PeaZip Changelog

What's new in PeaZip 9.6.0

Dec 16, 2023

PeaZip 9.6.0 introduces Profiles to separately store all configuration data (including preferences, bookmarks, custom apps, password manager, etc) for different users, or for different purposes, or to easily export the profile to another machine.
The application comes with enhanced GUI - with new optional compact sidebar, better smart sorting, new tab styles - and many under the hood improvements as improved extraction, and better handling of ARC files, and of archives containing errors in TOC.
This release also improves the ability to self-check the integrity of its binaries, including also libraries (.dll, .so, etc) and sfx modules.

New in PeaZip 9.2.0 (Apr 23, 2023)

New in PeaZip 9.1.0 (Feb 26, 2023)

New in PeaZip 8.9.0 (Oct 9, 2022)

New in PeaZip 8.8.0 (Aug 20, 2022)

New in PeaZip 8.7.0 (Jun 26, 2022)

New in PeaZip 8.6.0 (Apr 12, 2022)

New in PeaZip 8.5.0 (Feb 20, 2022)

New in PeaZip 8.4.0 (Dec 15, 2021)

BACKEND:
Pea 1.05
7z 21.06 (console) used by default on Darwin/macOS, Linux, and Windows
p7zip, and szcnick's p7zip (fork of p7zip) syntax is fully supported and can be used as alternative replacing (peazip)/res/bin/7z/7z binary
CODE:
Fixed issues when temporary work path is set to user's temp
(Windows) Fixed unnecessary confirmation message for non existing output directory
Fixed smart extraction not able to remove extra level of nesting
FILE MANAGER:
Added single and multi core performances benchmark, in main menu Tools > System benchmark (pea)
The benchmark performs integer and floating point arithmetic operations
Benchmark result unit is arbitrary and only meant to allow comparison between different platforms
For reference 2020 MacBook Air M1 score is 100 (single core) and 515 (multi core) for aarm64 build
(Darwin/macOS, Linux) File manager columns' menu is available righclicking status bar
(Darwin/macOS) Improved file manager
Added links to Volumes, Applications, and System/Applications in navigation treeview
Added auto-configured custom apps for "Open with" submenu
Added macOS-specific funtions in context menu, File Manager > System tools: Launchpad, Activity monitor, System preferences, Disk utility:
Open command prompt here function now working
PeaUtils launching from PeaZip now working
Run function now working
Language can now be changed from dropdown menu from General settings tab (main menu, Options > Settings)
Previous method allowing to manually select the language file is still available from the link before the dropdown menu
EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING:
New option to not stop sequences of archive test tasks unless an error is encountered
From main menu, Options > Settings, Advanced tab set "Stop to inspect report for error, list" instead of default value "Stop to inspect report for error, list, test"
With this setting, a successful archive test closes on completion unless an error is foud in the archive and test fails, in which case error message (and full report) is shown to user and needs to be dismissed before continuing with following test in sequence
Improved management of temporary work files
7z/p7zip work files during compression are now inside peazip-tmp subpath, if work directory is set to Custom or User's temp

New in PeaZip 8.3.0 (Nov 14, 2021)

BACKEND:
(Linux) Total max length of command scripts generated by the application can be customized from 32KB to 2MB from Options > Settings > General, Performances
Updated to pea 1.04
(Linux) szcnick/p7zip regressed from 17.04 to 17.02 due a possible bug handling some zip files:
Different versions / branches of p7zip (provided same syntax is employed) can be used simply replacing binaries in (peazip)res/bin/7z path
To improve portability of PeaZip to multiple operating systems and architectures, app's folder is now structured as follows:
On installable packages res/conf is written to appropriate user specific path, and installers take care to replace /res/bin and /res/share with links to directories placed in appropriate paths depending on the target system
Application's root folder contains pea and peazip binaries (and dragdropfiles.dll on Windows), architecture-specific, compiled from src package:
/res directory, contains resources divided by type
/res/portable (empty) file, marks the package as portable: if missing, the application woks as installable package and rearches for configuration in user's path (depending on the host system)
/res/bin directory contains third party architecture specific binaries, should be replaced with binaries for the apporpriate target architecture; on Windows it also contains PeaZip configuration wizard executabòe
/res/share directory contains non architecture specific resources such as texts, media, licenses, documentation (license and notes about binaries has been moved here in note subdiorectory), it could be simply copied as is for any PeaZip package on any system
/res/conf directory contains user specific configuration files
CODE:
(Linux) Improved compliance with Open Desktop specifications: configuration is now saved in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/peazip directory; if $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not defined configuration is saved to $HOME/.config/peazip > To import existing configuration simply copy content of $HOME/.PeaZip directory to the new location
GitHub: Merged ACTom's "Initial support for MacOS #25"
Various fixes:
Fixed possible error with progress bar
Fixed possible error not asking password opening some encrypted archives, and reduced false positive cases in which it the application suggested to provide a password
Fixed error reporting information about multi volume archives
Fixed error in file manager selecting files with same characteristics of selected item
(Windows) Fixed issue not showing system's file properties dialog in some cases
FILE MANAGER:
(Linux) Shortcuts to /media, /run/media, and /mnt (if not empty) are now featured in navigation tree, under filesystem group
(Linux) Improved automatically configuring XFCE apps alternatives in "Open with" menu: Mousepad, Midori, Parole, Ristretto
(Linux) Fixed theming issues with GTK2
Column header's context menu is now accessible alternatively right-clicking the status bar
Options > Settings > General, Privacy / Reset group, Working directory is now set to system's temp by default (consistently with most applications of this type)
Working directory label can now be clicked to explore path (unless it is set to output, which is variable), in order to make easier for the user to verify if for any reasons there are left orphaned files
All PeaZip's temporary work files and dirs are now collected in peazip-tmp subdirectory of work path (unless it is set to output) for same reason of making easier to spot and remove orphaned files
All PeaZip's temporary work files and dirs now contains p*tmp string for making easier to find them regardless the tools employed
Options > Settings > General, Privacy / Reset group now allows to silently skip deletion of locked temporary work files (default on, consistently with behavior of most applications of this type); temp work files can then be optionally deleted separately:
Automatically from Reset link, and if reset fails the folder is opened for soliciting manual deletion (regardless the option to silently skip locked files during normal operations)
Manually clicking on Working directory label and using standard system's tools
Options > Settings > File manager now allows to set the multiple-byte unit: binary, 1024 (IEC kibibyte), or decimal, 1000 (IEC kilobyte), or none (exact byte size)
Options > Settings > File manager now allows to customize the list of preferred algorithms for calculating file checksum and hashes; all preferred algorithms in the list will be performed in a single step when it is required to checksum / hash files.
Improved theming:
Added Color temperature option, to adapt application to DE using warmer or colder colors
Added Highlight tabs option (default on) highlighting rows or columns containing tabs with alternate color
EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING:
Added Deflate and Deflate64 compression options to 7z format
Improved -ext2here, -ext2folder (-alias -ext2smart), and -ext2newfolder functions adding command line options:
I ignore delete original archive after extraction settings
O output directory in next parameter
P password in next parameter
WINDOWS & LINUX INSTALLERS:
(Linux) Improved DEB and RPM installers with better compliance with Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, separating architecture specific and non-architecture specific resources
(Windows) Improved installer
"Extract here (in new folder)" entry is now featured by default both in context menu and SendTo menu
Fixed additional extraction entries not showing up on some cases
Installation folder selection screen is now available also running "Configure PeaZip" wizard from the application, for Portable versions this allows to easily integrate with host system

