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HISTORY of the 7-Zip
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9.20 2010-11-18
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- Some bugs were fixed.
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9.19 beta 2010-11-11
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- The console version now doesn't show entered password.
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- Some bugs were fixed.
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9.18 beta 2010-11-02
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- 7-Zip now can unpack SquashFS and CramFS filesystem images.
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- 7-Zip now can unpack some TAR and ISO archives with incorrect headers.
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- New small SFX module for installers (in Extra package).
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- Some bugs were fixed.
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9.17 beta 2010-10-04
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- Disk fragmentation problem for ZIP archives created by 7-Zip was fixed.
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9.16 beta 2010-09-08
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- 7-Zip now supports files that are larger than 8 GB in TAR archives.
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- NSIS support was improved.
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- Some bugs were fixed.
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- New localizations: Hindi, Gujarati, Sanskrit.
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9.15 beta 2010-06-20
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- Some bugs were fixed.
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- New localization: Tatar.
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9.14 beta 2010-06-04
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- WIM support was improved.
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9.13 beta 2010-04-15
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- 7-Zip now stores NTFS file timestamps to ZIP archives.
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- New additional "Open archive >" item in context menu allows to select
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archive type for some files.
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- Some bugs were fixed.
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- New localization: Uyghur.
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9.12 beta 2010-03-24
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- ZIP / PPMd compression ratio was improved in Maximum and Ultra modes.
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- The BUG in 7-Zip 9.* beta was fixed: LZMA2 codec didn't work,
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if more than 10 threads were used (or more than 20 threads in some modes).
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9.11 beta 2010-03-15
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- 7-Zip now supports PPMd compression in ZIP archives.
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- Speed optimizations in PPMd codec.
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- The support for archives in installers was improved.
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- Some bugs were fixed.
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- New localization: Kazakh.
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9.10 beta 2009-12-22
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- The BUG in 7-Zip 9.09 beta was fixed:
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7-Zip created incorrect ZIP archives, if ZipCrypto encryption was used.
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9.09 beta 2009-12-12
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- 7-Zip now can unpack Apple Partition Map (APM) disk images.
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- Speed optimizations in AES code for Intel's 32nm CPUs.
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- Speed optimizations in CRC calculation code for Intel's Atom CPUs.
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- Some bugs were fixed.
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9.07 beta 2009-08-27
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- It's possible to specify Diff program in options (7-Zip File Manager).
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- Some bugs were fixed.
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9.06 beta 2009-08-17
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- 7-Zip now can unpack MSLZ archives.
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- Partial parsing for EXE resources, SWF and FLV.
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- Some bugs were fixed.
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9.04 beta 2009-05-30
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- 7-Zip now can update solid .7z archives.
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- 7-Zip now supports LZMA2 compression method.
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- 7-Zip now supports XZ archives.
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- 7-Zip now can unpack NTFS, FAT, VHD and MBR archives.
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- 7-Zip now can unpack GZip, BZip2, LZMA, XZ and TAR archives from stdin.
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- 7-Zip now can open/copy/compress disk images (like \\.\c:) from \\.\ folder.
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- 7-Zip File Manager now doesn't use temp files to open nested archives
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stored without compression.
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- New -scrc switch to calculate total CRC-32 during extracting / testing.
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- New -scc{WIN|DOS|UTF-8} switch to specify charset for console input/output (default = DOS).
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- Some bugs were fixed.
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4.65 2009-02-03
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- 7-Zip File Manager now can calculate SHA-256 checksum.
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- Some bugs were fixed.
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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
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encrypted with WinZip-AES method.
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4.63 2008-12-31
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- 7-Zip now can unpack ZIP archives encrypted with PKWARE-AES.
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- Some bugs were fixed.
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4.62 2008-12-02
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- Some bugs were fixed.
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4.61 beta 2008-11-23
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- 7-Zip now supports LZMA compression for .ZIP archives.
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- Some bugs were fixed.
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- New localization: Sinhala.
