5 -------------------------
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6 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
10 -------------------------
\r
11 - 7-Zip now supports LZMA compression for .ZIP archives.
\r
12 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
13 - New localization: Sinhala.
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16 4.60 beta 2008-08-19
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17 -------------------------
\r
18 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
21 4.59 beta 2008-08-13
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22 -------------------------
\r
23 - 7-Zip now can unpack UDF, XAR and DMG/HFS archives.
\r
24 - 7-Zip File Manager now keeps encryption when you edit encrypted file inside archive.
\r
25 - 7-Zip File Manager now allows to change current folder from the address bar drop-down list.
\r
26 - It's allowed to use -t switch for "list" and "extract" commands.
\r
27 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
28 - New localizations: Icelandic, Kurdish Sorani.
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31 4.58 beta 2008-05-05
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32 -------------------------
\r
33 - Some speed optimizations.
\r
34 - 7-Zip now can unpack .lzma archives.
\r
35 - Unicode (UTF-8) support for filenames in .ZIP archives. Now there are 3 modes:
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36 1) Default mode: 7-Zip uses UTF-8, if the local code page doesn't contain required symbols.
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37 2) -mcu switch: 7-Zip uses UTF-8, if there are non-ASCII symbols.
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38 3) -mcl switch: 7-Zip uses local code page.
\r
39 - Now it's possible to store file creation time in 7z and ZIP archives (-mtc switch).
\r
40 - 7-Zip now can unpack multivolume RAR archives created with
\r
41 "old style volume names" scheme and names *.001, *.002, ...
\r
42 - Now it's possible to use -mSW- and -mSW+ switches instead of -mSW=off and -mSW=on
\r
43 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
44 - New localizations: Punjabi (Indian), Pashto.
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48 -------------------------
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49 - The BUG in command line version was fixed: -up3 switch
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50 could work incorrectly.
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53 4.56 beta 2007-10-24
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54 -------------------------
\r
55 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
58 4.55 beta 2007-09-05
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59 -------------------------
\r
60 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
63 4.54 beta 2007-09-04
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64 -------------------------
\r
65 - Decompression speed was increased.
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68 4.53 beta 2007-08-27
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69 -------------------------
\r
70 - "Test" and "Info" buttons now work for open archives.
\r
71 - The bug in 7-Zip 4.48 - 4.52 beta was fixed:
\r
72 7-Zip could create .ZIP archives with broken files.
\r
73 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
76 4.52 beta 2007-08-03
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77 -------------------------
\r
78 - 7-Zip now can unpack Compound files (msi, doc, ...).
\r
79 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
82 4.51 beta 2007-07-25
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83 -------------------------
\r
84 - Bug was fixed: 7-Zip 4.50 beta could not open some .7z archives.
\r
87 4.50 beta 2007-07-24
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88 -------------------------
\r
89 - New switch for command line version:
\r
90 -ssc[-] enables/disables case-sensitive mode for file names.
\r
91 - Speed optimizations for AES encryption.
\r
92 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
95 4.49 beta 2007-07-11
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96 -------------------------
\r
97 - 7-Zip now can unpack WIM archives.
\r
98 - 7-Zip now replaces incorrect characters in filenames during extracting.
\r
101 4.48 beta 2007-06-26
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102 -------------------------
\r
103 - Encryption strength for .7z format was increased.
\r
104 Now it uses random initialization vectors.
\r
105 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
108 4.47 beta 2007-05-27
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109 -------------------------
\r
110 - Bugs of 7-Zip 4.46 beta were fixed: BZip2 could work incorrectly.
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113 4.46 beta 2007-05-25
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114 -------------------------
\r
115 - New fast compression mode for Deflate method in Zip and GZip.
\r
116 - New "Compress shared files" option in GUI and -ssw switch.
\r
117 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
118 - New localization: Norwegian Nynorsk.
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121 4.45 beta 2007-04-17
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122 -------------------------
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123 - Now it's possible to specify the size of solid block and the number
\r
124 of CPU threads in "Add to archive" dialog box.
