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Bandizip Changelog

What's new in Bandizip 7.33 Build 67761 Beta 2

Apr 17, 2024
  • Fixed a bug that preset SFX settings do not apply when creating an EXE file through the context menu
  • Improved the app to ask the user whether to disable Fast Drag and Drop when the task fails

New in Bandizip 7.33 Build 67641 Beta 1 (Mar 27, 2024)

  • Added a feature decompressing RAR7 archives
  • Improved features associated with BandiView
  • Improved the window asking how to handle duplicate files when decompressing an archive to be always above other windows
  • Added a feature showing the exact error code when Fast Drag & Drop fails
  • Fixed a bug in the internal image viewer
  • Fixed a bug in the console application (bz.exe)
  • Fixed a bug in the SFX compression
  • Added support for Latvian language
  • Fixed a bug in the codepage auto-detection
  • Fixed a bug that occurs with HiDPI
  • Improved the processing speed of the Password Recovery under certain conditions
  • Fixed a bug that occurs with OneDrive
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.32 Build 65001 (Sep 14, 2023)

  • Fixed a vulnerability occurring with WebP files (CVE-2023-4863)
  • Added a feature to change the fonts for tree controls and archive comments
  • Fixed a bug that the decompression becomes slower under certain conditions
  • Fixed a bug that occurs when compressing files by drag & drop
  • Improved the reliability of the program
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.31 Build 64426 (Aug 30, 2023)

  • Added the "Run as administrator" option to the SFX settings
  • Improved the way how the program deals with corrupted ZIP archives
  • Fixed a bug that the program cannot open some corrupted ZIP archives
  • Added a feature to delete original files after dragging and dropping them to an archive.
  • Improved the code page auto-detection
  • Fixed a bug that the program crashes when handling some TIFF files
  • Added a feature setting BandiView as the internal image viewer
  • Modified the program: If you click the New Folder button when selecting the extraction path, now the archive's name is given by default as the new folder's name
  • Added a function showing the sum of CRC of files in a folder
  • Fixed a bug that the program caanot decompress some archives compressed with WinzipJpeg algorithm
  • Updated UnRAR to 6.2.10
  • Added support for the 7Z format's ARM64 filter
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.31 Build 64247 Beta 22 (Aug 24, 2023)

  • Fixed a bug that the program caanot decompress some archives compressed with WinzipJpeg algorithm
  • Updated UnRAR to 6.2.10
  • Added support for the 7Z format's ARM64 filter

New in Bandizip 7.31 Build 63482 Beta 21 (Jul 10, 2023)

  • Added a function automatically changing the shortcut key for the Context Menu > Compress to FileName.ZIP from Q to Z on Windows 11 OS build 22621 and later, to avoid shortcut key conflicts (For some languages)

New in Bandizip 7.31 Build 63333 Beta 20 (Jul 3, 2023)

  • Added a function showing the sum of CRC of files in a folder

New in Bandizip 7.31 Build 63155 Beta 18 (Jun 27, 2023)

  • Modified the program: If you click the New Folder button when selecting the extraction path, now the archive's name is given by default as the new folder's name

New in Bandizip 7.31 Build 62067 Beta 13 (May 2, 2023)

  • Improved the code page auto-detection
  • Fixed a bug that the program crashes when handling some TIFF files
  • Added a feature setting BandiView as the internal image viewer

New in Bandizip 7.31 Build 60271 Beta 2 (Feb 2, 2023)

  • Added the "Run as administrator" option to the SFX settings
  • Improved the way how the program deals with corrupted ZIP archives

New in Bandizip 7.31 Build 60066 Beta 1 (Jan 26, 2023)

  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.30 Build 59914 (Jan 19, 2023)

  • Improved the internal image viewer to be compatible with the QOI format
  • Added a feature decompressing ASAR archives
  • Fixed a bug that bz.exe displays a false error message when processing a resource fork
  • Fixed a bug that the dialog box asking how to handle a file conflict appears twice under certain conditions
  • Fixed a bug that the progress bar works incorrectly when the program decompresses some ZIP archives
  • Fixed a bug that the program's context menu duplicates itself when using Everything, the third-party manager
  • Fixed a bug that the program cannot process a ZPAQ archives encrypted with an empty password
  • Added a feature "Compress to FileName.ZPAQ" to the Settings > Context Menu
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.30 Build 59773 Beta 9 (Jan 18, 2023)

  • Fixed a bug that the program cannot process a ZPAQ archives encrypted with an empty password
  • Added a feature "Compress to FileName.ZPAQ" to the Settings > Context Menu

New in Bandizip 7.30 Build 59570 Beta 6 (Jan 10, 2023)

  • Fixed a bug that the program's context menu duplicates itself when using Everything, the third-party manager

New in Bandizip 7.30 Build 59495 Beta 5 (Jan 3, 2023)

  • Fixed a bug that the progress bar works incorrectly when the program decompresses some ZIP archives

New in Bandizip 7.30 Build 59302 Beta 4 (Dec 28, 2022)

  • Fixed a bug that the dialog box asking how to handle a file conflict appears twice under certain conditions

New in Bandizip 7.30 Build 58792 Beta 2 (Dec 2, 2022)

  • Added a feature decompressing ASAR archives

New in Bandizip 7.30 Build 58741 Beta 1 (Nov 28, 2022)

  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.29 Build 58577 (Nov 21, 2022)

  • Added a feature decompressing UU/UUE/XXE/PEA archives
  • Fixed a security issue that may occur when processing Zone.Identifier information (Thanks to Nobutaka Mantani)
  • Fixed a bug that "Extract each archive here (Smart)" and "Extract to separate folders" do not work correctly when you select multiple files and right-click them under certain conditions
  • Added a feature that can give a sparse property to the extracted files when the program extracts files from TAR archives having a sparse property
  • Added a feature copying full paths of selected files and folders to the clipboard
  • Fixed a bug that the program crashes when decompressing ZPAQ archives on a device with 32 plus logical processors
  • Fixed a bug that occurs when using the feature "Delete the archive after extraction" with an encrypted archive
  • Fixed a buffer overflow vulnerability occurring under certain conditions
  • Added a feature recognizing an empty string as an archive's password
  • Fixed a bug that when adding a folder to an archive by drag & drop on File Explorer, only files are added with no folder name
  • Fixed a bug that the tooltip over the ad space does not disappear
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.28 Build 58094 Beta 13 (Nov 14, 2022)

