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<H1>Download</H1>\r
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-<P><B>Download 7-Zip 15.12 (2015-11-19) for Windows</B>:</P> \r
+<P><B>Download 7-Zip 15.13 (2015-12-31) for Windows</B>:</P> \r
<TABLE cellspacing ="1" cellpadding ="6" border = "0">\r
<TR>\r
<TH class="Title" align="center" width=60>Link</TH>\r
<TH class="Title" align="center">Description</TH>\r
</TR>\r
<TR>\r
- <TD class="Item" align="center"><A href="a/7z1512.exe">Download</A></TD>\r
+ <TD class="Item" align="center"><A href="a/7z1513.exe">Download</A></TD>\r
<TD class="Item" align="center">.exe</TD>\r
<TD class="Item" align="center">32-bit x86</TD>\r
<TD class="Item">7-Zip for 32-bit Windows</TD>\r
</TR>\r
<TR>\r
- <TD class="Item" align="center"><A href="a/7z1512-x64.exe">Download</A></TD>\r
+ <TD class="Item" align="center"><A href="a/7z1513-x64.exe">Download</A></TD>\r
<TD class="Item" align="center">.exe</TD>\r
<TD class="Item" align="center">64-bit x64</TD>\r
<TD class="Item">7-Zip for 64-bit Windows x64 (Intel 64 or AMD64)</TD>\r
</TR>\r
<TR>\r
- <TD class="Item" align="center"><A href="a/7z1512-extra.7z">Download</A></TD>\r
+ <TD class="Item" align="center"><A href="a/7z1513-extra.7z">Download</A></TD>\r
<TD class="Item" align="center">.7z</TD>\r
<TD class="Item" align="center">x86 / x64</TD>\r
<TD class="Item">7-Zip Extra: standalone console version, 7z DLL, Plugin for Far Manager</TD>\r
</TR>\r
<TR>\r
- <TD class="Item" align="center"><A href="a/7z1512-src.7z">Download</A></TD>\r
+ <TD class="Item" align="center"><A href="a/7z1513-src.7z">Download</A></TD>\r
<TD class="Item" align="center">.7z</TD>\r
<TD class="Item" align="center">Any</TD>\r
<TD class="Item">7-Zip Source code</TD>\r
</TR>\r
<TR>\r
- <TD class="Item" align="center"><A href="a/lzma1512.7z">Download</A></TD>\r
+ <TD class="Item" align="center"><A href="a/lzma1513.7z">Download</A></TD>\r
<TD class="Item" align="center">.7z</TD>\r
<TD class="Item" align="center">Any / x86 / x64</TD>\r
<TD class="Item">LZMA SDK: (C, C++, C#, Java)</TD>\r
</TR>\r
<TR>\r
- <TD class="Item" align="center"><A href="a/7z1512.msi">Download</A></TD>\r
+ <TD class="Item" align="center"><A href="a/7z1513.msi">Download</A></TD>\r
<TD class="Item" align="center">.msi</TD>\r
<TD class="Item" align="center">32-bit x86</TD>\r
<TD class="Item">(alternative MSI installer) 7-Zip for 32-bit Windows</TD>\r
</TR>\r
<TR>\r
- <TD class="Item" align="center"><A href="a/7z1512-x64.msi">Download</A></TD>\r
+ <TD class="Item" align="center"><A href="a/7z1513-x64.msi">Download</A></TD>\r
<TD class="Item" align="center">.msi</TD>\r
<TD class="Item" align="center">64-bit x64</TD>\r
<TD class="Item">(alternative MSI installer) 7-Zip for 64-bit Windows x64 (Intel 64 or AMD64)</TD>\r
Right-click the icon of 7-Zip File Manager, and then click <B>Run as administrator</B>.\r
Then you can change file associations and some other options.</P>\r
\r
-<H4>What version of 7-Zip is more stable?</H4>\r
-<P>Now there one main version of 7-Zip:</P>\r
+<H4>Why 7z archives created by new version of 7-Zip can be larger than archives created by old version of 7-Zip?</H4>\r
+\r
+<P>New versions of 7-Zip (starting from version 15.06) use another file sorting \r
+order by default for solid 7z archives.</P>\r
+\r
+<P>Old version of 7-Zip (before version 15.06) used file sorting "by type" ("by extension").</P>\r
+<P>New version of 7-Zip supports two sorting orders:</P>\r