\r
125 - Default dictionary size was increased: Normal: 16 MB, Max: 32 MB.
\r
126 - Speed optimizations.
\r
127 - Benchmark was improved (new "b" command in command line version).
\r
128 - The number of DLL files was reduced.
\r
129 - Now it's possible to associate 7-zip with combined types like .tbz2
\r
130 - switch -mhcf=off is not supported now.
\r
131 - If -t{Type} switch is not specified, 7-Zip now uses extension of archive to
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132 detect the type of archive.
\r
133 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
134 - New localization: Welsh.
\r
137 4.44 beta 2007-01-20
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138 -------------------------
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139 - Speed optimizations for LZMA, Deflate, BZip2 and unRAR.
\r
140 - 7-Zip now supports file pathnames longer than 260 characters.
\r
141 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
142 - New localizations: Bangla, Bashkir, Nepali.
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145 4.43 beta 2006-09-15
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146 -------------------------
\r
147 - 7-Zip now can use multi-threading mode for compressing to .ZIP archives.
\r
148 - ZIP format supporting was improved.
\r
149 - 7-Zip now supports WinZip-compatible AES-256 encryption for .ZIP archives.
\r
150 - New context menu items for .ZIP archives creating.
\r
151 - 7-Zip now uses order list (list of extensions) for files sorting for compressing
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152 to .7z archives. It can slightly increase compression ratio in some cases.
\r
153 - 7-Zip now restores modification time of folders during .7z archives extracting.
\r
154 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
155 - New localizations: Armenian, Marathi.
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160 -------------------------
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161 - Compressing speed and Memory requirements were increased.
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162 Default dictionary size was increased: Fastest: 64 KB, Fast: 1 MB,
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163 Normal: 4 MB, Max: 16 MB, Ultra: 64 MB.
\r
164 - BZip2 compressing / decompressing now can work in multi-threading mode
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165 - Multi-threading mode now is default for multi-processor systems
\r
166 - 64-bit version now supports 1 GB dictionary
\r
167 - 7z/LZMA now can use only these match finders: HC4, BT2, BT3, BT4
\r
168 - Compression ratio in Zip/GZip/Deflate in Ultra mode was increased
\r
169 - 7-Zip now can unpack ISO archives and some installers created by NSIS
\r
170 - Optional "Flat View" mode in 7-Zip File Manager
\r
171 - 7-Zip File Manager now can calculate CRC checksums for files
\r
172 - -x switch with relative paths now affects files specified with absolute paths
\r
173 - New switch for 7za.exe (console version): -slt.
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174 "l" (list) command with -slt shows technical information for archive.
\r
175 - New switch: -scs{WIN|DOS|UTF-8} specifies charset for list files.
\r
176 Default charset for list files is UTF-8 now.
\r
177 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
178 - New localizations: Albanian, Kurdish
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182 -------------------------
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183 - Bug was fixed: 7-Zip 4.31 didn't work in Windows 95
\r
187 -------------------------
\r
189 - New localization: Basque
\r
192 4.30 beta 2005-11-18
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193 -------------------------
\r
194 - Files 7zFMn.exe, 7zGn.exe, 7-zipn, 7za.exe, 7zC.sfx were removed from 7-zip package
\r
195 - 7-Zip now uses uncompressed SFX: 7z.sfx
\r
196 - Sfx modules 7z.sfx and 7zCon.sfx now use msvcrt.dll
\r
197 - Speed optimizations in LZMA maximum/ultra compressing.
\r
198 - LZMA now supports word size up to 273
\r
199 - 7-Zip now reduces dictionary size for LZMA, if you compress files
\r
200 smaller than specified dictionary size.
\r
201 - 7-Zip now can use large memory pages:
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202 GUI: 7-Zip File Manager / Options / Settings / Use large memory pages.
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203 Command line version: -slp switch.
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204 This feature allows to increase speed of compressing.
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205 But 7-Zip can make some pause at starting of compressing for allocating large pages.
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206 Also Task Manager doesn't show real memory usage of program, if 7-Zip uses large pages.