  • Fixed a security issue that may occur when processing Zone.Identifier information (Thanks to nobutaka.mantani)
  • Fixed a bug that the tooltip over the ad space does not disappear

New in Bandizip 7.28 Build 56865 Beta 11 (Sep 23, 2022)

  • Fixed a bug that when adding a folder to an archive by drag & drop on File Explorer, only files are added with no folder name

New in Bandizip 7.28 Build 56767 Beta 10 (Sep 22, 2022)

  • Added a feature recognizing an empty string as an archive's password

New in Bandizip 7.28 Build 56421 Beta 9 (Sep 15, 2022)

  • Fixed a bug that occurs when using the feature "Delete the archive after extraction" with an encrypted archive
  • Fixed a buffer overflow vulnerability occurring under certain conditions

New in Bandizip 7.28 Build 55435 Beta 8 (Aug 17, 2022)

  • Fixed a bug that the program crashes when decompressing ZPAQ archives on a device with 32 plus logical processors

New in Bandizip 7.28 Build 55354 Beta 7 (Aug 11, 2022)

  • Fixed a bug that "Extract each archive here (Smart)" and "Extract to separate folders" do not work correctly when you select multiple files and right-click them under certain conditions
  • Added a feature that can give a sparse property to the extracted files when the program extracts files from TAR archives having a sparse property

New in Bandizip 7.28 Build 55078 Beta 6 (Aug 2, 2022)

  • Added a feature decompressing XXE archives
  • Added a feature copying full paths of selected files and folders to the clipboard

New in Bandizip 7.28 Build 54128 Beta 1 (Jul 11, 2022)

  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.27 Build 54034 (Jul 7, 2022)

  • Fixed a bug that if the parallel extraction is enabled, extracting only some of the files from an archive creates other folders you did not extract
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.26 Build 52976 (Jul 5, 2022)

  • Added a feature decompressing ZIPX archives compressed with PACKMP3 algorithm
  • Added a feature decompressing ZIPX archives compressed with Reference algorithm
  • Added a feature "Do not use Rich Edit control" to the Settings > Advanced
  • Fixed a bug that the program cannot process some UDF files
  • Fixed a vulnerability occurring with PSD files (CNVD-C-2022-239953)
  • Fixed a vulnerability occurring with JXR files (CNVD-C-2022-185824)
  • Fixed a bug that the program freezes when a network location is selected as the extraction path
  • Fixed a bug that the context menu of the program does not work correctly if Explorer's tabs feature is enabled in Windows 11
  • Modified the program: Now only the Latin alphabet characters, numbers, and special characters can be used for a ZIP archive's password
  • Added /cmdfile command available on CLI
  • Added a feature "Add to FileName.ZIP" to the Settings > Context Menu
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.26 Build 53799 Beta 11 (Jul 2, 2022)

  • Added /cmdfile command available on CLI
  • Added a feature "Add to FileName.ZIP" to the Settings > Context Menu

New in Bandizip 7.26 Build 53474 Beta 7 (Jun 29, 2022)

  • Modified the program: Now only the Latin alphabet characters, numbers, and special characters can be used for a ZIP archive's password
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.26 Build 53306 Beta 6 (Jun 26, 2022)

  • Added a feature decompressing ZIPX archives compressed with PACKMP3 algorithm
  • Added a feature decompressing ZIPX archives compressed with Reference algorithm
  • Added a feature "Do not use Rich Edit control" to the Settings > Advanced
  • Fixed a bug that the context menu of the program does not work correctly if Explorer's tabs feature is enabled in Windows 11

New in Bandizip 7.26 Build 53159 Beta 4 (Jun 17, 2022)

  • Fixed a bug that the program cannot process some UDF files
  • Fixed a vulnerability occurring with PSD files (CNVD-C-2022-239953)
  • Fixed a vulnerability occurring with JXR files (CNVD-C-2022-185824)
  • Fixed a bug that the program freezes when a network location is selected as the extraction path

New in Bandizip 7.26 Build 52292 Beta 3 (May 20, 2022)

  • Fixed a vulnerability occurs with PSD files (CNVD-C-2022-239953)

New in Bandizip 7.25 Build 51124 (Apr 14, 2022)

  • Fixed a bug that files cannot be added to a ZIP archive by drag & drop on Explorer

New in Bandizip 7.25 Build 51114 Beta 1 (Apr 13, 2022)

  • Fixed a bug that files cannot be added to a ZIP archive by drag & drop on File Explorer.

New in Bandizip 7.24 Build 51052 (Apr 11, 2022)

  • Fixed a bug that the program cannot open a ZIP archive whose Unix file attributes have been incorrectly stored
  • Improved the internal image viewer to be compatible with the JXR format
  • Improved the program to be able to set a password when creating a ZPAQ archive
  • Improved the program to be able to decompress a J2J archive with a password
  • Added a feature storing symbolic links in the advanced ZIP compression settings
  • Fixed a bug that the program cannot open a TAR archive containing a file larger than 8 GB
  • Improved the program not to output an unnecessary message when decompressing split-archived RAR files
  • Improved the compatibility with a HiDPI display of an SFX file created by the program
  • The program is now also distributed via Microsoft Store.
  • Improved the function changing file associations
  • Added a feature decompressing UU archives
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.24 Build 50248 Beta 13 (Mar 22, 2022)

  • Fixed a bug that the program cannot open a ZIP archive whose Unix file attributes have been incorrectly stored
  • Improved the internal image viewer to be compatible with the JXR format
  • Improved the program to be able to set a password when creating a ZPAQ archive
  • Improved the program to be able to decompress a J2J archive with a password
  • Added a feature storing symbolic links in the advanced ZIP compression settings
  • Fixed a bug that the program cannot open a TAR archive containing a file larger than 8 GB
  • Improved the program not to output an unnecessary message when decompressing split-archived RAR files
  • Improved the compatibility with a HiDPI display of an SFX file created by the program
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.24 Build 49409 Beta 10 (Feb 23, 2022)

  • Improved the compatibility with a HiDPI display of an SFX file created by the program

New in Bandizip 7.24 Build 49201 Beta 9 (Feb 16, 2022)

  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.24 Build 49124 Beta 8 (Feb 16, 2022)

  • Improved the program to be able to decompress a J2J archive with a password
  • Added a feature storing symbolic links in the advanced ZIP compression settings
  • Fixed a bug that the program cannot open a TAR archive containing a file larger than 8 GB
  • Improved the program not to output an unnecessary message when decompressing split-archived RAR files

