Software Update: PeaZip 6.6.1

Version 6.6.1 of PeaZip has been released. This archiving program is made available under an open source license, and downloads are available for Windows and Linux. The program aims to distinguish itself from the competition by specializing in safety. Encrypting data is therefore one of the main functions of the proprietary system pea format† PeaZip can create 7z, bz2, gz, paq/lpaq, pea, quad, tar, upx and zip files, and extract various file formats including ace, arj, cab, deb, iso, lha , rar and rpm. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

backend

• Updated backend to UPX 3.95

Code

• Various fixes

Extraction and archiving

• Added option to force extraction of unknown file types with PeaZip
  • check “Extract unsupported file types” option on Advanced tab of extraction screen
  • check “PeaZip” to force using PeaZip as extractor (default), uncheck “PeaZip” to define a custom extractor
• Fixed issue in extraction of ACE files (unace plugin is required, no need to re-download / re-install the existing plugin)
• Fixed issues preventing tasks being launched from Console tab in some cases
• Working path can be now set to output, temp, custom (user defined directory), or none

The following downloads are available:
PeaZip for Windows (32bit)
PeaZip for Windows (64 bit)
PeaZip portable
PeaZip for Linux and BSD
PeaZip add-ons