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207 This feature works only on Windows 2003 / XP x64 / Vista.
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208 Also you must have administrator's rights for your system.
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209 Recommended size of RAM: 1 GB or more.
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210 To install this feature you must run 7-Zip File Manager at least once,
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211 close it and reboot system.
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212 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
215 4.29 beta 2005-09-28
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216 -------------------------
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217 - Bug was fixed: 7-Zip 4.28 beta worked incorrectly in Windows 95/98/Me
\r
220 4.28 beta 2005-09-27
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221 -------------------------
\r
222 - Bug was fixed: 7-Zip 4.27 beta created incorrect multivolume archives.
\r
223 - "Duplicate filename" collision problem between names with ligatures was fixed.
\r
226 4.27 beta 2005-09-21
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227 -------------------------
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228 - 7-Zip can unpack CHM/HXS (MS HTML HELP) archives
\r
229 - 7-Zip can unpack multivolume CAB archives
\r
230 - Now 7-Zip deletes files to the Recycle Bin by default.
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231 Shift+Delete deletes files permanently.
\r
232 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
233 - New localization: Tatarish
\r
236 4.26 beta 2005-08-05
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237 -------------------------
\r
238 - LZH format support (extracting only)
\r
239 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
240 - New localization: Ido
\r
243 4.25 beta 2005-07-31
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244 -------------------------
\r
245 - 7-Zip now doesn't interrupt the compressing when it can not
\r
246 find specified file as in version 4.24 beta. It just shows warning.
\r
247 - 7-Zip now supports standard selection mode in the file list
\r
248 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
251 4.24 beta 2005-07-06
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252 -------------------------
\r
253 - 7-Zip now supports right-click Drag and Drop in Explorer
\r
254 - Command line version now supports short file names (like FILENA~1.TXT)
\r
255 - If there are no wildcard names and there is no -r switch in command line,
\r
256 7-Zip now checks that specified files exist on disk before compressing.
\r
257 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
261 -------------------------
\r
262 - Drag and Drop support
\r
263 - 7-Zip File Manager now can copy files from one archive to another
\r
264 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
265 - New localizations: Extremaduran, Malay
\r
269 -------------------------
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273 4.19 beta 2005-05-21
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274 -------------------------
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275 - BZip2 code was rewritten. Now it supports 3 modes: Normal, Maximum and
\r
276 Ultra. In Normal mode it compresses almost as original BZip2 compressor.
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277 Compression ratio in Maximum and Ultra modes is 1-3% better for some files,
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278 but Maximum Mode is about 3 times slower and Ultra Mode is about 8 times
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279 slower than Normal mode.
\r
280 - Console version now prints all messages to stdout by default,
\r
281 and if -so switch is specified, 7-Zip prints messages to stderr.
\r
282 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
283 - New localizations: Azeri, Georgian
\r
286 4.18 beta 2005-04-19
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287 -------------------------
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288 - Bug in v4.17 beta was fixed: 7-Zip File Manager could crash
\r
289 after some operations with archives
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292 4.17 beta 2005-04-18
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293 -------------------------
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294 - To increase protection from viruses, 7-Zip now does not open
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295 files with more than 4 continuous spaces in the name.
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296 And 7-Zip changes such long spaces in name to " ... " in the file list.
\r
297 - Code size optimization
\r
298 - Some files were moved from main package to extra package:
\r
299 - Plugin for FAR Manager
\r
300 - SFX modules for installers (7zS.sfx and 7zSD.sfx)
\r
301 - New localizations: Asturian, Indonesian
\r
304 4.16 beta 2005-03-29
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305 -------------------------
\r
306 - Speed optimization (5%) for 7z / LZMA
\r
307 - 7za.exe now supports .Z archives
\r
308 - -r- switch in command line now is default for all commands
\r
309 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
310 - New localization: Uzbek
\r
313 4.15 beta 2005-01-25
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314 -------------------------
\r
315 - Z format supporting (extracting only)
\r
316 - 7-Zip now can extract ZIP archives compressed with "Shrink" method
\r
317 - 7-Zip now doesn't interrupt the compressing when it can not open file.