New in Bandizip 7.24 Build 48483 Beta 3 (Jan 27, 2022)

  • Fixed a bug that the program cannot open a ZIP archive whose Unix file attributes have been incorrectly stored
  • Improved the internal image viewer to be compatible with the JXR format
  • Improved the program to be able to set a password when creating a ZPAQ archive
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.23 Build 47832 (Jan 4, 2022)

  • Improved the program to decompress an archive containing symbolic links without showing a dialog box asking for administrative previleges when the developer mode is turned on in Windows 10
  • Fixed a bug that occurs with the feature "Delete the archive after extraction" under certain conditions
  • Fixed a bug that the context menu of the program duplicates itself when using a third-party manager (e.g. Total Commander) in Windows 11
  • Fixed a bug that the progress bar does not reach 100% when the program decompresses a TAR archive containing a hard-linked files
  • Fixed a bug that the program crashes sometimes when parallel extraction is canceled in the midst
  • Fixed some issues that occur with the performance and UI of the program during parallel extraction
  • Improved the compatibility of the internal image viewer with HiDPI
  • Improved the comaptibility of the Password Recovery with HiDPI
  • Fixed some security issues (KVE-2021-0517, KVE-2021-1018, KVE-2021-1019)
  • Fixed a bug that the program cannot decompress some TAR archives
  • Added a feature creating a new ZPAQ archive
  • Fixed some bugs that occur with File Explorer in Windows 11
  • Fixed a bug that the program cannot open some EGG archives
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.23 Build 47579 Beta 12 (Dec 30, 2021)

  • Fixed a bug that the program cannot open some EGG archives

New in Bandizip 7.23 Build 47215 Beta 8 (Dec 21, 2021)

  • Fixed some bugs that occur with File Explorer in Windows 11

New in Bandizip 7.23 Build 47164 Beta 6 (Dec 17, 2021)

  • Added a feature compressing ZPAQ archive

New in Bandizip 7.23 Build 46852 Beta 5 (Dec 14, 2021)

  • Fixed some security issues (KVE-2021-0517, KVE-2021-1018, KVE-2021-1019)
  • Fixed a bug that the program cannot decompress some TAR archives

New in Bandizip 7.23 Build 46010 Beta 2 (Nov 23, 2021)

  • Improved the program to decompress an archive containing symbolic links without showing a dialog box asking for administrative previleges when the developer mode is turned on in Windows 10
  • Fixed a bug that occurs with the feature "Delete the archive after extraction" under certain conditions
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.22 Build 45958 (Nov 18, 2021)

  • Some changes have been made to the End User License Agreement.
  • The program is now compatible with a new stlye of context menu offered in Windows 11.
  • Fixed a bug that advertisements are not displayed correctly on the Standard Edition
  • Fixed a bug that icons of some files contained in an archive are not displayed correctly
  • Improved the program to have no limit to the message output when decompressing an archive
  • Fixed a bug that some UI components of the program are not displayed correctly when HiDPI is enabled
  • Fixed vulnerabilities that may occur when handling TIFF files (CNVD-C-2021-352866, CNVD-C-2021-352868)
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.22 Build 45783 Beta 6 (Nov 16, 2021)

  • Fixed a bug that advertisements are not displayed correctly on the Standard Edition

New in Bandizip 7.22 Build 45583 Beta 4 (Nov 9, 2021)

  • The program is now compatible with a new stlye of context menu offered in Windows 11.
  • Fixed a bug that icons of some files contained in an archive are not displayed correctly
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.22 Build 45355 Beta 2 (Nov 1, 2021)

  • Added Windows 11 Modern context menu

New in Bandizip 7.21 Build 45227 (Oct 13, 2021)

  • Improved the processing speed of the parallel extraction
  • Fixed a bug that the program cannot open some corrupted ZIP archives
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.21 Build 45208 Beta 2 (Oct 13, 2021)

  • Improved the processing speed of the parallel extraction
  • Fixed a bug that the program cannot open some corrupted ZIP archives

New in Bandizip 7.20 Build 44995 (Oct 6, 2021)

  • Fixed a security issue that may occur when decompressing NSIS and TAR archives (KVE-2021-1017)
  • Added the feature "parallel extraction" for ZIP archives
  • Fixed a bug that some split-archived ZIP files cannot be opened
  • Fixed a bug that some NSIS files cannot be opened
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.20 Build 44824 Beta 2 (Sep 30, 2021)

  • Fixed a security issue that may occur when decompressing NSIS and TAR archives (KVE-2021-1017)
  • Added the feature "parallel extraction" for ZIP archives
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.19 Build 43923 (Sep 8, 2021)

  • Improved the feature "Repair Archive"
  • Improved the program's stability
  • Fixed a bug that the progress bar does not reach 100% sometimes when the program decompresses ARC, LZMA, TBZ, TGZ, XZ, and Z archives
  • Improved the processing speed when decompressing a ZPAQ archive
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.19 Build 43852 Beta 1 (Sep 7, 2021)

  • Improved the feature "Repair Archive"
  • Improved the program's stability
  • Fixed a bug that the progress bar does not reach 100% sometimes when the program decompresses ARC, LZMA, TBZ, TGZ, XZ, and Z archives
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.17 Build 41793 (Jun 17, 2021)

  • Added a feature decompressing DAA (v1.0) archives
  • Fixed a bug that the progress bar is not displayed correctly when the program handles an XZ archive
  • Fixed a compatibility issue with screen-reading apps for visually impaired users
  • Fixed a bug that the Honeyview requires the password again when opening image files in an encrypted archive (Honeyview v5.36 or later required)
  • Fixed a bug that occurs with the "Compress to custom filename" feature
  • Fixed a compatibility issue between the installer and screen-reading apps
  • Added -date switch inserting the current system time in an archive's path
  • Improved the program not to create an empty archive when compressing a locked (being used by another process) file
  • Added a feature decompressing DEB archives
  • Improved the program not to delete a newly created archive when "Test archive" is canceled in the midst
  • Fixed a bug that the program does not automatically handle the request for administrative privileges when decompressing a ZIP archive containing symbolic links
  • Improved the installer and updater
  • Fixed a bug related to the image preview in an archive
  • Added a feature testing an archive after its compression
  • Added a feature scanning malware in an archive before its decompression
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.17 Build 41567 Beta 11 (Jun 11, 2021)