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4.60 beta 2008-08-19
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- Some bugs were fixed.
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4.59 beta 2008-08-13
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- 7-Zip now can unpack UDF, XAR and DMG/HFS archives.
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- 7-Zip File Manager now keeps encryption when you edit encrypted file inside archive.
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- 7-Zip File Manager now allows to change current folder from the address bar drop-down list.
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- It's allowed to use -t switch for "list" and "extract" commands.
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- Some bugs were fixed.
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- New localizations: Icelandic, Kurdish Sorani.
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4.58 beta 2008-05-05
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- Some speed optimizations.
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- 7-Zip now can unpack .lzma archives.
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- Unicode (UTF-8) support for filenames in .ZIP archives. Now there are 3 modes:
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1) Default mode: 7-Zip uses UTF-8, if the local code page doesn't contain required symbols.
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2) -mcu switch: 7-Zip uses UTF-8, if there are non-ASCII symbols.
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3) -mcl switch: 7-Zip uses local code page.
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- Now it's possible to store file creation time in 7z and ZIP archives (-mtc switch).
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- 7-Zip now can unpack multivolume RAR archives created with
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"old style volume names" scheme and names *.001, *.002, ...
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- Now it's possible to use -mSW- and -mSW+ switches instead of -mSW=off and -mSW=on
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- Some bugs were fixed.
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- New localizations: Punjabi (Indian), Pashto.
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4.57 2007-12-06
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- The BUG in command line version was fixed: -up3 switch
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could work incorrectly.
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4.56 beta 2007-10-24
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- Some bugs were fixed.
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4.55 beta 2007-09-05
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- Some bugs were fixed.
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4.54 beta 2007-09-04
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- Decompression speed was increased.
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4.53 beta 2007-08-27
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- "Test" and "Info" buttons now work for open archives.
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- The bug in 7-Zip 4.48 - 4.52 beta was fixed:
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7-Zip could create .ZIP archives with broken files.
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- Some bugs were fixed.
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4.52 beta 2007-08-03
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- 7-Zip now can unpack Compound files (msi, doc, ...).
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- Some bugs were fixed.
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4.51 beta 2007-07-25
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- Bug was fixed: 7-Zip 4.50 beta could not open some .7z archives.
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4.50 beta 2007-07-24
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- New switch for command line version:
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-ssc[-] enables/disables case-sensitive mode for file names.
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- Speed optimizations for AES encryption.
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- Some bugs were fixed.
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4.49 beta 2007-07-11
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- 7-Zip now can unpack WIM archives.
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- 7-Zip now replaces incorrect characters in filenames during extracting.
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4.48 beta 2007-06-26
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- Encryption strength for .7z format was increased.
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Now it uses random initialization vectors.
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- Some bugs were fixed.
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4.47 beta 2007-05-27
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- Bugs of 7-Zip 4.46 beta were fixed: BZip2 could work incorrectly.
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4.46 beta 2007-05-25
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- New fast compression mode for Deflate method in Zip and GZip.
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- New "Compress shared files" option in GUI and -ssw switch.
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- Some bugs were fixed.
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- New localization: Norwegian Nynorsk.
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4.45 beta 2007-04-17
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- Now it's possible to specify the size of solid block and the number
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of CPU threads in "Add to archive" dialog box.
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- Default dictionary size was increased: Normal: 16 MB, Max: 32 MB.
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- Speed optimizations.
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- Benchmark was improved (new "b" command in command line version).
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- The number of DLL files was reduced.
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- Now it's possible to associate 7-zip with combined types like .tbz2
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- switch -mhcf=off is not supported now.
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- If -t{Type} switch is not specified, 7-Zip now uses extension of archive to
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detect the type of archive.
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- Some bugs were fixed.
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- New localization: Welsh.
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4.44 beta 2007-01-20
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- Speed optimizations for LZMA, Deflate, BZip2 and unRAR.
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- 7-Zip now supports file pathnames longer than 260 characters.