\r
318 7-Zip just skips that file and shows warning.
\r
319 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
320 - New localization: Frisian
\r
323 4.14 beta 2005-01-11
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324 -------------------------
\r
325 - 7-Zip installer was created with NSIS.
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326 Now it installs 7-Zip for all users (under Windows 2000/XP).
\r
327 - Now 7-Zip can create multivolume archives
\r
328 (switch -v for command line)
\r
329 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
330 - New localizations: Breton, Farsi
\r
333 4.13 beta 2004-12-14
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334 -------------------------
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335 - Switch "--" stops switches parsing
\r
336 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
339 4.12 beta 2004-11-18
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340 -------------------------
\r
341 - Bug in v4.11 beta was fixed:
\r
342 7-Zip created incorrect ZIP archives if file size was
\r
343 from 3.75 GB to 4 GB.
\r
346 4.11 beta 2004-11-16
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347 -------------------------
\r
348 - 7-Zip now shows file names during compressing/decompressing
\r
349 - 7-Zip now supports Zip64 extension of ZIP format. So now it's
\r
350 possible to compress files bigger than 4 GB to ZIP archives.
\r
351 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
352 - New localization: Galician
\r
355 4.10 beta 2004-10-21
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356 -------------------------
\r
357 - Bugs in v4.0* were fixed:
\r
358 - Some commands in command line with "-r" switch worked incorrectly,
\r
359 so 7-zip could skip some files during compressing
\r
360 - Some other bugs were fixed
\r
361 - Small internal changes
\r
364 4.09 beta 2004-10-05
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365 -------------------------
\r
366 - Bugs in v4.0* were fixed:
\r
367 - Renaming inside archives didn't work or worked incorrectly
\r
368 - GUI SFX didn't show extracting dialog at start
\r
369 - Small fixes in 7-Zip GUI (7zG.exe)
\r
372 4.08 beta 2004-10-04
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373 -------------------------
\r
374 - Bug in installer for v4.07 was fixed: when rebooting
\r
375 is required, it rebooted without asking user
\r
376 - Small fixes in 7-Zip GUI (7zG.exe)
\r
379 4.07 beta 2004-10-03
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380 -------------------------
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381 - Big amount of code was changed in this beta version.
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382 So don't use it for important data compressing.
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383 And test archive after compressing.
\r
385 - Unified command line interface to GUI and console versions
\r
386 - 7-Zip now can extract or test several archives in one command
\r
387 - 7-Zip now doesn't interrupt the compressing when file is locked by
\r
388 other application. 7-Zip just skips that file and shows warning.
\r
389 Note: previous versions of 7-Zip had bug, so they can not unpack
\r
390 non-solid and some solid 7z archives with such skipped files.
\r
391 - Command line interface was changed:
\r
392 - now it's possible to use absolute pathnames
\r
393 - syntax simplification:
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394 was: 7z a a Folder1\* Folder2\* -r
\r
395 now: 7z a a Folder1 Folder2
\r
396 - now it's possible to use complex wildcard commands, like *\*111*\*
\r
397 - More smart detection of archive type for files with unusual
\r
398 file name extensions
\r
399 - Supporting for RAR archives with encrypted headers
\r
400 - CPIO format supporting was improved
\r
401 - For GZip and BZip2 formats you can:
\r
402 - Compress from stdin (-si switch)
\r
403 - Compress to stdout (-so switch)
\r
404 - Extract to stdout (-so switch)
\r
405 - 7-Zip File Manager:
\r
406 - Split and Combine commands
\r
407 - new list view options: Full row select, Show grid lines
\r
408 - Internal reconstruction
\r
409 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
410 - New localizations: Friulian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Tamil, Thai
\r
414 -------------------------
\r
415 - Some small bugs were fixed
\r
419 -------------------------
\r
420 - Now you can select compression method, dictionary size
\r
421 and word size in "Add to archive" dialog box. Also it
\r
422 shows memory usage.
\r
423 - 7-Zip File Manager now contains toolbars.