  • Added a feature testing an archive after its compression
  • Added a feature scanning malware in an archive before its decompression

New in Bandizip 7.17 Build 41254 Beta 9 (May 27, 2021)

  • Improved the installer and updater
  • Fixed a bug related to the image preview in an archive

New in Bandizip 7.17 Build 40747 Beta 7 (May 11, 2021)

  • Fixed a compatibility issue between the installer and screen-reading apps
  • Added -date switch inserting the current system time in an archive's path
  • Improved the program not to create an empty archive when compressing a locked (being used by another process) file

New in Bandizip 7.17 Build 40411 Beta 6 (May 3, 2021)

  • Fixed a bug that occurs with the "Compress to custom filename" feature

New in Bandizip 7.17 Build 40302 Beta 4 (Apr 27, 2021)

  • Fixed a compatibility issue with screen-reading apps for visually impaired users
  • Fixed a bug that the Honeyview requires the password again when opening image files in an encrypted archive (Honeyview v5.36 or later required)

New in Bandizip 7.17 Build 40046 Beta 2 (Apr 22, 2021)

  • Fixed a bug that the progress bar is not displayed correctly when the program handles an XZ archive

New in Bandizip 7.17 Build 40033 Beta 1 (Apr 20, 2021)

  • Added the feature decompressing DAA(v1.0) archive
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.16 Build 39789 (Apr 5, 2021)

  • Fixed a security issue that may occur when decompressing archives in some formats
  • Fixed a bug that some split-compressed RAR archives cannot be decompressed
  • Fixed buffer overflow and buffer overrun vulnerabilities that may occur when handling ALZ, ARJ, EGG, RAR, TAR, and ZIP archives
  • Fixed a bug that the program may crash when handling ACE, ALZ, BH, and RAR archives
  • Fixed a bug that some data remain in the registry even after the program's uninstallation
  • Improved the feature undoing file associations
  • Improved the "New Folder" on the right-click menu to create a folder at the point of the Desktop where the user right-clicks (System restart required)
  • Fixed a bug that symbolic links in a ZIP archive are incorrectly processed
  • Added support for the split-archive formats created by HaoZip (.haozip01.zip, .haozip02.zip, ...)
  • Fixed an issue that the program may crash when used with some antivirus software supporting AMSI
  • Fixed some bugs that occur in the "Snap Window" feature
  • Fixed a bug that the program may crash if the dialog box closes in the midst of opening an archive
  • Improved the program's stability
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.16 Build 39783 Beta 13 (Apr 5, 2021)

  • Fixed a security issue that may occur when decompressing archives in some formats

New in Bandizip 7.16 Build 39715 Beta 12 (Mar 31, 2021)

  • Fixed a bug that the program may crash if the dialog box closes in the midst of opening an archive

New in Bandizip 7.16 Build 39626 Beta 11 (Mar 26, 2021)

  • Added support for the split-archive formats created by HaoZip (.haozip01.zip, .haozip02.zip, ...)
  • Improved the program's stability
  • Fixed an issue that the program may crash when used with some antivirus software supporting AMSI
  • Fixed some bugs that occur in the "Snap Window" feature

New in Bandizip 7.16 Build 39426 Beta 6 (Mar 22, 2021)

  • Fixed a bug that the program may crash when handling ACE, ALZ, BH, and RAR archives
  • Improved the feature undoing file associations
  • Improved the "New Folder" on the right-click menu to create a folder at the point of the Desktop where the user right-clicks (System restart required)
  • Fixed a security issue that may occur when decompressing archives in some formats
  • Fixed a bug that symbolic links in a ZIP archive are incorrectly processed

New in Bandizip 7.16 Build 39316 Beta 5 (Mar 17, 2021)

  • Fixed a bug that the program may crash when handling a BH archive

New in Bandizip 7.16 Build 39077 Beta 3 (Mar 16, 2021)

  • Fixed buffer overflow and buffer overrun vulnerabilities that may occur when handling ALZ, ARJ, EGG, RAR, TAR, and ZIP archives
  • Fixed a bug that the program may crash when handling ACE, ALZ, BH, and RAR archives
  • Fixed a bug that some data remain in the registry even after the program's uninstallation
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.16 Build 39042 Beta 2 (Mar 10, 2021)

  • Fixed buffer overflow and buffer overrun vulnerabilities that may occur when handling ALZ, ARJ, EGG, RAR, TAR, and ZIP archives
  • Fixed a bug that the program may crash when handling a BH archive
  • Fixed a bug that some data remain in the registry even after the program's uninstallation
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.15 Build 38925 (Mar 3, 2021)

  • Added the feature decompressing 7Z archives compressed with LZ4, LZ5, Lizard, and Deflate64 algorithms
  • Fixed a bug that the program crashes when compressing files under certain conditions
  • Improved the feature decompressing a UDF archive
  • Fixed a bug that decompression cannot be done if a filename inside the archive contains some special characters
  • Improved the program's stability
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.15 Build 38723 Beta 4 (Mar 2, 2021)

  • Fixed a bug that the program crashes when compressing files under certain conditions
  • Improved the feature decompressing a UDF archive
  • Fixed a bug that decompression cannot be done if a filename inside the archive contains some special characters
  • Improved the program's stability

New in Bandizip 7.15 Build 38591 Beta 2 (Feb 25, 2021)

  • Added the feature decompressing 7Z archives compressed with LZ4, LZ5, Lizard, and Deflate64 algorithms
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.14 Build 38543 (Feb 22, 2021)

  • Fixed a bug that occurs when decompressing an archive whose name ends with a blank space
  • Improved the handling of a program crash
  • Added a feature storing symbolic links in a TAR archive
  • Fixed the web browser control to make it run at a low integrity level
  • Added a feature decompressing ZIPX archives compressed with ZSTD algorithm
  • Improved the processing speed when decompressing a UDF archive
  • Fixed a bug that the program crashes when opening an archive under certain conditions
  • Fixed a bug that the program cannot decompress a ZIP archive whose local file header does not include the filename
  • Added a feature storing an archive comment in the advanced ZIP compression settings
  • Added a feature turning on and off filename encryption in the advanced 7Z compression settings
  • Improved the preview of thumbnail images
  • Added a feature storing hard links in a TAR archive
  • Fixed a bug related to -ex: switch
  • Added a feature applying ICC profiles to the internal image viewer
  • Fixed a DLL hijacking vulnerability (CNVD-C-2021-22156)
  • Added a feature processing junctions in a RAR5 archive
  • Improved the error message displayed with AMSI initialization failure
  • Fixed a bug that some TAR files cannot be processed
  • Fixed a bug that files without extensions cannot be processed on CLI
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.14 Build 38484 Beta 22 (Feb 22, 2021)