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- Some bugs were fixed.
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- New localizations: Bangla, Bashkir, Nepali.
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4.43 beta 2006-09-15
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- 7-Zip now can use multi-threading mode for compressing to .ZIP archives.
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- ZIP format supporting was improved.
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- 7-Zip now supports WinZip-compatible AES-256 encryption for .ZIP archives.
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- New context menu items for .ZIP archives creating.
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- 7-Zip now uses order list (list of extensions) for files sorting for compressing
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to .7z archives. It can slightly increase compression ratio in some cases.
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- 7-Zip now restores modification time of folders during .7z archives extracting.
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- Some bugs were fixed.
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- New localizations: Armenian, Marathi.
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4.42 2006-05-14
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- Compressing speed and Memory requirements were increased.
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Default dictionary size was increased: Fastest: 64 KB, Fast: 1 MB,
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Normal: 4 MB, Max: 16 MB, Ultra: 64 MB.
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- BZip2 compressing / decompressing now can work in multi-threading mode
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- Multi-threading mode now is default for multi-processor systems
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- 64-bit version now supports 1 GB dictionary
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- 7z/LZMA now can use only these match finders: HC4, BT2, BT3, BT4
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- Compression ratio in Zip/GZip/Deflate in Ultra mode was increased
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- 7-Zip now can unpack ISO archives and some installers created by NSIS
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- Optional "Flat View" mode in 7-Zip File Manager
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- 7-Zip File Manager now can calculate CRC checksums for files
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- -x switch with relative paths now affects files specified with absolute paths
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- New switch for 7za.exe (console version): -slt.
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"l" (list) command with -slt shows technical information for archive.
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- New switch: -scs{WIN|DOS|UTF-8} specifies charset for list files.
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Default charset for list files is UTF-8 now.
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- Some bugs were fixed
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- New localizations: Albanian, Kurdish
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4.32 2005-12-09
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- Bug was fixed: 7-Zip 4.31 didn't work in Windows 95
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4.31 2005-12-04
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- Small changes
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- New localization: Basque
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4.30 beta 2005-11-18
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- Files 7zFMn.exe, 7zGn.exe, 7-zipn, 7za.exe, 7zC.sfx were removed from 7-zip package
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- 7-Zip now uses uncompressed SFX: 7z.sfx
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- Sfx modules 7z.sfx and 7zCon.sfx now use msvcrt.dll
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- Speed optimizations in LZMA maximum/ultra compressing.
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- LZMA now supports word size up to 273
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- 7-Zip now reduces dictionary size for LZMA, if you compress files
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smaller than specified dictionary size.
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- 7-Zip now can use large memory pages:
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GUI: 7-Zip File Manager / Options / Settings / Use large memory pages.
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Command line version: -slp switch.
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This feature allows to increase speed of compressing.
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But 7-Zip can make some pause at starting of compressing for allocating large pages.
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Also Task Manager doesn't show real memory usage of program, if 7-Zip uses large pages.
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This feature works only on Windows 2003 / XP x64 / Vista.
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Also you must have administrator's rights for your system.
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Recommended size of RAM: 1 GB or more.
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To install this feature you must run 7-Zip File Manager at least once,
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close it and reboot system.
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- Some bugs were fixed
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4.29 beta 2005-09-28
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- Bug was fixed: 7-Zip 4.28 beta worked incorrectly in Windows 95/98/Me
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4.28 beta 2005-09-27
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- Bug was fixed: 7-Zip 4.27 beta created incorrect multivolume archives.
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- "Duplicate filename" collision problem between names with ligatures was fixed.
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4.27 beta 2005-09-21
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- 7-Zip can unpack CHM/HXS (MS HTML HELP) archives
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- 7-Zip can unpack multivolume CAB archives
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- Now 7-Zip deletes files to the Recycle Bin by default.
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Shift+Delete deletes files permanently.