New in PeaZip 8.2.0 (Sep 12, 2021)

BACKEND:
(Linux) Upodated Brotli to 1.0.9 version
(Linux) Added read support (browse / test / extract) to Lzip .lz file type
Added support for .apkm, .apks, and .aab packages Android package formats
CODE:
(Linux) maximum length of CL generated on Linux systems is now increased to 128 K characters in contrast to much more limited 32 K characters allowed on Windows systems
About screen now displays information about widget set and CPU architecture of the build for better troubleshooting
Improved command line usage
New resbatch folder containing sample scripts pointing to main app functions to help portabilize and deploy the application on multiple environments: the directory contains sample .bat scripts (Windows), SendTo menu links (Windows), freedesktop_integration examples (Linux) and will expand in future.
Fixed -add27z, -add2zip and related switches: when multiple items are passed the archive is named accordingly the directory name of first item, as in the GUI version of the same action
New -ext2here, -ext2folder (alias -ext2smart), -ext2newfolder switches for CL, executing single or multiple tasks as a single sequence of extract here, extract here smart folder, and extract here to new folder respectively
Extraction to new folder can now be forced to use smart folder option (-ext2folder, alias -ext2smart) or to not use it (-ext2newfolder)
With new extraction functions extraction of multiple items can run in a single instance without stealing the focus each time the next task in sequence is started
SendTo links to extraction functions are updated to use those new functions for better handling of queues of multiple tasks, now matching features provided by context menu entries but with advantages of being cross platform, not suffering artificial limitation of input items number, and being much more faster and cpu/memory efficient in receiving input list from system to application
Previous version of same switches, not running as a single instance queue, are available with "_" suffix, i.e. -ext2here_; in this way existing scripts does not need to be updated to benefit of new functions, but can be easily adapted to use old version of the switches if preferred
Improved generation of more compact command lines from GUI, with better detection of cases of automatic switch to "extract all"
Various fixes
Fixed breadcrumb for "Open unit as archive" in context menu, File manager > System tools
Fixed deselecting "TAR before" and selecting "Add each object to a separate archive" it is now possible to create multiple archive at once for types such as bz2, br, gz, zst
FILE MANAGER:
(Linux) Improved system directories shown by default in navigation tree on the left of file manager
(Linux) Updated list of apps automatically detected for Open with submenu; apps and scripts can be customized in Options > Settings, Applications tab
(Linux) Enabled System tools submenu in context menu > File manager
(Windows) Improved and re-organized System tools submenu in context menu > File manger
Improved archive browser
Added Method column to display compression/encryption method for each single object (this column is enabled by default)
Added Created and Accessed timestamps columns in addition to existing Modified timestamp column (those columns are disabled by default)
The new columns can be enabled/disabled from columns header's context menu, and from main menu > Organize > Browser > Columns; if enabled, those columns are automatically shown browsing archives and hidden browsing the fileystem
Folders in 7z/p7zip archives now show number of contained folders, files, and total uncompressed size (displayed in same column of files' checksums)
This feature is limited on basis of the number of items contained in the archive, and can be tuned from "Browser optimization" dropdown menu in Options > Settings, General tab Performances group
New Ctrl+Alt+A link to autoadjust file browser columns
Themes: added "Presets" link on the right of Application accent color picker, allowing to quickly customize both application and text accent colors accordingly to common color themes of reference Operating Systems e.g. Mint, Ubuntu, Windows
EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING:
Added XZ (Linux, Windows) and Zstd (Linux) as optional algorithms for ZIP/ZIPX compression, from Advanced tab in archiving / conversion screen
Improved extraction
Added option to skip testing for encryption on extraction, suppressing password requests
Improved Interactive extraction option
Empty folder is now removed in case of error with Extract to new folder
Naming policy dropdown menu is enabled with "Interactive extraction", allowing to resolve issues of conflicting filenames in the same archive
New "Keep files" link in extraction progress windows in case of errors "Interactive extraction", allows to preserve extracted files which would be otherwise automatically deleted
New "Store all timestamps" option (checked by default) is available in Archiving / Conversion screen
If this option is active, created, modified, last access time are saved to archive rather than modified timestamp only; formats supporting this feature are: 7Z, RAR, ZIP
Improved raw file spanning, it is now possible to submit multiple separate input files at once to be split to specified size
Improved support for .xxxaa spanned files from Unix/Linux split command
New option for default behavior at application startup: Extract all here (smart new folder)
This option can be set from Options > Settings > Archive manager
Doubleclicking on an a file of associated type, or clicking Open from context menu on a group of selected files associated with PeaZip, the selected action is performed
Available actions: Open (default), Open as archive (force trying to open file as archive), Extract (showing options and confirmation screen), Extract all here, Extract all here (smart new folder)
WINDOWS & LINUX INSTALLERS:
(Windows) SendTo menu entries use new extraction functions, more efficient for handling queues of multiple tasks, and "Extract here (smart new folder)" replaces "Extract here (in new folder)"
With this update SendTo functions provides same features provided by context menu entries, but much more faster and efficient and without artificial limitation in terms of number of input items
(Linux) Improved Linux installers
install the app in /opt/peazip directory (non capitalized)
configuration files are saved in .PeaZip directory in user's home as in previous releases
link peazip binary in /usr/bin
place peazip.desktop file in /usr/share/applications
place peazip.png icon in /usr/share/icons, /usr/share/pixmaps for DEB packages
optional .desktop files and icons are available in (peazip)/res/batch/freedesktop_integration to provide direct access to specific functions even on DE not supporting Actions
(DEB) place machine readable copyright file in /usr/share/doc/peazip
(DEB) packages are now named following Debian naming standard; all other packages - Windows, Linux, portable - follows RedHat naming standard

New in PeaZip 8.1.0 (Jul 24, 2021)

BACKEND:
Pea 1.02:
Improved speed of hex preview function, updated secure delete function
Zstd 1.50:
(Windows) Tino Reichardt codecs for 7z v1.5.0r1
updates codecs to Brotli 1.0.9, FLZMA2 1.0.1, Lizard 1.0, LZ4 1.9.3, LZ5 1.5, Zstandard 1.5.0
(Linux) szcnick p7zip 17.04:
introduces support for Brotli, Lizard, LZ5
updates LZ4 1.9.3 and zstd 1.4.9
on Linux systems Brotli and Zstandard presets now points to single step compression in 7z using Brotli or Zstd compression (tar.br and tar.zst presets are still available as alternative)
(Windows) added support for system's Extrac32 as alternative CAB extraction engine
Extrac32 backend be enabled in Options > Settings, Advanced tab
CAB will be still listed/tested using 7z backend, Extrac32 (if enabled) will be used for for extraction operations
CODE:
Various fixes:
Improved performances working with archives containing large number of items (files, folders)
on 64K items archive 50% speed increase, -25% RAM usage
on 128K items archive 2x speed increase, -25% RAM usage
on 256K items archive 4x speed increase, -35% RAM usage
improved speed for listing archives, also minor speed improvements for test, archive and extract operations involving a large number of files
FILE MANAGER:
Added new user-provided themes: KDE Breeze, Oxygen
Improved browsing archives: clicking on root in breadcrumb bar now simply lists root content, while pressing refresh (F5) re-opens the archive, fully re-parsing the content
In case of spanned archive, the number of volumes actually found in current path (as required by PeaZip for extraction) is shown in application's title bar and status bar
Improved Settings
More flexible Browser optimization in General tab, Performances group
Reorganized various settings for better readability
Updated translations
EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING:
Added support (as container files) to .whl Python archives and .gem Ruby gem archives
Added option to extract all, selected or displayed items to extraction dropdown menu, replicating Extract button context menu
Added actions to Test all, selected or displayed items in Test button context menu
Improved archive conversion procedure
Extraction stage is now shown as a single sequence of tasks, and main screen is hidden to reduce visual clutter
If errors are encountered in extraction stage it is reported to user, so conversion can be stopped (to correct errors) or continued if desired
Improved extraction command line creation: when all items are selected switch to a more compact command line using filters rather than item's list