  • Fixed a bug that some TAR files cannot be processed
  • Fixed a bug that files without extensions cannot be processed on CLI

New in Bandizip 7.14 Build 38278 Beta 19 (Feb 15, 2021)

  • Added a feature processing junctions in a RAR5 archive
  • Improved the error message displayed with AMSI initialization failure

New in Bandizip 7.14 Build 38206 Beta 18 (Feb 9, 2021)

  • Fixed a bug related to -ex: switch
  • Added a feature applying ICC profiles to the internal image viewer
  • Fixed a DLL hijacking vulnerability (CNVD-C-2021-22156)

New in Bandizip 7.14 Build 37904 Beta 17 (Feb 2, 2021)

  • Added a feature storing hard links in a TAR archive

New in Bandizip 7.14 Build 37720 Beta 15 (Jan 26, 2021)

  • Improved the preview of thumbnail images

New in Bandizip 7.14 Build 37544 Beta 13 (Jan 21, 2021)

  • Added a feature turning on and off filename encryption in the advanced 7Z compression settings

New in Bandizip 7.14 Build 37514 Beta 12 (Jan 20, 2021)

  • Fixed a bug that the program crashes when opening an archive under certain conditions
  • Fixed a bug that the program cannot decompress a ZIP archive whose local file header does not include the filename
  • Added a feature storing an archive comment in the advanced ZIP compression settings

New in Bandizip 7.14 Build 36839 Beta 8 (Jan 7, 2021)

  • Improved the processing speed when decompressing a UDF archive
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.14 Build 36724 Beta 6 (Dec 18, 2020)

  • Added the feature decompressing ZIPX archives compressed with ZSTD algorithm

New in Bandizip 7.14 Build 36652 Beta 5 (Dec 17, 2020)

  • Fixed the web browser control to make it run at a low integrity level

New in Bandizip 7.14 Build 36630 Beta 3 (Dec 16, 2020)

  • Added a feature storing symbolic links in a TAR archive
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.14 Build 36346 Beta 1 (Dec 8, 2020)

  • Fixed a bug that occurs when decompressing an archive whose name ends with a blank space
  • Improved the handling of a program crash

New in Bandizip 7.13 Build 36091 (Nov 30, 2020)

  • Added the feature decompressing hard-linked and symbolic-linked (Unix) files in a RAR5 archive
  • Added the feature decompressing 7Z archives compressed with ZSTD and Brotli algorithms
  • Improved the processing of hard-linked and symbolic-linked files in a TAR archive
  • Fixed a bug that some UDF files (.iso) of large sizes cannot be decompressed
  • Fixed a bug that some NSIS files (.exe) cannot be decompressed
  • Improved the processing of command-line commands
  • Improved the feature repairing a ZIP archive
  • Improved the processing of 7Z compression
  • Improved the processing of an app crash
  • Improved the Password Recovery
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.13 Build 36059 Beta 11 (Nov 30, 2020)

  • Fixed a bug that some NSIS files (.exe) cannot be decompressed

New in Bandizip 7.13 Build 36011 Beta 9 (Nov 27, 2020)

  • Improved the feature repairing a ZIP archive

New in Bandizip 7.13 Build 36001 Beta 8 (Nov 26, 2020)

  • Added the feature decompressing 7Z archives compressed with ZSTD/Brotli algorithm

New in Bandizip 7.13 Build 35959 Beta 7 (Nov 25, 2020)

  • Fixed a bug that some UDF files (.iso) of large sizes cannot be decompressed
  • Added the feature decompressing 7Z archives compressed with ZSTD algorithm

New in Bandizip 7.13 Build 35910 Beta 6 (Nov 24, 2020)

  • Improved the Password Recovery

New in Bandizip 7.13 Build 35847 Beta 5 (Nov 23, 2020)

  • Added the feature decompressing hard-linked and symbolic-linked (Unix) files in a RAR5 archive
  • Improved the processing of hard-linked and symbolic-linked files in a TAR archive
  • Improved the processing of an app crash
  • Improved the processing of 7Z compression
  • Improved the processing of command-line commands
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.12 Build 35574 (Oct 28, 2020)

  • Stability improvements and bugfixes

New in Bandizip 7.11 Build 35526 (Oct 27, 2020)

  • Fixed a bug that some split-archived RAR5 files cannot be opened
  • Fixed a bug that setting a password is unavailable when creating an SFX file
  • Fixed a bug that some TAR files are incorrectly processed
  • Fixed a bug that the processing speed is low when compressing files of small sizes in 7Z format
  • Improved the processing speed when decompressing a 7Z archive
  • Added the feature "Select toolbar buttons"
  • Fixed a bug that translation using a code page does not work properly when decompression needs administrative privileges
  • Improved the feature "Image Preview in Archive" for a solid-compressed 7Z archive
  • Added -cp:NN switch specifying the code page for opening or extracting files
  • Added the feature setting the font for a file list from an archive
  • Fixed a bug that the program crashes when opening some RAR5 files
  • Fixed a bug that the program crashes when opening some UDF files
  • Fixed a bug that the program crashes if the system clock is before the year 1970
  • Fixed a bug that the program crashes under certain conditions
  • Other improvements in the program's stability

New in Bandizip 7.11 Build 35400 Beta 12 (Oct 23, 2020)

  • Improved the processing speed when decompressing a 7Z archive
  • Added the feature "Select toolbar buttons"
  • Fixed a bug that translation using a code page does not work properly when decompression needs administrative privileges
  • Improved the feature "Image Preview in Archive" for a solid-compressed 7Z archive
  • Added -cp:NN switch specifying the code page for opening or extracting files
  • Added the feature setting the font for a file list from an archive

New in Bandizip 7.11 Build 35029 Beta 7 (Oct 15, 2020)

  • Fixed a bug that some split-archived RAR5 files cannot be opened
  • Fixed a bug that setting a password is unavailable when creating an SFX file
  • Fixed a bug that some TAR files are incorrectly processed
  • Fixed a bug that the processing speed is low when compressing files of small sizes in 7Z format

New in Bandizip 7.10 Build 34775 (Sep 8, 2020)