+<UL>\r
+ <LI>sorting by name - default order.</LI>\r
+ <LI>sorting by type, if '<B>qs</B>' is specified in <B>Parameters</B> field in "Add to archive" window, \r
+ (or <B>-mqs</B> switch for command line version).</LI>\r
+</UL>\r
+\r
+<P>You can get big difference in compression ratio for different sorting methods,\r
+if dictionary size is smaller than total size of files.\r
+If there are similar files in different folders, the sorting "by type" can provide \r
+better compression ratio in some cases.</P>\r
+\r
+<P>Note that sorting "by type" has some drawbacks.\r
+For example, NTFS volumes use sorting order "by name", so if an archive uses \r
+another sorting, then the speed of some operations for files with unusual order \r
+can fall on HDD devices (HDDs have low speed for "seek" operations).</P>\r
+\r
+<P>You can increase compression ratio with the following methods:</P>\r
<UL>\r
-<LI>7-Zip 9.20 - it's revision 20 of 7-Zip 9 (started in 2009)\r
+ <LI>Increase dictionary size. It can help when 'qs' is not used.</LI>\r
+ <LI>Specify '<B>qs</B>' in <B>Parameters</B> field (or use <B>-mqs</B> switch for command line version).</LI>\r
</UL>\r
-<P>Latest beta versions can fix some bugs of previous versions.\r
-So they can be more stable in some cases. \r
-In general it's safe to use latest beta version.</P>\r
\r
-<H4>Why do the add, delete and update operations not work for some existing archives?</H4>\r
-<P>These operations didn't work only in old versions of 7-Zip. \r
-Latest 7-Zip supports any operations with "solid" archives.</P>\r
+<P>If you think that unusual file order is not problem for you, \r
+and if better compression ratio with small dictionary is more important for you,\r
+use '<B>qs</B>' mode.</P>\r
\r
<H4>Why can't 7-Zip open some ZIP archives?</H4>\r
<P>In 99% of these cases it means that the archive contains incorrect headers.\r
\r
<H4>Why can't 7-Zip open some RAR archives?</H4>\r
<P>7-Zip 9.20 supports RAR 2/3/4 formats only and doesn't support RAR5 archives.\r
-But latest beta version of 7-Zip supports RAR5 archives.</P>\r
+But latest versions of 7-Zip supports RAR5 archives.</P>\r
\r
<H4>Why does drag-and-drop archive extraction from 7-Zip to Explorer use temp files?</H4>\r
<P>7-Zip doesn't know folder path of drop target.\r
<H4>How can I install 7-Zip in silent mode?</H4>\r
\r
<P>For exe installer: Use the "/S" parameter to do a silent installation and the "/D=dir" parameter \r
-to specify the "output directory". These options are case-sensitive. \r
-7-Zip uses the NSIS installer by Nullsoft.</P>\r
+to specify the "output directory". These options are case-sensitive.</P>\r
\r
<P>For msi installer: Use the /q INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\7-Zip" parameters.</P>\r
\r
HISTORY of the 7-Zip\r
--------------------\r
\r
+15.13 2015-12-31\r
+-------------------------\r
+- 7-Zip File Manager:\r
+ - The code for "Open file from archive" operation was improved.\r
+ - The code for "Tools/Options" window was improved.\r
+ - The BUG was fixed: there was incorrect mouse cursor capture for \r
+ drag-and-drop operations from open archive to Explorer window.\r
+- Some bugs were fixed.\r
+- New localization: Yoruba.\r
+\r
+\r
15.12 2015-11-19\r
-------------------------\r
- The release version.\r
\r
<P><B>7-Zip</B> is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.</P>\r
\r
-<P><B>Download 7-Zip 15.12 (2015-11-19) for Windows</B>:</P> \r