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- Some bugs were fixed
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- New localization: Tatarish
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4.26 beta 2005-08-05
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- LZH format support (extracting only)
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- Some bugs were fixed
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- New localization: Ido
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4.25 beta 2005-07-31
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- 7-Zip now doesn't interrupt the compressing when it can not
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find specified file as in version 4.24 beta. It just shows warning.
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- 7-Zip now supports standard selection mode in the file list
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- Some bugs were fixed
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4.24 beta 2005-07-06
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- 7-Zip now supports right-click Drag and Drop in Explorer
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- Command line version now supports short file names (like FILENA~1.TXT)
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- If there are no wildcard names and there is no -r switch in command line,
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7-Zip now checks that specified files exist on disk before compressing.
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- Some bugs were fixed
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4.23 2005-06-29
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- Drag and Drop support
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- 7-Zip File Manager now can copy files from one archive to another
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- Some bugs were fixed
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- New localizations: Extremaduran, Malay
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4.20 2005-05-30
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- No changes
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4.19 beta 2005-05-21
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- BZip2 code was rewritten. Now it supports 3 modes: Normal, Maximum and
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Ultra. In Normal mode it compresses almost as original BZip2 compressor.
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Compression ratio in Maximum and Ultra modes is 1-3% better for some files,
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but Maximum Mode is about 3 times slower and Ultra Mode is about 8 times
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slower than Normal mode.
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- Console version now prints all messages to stdout by default,
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and if -so switch is specified, 7-Zip prints messages to stderr.
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- Some bugs were fixed
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- New localizations: Azeri, Georgian
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4.18 beta 2005-04-19
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- Bug in v4.17 beta was fixed: 7-Zip File Manager could crash
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after some operations with archives
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4.17 beta 2005-04-18
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- To increase protection from viruses, 7-Zip now does not open
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files with more than 4 continuous spaces in the name.
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And 7-Zip changes such long spaces in name to " ... " in the file list.
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- Code size optimization
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- Some files were moved from main package to extra package:
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- Plugin for FAR Manager
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- SFX modules for installers (7zS.sfx and 7zSD.sfx)
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- New localizations: Asturian, Indonesian
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4.16 beta 2005-03-29
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- Speed optimization (5%) for 7z / LZMA
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- 7za.exe now supports .Z archives
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- -r- switch in command line now is default for all commands
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- Some bugs were fixed
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- New localization: Uzbek
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4.15 beta 2005-01-25
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- Z format supporting (extracting only)
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- 7-Zip now can extract ZIP archives compressed with "Shrink" method
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- 7-Zip now doesn't interrupt the compressing when it can not open file.
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7-Zip just skips that file and shows warning.
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- Some bugs were fixed
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- New localization: Frisian
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4.14 beta 2005-01-11
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- 7-Zip installer was created with NSIS.
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Now it installs 7-Zip for all users (under Windows 2000/XP).
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- Now 7-Zip can create multivolume archives
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(switch -v for command line)
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- Some bugs were fixed
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- New localizations: Breton, Farsi
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4.13 beta 2004-12-14
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- Switch "--" stops switches parsing
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- Some bugs were fixed
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4.12 beta 2004-11-18
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- Bug in v4.11 beta was fixed:
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7-Zip created incorrect ZIP archives if file size was
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from 3.75 GB to 4 GB.
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4.11 beta 2004-11-16
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- 7-Zip now shows file names during compressing/decompressing
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- 7-Zip now supports Zip64 extension of ZIP format. So now it's
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possible to compress files bigger than 4 GB to ZIP archives.
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- Some bugs were fixed
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- New localization: Galician
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4.10 beta 2004-10-21
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- Bugs in v4.0* were fixed:
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- Some commands in command line with "-r" switch worked incorrectly,
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so 7-zip could skip some files during compressing
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- Some other bugs were fixed
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- Small internal changes
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4.09 beta 2004-10-05
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- Bugs in v4.0* were fixed:
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- Renaming inside archives didn't work or worked incorrectly
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- GUI SFX didn't show extracting dialog at start
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- Small fixes in 7-Zip GUI (7zG.exe)
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4.08 beta 2004-10-04
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- Bug in installer for v4.07 was fixed: when rebooting
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is required, it rebooted without asking user
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- Small fixes in 7-Zip GUI (7zG.exe)
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4.07 beta 2004-10-03
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- Big amount of code was changed in this beta version.
