![]() ![]() If I’m not mistaken, WinRAR can do so for any archive format.Ī periodic issue I encounter with 7-Zip is that it could take an unreasonably long time to compress a set of many files as a 7z archive, because It keeps hanging for 5-10 minutes or more at 1 or 2 seemingly small file(s) of less than 1 MB each - say, when it is is 80% through the compression process - whilst hogging 25% of the CPU while compressing that 1 or 2 small file(s). One thing about 7-Zip is that it seems unable to directly add (drag-drop) & delete files to/from RAR archives, although the same procedure is possible for 7z archives. ![]() If I did a lot of zipping and unzipping of large files, I’d consider a switch, but for now, what I said at the outset obtains: I’m used to 7-Zip, it’s open-source, it does what I need, and it seems to work fine.ħ-Zip’s developer posted a much more detailed changelog () for v17.00 beta at: 7-Zip gets slightly better compression ratios. Bandizip is considerably faster at compressing and extracting and supports a few more archive formats (formats I don’t think I’ve ever come across). Even after Martin pointed that out to me and I set up the context menu for Bandizip, I still didn’t see a compelling reason to switch. I tried Bandizip when Martin first wrote about it, but the flat interface caused me to overlook a vertical scroll bar and miss the Windows Explorer context menu configuration options. Occasionally I’ll zip a data file before I send it to someone. I use it frequently to unzip updated Nirsoft utilities, and I’ve used it a couple of times to unzip Firefox / Pale Moon extensions to hack them and then zip them back up. I’m used to 7-Zip, it’s open-source, it does what I need, and it seems to work fine. Now You: Which archiving software do you use, and why? While I moved on to Bandizip, 7-Zip is still a solid alternative to any archiving program out there. The first 7-Zip 17.00 release indicates that development continues, and that is definitely a good thing. New features may land in future beta releases, or the stable release. File fragmentation may slow down the loading of files, especially on platter based drives. ![]() So, if you are about to extract that 4 Gigabyte large archive, space will be reserved by 7-Zip before the extraction begins. Probably the most important feature addition is this:ħ-Zip now reserves file space before writing to file (for extraction from archive).īasically, what it means is that 7-Zip will reserve the required disk space for file extractions in that version and going forward. Igor made internal changes to the program's code.The changelog of the new 7-Zip 17.0 is rather short, and three of the four entries can be dealt with quickly as there is little to talk about: Please note that the beta will replace any previous version of 7-Zip installed on the computer.Īlso, it is beta software if you are on a production machine, you may not want to install the beta and wait for the release of the final stable version instead. Interested users can download the beta version as exe or msi files from the official project forum. 7-Zip 17.0 Betaįirst the basics: 7-Zip 17.00 Beta has been released for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. The new beta version does not necessarily mean that we will see a new final release in 2017, but it seems likely that the next version will be released this year. The last releases, 15.x in 2015 and 16.x in 2016 were the first non-beta releases in years. If you look back, you will notice that only a few new stable version have been released in the past six or so years. The new version of the program ships with a couple of changes, but the most important aspect of its release is that 7-Zip development continues. ![]()
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