\r
424 - New "Benchmark" command in 7-Zip File Manager.
\r
425 It measures compressing and decompressing speeds and
\r
426 shows rating values.
\r
427 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
431 -------------------------
\r
432 - 7-zip now use limitations for solid block size
\r
433 for increasing the speed of random file decompressing:
\r
434 - in Store mode: 0 B
\r
435 - in Fast mode: 16 MB
\r
436 - in Normal mode: 256 MB
\r
437 - in Maximum mode: 1 GB
\r
438 - in Ultra mode: 4 GB
\r
439 - 7z.exe, 7za.exe and SFX modules now support Unicode
\r
440 file names under Windows NT/2000/XP/2003.
\r
441 7zn.exe and 7zan.exe were removed from package.
\r
442 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
443 - New localization: Afrikaans
\r
447 -------------------------
\r
448 - Drag-and-Drop from external application
\r
449 - GUI version (7zG.exe) can compress files with absolute paths
\r
450 - Compression dialog doesn't suggest bzip2 and gzip2 types when
\r
451 there are more than one selected file
\r
452 - Optional auto renaming for existing files during extraction
\r
453 in command line version (-aot switch).
\r
454 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
458 -------------------------
\r
459 - Optional limitation for solid block size for increasing
\r
460 the speed of random file decompressing (-ms switch)
\r
463 3.09.01 beta 2003-09-06
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464 -------------------------
\r
465 - Automatic compression filter for executable files:
\r
466 dll, exe, ocx, sfx, sys, (-mf switch)
\r
467 - Compression levels in 7z now are:
\r
468 - Fast: 32 KB dictionary, BCJ filter
\r
469 - Normal: 2 MB dictionary, BCJ filter
\r
470 - Maximum: 8 MB dictionary, BCJ filter, max settings
\r
471 - Ultra: 32 MB dictionary, BCJ2 filter, max settings
\r
472 - Updating solid 7z archives now is supported, if it doesn't
\r
473 require repacking solid blocks
\r
474 - -mhcf switch for 7z format now is default
\r
475 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
478 3.08.04 beta 2003-08-24
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479 -------------------------
\r
480 - Favorites menu in 7-Zip File Manager
\r
481 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
484 3.08.03 beta 2003-08-21
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485 -------------------------
\r
486 - Automatic adding of extension to archive name in Compress Dialog
\r
487 - Some bugs in previous 3.08.* versions were fixed:
\r
488 - Storing columns width inside archives in File Manager
\r
489 - Opening archive inside archive
\r
490 - Quotes in list files in console version
\r
493 3.08.02 beta 2003-08-20
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494 -------------------------
\r
495 - Some bugs were fixed
\r
498 3.08 beta 2003-08-19
\r
499 -------------------------
\r
501 - Supporting fast compressing mode (-mx=1 switch)
\r
502 - Multi-threading option for Multi-Processor systems
\r
503 or Pentium 4 with Hyper-Threading
\r
504 - Encrypt file names option
\r
505 - New context menu items:
\r
507 - Extract to <Folder>
\r
508 - Compress and email
\r
509 - Internal reconstruction, registry using was reduced
\r
510 - New localization: Esperanto
\r
513 2.30 Beta 32 2003-05-15
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514 -------------------------
\r
515 - New features in compressing / decompressing window.
\r
516 - "Show password" option.
\r
517 - Some other small changes.
\r
518 - New localization: Valencian.
\r
521 2.30 Beta 31 2003-04-29
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522 -------------------------
\r
523 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
526 2.30 Beta 30 2003-04-19
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527 -------------------------
\r
528 - 7-Zip File Manager:
\r
530 - 1/2 Panels mode switching (F9).
\r
531 - Supporting Bzip2 compression in ZIP archives.
\r
532 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
533 - Some optimization recompiling for reducing code size.
\r
536 2.30 Beta 29 2003-04-07
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537 -------------------------
\r
538 - 7-Zip File Manager:
\r
539 - "7-Zip" and "System" submenus in "Files" menu.