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So don't use it for important data compressing.
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And test archive after compressing.
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- Unified command line interface to GUI and console versions
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- 7-Zip now can extract or test several archives in one command
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- 7-Zip now doesn't interrupt the compressing when file is locked by
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other application. 7-Zip just skips that file and shows warning.
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Note: previous versions of 7-Zip had bug, so they can not unpack
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non-solid and some solid 7z archives with such skipped files.
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- Command line interface was changed:
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- now it's possible to use absolute pathnames
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- syntax simplification:
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was: 7z a a Folder1\* Folder2\* -r
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now: 7z a a Folder1 Folder2
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- now it's possible to use complex wildcard commands, like *\*111*\*
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- More smart detection of archive type for files with unusual
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file name extensions
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- Supporting for RAR archives with encrypted headers
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- CPIO format supporting was improved
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- For GZip and BZip2 formats you can:
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- Compress from stdin (-si switch)
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- Compress to stdout (-so switch)
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- Extract to stdout (-so switch)
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- 7-Zip File Manager:
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- Split and Combine commands
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- new list view options: Full row select, Show grid lines
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- Internal reconstruction
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- Some bugs were fixed
|
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- New localizations: Friulian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Tamil, Thai
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3.13 2003-12-11
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-------------------------
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- Some small bugs were fixed
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3.12 2003-12-10
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-------------------------
|
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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.
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|
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|
|
3.11 2003-10-06
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-------------------------
|
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- 7-zip now use limitations for solid block size
|
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for increasing the speed of random file decompressing:
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- in Store mode: 0 B
|
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- in Fast mode: 16 MB
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- in Normal mode: 256 MB
|
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- in Maximum mode: 1 GB
|
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- in Ultra mode: 4 GB
|
|
- 7z.exe, 7za.exe and SFX modules now support Unicode
|
|
file names under Windows NT/2000/XP/2003.
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7zn.exe and 7zan.exe were removed from package.
|
|
- Some bugs were fixed
|
|
- New localization: Afrikaans
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3.10 2003-09-27
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-------------------------
|
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- Drag-and-Drop from external application
|
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- 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).
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- Some bugs were fixed
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|
|
3.09.02 2003-09-20
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-------------------------
|
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- Optional limitation for solid block size for increasing
|
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the speed of random file decompressing (-ms switch)
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|
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|
3.09.01 beta 2003-09-06
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|
-------------------------
|
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- Automatic compression filter for executable files:
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dll, exe, ocx, sfx, sys, (-mf switch)
|
|
- Compression levels in 7z now are:
|
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- Fast: 32 KB dictionary, BCJ filter
|
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- 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
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- New features in compressing / decompressing window.
|
|
- "Show password" option.
|
|
- Some other small changes.
|
|
- New localization: Valencian.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.30 Beta 31 2003-04-29
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- Some bugs were fixed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.30 Beta 30 2003-04-19
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- 7-Zip File Manager:
|
|
- Showing .. item.
|
|
- 1/2 Panels mode switching (F9).
|
|
- Supporting Bzip2 compression in ZIP archives.
|
|
- Some bugs were fixed.
|
|
- Some optimization recompiling for reducing code size.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.30 Beta 29 2003-04-07
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- 7-Zip File Manager:
|
|
- "7-Zip" and "System" submenus in "Files" menu.
|
|
- Path history and "Browse" button in "Copy" dialog.
|
|
- RAR supporting was improved.
|
|
- Some bugs were fixed.
|
|
- Small changes in LZMA code.
|
|
- New localizations: Hebrew, Vietnamese.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.30 Beta 28 2003-02-16
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- Some bugs were fixed:
|
|
- Updating 7z archives that are larger than 4 GB.