  • Fixed a buffer overrun vulnerability (KVE-2020-0652)
  • Fixed a bug that the context menus on the File Explorer are displayed only in English when signing in with another Windows account in which the program has never been run
  • Added -t:NN switch specifying the number of CPU threads to be used for compression
  • Fixed a bug that a folder created by the "New folder" context menu on the File Explorer is not displayed properly sometimes
  • Fixed a bug that -r switch does not work when decompressing an archive
  • Fixed a bug that HiDPI support does not work on older versions of Windows 10
  • Fixed a bug that -cmtfile: switch is ignored when creating an SFX file
  • Improved the feature "Image Preview in Archive"
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.10 Build 34752 Beta 11 (Sep 5, 2020)

  • Fixed a bug that HiDPI support does not work on older versions of Windows 10
  • Fixed a bug that -cmtfile: switch is ignored when creating an SFX file
  • Improved the feature "Image Preview in Archive"

New in Bandizip 7.10 Build 34542 Beta 5 (Jul 30, 2020)

  • Added -t:NN switch specifying the number of CPU threads to be used for compression
  • Fixed a bug that -r switch does not work when decompressing an archive

New in Bandizip 7.10 Build 34518 Beta 4 (Jul 25, 2020)

  • Fixed a bug that a folder created by the "New folder" context menu on the File Explorer is not displayed properly sometimes

New in Bandizip 7.10 Build 34441 Beta 2 (Jul 15, 2020)

  • Fixed a bug that the context menus on the File Explorer are displayed only in English when signing in with another Windows account in which the program has never been run

New in Bandizip 7.09 Build 34368 (Jun 26, 2020)

  • Fixed a bug that the Password Recovery does not work on the Standard Edition
  • Added /D: switch to the installer, which enables the user to select the installation folder
  • Fixed a bug that (de)compression on CLI cannot be done if the full path exceeds 260 characters
  • Fixed a bug that the program crashes when decompressing some CAB files
  • Fixed a bug that decompression is not done properly if the size of the original file is exactly 4294967295 bytes
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.09 Build 34319 Beta 2 (Jun 18, 2020)

  • Fixed a bug that the Password Recovery does not work on the Standard Edition
  • Added /D: switch to the installer, which enables the user to select the installation folder
  • Fixed a bug that (de)compression on CLI cannot be done if the full path exceeds 260 characters

New in Bandizip 7.08 Build 34113 (Jun 10, 2020)

  • Added "Skip this version" on the update notification
  • Fixed a bug that the program sometimes crashes when using "Compress to each File/FolderName.zip"
  • Fixed a bug that the program sometimes crashes on a high DPI system
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.07 Build 33957 (Jun 4, 2020)

  • Fixed a bug that font size in a dialog box becomes too large when displaying languages of the Latin alphabets
  • New feature that a user can resize thumbnails of "View large icons" by using [Ctrl + Scrolling the mousewheel] or [Ctrl and +/-]
  • Fixed a bug that occurs when processing an extended header of TAR format
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.07 Build 33428 Beta 5 (May 31, 2020)

  • Fixed a bug that font size in a dialog box becomes too large when displaying languages of the Latin alphabets
  • New feature that a user can resize thumbnails of "View large icons" by using [Ctrl + Scrolling the mousewheel] or [Ctrl and +/-]
  • Fixed a bug that occurs when processing an extended header of TAR format

New in Bandizip 7.06 Build 33186 (May 20, 2020)

  • Support for Per-Monitor V2 DPI Awareness ( The new feature of Windows 10 allowing apps to be scaled automatically whenever the resolution changes )
  • Fixed a bug that a ZIP archive comment cannot be deleted
  • Fixed a bug that "Test Archive" does not work when adding a file to an archive
  • Fixed a bug that an encrypted 7Z archive cannot be opened even with the valid password if the password is entered incorrectly once
  • Fixed a bug that the image preview in an archive shows a wrong image under certain conditions
  • Fixed a bug associated with a self-extracting archive (SFX)
  • Fixed a bug that a file in a TGZ archive's subfolder cannot be decompressed when using Ctrl+F and drag & drop
  • New feature that a user can specify the number of CPU threads to be used for 7Z compression in the advanced compression settings
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.04 Build 32295 (Apr 17, 2020)

  • Fixed a bug that the File Explorer crashes when right-clicking on a TGZ file
  • Fixed a bug that "Test Archive" does not work sometimes when creating an archive
  • Improved the installer
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.03 Build 32249 (Apr 14, 2020)

  • Fixed a bug that extended headers of TAR format are incorrectly processed
  • Fixed a bug that folder timestamps are incorrectly processed when decompressing an archive
  • Fixed a bug that processing speed is low when previewing images on a folder which has a large number of images
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.02 Build 32036 (Apr 3, 2020)

  • Fixed an error which occurs when decompressing multiple archives of small sizes individually on the File Explorer
  • Improved the registration of paid editions
  • Updated the multi-language files
  • Fixed bugs in the installer
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.01 Build 31862 (Mar 16, 2020)

  • Fixed a bug that some types of hard-linked files in TAR format cannot be processed
  • Fixed bugs in the internal image viewer
  • Fixed bugs in the password manager
  • Fixed bugs in the UI
  • Fixed bugs in the command line processing
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.0 Build 31705 (Mar 3, 2020)

  • New license system:
  • Bandizip 7.0 is released in 3 types of editions: Standard (Free) / Professional (Paid) / Enterprise (Paid)
  • Modifications:
  • Bandizip 7.0 uses an online installer.
  • Advertisements appear on Bandizip Standard Edition.
  • Miscellaneous:
  • SFX (EXE) files created by Bandizip no longer work with Windows XP.
  • Changed name of command line compression tool for console (bc.exe → bz.exe)
  • New features and improvements:
  • Advanced compression settings
  • New feature displaying images with thumbnails on View > File list > Icons
  • New feature “Single-click to open an item”
  • New feature using Alt + Left/Right arrow to go back/forward one folder
  • New feature displaying images with thumbnails on View > File list > Icons
  • New feature displaying files with large icons
  • (Displaying images with larger thumbnails)
  • New feature processing hard-linked files in TAR format
  • New feature pre-allocating disk space for an output file
  • (Minimizing disk fragmentation and improving speed in decompression)
  • New command “rn” for command line interface
  • Wildcards are available in filenames for command line interface, enabling decompression of multiple archives.
  • Installer detects CPU automatically (x86/x64/ARM64) and downloads compatible files, enabling traffic management and faster update.
  • Decompressing NSIS format on its own without relying on external libraries
  • Decompressing UDF format on its own without relying on external libraries (support for UDF 2.60)
  • Decompressing PMA (LHA) format in PM1 method
  • Decompressing Google Brotli (.br) format
  • Decompressing Facebook Zstandard (.zstd) format
  • Improved speed in compression and decompression
  • Improved speed in decompression of RAR5 file
  • Improved speed in decompression of some types of 7Z file
  • Improved support for multi-monitor environment
  • Improved support for DOS SFX format
  • Improved support for ZIP file compressed in MBCS on Unix
  • Improved processing method for code page in TAR format
  • Improved command processing for command line interface
  • Improved feature “Open file location”
  • Improved update settings
  • Resolved issues:
  • Fixed bug that UI appears blurry on HiDPI display
  • Fixed bug that right-to-left languages are displayed incorrectly (e.g. Arabic)
  • Fixed issue that processing speed is low when (de)compressing multiple files of small sizes individually