New in PeaZip 8.0.0 (Jun 10, 2021)

New in PeaZip 7.9.0 (Apr 19, 2021)

BACKEND:
Pea 1.00
Added 512 bit hash functions to PeaUtils menu, also available from Windows context menu (CRC, hash entry): Blake2b, SHA512, SHA3_512, Whirlpool
CODE:
Various fixes
FILE MANAGER:
Improved theming: new customizable parameters - beyond standard scaling which follows system's metric - can be set at runtime, and saved into themes, to improve usability for visually impaired users, small / far screens, or touch devices
Spacing [small, medium, large] to increase spacing in file manager and row height in tables
Zooming [100% to 150%] to enlarge icons and graphic elements
(Windows) Quick delete function can now delete files requiring UAC elevation
Working directory is now set to by default to: user tmp for preview operations, output for other operations
"Extract everything for" preview for special file types now uses working directory (as standard preview mode)
"Interactive extraction" now uses working directory; disallowing temporary work files results in disabling interactive extraction, falling back to standard extraction mode
EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING:
(Linux) Improved interactive extraction, which is now set on by default in extraction screen
If no naming conflict is detected, the output data is now moved, if possible, rather than copied to the intended destination, which is extremely faster
(Windows XP, ReactOS) Fixed handling non supported additional 7Z codecs
(Windows) "TAR before" action now correctly asks for UAC elevation if needed
Improved support for ZPAQ format
Fixed test of ZPAQ format from context menu
ZPAQ format extraction, without checking "Absoulte paths", removes extra nesting levels from the output
In case multiple revisions are featured, the nesting (which starts from the root of the archive) is preserved
Main window is now hidden during list, test, and ctrl+c/ctrl+v extraction operations, in order to reduce visual clutter accordingly with behavior during archive, and extract operations
WINDOWS & LINUX INSTALLERS:
(Linux) Qt5 build available pre-packed as DEB and RPM, alongside portable version not requiring installation

New in PeaZip 7.8.0 (Mar 21, 2021)

New in PeaZip 7.7.1 (Feb 12, 2021)

New in PeaZip 7.7.0 (Jan 9, 2021)

New in PeaZip 7.6.0 (Dec 15, 2020)

New in PeaZip 7.5.0 (Nov 13, 2020)

CODE:
Various fixes
FILE MANAGER:
Create new folder is now also available for 7Z/p7Zip and RAR supported archive types
Improved file renaming routines
added function to cutting file names at specified lengtt
added function to replace / remove non-ASCII characters
all quick rename functions (lowercase, replace string, etc...) are now also available when browsing 7Z/p7zip and RAR supported archive types
Updated icons in embedded theme and added icons to distinguish common archive types
Updated Ten theme
EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING:
Added "Extract everything for special file types" (to 7Z-supported archive types) to optionally extract the entire archive (or current path) to preview special filetypes which usually needs external data to properly run, in example .html, .bat, and .exe files
From Options > Settings > Archive manager, Extract group is possible to customize "Extract everything for..." behavior
Never use special preview, Ask, Always (default)
Extract entire archive (default) or Extract displayed items only (items in current path, or matching search filters) which can be faster than extracting the entire archive
Archive timestamp preservation directive is now also applied to rename and delete operations (previously only for add / update)
Options > Settings > Archive manager, Extract group: added option to auto close PeaZip after extraction if no browsing actions took place (default off), useful in example if a downloaded file was opened for quick inspection before extraction
Options > Settings > General (Windows): added options for locking or hiding target window during drag and drop operations, by default target window is hidden and locked while the operation is running
Out of the box default compression levels are set to fast for ZIP and 7Z formats
compared to previous ZIP normal default, ZIP fast is over 400% faster providing 2% worse compression ratio, and 7Z fast is 25% faster providing 3% better compression ratio
compared to previous 7Z normal default, 7Z fast is 500% faster providing 5% worse compression ratio
please note compression levels and compression presets works as usual, the new settings are meant only to provide novice users better performance balance for general purpose tasks
Modified existing preset scripts
10 from faster zip to fast zip
12 (Linux) from .tar.zst to .7z using Zstandard compression (which requires single pass)
Test mode always show details about single files in archive
WINDOWS & LINUX INSTALLERS:
(Windows XP) additional 7z codecs introduced in 7.4 line, incompatible with Windows XP, are deactivated when installed on XP machines, consequently the error messages are no longer triggered when using 7z backend

New in PeaZip 7.4.2 (Oct 5, 2020)

New in PeaZip 7.4.1 (Sep 8, 2020)

New in PeaZip 7.4.0 (Aug 24, 2020)

New in PeaZip 7.3.2 (Jun 23, 2020)

New in PeaZip 7.3.1 (Jun 2, 2020)

New in PeaZip 7.3.0 (May 18, 2020)

BACKEND:
Pea 0.71 with PEA file format revision 1.2
CODE:
Various fixes
FILE MANAGER:
Added BLAKE2S and BLAKE2B hashes to
File manager's hash (for file hashing and deduplication)
File tools set of hashes
Optional hash for raw file split
Optional hash for PEA format
Added support for opening as archive modern Linux package formats: .appimage, Ubuntu's .snap, and FreeDesktop Listaller .ipk
Browser now uses smarter sorting for file/directory names
By default now PeaZip tries to open archives containing errors
Errors detected browsing the archive are now notified in status bar, even if it is possible to list archive's content
"Try to open archives contining errors" can be disabled in Options > Settings > Archive manager
Fixed some cases not allowing secure deletion and zero deletion of files
Improved deletion of temporary work files
EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING:
Added option to not ask confirmation for delete after archiving/extraction, in Options > Settings > Archive manager
Delete is not triggered if errors are detected
Delete is triggered after extraction only in case of complete extraction (extract all)
Added option to set archive time from most recent file in archive, for all 7z/p7zip formats
Added option to improve Brotli compression using more memory at cost of small impact on speed (archives created with this option may not be compatible with some Brotli decompressors)
Added option to improve Zstandard compression using more memory at cost of small impact on speed
Added new advanced options to custom compression settings files, keeping compatibility with setting files created with older versions
Presets were rebuilt accordingly new format
Two new presets: Medium compression with 7z fast, and Fast compression with 7Z fastest
It is now possible to cancel all tasks of a sequence in the case one of the archiving / extraction task fails
WINDOWS & LINUX INSTALLERS:
(Windows) Improved installer
(Windows) Installer now available also as .msix package
(Linux) Created generic DEB package, x86-64 native
Some binaries, i.e. FreeArc, may need IA32-libs to run