|
|
- Using anti-items in 7z format.
|
|
- Compressing empty files with password to zip format.
|
|
- In max mode 7z now uses 8 MB dictionary instead of 4 MB.
|
|
- 7-Zip File Manager:
|
|
- Supporting file comments: Ctrl-Z.
|
|
- New key alias for folder bookmarks: [Shift]+Alt+Number.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.30 Beta 27 2003-01-24
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- Two BUGs in two previous beta versions (Beta 25 and Beta 26)
|
|
were fixed:
|
|
1. Incorrect compressing to non-solid 7z archive
|
|
when files have some very big sizes:
|
|
4 GB, 8 GB, 12 GB, 16 GB, ...
|
|
2. Incorrect percent showing in 7z compressing
|
|
when files are bigger than 4 GB.
|
|
- Supporting multivolume RAR and SPLIT archives.
|
|
- Supporting DEB archives.
|
|
- Supporting old version of CPIO format.
|
|
- Some bugs were fixed.
|
|
- New localizations: Korean, Swedish.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.30 Beta 26 2003-01-12
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- Supporting Deflate64 method in Zip archives.
|
|
- Supporting Rar 1.50 archives.
|
|
- Some bugs were fixed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.30 Beta 25 2003-01-02
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- Encryption feature for 7z format (AES-256).
|
|
- New optional archive header compressing mode (-mhcf).
|
|
- Archive headers now always are compressed with LZMA method.
|
|
- Updating non-solid 7z archives without -ms=off now is allowed.
|
|
- Folder creating and item renaming inside archive now is supported.
|
|
- Supporting encrypted Rar3 archives.
|
|
- Supporting Unicode names in Rar3 archives.
|
|
- Some bugs were fixed.
|
|
- New localizations: Lithuanian, Voro.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.30 Beta 24 2002-11-01
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- Some internal reconstructions.
|
|
- -m switch syntax was slightly changed.
|
|
- Some bugs were fixed.
|
|
- New localizations: Catalan, Norwegian, Romanian.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.30 Beta 23 2002-09-07
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- Encryption feature for zip format.
|
|
- Percent indicating for some operations.
|
|
- Some bugs were fixed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.30 Beta 22 2002-08-31
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- New program: 7-Zip File Manager.
|
|
- Command line version now doesn't allow absolute paths
|
|
for compressing files.
|
|
- New localizations: Belarusian, Greek.
|
|
- Bug in FAR plugin was fixed:
|
|
Incorrect updating when archive has no explicit
|
|
directory items for file items.
|
|
- Some bugs were fixed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.30 Beta 21 2002-07-08
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- RAM requirements for LZMA (7z) compression were reduced.
|
|
- Small bug in FAR plugin was fixed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.30 Beta 20 2002-07-01
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- RAM requirements for LZMA (7z) decompression were reduced.
|
|
- New localization: Turkish.
|
|
- Some bugs were fixed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.30 Beta 19 2002-04-11
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- Supporting RAR 3.0 archives.
|
|
- New localizations: Danish, Ukrainian.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.30 Beta 18 2002-03-25
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- Compressing speed in 7z format was slightly increased.
|
|
- New localizations: Estonian, Finnish.
|
|
- Some bugs were fixed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.30 Beta 17 2002-03-03
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- Supporting ARJ archives.
|
|
- New localization: Chinese Simplified.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.30 Beta 16 2002-02-24
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- Supporting RPM and CPIO archives.
|
|
- New fast compression mode for LZMA: -m0a=0.
|
|
- New match finders for LZMA: bt4b, hc3, hc4.
|
|
- Some bugs were fixed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.30 Beta 15 2002-02-17
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- Compression ratio in 7z was slightly improved.
|
|
- New localization: Dutch.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.30 Beta 14 2002-02-10
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- Speed optimization for multiprocessor computers (-mmt switch).