\r
540 - Path history and "Browse" button in "Copy" dialog.
\r
541 - RAR supporting was improved.
\r
542 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
543 - Small changes in LZMA code.
\r
544 - New localizations: Hebrew, Vietnamese.
\r
547 2.30 Beta 28 2003-02-16
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548 -------------------------
\r
549 - Some bugs were fixed:
\r
550 - Updating 7z archives that are larger than 4 GB.
\r
551 - Using anti-items in 7z format.
\r
552 - Compressing empty files with password to zip format.
\r
553 - In max mode 7z now uses 8 MB dictionary instead of 4 MB.
\r
554 - 7-Zip File Manager:
\r
555 - Supporting file comments: Ctrl-Z.
\r
556 - New key alias for folder bookmarks: [Shift]+Alt+Number.
\r
559 2.30 Beta 27 2003-01-24
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560 -------------------------
\r
561 - Two BUGs in two previous beta versions (Beta 25 and Beta 26)
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563 1. Incorrect compressing to non-solid 7z archive
\r
564 when files have some very big sizes:
\r
565 4 GB, 8 GB, 12 GB, 16 GB, ...
\r
566 2. Incorrect percent showing in 7z compressing
\r
567 when files are bigger than 4 GB.
\r
568 - Supporting multivolume RAR and SPLIT archives.
\r
569 - Supporting DEB archives.
\r
570 - Supporting old version of CPIO format.
\r
571 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
572 - New localizations: Korean, Swedish.
\r
575 2.30 Beta 26 2003-01-12
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576 -------------------------
\r
577 - Supporting Deflate64 method in Zip archives.
\r
578 - Supporting Rar 1.50 archives.
\r
579 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
582 2.30 Beta 25 2003-01-02
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583 -------------------------
\r
584 - Encryption feature for 7z format (AES-256).
\r
585 - New optional archive header compressing mode (-mhcf).
\r
586 - Archive headers now always are compressed with LZMA method.
\r
587 - Updating non-solid 7z archives without -ms=off now is allowed.
\r
588 - Folder creating and item renaming inside archive now is supported.
\r
589 - Supporting encrypted Rar3 archives.
\r
590 - Supporting Unicode names in Rar3 archives.
\r
591 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
592 - New localizations: Lithuanian, Voro.
\r
595 2.30 Beta 24 2002-11-01
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596 -------------------------
\r
597 - Some internal reconstructions.
\r
598 - -m switch syntax was slightly changed.
\r
599 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
600 - New localizations: Catalan, Norwegian, Romanian.
\r
603 2.30 Beta 23 2002-09-07
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604 -------------------------
\r
605 - Encryption feature for zip format.
\r
606 - Percent indicating for some operations.
\r
607 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
610 2.30 Beta 22 2002-08-31
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611 -------------------------
\r
612 - New program: 7-Zip File Manager.
\r
613 - Command line version now doesn't allow absolute paths
\r
614 for compressing files.
\r
615 - New localizations: Belarusian, Greek.
\r
616 - Bug in FAR plugin was fixed:
\r
617 Incorrect updating when archive has no explicit
\r
618 directory items for file items.
\r
619 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
622 2.30 Beta 21 2002-07-08
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623 -------------------------
\r
624 - RAM requirements for LZMA (7z) compression were reduced.
\r
625 - Small bug in FAR plugin was fixed.
\r
628 2.30 Beta 20 2002-07-01
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629 -------------------------
\r
630 - RAM requirements for LZMA (7z) decompression were reduced.
\r
631 - New localization: Turkish.
\r
632 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
635 2.30 Beta 19 2002-04-11
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636 -------------------------
\r
637 - Supporting RAR 3.0 archives.
\r
638 - New localizations: Danish, Ukrainian.
\r
641 2.30 Beta 18 2002-03-25
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642 -------------------------
\r
643 - Compressing speed in 7z format was slightly increased.
\r
644 - New localizations: Estonian, Finnish.
\r
645 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
648 2.30 Beta 17 2002-03-03
\r
649 -------------------------
\r
650 - Supporting ARJ archives.