New in PeaZip 7.2.2 (May 6, 2020)

New in PeaZip 7.2.1 (Apr 27, 2020)

New in PeaZip 7.2.0 (Apr 8, 2020)

CODE:
Various fixes and improvements
FILE MANAGER:
Extended options to manually update edited files in archive (consistently with update dialog) in context menu > more submenu
it is now possible to update archive and discard temp edit files (as in auto update dialog Yes/Clear option), and to discard edits without update
EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING:
Added option to automatically close PeaZip when task completes
Added options to save and load custom compression settings
Menu entries are available in main menu > Layout (in compression screen) and in compression presets context menus (in file browser and in compression screen)
Compression settings are saved by default to "Compression settings" folder in same path of PeaZip configuration
Password and keyfiles are not saved in custom compression settings, to manage passwords safely see instead main menu > Tools > Password manager
Volatile, context dependant variables can be saved alongside non-volatile ones, but will be lost in subsequent uses unless the custom setting is reloaded (in Options > Advanced volatile variables can be shown in italic font)
Presets for archive creation / conversion are now rewritten to use new compression setting mechanism, new presets supersedes both old presets and favourite formats menu entries
Presets are saved in PeaZiprespresets folder, in PeaZip's program path; apart for being saved separately they are standard compression setting files and can be used as such
To customize an existing preset with a custom compression settings file, copy the desired custom compression settings file in presets folder, in place of one of the existing preset files
Optionally, editing the compression setting file is possible to change its displayed file name, the name that will be shown by PeaZip in presets menu
New presets: ZPAQ ultra, ZPAQ, ARC, Brotli, Zstandard
Extended non-volatile options saved to configuration (and compression settings)
7z/p7zip advanced compression options for dictionary, word, passes and block size are now remembererd
File spanning options are now remembered
Improved support for ZPAQ format
AES256 encryption, supported by design by the format, is now enabled
Compression settings were optimized for better results
From Advanced tab of extraction screen are now supported following options
Restore files to original absolute paths
Separate extraction of all revisions of the archive
Overwrite existing files
Test operation is now enabled
ZPAQ is now available in presets at medium and ultra compression formats

New in PeaZip 7.1.1 (Mar 8, 2020)

New in PeaZip 7.1.0 (Feb 2, 2020)

New in PeaZip 7.0.1 (Dec 30, 2019)

New in PeaZip 7.0.0 (Dec 2, 2019)

BACKEND:
PEA 0.66
FILE MANAGER
Added option to automatically open tar archive inside tar.* compressed files
Option is on by default, can be set in Options > Settings > Archive manager
Drag & drop can now be hot swapped between standard and custom mode while using the application
Improved finding duplicate files, both with crc/hash and quick duplicate check: Info column shows "D" for duplicate for each copy of file with same digest value, except the last copy found
Sorting files for Info column allows to quickly select (and delete) duplicate items
Sorting files for checksum/hash column allows to easily compare identical files as in previous versions
New function to analyze content of folders in file browser (from column header menu)
Info column marks empty folders with "E"
Checksum/hash column shows content of folders: number of directories, number of files, and total size
New scaling mechanism for better support of high DPI in PeaZip and Pea executables
UI elements are scaled at run time at discrete steps zooming up to 10x of design time size, using Lazaruz LCL scaling
Graphic is accordingly scaled at run time, accepting arbitrarily sized graphic sources
Embedded 16 and 32 pixel icons are currently provided with 3x definition (48 and 96 pixel respectively) to provide high quality graphic up to 300% scaling
New themes for PeaZip version 7+ uses 8 or 32 bit PNG with transparency, and currently provides 16 and 32 pixel icons upscaled to 3x definition
New Windows icons for menus and file types; new icons allows to better distinguish supported file types, at large and small resolutions
When a single file of unsupported format is passed as parameter, the application lets the user decide if to try to open it as archive or to add it to new archive
Various fixes
Fixed System benchmark tool
EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING:
Improved progress bar accuracy
Option to delete input files after task completion is now globally applied to all archiving / extraction functions
Also batch version of direct archiving / extraction functions now apply the deletion on completion policy accordingly to the application's configuration
Alternative versions of batch commands are now available in order to explicitly ignore deletion on completion policy, with "i" appended after function name: -add2peai, -add2crypti, -add27zi, -add27zmaili, -add2separate7zi, -add2sfx7zi, -add2sfx7zmaili, -add2zipi, -add2zipmaili, -add2separatezipi, and -ext2herei, -ext2folderi, -ext2toi, ext2tofolderi, -ext2simplei, -ext2simplefolderi
Fixed and improved -add2split batch command, can now accept multiple input files and folders (if more than one file is passed as input it will be consolidated in a tar archive)
WINDOWS & LINUX INSTALLERS:
Improved Windows 32 and 64 bit installers
Added shortcuts to selectively start PeaZip in add, extract or open mode
Shortcuts are saved in application's entry in Start Menu, and in program's path, and can be freely moved/copied for ease of use
By default now the installer associate files and create menu entries for all users (local machine)
New "Install for current user only" checkbox, unchecked by default, to run the installer for current user only
Various fixes and removal of legacy code

New in PeaZip 6.9.2 (Sep 1, 2019)

New in PeaZip 6.9.1 (Aug 25, 2019)

New in PeaZip 6.9.0 (Aug 19, 2019)

New in PeaZip 6.8.1 (Jun 14, 2019)

New in PeaZip 6.7.2 (Apr 14, 2019)

New in PeaZip 6.7.1 (Mar 17, 2019)

New in PeaZip 6.7.0 (Feb 10, 2019)

New in PeaZip 6.6.1 (Oct 29, 2018)

New in PeaZip 6.6.0 (May 7, 2018)

New in PeaZip 6.5.1 (Feb 18, 2018)

New in PeaZip 6.5.0 (Oct 22, 2017)

New in PeaZip 6.4.1 (May 1, 2017)

New in PeaZip 6.4.0 (Mar 27, 2017)

New in PeaZip 6.3.1 (Feb 6, 2017)

New in PeaZip 6.3.0 (Jan 1, 2017)

New in PeaZip 6.2.0 (Nov 6, 2016)

New in PeaZip 6.1.1 (Sep 11, 2016)

New in PeaZip 6.1.0 (Jul 22, 2016)

New in PeaZip 6.0.3 (Jun 20, 2016)

New in PeaZip 6.0.2 (May 12, 2016)

New in PeaZip 6.0.1 (Apr 30, 2016)

New in PeaZip 6.0.0 (Feb 27, 2016)

New in PeaZip 5.9.1 (Jan 4, 2016)

New in PeaZip 5.9.0 (Nov 30, 2015)

New in PeaZip 5.8.1 (Oct 21, 2015)

New in PeaZip 5.8.0 (Oct 5, 2015)

New in PeaZip 5.7.2 (Aug 31, 2015)

New in PeaZip 5.7.1 (Aug 17, 2015)