New in Bandizip 7.0 Beta 45 (Feb 28, 2020)

  • New feature “Antimalware Scan on Archive” scanning for malware in an archive without decompression
  • Fixed issue that processing speed is low when (de)compressing multiple files of small sizes individually

New in Bandizip 7.0 Beta 41 (Jan 31, 2020)

  • Fixed bug that UI appears blurry on HiDPI display
  • Fixed bug that right-to-left languages are displayed incorrectly (e.g. Arabic)
  • New feature using Alt + Left/Right arrow to go back/forward one folder
  • Improved support for multi-monitor environment
  • Installer detects CPU automatically (x86/x64/ARM64) and downloads compatible files, enabling traffic management and faster update.
  • New feature displaying images with thumbnails on View > File list > Icons
  • New feature displaying files with large icons (displaying images with larger thumbnails)
  • SFX(EXE) files created by Bandizip no longer work with Windows XP.
  • Improved command processing for command line interface
  • Improved feature “Open file location”
  • Wildcards are available in filenames for command line interface, enabling decompression of multiple archives.
  • Improved update setting

New in Bandizip 6.26 (Jan 23, 2020)

  • Fixed: Crash issue when opening a certain type of CAB file
  • New code signing certificate has been installed.
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 7.0 Beta 1 (Oct 8, 2019)

  • Advanced compression settings
  • Password manager
  • Using an online installer
  • Decompressing NSIS format on its own without relying on external libraries
  • Decompressing UDF format on its own without relying on external libraries (support for UDF 2.60)
  • Decompressing PMA (LHA) format in PM1 method
  • Improved speed in compression and decompression
  • Improved speed in decompression of RAR5 file
  • Improved speed in decompression of some types of 7Z file
  • Improved support for DOS SFX format
  • Improved support for ZIP file compressed in MBCS on Unix
  • New feature processing hard-linked files in TAR format
  • New feature pre-allocating disk space for an output file
  • (Minimizing disk fragmentation and improving speed in decompression)
  • New command “rn” for command line interface
  • Changed name of command line compression tool for console (bc.exe → bz.exe)
  • Advertisements appear on Bandizip Standard Edition.

New in Bandizip 6.25 (Aug 27, 2019)

  • Fixed: Security issue when using "Open file location" feature
  • Improved: Installer
  • Other modifications

New in Bandizip 6.24 (Jun 27, 2019)

  • SFX-related bug fixes

New in Bandizip 6.23 (Jun 24, 2019)

  • Added support for GARBLE algorithm of ARJ format
  • Added support for obfuscated-deflate algorithm of ALZ format
  • Added support for HTTP Proxy when you update manually
  • Fixed a bug where some damaged ISO files cannot be opened
  • Fixed a bug where file time information of specific ISO is not handled correctly
  • Fixed a bug where Bandizip cannot open SFX(RAR, LZH, ARJ) files that are compressed in DOS
  • Some minor bug fixes

New in Bandizip 6.22 (Mar 18, 2019)

  • New: Support for ACE extraction (Based on Public UnAce Package. unacev2.dll is not used)
  • Fixed: Crash under a certain condition on low memory systems
  • Fixed: The compressed archive is not shown under a specific condition
  • Fixed: Error message is not shown when closing the explorer window during a drag and drop
  • Fixed: Invalid file-time when extracting some specific RAR5
  • Fixed: Cannot extract specific ARJ
  • Fixed: Memory leaks in ZPAQ module
  • Some minor bug fixes

New in Bandizip 6.21 (Feb 23, 2019)

  • Stop supporting ACE format due to vulnerability (CVE-2018-20250)
  • Fixed: Crash problem while extracting specific NSIS
  • Fixed: Shell extension does not work for the specific case
  • Some minor bug fixes

New in Bandizip 6.20 (Jan 4, 2019)

  • Fixed: Toolbar image related issue

New in Bandizip 6.19 Build 26366 (Jan 3, 2019)

  • New: EGG/AZO algorithm extraction support
  • Fixed: Recognize some zip files that are compressed with Mac Finder as corrupted files
  • Improved: Enhanced stability during multicore compression
  • Stability improvements and bugfixes

New in Bandizip 6.18 Build 26084 (Oct 18, 2018)

  • New:
  • "Windows 10 on ARM" support
  • Improved:
  • Installer improvements
  • Precise file time processing for RAR4 format
  • Fixed:
  • File time is changed while processing Zone.Identifier
  • Internal image viewer cannot process password correctly under the specific condition
  • Stability improvements and Bugfixes

New in Bandizip 6.17 Build 25844 (Oct 1, 2018)

  • Update Type: Minor update
  • Fixed: Vulnerability of the internal image viewer(CNVD-C-2018-107947)
  • Stability improvements

New in Bandizip 6.16 Build 25799 (Sep 28, 2018)

  • Fixed: Filename case sensitive related problem when editing ZIP file
  • Fixed: Recognize empty ZIP file as a corrupted file
  • Fixed: Internal image viewer resizing related problem
  • Improved the stability of the program and several bugs fixed

New in Bandizip 6.15 Build 25758 (Sep 19, 2018)

  • New: System security enhancement by copying Zone.Identifier information
  • Improved: File association process
  • Improved: Does not use GDI+ anymore
  • Fixed: Cannot read some settings text when using High Contrast
  • Fixed: The date of the file is not correctly displayed if it is before January 1, 1970
  • Improved the stability of the program and several bugs fixed

