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#16 Post by Andrew Lee »

If memory serves me well, the portable version of 7-Zip cannot co-exist with an installed version of 7-Zip. One of them has to go...

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Andrew Lee wrote:If memory serves me well, the portable version of 7-Zip cannot co-exist with an installed version of 7-Zip. One of them has to go...
But it's not as if the locally installed version has anything to do with it. When I start 7-ZipPortable.exe (from portableapps.com) and change its settings they are saved and exported to the .reg file in the "Data" directory. When I start 7-ZipPortable.exe again, it is as if I had a fresh installation with no changes made whatsoever. When I close, the registry file that was created earlier is overwritten with the bare basics.

Seems to me like the wrapper does not work correctly when im- and exporting data from the registry...

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#18 Post by nycjv321 »

actually its how 7-zip works. (i think) It acts very wierd with registry

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#19 Post by webfork »

7-zip has a CRC and SHA-256 checksum tool. It only functions in the file menu *outside* of archives, which is odd. Anyway, added note to entry.

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#20 Post by Ruby »

7-Zip automatically calculates CRC checksums for some common compression schemes (zip, rar, etc...)

Right-click a column header to enable/disable.

As a bonus, folder checksums are also calculated; in dual pane view you can view the CRC of the compressed archive/folder on left and right-click a folder on the right (>Calculate checksum) for a quick integrity check/comparison

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#21 Post by SYSTEM »

webfork wrote:7-zip has a CRC and SHA-256 checksum tool. It only functions in the file menu *outside* of archives, which is odd. Anyway, added note to entry.
The checksum tool was already mentioned in the entry. After your edit it looked like this:
Includes folder favorites, optional 2-pane view, checksum, available AES encryption, checksum calculator, file split/combine capability, and more.
I removed the redundant mention.
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#22 Post by webfork »

I removed the redundant mention.
Argh. Thanks.

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The new 9.33 alpha version adds context menu icons and some bug fixes. Haven't found a bug yet.

http://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discu ... /19f51038/

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After an effort to switch over to PeaZip followed by some questions I posted about getting the compression level up higher, I came up with a wishlist for this program on the off chance the dev drops by (or someone is trying to make a program that works better than 7-zip).

7-zip Wishlist
  • Ultra simple mode (basic drag and drop window similar to that Mac program or Universal Extractor)
  • Ability to encrypt using files as keys rather than passwords (PeaZip does this)
  • Ability to cancel during transfer (sometimes this button works, sometimes it doesn't)
  • Higher compression level profiles (highest possible selection on all lists) ... currently "Ultra" isn't the highest possible compression.
  • Higher compression tool options (e.g. higher dictionary size, higher word size, etc.)
  • Compression estimates (before compressing it gives an idea of how much space will be saved)
  • Drag-and-drop profiles (e.g. create a box that lets you drag files into an area and have it save with a pre-determined output folder, as well as security and compression level)
  • Low: Mac version (Mac is in desperate need of a file manager-based compression tool. The closest thing out there I've been able to find is muCommander)
  • Very low: support for GPG

Note: this is sort of a crap post because it mostly just references other stuff I've done recently, but it's an effort to sort of tie together a lose set of independent efforts I've been running.

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#25 Post by joby_toss »

7-zip 15.05 beta released:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzi ... Zip/15.05/
15.05 beta 2015-06-14
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- 7-Zip now uses new installer.
- 7-Zip now can create 7z, xz and zip archives with 1536 MB dictionary for LZMA/LZMA2.
- 7-Zip File Manager now can operate with alternate file streams at NTFS
volumes via "File / Alternate Streams" menu command.
- 7-Zip now can extract .zipx (WinZip) archives that use xz compression.
- new optional "section size" parameter for BCJ2 filter for compression ratio improving.
Example: -mf=BCJ2:d9M, if largest executable section in files is smaller than 9 MB.
- Speed optimizations for BCJ2 filter and SHA-1 and SHA-256 calculation.
- Console version now uses stderr stream for error messages.
- Console version now shows names of processed files only in progress line by default.
- new -bb[0-3] switch to set output log level. -bb1 shows names of processed files in log.
- new -bs[o|e|p][0|1|2] switch to set stream for output messages;
o: output, e: error, p: progress line; 0: disable, 1: stdout, 2: stderr.
- new -bt switch to show execution time statistics.
- new -myx[0-9] switch to set level of file analysis.
- new -mmtf- switch to set single thread mode for filters.
- The BUG was fixed:
7-Zip didn't restore NTFS permissions for folders during extracting from WIM archives.
- The BUG was fixed:
The command line version: if the command "rn" (Rename) was called with more
than one pair of paths, 7-Zip used only first rename pair.
- The BUG was fixed:
7-Zip crashed for ZIP/LZMA/AES/AES-NI.
- The BUG in 15.01-15.02 was fixed:
7-Zip created incorrect ZIP archives, if ZipCrypto encryption was used.
7-Zip 9.20 can extract such incorrect ZIP archives.
- Some bugs were fixed.

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#26 Post by joby_toss »

7-Zip 15.07 beta was released.
http://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discu ... /0e078bac/
What's new after 7-Zip 15.06 beta:

7-Zip now can extract GPT images and single file QCOW2, VMDK, VDI images.
7-Zip now can extract solid WIM archives with LZMS compression.
Some bugs were fixed.

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#27 Post by joby_toss »

7-Zip 15.08 beta was released.

http://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discu ... /7d9ac43f/
What's new after 7-Zip 15.07 beta:
  • 7-Zip now can extract ext3 and ext4 (Linux file system) images.
    Some bugs were fixed.

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joby_toss wrote:7-Zip 15.08 beta was released.

http://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discu ... /7d9ac43f/
What's new after 7-Zip 15.07 beta:
  • 7-Zip now can extract ext3 and ext4 (Linux file system) images.
    Some bugs were fixed.
Igor Pavlov mentioned in the forum topic that the feature can also be used to browse physical ext3/ext4 partitions: http://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discu ... c43f/#2ee6

With that feature, 7-Zip can be used as a simple alternative for Linux Reader, Ext2Fsd and similar tools.
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joby_toss wrote:7-Zip now can extract GPT images and single file QCOW2, VMDK, VDI ... solid WIM archives with LZMS compression, [and] ... ext3 and ext4 (Linux file system) images.
Great news, sounds like they're catching up with PeaZip and other tools in terms of compatibility.

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#30 Post by joby_toss »

7-Zip 15.09 beta was released.
http://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discu ... /24f079ab/
What's new after 7-Zip 15.08 beta:
  • 7-Zip now can extract ext2 and multivolume VMDK images.
    Some bugs were fixed.

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