New in PeaZip 5.7.0 (Jul 22, 2015)

New in PeaZip 5.6.1 (Jun 15, 2015)

New in PeaZip 5.6.0 (Apr 27, 2015)

New in PeaZip 5.5.3 (Jan 19, 2015)

New in PeaZip 5.5.2 (Dec 23, 2014)

New in PeaZip 5.5.1 (Dec 9, 2014)

New in PeaZip 5.5.0 (Oct 20, 2014)

New in PeaZip 5.4.1 (Aug 13, 2014)

New in PeaZip 5.4.0 (Jul 8, 2014)

New in PeaZip 5.3.1 (May 4, 2014)

New in PeaZip 5.3.0 (Apr 13, 2014)

BACKEND:
[Windows] Updated to FreeArc 0.67 alpha
CODE:
Compiled with Lazarus 1.2.0
FILE MANAGER:
[W7+] Added localization for cascaded system's context menu entries
[Windows, installable] Options > Settings > Reset now also asks if the user wants to reset system integration
Bookmarks can now be sorted by name
File browser (details mode) shows icons for special paths
Find duplicate files and checksum/hash automatically switches browser to list mode to display results
Multi threading option is remembered
Navigation bar "+" button switches between navigation view and tree view
Improved treeview sidebar, showing icons for folders, disks and special paths
Function list moved to popup menu from button on the left of status bar
New multi-functional popup menu on the left of address bar, toggle between bookmarks, filesystem and history
Session history available as status bar view
Updated "Seven" theme
Various minor fixes and enhancements
EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING:
Console field content is now automatically valorized when Console tab is accessed
Enumerate folder content option is now set as a switch in archive creation screen
Improved inclusion filters for archive creation
"Include only" apply inclusion filter to input directories (files individually added are always archived)
"Include also" allows to freely specify extra items/filters to be archived (works as inclusion filter worked in previous versions)
inclusion and exclusion lists accepts drag and drop of items from system
New Info mode for synthetic information about archive, old Info mode remapped to "List (with details)"
New Compression profiles list, automating settings for most common compression task (i.e. best compression, fast compression, protect with password, self extracting, keep output under specified size...)
the list is available in favourite formats dropdown menu, in Add button context menu (browser) and from arrow button on the left of OK (compression screen)
New task progress bar identifies tasks that are paused (yellow) or ended in error (red)

New in PeaZip 5.2.2 (Feb 25, 2014)

New in PeaZip 5.2.1 (Dec 27, 2013)

New in PeaZip 5.2 (Nov 25, 2013)

New in PeaZip 5.1.1 (Oct 7, 2013)

New in PeaZip 5.1.0 (Sep 2, 2013)

New in PeaZip 5.0.1 (Jul 22, 2013)

New in PeaZip 5.0 (Jun 24, 2013)

BACKEND:
PEA 0.44
UPX 3.09
CODE:
Code cleanup
FILE MANAGER:
Bookmarks branch in navigation tree moved on first position, starts by default maximized and containing common useful locations
Improved breadcrumb context menu, unified with refresh menu:
features history menu
features entries to open in specified path the system's file explorer, command prompt, new instance of PeaZip, properties, and web search
features quick access to relevat filesystem paths (same as "Filesystem" menu top level)
Improved tasks wrapper (gwrap) for readability and clarity, explore input and output paths is now featured
Improved Settings: reorganized and simplified
Improved speed of adding items to archiving operations: by default directories' content is enumerated only on request (in layout's context menu)
Improved tool bars, added New folder button in file manager bar and Rename in image manager
Improved web search function for quick access to most relevant web resources
New history menu containing recently visited pats and archives, session history and breadcrumb of current path (also in archive/extraction interface)
System tools deduplicated and moved to context menu, always accessible, more tools available:
(Windows Vista and more recent) Added "Open PowerShell here" function
Various fixes and improvements, including:
(Windows) Added quick links to user's music, pictures, and videos folders in browsing, and archiving/extraction interfaces
(Windows) Free disk space and % displayed in standard status bar and in archiveing/axtraction interfaces
(Windows) Improved adding multiple items from context menu functions
Added support for displaying thumbnails of xpm, and pgm images
Improved accessibility to various functions like bookmarks, web search, show thumbnails, open new instance, explore path...
Uniformed various menus and submenus so same groups of functions are easier to find at first sight
EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING:
Fixed: extract to new folder now ignored in drag and drop operations consistently to how most file archivers work
Sizes of single input itmes in readable form
174 file extensions supported:
added support to .crx Google Chrome extension, .maff Mozilla archive format, .mdf Alcohol 120 image files, and OPC files .cddx and .appv (Microsoft Application Virtualization)

New in PeaZip 4.9.2 (Apr 24, 2013)

New in PeaZip 4.9.1 (Mar 28, 2013)

New in PeaZip 4.9 (Mar 8, 2013)

New in PeaZip 4.8.1 (Jan 31, 2013)

FILE MANAGER:
Added shared sync folders to predefined system paths for navigation, extraction and compression, automatically detected: Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive, Ubuntu One
Bar toggling buttons (tools, address, navigation) now displays context menu on click for faster switching and better discoverability of alternative bars
Navigation menus were uniformed and was reduced duplication of navigation features
Details view now by default without thumbnails for more speed and lower resource usage, quicker switching to icons and images mode in Status bar
Improved bookmarking
Any file type can be bookmarked, bookmarked non-archive files are opened with associated applications
Bookmarks can be added by drag and drop from the system and from PeaZip
Status bar:
Two icons for faster and more intuitive switching details / icons and pictures styles
Password / Keyfile icon on the right side, alongside other icons
One click button to close advanced views (bookmarks, clipboard, etc) and return to status bar
Reduced amount of information displayed on right side about navigation and selection, for better focus on important information
Address bar:
Address filed / search filed separator can now be adjusted
Search context menu displayed clicking on search button
Refresh context menu displays refresh, history and recent archives
Improved switching from breadcrumb to classic address field
Minor visual enhancements, tool bar buttons with text on the side by default for better use of vertical space
Various minor fixes
EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING:
Set password control displayed as button and moved in output parameters area for better visibility
Reorganized Extraction and Archiving status bar information
Context menu button in Archiving and Extraction status bar on the left of confirmation button
Favourite archive formats context menu in Archiving interface launches directly compression/conversion in the selected format
Extract here / to new folder context menu in Extraction interface launches direct extraction
Uniformed password information, with same colour code representation of password strength as in Password dialog
WINDOWS INSTALLER:
Fixed some issues of cascaded menu
limited maximum number of cascaded menu items as some systems does not handle correctly more than 16 elements
for filetypes not associated with PeaZip all the extraction actions are now featured on the bottom of the menu

New in PeaZip 4.8 (Nov 23, 2012)

New in PeaZip 4.7.3 (Oct 29, 2012)

New in PeaZip 4.7.2 (Sep 18, 2012)

New in PeaZip 4.7.1 (Aug 21, 2012)

New in PeaZip 4.7 (Aug 13, 2012)

New in PeaZip 4.6.1 (Jul 11, 2012)

New in PeaZip 4.6 (Jun 13, 2012)