\r
651 - New localization: Chinese Simplified.
\r
654 2.30 Beta 16 2002-02-24
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655 -------------------------
\r
656 - Supporting RPM and CPIO archives.
\r
657 - New fast compression mode for LZMA: -m0a=0.
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658 - New match finders for LZMA: bt4b, hc3, hc4.
\r
659 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
662 2.30 Beta 15 2002-02-17
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663 -------------------------
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664 - Compression ratio in 7z was slightly improved.
\r
665 - New localization: Dutch.
\r
668 2.30 Beta 14 2002-02-10
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669 -------------------------
\r
670 - Speed optimization for multiprocessor computers (-mmt switch).
\r
671 - New localizations: Czech, Japanese, Polish.
\r
672 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
675 2.30 Beta 13 2002-01-31
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676 -------------------------
\r
677 - New SFX module for installers.
\r
678 - New match finder for LZMA: bt3.
\r
679 - New localizations: Portuguese, Portuguese Brazil, Serbo-Croatian.
\r
680 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
683 2.30 Beta 12 2002-01-16
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684 -------------------------
\r
685 - Bug was fixed: memory leak in Beta 11.
\r
686 - New localization: Hungarian.
\r
689 2.30 Beta 11 2002-01-15
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690 -------------------------
\r
691 - Archive testing feature for GUI version.
\r
692 - Now 7-Zip can use more than 256 MB of RAM in all Windows versions.
\r
693 - New localizations: Bulgarian, Chinese Traditional, Latvian, Slovak.
\r
694 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
697 2.30 Beta 10 2002-01-11
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698 -------------------------
\r
700 - Updating 7z archives in Beta 8 and 9 didn't work.
\r
701 - Unicode version in Beta 9 didn't work in Windows NT4.
\r
702 - Some other bugs were fixed.
\r
703 - New localizations: Arabic, French, Italian, Slovenian, Spanish.
\r
706 2.30 Beta 9 2002-01-08
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707 -------------------------
\r
708 - Program localization: English, German, Russian.
\r
709 - Additional optimized versions of programs
\r
710 for Windows NT4/2000/XP.
\r
711 - Two new match finders for LZMA: pat3h and pat4h.
\r
712 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
715 2.30 Beta 8 2001-12-21
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716 -------------------------
\r
717 - 7-Zip now supports some zip archives that were not
\r
718 supported by previous versions.
\r
719 - 7-Zip now supports new state (-uw switch) for cases
\r
720 when 7-Zip can not detect whether file is newer or the same.
\r
721 - Supporting anti-items in 7z format for incremental
\r
722 update (-u with action #3).
\r
723 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
726 2.30 Beta 7 2001-11-04
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727 -------------------------
\r
728 - BCJ2: new converter for x86 code.
\r
729 - Supporting tar archives with very long file names
\r
730 (GNU extension to 'tar' format).
\r
731 - Supporting multistream coders in 7z (-mb switch).
\r
732 - More compressing parameters for zip and gzip
\r
733 in console version (-m switch).
\r
734 - Solid compressing option in Windows version.
\r
735 - Compressing parameters option in Windows version.
\r
736 - Auto renaming existing files feature for
\r
738 - Overwrite mode switch for extracting (-ao).
\r
739 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
742 2.30 Beta 6 2001-10-13
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743 -------------------------
\r
744 - Supporting 7z format in MultiArc plugin for FAR Manager.
\r
745 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
748 2.30 Beta 5 2001-10-02
\r
749 -------------------------
\r
750 - Creating SFX archives from explorer.
\r
751 - 7zWin.sfx: Windows version of SFX module.
\r
752 - Auto adding .exe extension to SFX archive name.
\r
753 - 7za.exe now supports 7z, bzip2, gzip, tar, zip.
\r
754 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
757 2.30 Beta 4 2001-09-15
\r
758 -------------------------
\r
759 - Self extract capability for 7z format.
\r
760 - 7z archive format is default for 7z.exe and 7za.exe.