+<P><B>Download 7-Zip 15.13 (2015-12-31) for Windows</B>:</P> \r
<TABLE cellspacing ="1" cellpadding ="6" border = "0">\r
<TR>\r
<TH class="Title" align="center" width=60>Link</TH>\r
<TH class="Title" align="center" width=55>Size</TH>\r
</TR>\r
<TR>\r
- <TD class="Item" align="center"><A href="a/7z1512.exe">Download</A></TD>\r
+ <TD class="Item" align="center"><A href="a/7z1513.exe">Download</A></TD>\r
<TD class="Item" align="center">.exe</TD>\r
<TD class="Item" align="center">32-bit x86</TD>\r
<TD class="Item" align="center">1 MB</TD>\r
</TR>\r
<TR>\r
- <TD class="Item" align="center"><A href="a/7z1512-x64.exe">Download</A></TD>\r
+ <TD class="Item" align="center"><A href="a/7z1513-x64.exe">Download</A></TD>\r
<TD class="Item" align="center">.exe</TD>\r
<TD class="Item" align="center">64-bit x64</TD>\r
<TD class="Item" align="center">1 MB</TD>\r
\r
<TABLE class=News cellpadding=3 cellspacing=1 border=0>\r
<TR class=NewsHeader>\r
- <TD class=NewsTitle>7-Zip 15.12</TD>\r
- <TD class=NewsDate>2015-11-19</TD></TR>\r
- <TR class=News>\r
- <TD class=NewsText colSpan=2>\r
- <A href="http://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discussion/45797/thread/6cc0d82c/">7-Zip 15.12</A><BR>\r
- </TD>\r
- </TR>\r
-</TABLE>\r
-\r
-<BR>\r
-\r
-<TABLE class=News cellpadding=3 cellspacing=1 border=0>\r
- <TR class=NewsHeader>\r
- <TD class=NewsTitle>7-Zip 15.11 beta</TD>\r
- <TD class=NewsDate>2015-11-14</TD></TR>\r
+ <TD class=NewsTitle>7-Zip 15.13</TD>\r
+ <TD class=NewsDate>2015-12-31</TD></TR>\r
<TR class=News>\r
<TD class=NewsText colSpan=2>\r
- <A href="http://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discussion/45797/thread/d2dc7324/">7-Zip 15.11 beta</A><BR>\r
+ <A href="http://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discussion/45797/thread/7ade895c/">7-Zip 15.13</A><BR>\r
</TD>\r
</TR>\r
</TABLE>\r
\r
<TABLE class=News cellpadding=3 cellspacing=1 border=0>\r
<TR class=NewsHeader>\r
- <TD class=NewsTitle>7-Zip 15.10 beta</TD>\r
- <TD class=NewsDate>2015-11-01</TD></TR>\r
+ <TD class=NewsTitle>7-Zip 15.12</TD>\r
+ <TD class=NewsDate>2015-11-19</TD></TR>\r
<TR class=News>\r
<TD class=NewsText colSpan=2>\r
- <A href="http://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discussion/45797/thread/790f9526/">7-Zip 15.10 beta</A><BR>\r
+ <A href="http://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discussion/45797/thread/6cc0d82c/">7-Zip 15.12</A><BR>\r
</TD>\r
</TR>\r
</TABLE>\r
<TH class="Title" align="center">Description</TH>\r
</TR>\r
<TR>\r
- <TD class="Item" align="center"><A href="a/lzma1512.7z">Download</A></TD>\r
+ <TD class="Item" align="center"><A href="a/lzma1513.7z">Download</A></TD>\r
<TD class="Item" align="center">1 MB</TD>\r
- <TD class="Item" align="center">2015-11-19</TD>\r
- <TD class="Item" align="center">15.12</TD>\r
+ <TD class="Item" align="center">2015-12-31</TD>\r
+ <TD class="Item" align="center">15.13</TD>\r
<TD class="Item">LZMA SDK (C, C++, C#, Java) (with binaries for Windows)</TD>\r
</TR>\r
<TR>\r
</TR>\r
</TABLE>\r
\r
-<P> Note: If you use XZ code from LZMA SDK, it's recommended to upgrade to new \r
-XZ code from 7-Zip 15.12. That new code fixes some bugs.</P>\r
-\r
<P><B>What's new:</B>\r
<UL>\r
- <LI><B>15.12:</B> Some bugs were fixed.</LI>\r
+ <LI><B>15.13:</B> Some bugs were fixed.</LI>\r
<LI><B>9.35:</B> AES code and SFXs modules were included to SDK.</LI>\r
<LI><B>9.20:</B> New small SFX module for installers.</LI>\r
<LI><B>9.11:</B> PPMd support.</LI>\r