BACKEND:
Pea backend updated to 0.40
UPX backed updated to 3.08
CODE:
Updated used Wolfgang Ehrhardt's crypto libraries with packages crc_hash_2012-03-27, ppch_2012-03-27, and util_2012-03-27
FILE MANAGER:
Added "Recent archives" group in Navigation bar
Added quick link to "Users" folder in Filesystem group (in Navigation bar and navigation menus)
Improved quick jump context menu (Navigation bar, breadcrumb), now displaying first 4 bookmarks and first 4 recent archives for quick access
Improved address bar dropdown menu bar
Improved application toolbar:
Added secure delete and properties buttons to archive manager toolbar, improved additional functions drop down menu
New file manager toolbar containing buttons of most common file management features
"+" icon on the right of the toolbar area toggles archive manager and file manager toolbars, consistently with navigation and status bar
Improved handling of Pea file format and of utilities provided through Pea backend:
PEA/UNPEA operations now takes password/keyfile from PeaZip consistently with other formats
Pea format volume check algorithm is now set in context sensitive way with PeaZip GUI, if password is set AES EAX256 encryption is used, else SHA hash is used
Pea executable auto closes if no error is encountered, improving its use for chained operations: PEA/UNPEA, file split/join, secure delete
Improved saving resource usage when displaying several thousands of items, update intervals are better scaled
Updated themes
Fixed: dynamically loading SHMultiFileProperties to allow running the application on Windows 2000 and previous systems
Various minor fixes and improvements:
Added switches -add2archive-add add to existing archive (if found) and -add2archive-update as previous switch, but updates only if files in archive are older
Improved browsing UNC paths
Improved displaying file types and icons inside some types of archive
Reorganized System tools submenu
157 extensions supported: added support for IMA, IMG and IMZ disk images, and AIR Adobe installer files

New in PeaZip 4.5.1 (May 10, 2012)

New in PeaZip 4.5 (Apr 10, 2012)

FILE MANAGER:
Added keyboard shortcuts
Ctrl+Alt+F3 (web search form) and Shift+Alt+F3 (web search on peazip.org)
Ctrl+F5 (open path) Shift+F5 (open archive)
Windows) New quick window docking menu: send PeaZip to the four sides and angles of the desktop with Ctrl+Alt+arrow
Windows) Added "Properties" dialog in context menu
Added switches
add2multiseparate: start a single instance, add multiple input to archive, each to separate archive
add2multisplit (replaces add2split): start a single instance, add multiple input to file split (consolidate in tar if it is not a single file)
ext2browseasarchive: force opening the file as archive
Windows) Added "Check for updates" feature in help group
Fixed display the application in foreground when started
Windows) Improved startup times in slow network environment
By default, does not get mapped network drives information
If set to get information, in case of failure the switch is ignored for the session, and then tried again in next sessions
Improved "Save job definition"
Featured as context menu in archiving and extraction interfaces
Windows) by default saves as .bat file with default system's character encoding, so the script can be directly executed
It is now possible to save job definition for extracting multiple files at once
It is now possible to save job definition for archiving each input item to separate archives
Job definition scripts are saved by default in PeaZip's applications data path (user specific for installable version)
Improved file split/join features
Windows) Split file featured by default in system context menu
Split is by default a favourite format (Add button's context menu, Archive interface)
Re-introduced file split/join entries in File tools submenu
Selecting Split format automatically switches volume size to Custom
Fixed a graphic glitch in displaying file split buttons
No checksum by default, consistently with default behavior of other file split utilities
Improved file/archive manager
Improved context menu, now divided in 3 functional areas
Archive management (top) add, extract, test, password...
Navigation (middle) navigation and organization features (browser mode, sorting, select)
File management (bottom) open with, rename, delete, properties...
Improved status area
Status area displays a quick switch button between views (same as Alt+8)
Status bar and Details bar displays basic controls to customize browser type and size
Improved Details view
Improved toolbar area, buttons are auto sized for optimal placement
Improved navigation bar
More prominence given to Open path, Open archive, and Search and drag here, moved in a top level branch expaneded by default
Application menu opens selected objects with chosen application, launches the application if nothing is selected
Added quick jump context menu to navigation bar (same popup menu as for the root of breadcrumb in the address bar)
Improved Web search adding search in Google+ and SourceForge
WINDOWS INSTALLER:
Windows 7+) Added option to use non-cascaded menu as alternative to default cascaded menus (flag Custom during installation, or run System integration wizard)
Added -ext2browseasarchive "Open as archive" action for any file type
Added "Extract archives" to any file type when the menu is cascaded, as quick shortcut to open extraction interface (accepts dropping files) or fallback if an archive type is not associated with PeaZip for any reason
Removed emergency Start menu link "Reset PeaZip", moved as .bat in PeaZip's /res folder
SendTo menu by default features Add, Extract, Open as archive, and Browse path with PeaZip entries

New in PeaZip 4.4 (Jan 29, 2012)

New in PeaZip 4.3 (Dec 26, 2011)

BACKEND:
Added support to open as archive EPUB ebook file format, a total of 135 file extensions are supported - formats usually not handled as archives can be opened from PeaZip's context menu "Open as archive" rather being associated with the application directly, which would be inconvenient for most users.
FILE MANAGER:
Address field can now be set to be viewed as breadcrumb (default) or string, with "Show address as breadcrumb" flag in address bar navigation dropdown menu
Improved password management:
Flag "Keep password for current session" (default) in password form, to remember password and keyfile for the current session; unflagging this option password and keyfile are kept until a new archive is browsed
Fixed bug in keeping "Show password" flag
Keyfile field now accepts paste and free edit
Password manager:
passwords list (may even contain keyfiles name, if desired) can be saved with authenticated encryption and optional two factor authentication
a default password is used unless the user sets password and/or keyfile, recommended to keep privacy of data saved in the password manager
once password/keyfile is set, authentication will be required before accessing data from password manager
password list is shown in password form, in the dropdown menu on the left of password filed (when selected, are automatically applied to confirmation field)
password and notes can also be copied and pasted where needed, i.e. password manager can be used to store passwords for other applications, websites, etc
password list can be exported:
as plain text file, containing unencrypted data, for any use
as encrypted file, for backup:
a password list's .bak file can be manually imported back as password manager file, renaming it as pm (no extension) and copying it to PeaZip's configuration path (linked in Options > Settings); this file will have the same content and password it had when it was originally saved. This mechanism in example allows to roll back to a previous password list, or maintain various off line password lists, or exchange protected password lists with other users or other machines
Improved search:
It is now possible to set search recursivity from search popup menu
It is now possible to set default for search recursivity
Fixed: create ARC with relative paths fails if path contains space
Open as archive moved to root level of file browser context menu for better visibility

New in PeaZip 4.2 (Nov 21, 2011)

New in PeaZip 4.1 (Oct 22, 2011)

