Update: 7-Zip 9.15 Beta

7-Zip exploring its own .exe file resources

7-Zip exploring its own .exe file resources

The latest release in the 7-Zip 9 beta branch is 9.15.

Beside various bug fixes (some for the seemingly left-out 4.x branch – not updated since early 2009), the beta branch adds a lot of new UI localizations and features:
- better compression in Maximum and Ultra modes, when using the PPMd algo for ZIP archives (also recently added by the beta branch)
- faster PPMd operation
- LZMA2 codec
- support (open) for APM (Apple Partition Map), MSLZ, VHD, XZ
- diff support via an external tool (configurable)
- resource parsing (and extraction) for EXE, SWF and FLV
- support for modifying solid 7Z archives

DOWNLOAD 7-ZIP 9.15 Beta
Windows: Download 7-Zip 9.15 Beta (32-bit)
EXE installer, 1.03MB, MD5 sum: BE1F07A3F059B8244E4C005754ED8112

Windows 64-bit: Download 7-Zip 9.15 Beta (64-bit)
MSI installer, 1.28MB, MD5 sum: 89E598D18E3358F05C96E52D6F65285B

Extras: Other versions, source code, SDKs

WHAT’S NEW IN 7-ZIP 9 BETA

9.15 beta


- Some bugs were fixed.
- New localization: Tatar

9.14 beta


- WIM support was improved.

9.13 beta


- 7-Zip now stores NTFS file timestamps to ZIP archives.
- New additional “Open archive >” item in context menu allows to select archive type for some files.
- Some bugs were fixed.
- New localization: Uyghur.

9.12 beta


- ZIP / PPMd compression ratio was improved in Maximum and Ultra modes.
- The BUG in 7-Zip 9.* beta was fixed: LZMA2 codec didn’t work, if more than 10 threads were used (or more than 20 threads in some modes).

9.11 beta


- 7-Zip now supports PPMd compression in ZIP archives.
- Speed optimizations in PPMd codec.
- The support for archives in installers was improved.
- Some bugs were fixed.
- New localization: Kazakh.

9.10 beta


- The BUG in 7-Zip 9.09 beta was fixed: 7-Zip created incorrect ZIP archives, if ZipCrypto encryption was used.

9.09 beta


- 7-Zip now can unpack Apple Partition Map (APM) disk images.
- Speed optimizations in AES code for Intel’s 32nm CPUs.
- Speed optimizations in CRC calculation code for Intel’s Atom CPUs.
- Some bugs were fixed.

9.07 beta


- It’s possible to specify Diff program in options (7-Zip File Manager).
- Some bugs were fixed.

9.06 beta


- 7-Zip now can unpack MSLZ archives.
- Partial parsing for EXE resources, SWF and FLV.
- Some bugs were fixed.

9.04 beta


- 7-Zip now can update solid .7z archives.
- 7-Zip now supports LZMA2 compression method.
- 7-Zip now supports XZ archives.
- 7-Zip now can unpack NTFS, FAT, VHD and MBR archives.
- 7-Zip now can unpack GZip, BZip2, LZMA, XZ and TAR archives from stdin.
- 7-Zip now can open/copy/compress disk images (like \\.\c:) from \\.\ folder.
- 7-Zip File Manager now doesn’t use temp files to open nested archives stored without compression.
- New -scrc switch to calculate total CRC-32 during extracting / testing.
- New -scc{WIN|DOS|UTF-8} switch to specify charset for console input/output (default = DOS).
- Some bugs were fixed.

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