\r
761 - 7z in default mode now uses bt234 match finder
\r
762 and solid compression.
\r
763 - 7z in maximum mode (-mx) now uses 4MB dictionary.
\r
766 2.30 Beta 3 2001-09-10
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767 -------------------------
\r
768 - Bug was fixed: decompressing .7z solid archives
\r
769 containing empty files.
\r
770 - new 7za.exe: standalone command line version
\r
771 (only for 7z format).
\r
772 - Speed of compressing to Deflate format (zip, gzip)
\r
773 was slightly increased.
\r
776 2.30 Beta 2 2001-08-30
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777 -------------------------
\r
778 - Supporting the new 7z format with high compression ratio.
\r
779 - -bd (Disable percentage indicator) switch in
\r
781 - Bug in console version was fixed:
\r
782 previous versions incorrectly execute compression
\r
783 commands with non-recursive wildcards in combination
\r
785 - Some other bugs were fixed.
\r
788 2.30 Beta 1 2001-05-07
\r
789 -------------------------
\r
790 - Speed of reading of archive contents was increased.
\r
791 - Bug was fixed: incorrect showing file names with
\r
792 national charsets in some zip archives.
\r
793 - Now it is possible to compress files larger than 4GB
\r
798 -------------------------
\r
799 - Bugs in GZip and Cab decoders were fixed.
\r
803 -------------------------
\r
804 - Opening archive items in Explorer.
\r
805 - Context menu for archive items in Explorer.
\r
806 - Automatic adding extension to archive name in console version.
\r
807 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
811 -------------------------
\r
812 - Supporting Zip archives containing more than 65535 files.
\r
813 - Speed of Plugin for Explorer was increased.
\r
814 - Searching start position of archive now is limited by
\r
815 first 1MB part of file.
\r
816 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
817 - Packet now doesn't contain 7zip.exe, far7zip.reg and
\r
818 far7zip2.reg files. There is new far7z.reg file.
\r
822 -------------------------
\r
823 - FAR Plugin was improved:
\r
825 - Showing process box during opening archives.
\r
826 - Viewing properties of file by Ctrl-A.
\r
827 - Alt-F6 in archive now immediately extracts selected files
\r
828 to current directory.
\r
830 - Some bugs were fixed:
\r
832 - Entering to archive's subfolders in Explorer by clicking
\r
833 items in main window didn't work under Windows ME/2000.
\r
834 - Decompressing solid Rar archives sometimes gave error.
\r
835 - Console version 7z.exe during list operation incorrectly
\r
836 showed file names with national (non-english) charsets.
\r
837 - FAR Plugin didn't execute some operations.
\r
838 - Showing percents during extracting ZIP archives sometimes
\r
843 -------------------------
\r
844 - Supporting BZip2 and Cab.
\r
845 - New program architecture with external
\r
846 compression and cryptographic modules.
\r
847 - Decryption support (Rar and Zip).
\r
848 - New console client.
\r
849 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
853 -------------------------
\r
856 - FAR Plugin incorrectly processed
\r
857 names of subdirectories that use national
\r
858 (non-english) charsets.
\r
859 - gzip plugin could not compress empty files.
\r
863 -------------------------
\r
864 - First level 7-Zip Plugin for FAR Manager.
\r
865 - GUI version with integration to Windows Shell.
\r
866 - Compression and decompressing GZip and TAR formats.
\r
867 - Decompression RAR.
\r
868 - Install & Uninstall support.
\r
869 - Some bugs were fixed.
\r
873 -------------------------
\r
874 - Small bug was fixed.
\r
875 - Compression ratio was improved for some files.
\r
879 -------------------------
\r
881 - Big bug was fixed: previous versions incorrectly worked
\r
882 during compressing with files that were referred by
\r
883 direct(without wildcards) paths, containing subdirs parts.
\r
884 - Compression and decompression speed were improved.
\r
885 - -mx switch (maXimize compression) was added.
\r
886 - Small bugs were fixed.
\r
889 2.00 Beta 1 1999-01-02
\r
890 -------------------------
\r
891 - Original beta version.
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