Software Update: PeaZip 7.4.2

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Version 7.4.2 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

  • (Linux) p7zip 16.02 superseded by sznick/p7zip fork 17.02, not available for legacy 32 bit platforms
    • Added support for FLZMA2, LZ4, and Zstd compression algorithms in .7z format
    • Algorithm selection dropdown is now common to all platforms, unsupported algorithms for one platform are preceeded with / (currently unsupported /Brotli, /Lizard, and /LZ5 on linux)

Code

  • Various fixes

File Manager

  • (Windows) File manager now displays icons for exe files for better usability, using a separate thread; previously the feature was enabled only if browser was set to show thumbnails
  • In-archive “Extract and open with PeaZip” and “Preview with PeaZip” now forces trying to open file as archive, as in “Open as archive” menu entry

Extraction and Archiving

  • (Windows) Drop target window is locked, as in WinRar, until drag and drop operation is completed
  • If password contains characters that can be troublesome if used in scripts (ie quotes) it is now possible to interactively enter password in console to create / extract archive types handled through 7z/p7zip, ARC, and RAR backends

Version number 7.4.2
Release status Final
Operating systems Windows 7, Linux, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019
Website PeaZip
Download https://github.com/peazip/PeaZip/releases/tag/7.4.2
License type GPL
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