Software Update: PeaZip 7.2.1

Version 7.2.1 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 improvements have been made in this release:

backend

• PEA 0.70
• (Linux) UPX 3.96 – updating UPX in Windows packages triggers false positives from multiple antimalware, the update was removed from Windows packages restoring UPX 3.95

Code

• Built with Lazarus 2.0.8
• (Windows) Updated custom SendTo menu links for working with 32 and 64 bit systems, packed in SendTo.7z in program’s path
• Various fixes

File Manager

• (Windows) Added SMART entry to access to system’s disk diagnostic data, in application’s context menu File manager > System tools
• Fixed: CRC and hash values ​​are now reported also for empty files (previously were left blank)
• File tools: improved “Checksum/hash file(s)” report window, with the new context menu it is now possible to:
  • save each single crc or hash value to file, rightclicking on the cell of the value
  • save all information to file, including all CRC and hash computed

Extraction and archiving

• Fixed: advanced compression settings was not preserved after direct creation of archive form context menu
• Fixed; various issues with new advanced compression settings mechanism
• (Windows) Fixed drag and drop extraction of items with names containing characters non valid for filenames
• Context menu Add to 7Z and Add to ZIP now uses compression settings from PeaZip configuration rather than default compression settings, unless a specific level of compression is stated (ie Add to 7Z ultra)

Windows & Linux Installers

• (Windows) Added context menu entries to encrypt to 7Z format (checked by default), and to add to 7Z format with fastest compression (unchecked by default)

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