BACKEND:
Pea 0.39
CODE:
Optimized installer, help file is now by default online, users save it locally only if desired
FILE MANAGER:
File tools
Checksum/hash (selected/displayed) files fully integrated in file manager, algorithm can be selected from a wide array of 15 algorithms: Adler32, CRC16/24/32/64, eDonkey, MD4, MD5, Ripemd160, SHA1, SHA224/256/386/512, Whirlpool512
Fast duplicate finder (selected/displayed) fully integrated in file manager, can find duplicate files in directories or search filters, uses the algorithm selected for Checksum/hash function
Split/Join file entry hidden in File tools submenu, as the features are fully integrated in Add/Extract
Fixed: quick and secure delete functions can now operate on read only files (Windows)
Improved handling potentially lengthy job interacting with file manager
checksum, find duplicates and rename displays progress in title bar, and have an uniform activity indicator (progress bar in address bar), and uniform model for stopping (stop button in address bar)
Improved address bar
Added history context menu to back and forward icons
Added computer's root icon in address bar's breadcrumb
Added context menu with synthetic quick jump list (most common filesystem paths and bookmarks 1..8) to computer's root icon
Keyboard shortcuts
Ctrl+F2 copy to
Shift+F2 move to
Ctrl+F4 browse computer root (Ctrl+U removed)
Shift+F4 browse desktop
F7 add to bookmarks
Ctrl+F7 open in a new instance of PeaZip
Shif+F7 open command prompt in selected path
Alt+F7 explore selected path
Advanced filters shortcut changed to Shift+F9
Ctrl+F10 run as different user
Alt+F10 run as administrator
F11 toggle maximized mode
Rename single or multiple selected files using middle mouse button
Search
Searching from filter field now apply recursivity, if set, as searching with F3
Simple search mode in Organize menu (optional, flagged by default) for easier searches
Various speed and responsiveness improvements
(Windows Vista and newer) UAC integration: main menu Options > Run as administrator (Alt+F10) to perform operations requiring elevated permission
(Linux) fixed problem in Ctrl+A to select all
EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING:
Archiving path is cheched if accessible and writeable before attempting to write the output file
More information given in the graphic wrapper during extraction/archiving operations

New in PeaZip 4.0 (Sep 22, 2011)

New in PeaZip 3.9.1 (Aug 28, 2011)

New in PeaZip 3.9 (Aug 1, 2011)

FILE MANAGER:
Fixed bug in saving window's height when using PeaZip from context menu
Re-introduced and improved contextual menus for toolbar buttons
Add: shows favorite formats menu to directly select the archive format
Convert: as add, but the favorite format menu starts archive conversion
Extract: shows menu to extract all and (when browsing archives) displayed or selected content
Extract all to: shows quick extraction menu
Test: shows additional functions menu
Reorganized keyboard shortcuts
Organize shortcuts, related the way file/archive browser displays content, are associated to Alt combinations
Alt+0 swap tool bar (priority to functions) and address bar (priority to navigation)
Alt+1 hide/show menu bar
Alt+2 toggle toolbar mode
Alt+3 hide/show address bar
Alt+4 toggle navigation bar
Alt+5 toggle broser mode
Alt+6 toggle
Alt+7 Toggle sorting
Ctrl+Alt+1 sort by name
Ctrl+Alt+2 sort by type
Ctrl+Alt+3 sort by size
Ctrl+Alt+4 sort by packed size
Ctrl+Alt+5 sort by date
Ctrl+Alt+6 sort by attributes
Ctrl+Alt+7 sort by crc
Alt+8 toggle status bar
Shift+Alt+0..6 jump to specific status bar view
Alt+9 configure custom applications
Quick options (Shift+Ctrl combinations): added Shift+Ctrl+O to toggle "open output path when job completes"
Common operations are associated to Ctrl combinations (unchanged)
F3 start search while in PeaZip's file browser, and system's search while in other modes (in order to search and drag files/folder to PeaZip)
Alt+F3 always start system's search
Reorganized browser's context menu and other GUI elements
explore path made more prominent, featured in main context menu (and in navigation popup menu)
select all made more prominent featured in main context menu grouped with Sort by submenu
displayed sort column in status bar, especially useful when browser is not in Details mode
Themes:
added 48 px icons, used in "icons" mode (any browser's size)
added themes with embedded graphic: Seven-embedded (now default theme for all systems) and Nographic-embedded
Seven and Firecrystal themes are distributed as compressed packages, this allows faster installation deploying less files
Size submenu in Organize, for selecting size of browser's icons:
small (default) small icons 16 px (in details and list mode) / large icons 64 px (in icons mode)
medium 32 px / 128 px
large 64 px / 256 px
EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING:
Added extraction support for ZIPX format
WINDOWS INSTALLER:
Added file association for ZIPX files
Added shortcut in Start menu to reset the application to factory settings
134 file extensions supported (.zipx files)

New in PeaZip 3.8 (Jun 12, 2011)

New in PeaZip 3.7 (Apr 6, 2011)

CODE:
Compiled with -O3 optimizations
Compiled with Lazarus 0.9.30, done preliminary code cleanup to improve compatibility with 0.9.31 and following releases
Replaced TNotebook (deprecated) with TPageControl
File manager related functions moved from pea_utils (dependent on crypto library) to list_utils (not dependent on the crypto library)
Moved application's initialization code from FormCreate to FormShow event
Updated *_utils units to introduce new features for improving and customizing the application
Used pure pascal replacement for crc_hash library units
FILE MANAGER:
Automatic hint window on Listview to highlight data about file/folder below the mouse cursor
(Windows) Improved browser aspect in Icon mode
Improved navigation
Added breadcrumb address field displaying up to 8 parent paths
click on names to jump to parent directories
click on spacer arrows or on free space on the breadcrumb to switch to classic editable address field, leave the control to return to the breadcrumb
rightclick on the breadcrumb to show a popup menu displaying full path of parent paths (up to 8) and computer's root
Implemented fast swicthing between navigation and treeview mode navigator
Improved navigation sidebar's treeview mode (Shift+Ctrl+3), navigating a folder updates the selected foler in the treeview
Simplified address bar
Removed history button from address bar (it is featured in navigation button on the left of the address field)
Refresh placed on the right of address field
Search placed on the right of filter field
Improved sorting: sorting is possible also in non-details modes using "Sort by" menu in main menu and browser's context menu
Linked PeaZip's tracker in help menu to help users in filing bug reports and feature requests
Tool bar and Address bar can be swapped in position to give visual priority either to functions or to navigation
Themes: tool bar and address bar can be optionally themed with a texture
Web search: added menu entries to search with PeaZip Search, powered by Google Custom Search
Various minor fixes and enhancements
ARCHIVING:
When creating archives containing multiple files or folders, the archive is named as the parent folder of the items, except if "add to separate archives" option is flagged.