|
|
- New localizations: Czech, Japanese, Polish.
|
|
- Some bugs were fixed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.30 Beta 13 2002-01-31
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- New SFX module for installers.
|
|
- New match finder for LZMA: bt3.
|
|
- New localizations: Portuguese, Portuguese Brazil, Serbo-Croatian.
|
|
- Some bugs were fixed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.30 Beta 12 2002-01-16
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- Bug was fixed: memory leak in Beta 11.
|
|
- New localization: Hungarian.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.30 Beta 11 2002-01-15
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- Archive testing feature for GUI version.
|
|
- Now 7-Zip can use more than 256 MB of RAM in all Windows versions.
|
|
- New localizations: Bulgarian, Chinese Traditional, Latvian, Slovak.
|
|
- Some bugs were fixed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.30 Beta 10 2002-01-11
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- Bugs were fixed:
|
|
- Updating 7z archives in Beta 8 and 9 didn't work.
|
|
- Unicode version in Beta 9 didn't work in Windows NT4.
|
|
- Some other bugs were fixed.
|
|
- New localizations: Arabic, French, Italian, Slovenian, Spanish.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.30 Beta 9 2002-01-08
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- Program localization: English, German, Russian.
|
|
- Additional optimized versions of programs
|
|
for Windows NT4/2000/XP.
|
|
- Two new match finders for LZMA: pat3h and pat4h.
|
|
- Some bugs were fixed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.30 Beta 8 2001-12-21
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- 7-Zip now supports some zip archives that were not
|
|
supported by previous versions.
|
|
- 7-Zip now supports new state (-uw switch) for cases
|
|
when 7-Zip can not detect whether file is newer or the same.
|
|
- Supporting anti-items in 7z format for incremental
|
|
update (-u with action #3).
|
|
- Some bugs were fixed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.30 Beta 7 2001-11-04
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- BCJ2: new converter for x86 code.
|
|
- Supporting tar archives with very long file names
|
|
(GNU extension to 'tar' format).
|
|
- Supporting multistream coders in 7z (-mb switch).
|
|
- More compressing parameters for zip and gzip
|
|
in console version (-m switch).
|
|
- Solid compressing option in Windows version.
|
|
- Compressing parameters option in Windows version.
|
|
- Auto renaming existing files feature for
|
|
extracting files.
|
|
- Overwrite mode switch for extracting (-ao).
|
|
- Some bugs were fixed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.30 Beta 6 2001-10-13
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- Supporting 7z format in MultiArc plugin for FAR Manager.
|
|
- Some bugs were fixed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.30 Beta 5 2001-10-02
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- Creating SFX archives from explorer.
|
|
- 7zWin.sfx: Windows version of SFX module.
|
|
- Auto adding .exe extension to SFX archive name.
|
|
- 7za.exe now supports 7z, bzip2, gzip, tar, zip.
|
|
- Some bugs were fixed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
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
|
|
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
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- 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.
|
|
|
|
- Some bugs were fixed:
|
|
|
|
- Entering to archive's subfolders in Explorer by clicking
|
|
items in main window didn't work under Windows ME/2000.
|
|
- Decompressing solid Rar archives sometimes gave error.
|
|
- Console version 7z.exe during list operation incorrectly
|
|
showed file names with national (non-english) charsets.
|
|
- FAR Plugin didn't execute some operations.
|
|
- Showing percents during extracting ZIP archives sometimes
|
|
was incorrect.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.20 2000-11-20
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- 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
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- Bugs were fixed:
|
|
|
|
- FAR Plugin incorrectly processed
|
|
names of subdirectories that use national
|
|
(non-english) charsets.
|
|
- gzip plugin could not compress empty files.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.10 2000-05-16
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- 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
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- Small bug was fixed.
|
|
- Compression ratio was improved for some files.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.00 1999-07-18
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- 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.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.00 Beta 1 1999-01-02
|
|
-------------------------
|
|
- Original beta version.
|
|
|
|
|
|
End of document
|