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