New in PeaZip 3.6.2 (Feb 27, 2011)

New in PeaZip 3.6.1 (Feb 10, 2011)

New in PeaZip 3.6 (Dec 26, 2010)

New in PeaZip 3.5.1 (Dec 13, 2010)

New in PeaZip 3.5 (Nov 26, 2010)

New in PeaZip 3.4 (Oct 25, 2010)

BACKEND:
(Windows) updated to 7z 9.17 beta
CODE:
Updated units of Wolfgang Ehrhardt's crypto library
FILE MANAGER:
Improved information reported by PeaLauncher, when applicable total and selected size of extraction operation reported separately
Improved indication of progress during long operation
if an operation exceeds 0.5 seconds it is shown a (simil)marquee progress bar
if an operation exceeds 0.5 seconds the refresh button is changed in stop button, allowing to stop current operation
to prevent loss of time and user's focus a fresh instance of PeaZip is started in the last directory while the old instance is handled in background
Added PanelIntro, usually not visible due to the speed of a normal startup
if startup of the program is slowed for any reason user is informed about loading progress (0 inital form status 1 configuration and theming files loaded 2 input parameters parsed and executed)
controls cannot be clicked for error until GUI is fully loaded and ready to accept user's input
some controls load faster as they aren't visible
Improved file browser
Tighter integration with extraction interface
New toolbar button on the right of "Extract", featuring a menu for
direct extraction of the whole archive (or selected archives) to most commonly used locations
check and modify most common extraction settings
New keyboard shortcuts available bot in browser and in extraction interfaces for "Extract all to..." (Ctrl+E or F12), "Extract all here" (Ctrl+Alt+E), "Extract all to Desktop" (Ctrl+Shift+E), "Extract all to Documents" (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E); Ctrl+1..8 extract to bookmark's 1..8 path (if defined); Ctrl+9 extract to default output path (if defined).
Extraction from context menu made context sensitive, if no archive is selected the extract/test entries are disabled
Added small icons mode for file browser
Changed Toolbar modes: 3 with large and 3 with small icons (text below, text on the right, no text), and text only mode
Toolbar is now set to large mode by default for better readability of main program's function
Remapped function keys:
Ctrl+* shortcuts for status bar types remapped to Ctrl+Alt+*
Ctrl+F9 create keyfile
F12 extract all to...
Apps moved to a separate modal form, reachable in Organize menu
Theme moved to a separate form, reachable in Options menu
(Windows) Configure system integration entry now reachable in Options menu
Default language file now changed to default.txt, that can be overwritten (i.e. by hand, or by custom installers or configuration script) to start by default the application in a non-Englih language; resetting the application will then result to swicth back to the language chosen for default.txt
Rationalized themes moving some common decoration elements from separate bitmaps to non-themed graphic resources of the executable
Various minor fixes and improvements
124 file extensions supported
added .fla; use Open with... > Open as archive to open, as for other non-archive types (supported formats not originally meant to be used as classic archives)

New in PeaZip 3.3 (Sep 15, 2010)

New in PeaZip 3.2.1 (Jun 30, 2010)

New in PeaZip 3.2 (Jun 14, 2010)

New in PeaZip 3.1 (May 3, 2010)

New in PeaZip 3.1 Beta (Apr 12, 2010)

BACKEND:
Updated 7z 9.12 (Windows)
Updated sfx modules
Support reading/writing PPMd compressed ZIP files
CODE:
Updated Wolfgang Ehrhardt's libraries
FILE MANAGER:
Added option to force "Open as archive" in "Open with..." menu
Added link to Google's Language Tools in "Search on the web" submenu (in application's context menu > Misc)
Allows to set working directory both for archive creation and archive preview jobs
Displays if the archive is encrypted in application's title bar
Displays if the path is inside a PeaZip's temporary path (i.e. browsing archives inside archives), higlighting in light yellow the address and search bar
Displays selected compression level in title bar in archiving interface (7z/p7zip archive types)
Improved displaying UTF-8 encoded names in archive manager (7z/p7zip)
Remember alternative exctraction action for 7z, arc and ace backends
(Windows) Added navigation links to system's recent (all Windows systems), to searches and downloads (introduced by Vista), and libraries (introduced by Seven)
(Windows) Link user's SendTo in "Settings", simplify customizing entries in this menu
Various fixes:
Shift+character hotkeys canged to Shift+Ctrl+character: Shift+Ctrl+N, Shift+Ctrl+7, Shift+Ctrl+B, Shift+Ctrl+G, Shift+Ctrl+S, Shift+Ctrl+T, Shift+Ctrl+Z
Fixed behavior of Extract without paths option in extraction interface
Fixed division by zero error if a string longer than 19500 characters is provided as keyfile path or extraction path
(Windows 7) fixed "Search and drag here" entries
EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING:
Added option to run job windows minimized, in Options > Settings > Pea Launcher combo box
On "extract selected" (default action for extract button in toolbar, while browsing an archive) and "extract displayed" it is now possible to switch directly to "extract all" from extraction interface
WINDOWS INSTALLER:
Added new optional context menu entries to directly add to 7z and zip at fastest, normal or ultra compression levels
Changed MultiSelectModel, can now select up to 100 items from context menu entries
Removed + and - prefixes in legacy context menu entries

New in PeaZip 3.0 (Feb 20, 2010)

New in PeaZip 3.0 Beta (Feb 10, 2010)

New in PeaZip 2.9.1 (Jan 26, 2010)

New in PeaZip 2.9 (Jan 18, 2010)

New in PeaZip 2.9 Beta (Jan 6, 2010)

New in PeaZip 2.8.1 (Dec 3, 2009)

New in PeaZip 2.8 (Nov 20, 2009)

New in PeaZip 2.8 Beta (Nov 10, 2009)

New in PeaZip 2.7.1 (Oct 20, 2009)

New in PeaZip 2.7 (Sep 15, 2009)

BACKEND
(Windows) updated to 7z 9.07
FILE MANAGER
Fixed: issue in remembering last output path used for extraction
Fixed: issue in dropping items to bookmarks (showing on Windows only)
Fixed: incorrect size for files larger than 4GB (showing on Windows only) - to compile sources in Lazarus 0.9.26.2 the IDE needs to be patched: http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=14472
Fixed: PeaLauncher issue in exploring output path, if it is a folder (showing on Windows only)
Fixed: restored behaviour of open/preview with "PeaZip (new instance)", to attempt to open any file type as an archive
Added copy to, move to, quick and secure deletion, explore and open command prompt here into file manager's toolbar dropdown menu
Back, fwd and up buttons now have a rightclick popupmenu to browse 8 more recent history entries
Drag and drop to application:
disabled dropping to non browseable archive (corrupted, or content is protected by unknow passord)
disabled dropping to "Settings" panel
when dropping a single supported non-archive type file into the file browser (i.e. an executable or an Office file),show add to archive instead of choiche dialog
(Windows) potentially slow operation of querying for units was moved after GUI creation and launch of quick functions
Various minor fixes and improvements
EXTRACTION
After extraction by drag and drop the output path is now reset to archive's path, and drop path is saved as last used, as for all other extraction operations
For extractions performed during preview operation, the default output path is automatically moved out of the PeaZip's temporary folder
Output path dialog now starts from archive's path by default
Output path field is now writeable to allow manual editing or pasting paths from other file managers
When browsing a single archive, extraction checks if password is needed, as happens for drag and drop extraction under the same condition
ARCHIVING
Enabled Ctrl+V to add objects to archives (from PeaZip's clipboard)
For ease of use, it is now disabled changing output when archiving in archive update mode
LPAQ8 can now be selected as compression format from *PAQ entry
WINDOWS INSTALLER
Context menu's extraction entries are now featured only for common archive types; by default PeaZip now creates 1 entry for files and folders and 4 for known archive types
New entries in SendTo: browse path with Peazip and open command prompt here
ZIP files are re-associated with Compressed Folder Windows' utility when PeaZip is uninstalled
(Linux) updated .desktop files (KDE) and Nautilus scripts (Gnome) to send input to new extraction interface
95 file extensions supported
Added missing text txt_2_7_oop and txt_2_7_experimental to language file (update of localizations created for beta is needed)