some files.
2.00 1999-07-18
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- Release.
- Big bug was fixed: previous versions incorrectly worked
during compressing with files that were referred by
direct(without wildcards) paths, containing subdirs parts.
- Compression and decompression speed were improved.
- -mx switch (maXimize compression) was added.
- Small bugs were fixed.
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