New in Bandizip 6.14 Build 25403 (Jun 19, 2018)

  • Fixed: Cannot extract specific RAR5 format file
  • Fixed: Cannot extract specific RAR format file
  • Fixed: Ace format related bugs
  • ZLIB update(1.2.8->1.2.11)
  • Improved the stability of the program
  • Code refactoring

New in Bandizip 6.13 Build 25242 (May 24, 2018)

  • Update Type: Major update
  • New: Show/Hide Status Bar
  • Improved: Updater
  • Improved: Installer
  • Fixed: 7z handling problem of the internal image viewer
  • Fixed: Symbolic link related bugs
  • Fixed: Does not process RAR5 format's file attributes
  • Fixed: Rare crash during Wavpack extraction
  • Fixed: Codesign related problem with SFX file
  • Several bugs fixed

New in Bandizip 6.12 Build 25131 (Feb 7, 2018)

  • Update Type: Major update
  • Fixed: Show invalid error message while extracting GZ format
  • Improved the stability of the program

New in Bandizip 6.11 Build 25097 (Feb 1, 2018)

  • Update Type: Major update
  • Fixed: Can't extract RAR5's redirect attributed file
  • Fixed: 'Compress to custom file name' related bug
  • Fixed: Security problem while processing archive password
  • New: 'Use UTF-8 code page when you open a tar file' option
  • Fixed: Can't install with /S parameter in PowerShell
  • New: Baltic/Thai codepage
  • Several minor bugs fixed

New in Bandizip 6.10 Build 24669 (Sep 18, 2017)

  • Update Type: Major update
  • Fixed: Can't extract particular type of encrypted RAR5 format
  • Fixed: Crashes when extracting certain type of LZH format
  • Several minor bugs fixed

New in Bandizip 6.09 Build 24540 (Sep 6, 2017)

  • Update Type: Major update
  • Improved: Added shortcuts for "Extract Here(Smart), Extract to Current Folder"
  • Fixed: Code page auto detect problem when previewing an archive
  • Fixed: Can't extract particular type of CAB format
  • Fixed: Crash when opening specific type of archive
  • Improved internal image viewer and updater
  • Several minor bugs fixed

New in Bandizip 6.08 Build 24058 (Jun 26, 2017)

  • Fixed: RAR format's VMSF_DELTA related security problem
  • Many language files are updated
  • Improved Find Files dialog box
  • Improved ZPAQ version history processing
  • Improved file open speed
  • Minor bugs fixed

New in Bandizip 6.07 Build 22925 (May 15, 2017)

  • Update Type: Minor
  • Fixed: Can't extract TGZ that is multiple GZ files are concatenated
  • Changed: Explorer context menu shortcut key of "Compressed to NAME.ZIP" (R->Z)
  • Improved the stability of the program
  • Minor bugs fixed

New in Bandizip 6.06 Build 22412 (May 1, 2017)

  • Fixed: Can't extract subdirectory in an archive with Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V
  • Fixed: When modifying a ZIP file, storing filename as UTF8 always
  • Improved the stability of the program
  • Minor bugs fixed

New in Bandizip 6.05 Build 22294 (Apr 24, 2017)

  • Simplified Chinese's codepage is changed from CP936 to GB18030
  • Fixed: When compressing a 7z file, modified time of folder is not stored
  • Fixed: Crashes when creating a multi-volume zip file with 1byte split size
  • Minor bugs fixed

New in Bandizip 6.04 Build 21998 (Apr 17, 2017)

  • Fixed: Modifying a encrypted ZIP file under certain conditions may corrupt the ZIP file
  • Fixed: Asking for a password every time when you extract a encrypted archive with drag and drop
  • Minor bugs fixed

New in Bandizip 6.03 (Apr 9, 2017)

  • Fixed: Do not recover file time of 0 byte file when decompress.Improved the stability of the program.Minor bugs fixed

New in Bandizip 6.02 (Apr 1, 2017)

  • New: Show folder's Compressed/Original size
  • New 'Adding files directly to a ZIP file by drag and drop in Explorer' option
  • Fixed: Very slow opening speed under certain conditions
  • Minor bugs fixed

New in Bandizip 6.01 Build 21531 (Mar 28, 2017)

  • Fixed: Ctrl+C shortcut not working at archive comment window
  • Fixed: Installer shows UI when using /S parameter
  • Other minor bugs fixed

New in Bandizip 6.0 (Mar 27, 2017)

  • New UI
  • New file icons
  • New installer
  • New command-line command
  • New console program
  • Faster extracting and compressing
  • Does not support XP anymore
  • New: Extract ZPAQ and LZIP
  • Other minor bugs fixed

New in Bandizip 5.17 Build 12973 (Dec 23, 2016)

  • Failed to open some split CAB files
  • Improved the stability of the program
  • Other minor bugs fixed

New in Bandizip 5.15 Build 12912 (Jun 23, 2016)

  • Improved extracting speed when unpacking RAR5.
  • Failed to recover some folders' attributes after extracting.
  • Other minor bugs fixed.

New in Bandizip 5.14 Build 12887 (May 16, 2016)

  • We have included the updated module from 7-Zip which fixes the UDF vulnerability.
  • Other minor bugs fixed.

New in Bandizip 5.13 Build 12886 (Mar 28, 2016)

  • Bandizip is now able to extract more than 1,000,000 split archives.
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Failed to extract some CAB files.
  • Failed to open more than 65,536 split Zip files.
  • Bandizip didn't delete a temporary file when a user clicked the Cancel button in the security warning dialog box.
  • Other minor bugs fixed.

New in Bandizip 5.12 Build 12822 (Feb 26, 2016)

  • Improved compatibility with Windows 10.
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Failed to open some RAR files.
  • An error occurred while opening some ZIP files. Other minor bugs fixed.

New in Bandizip 5.11 Build 12777 (Jan 28, 2016)

  • Improved support for high resolution DPI.
  • The "Handle long path names exceeding 260 characters" option is checked by default.
  • Bugs fixed:
  • The Sparse format of TAR was recognized as a corrupted file.
  • An error occurred if ISO files had MBCS in the pathname under certain situations.
  • Failed to extract some GZIP files which had annotations.
  • Other minor bugs fixed.

New in Bandizip 5.10 Build 12690 (Nov 11, 2015)

  • Added the Armenian language file by Aram Vardanyan.
  • Improved security of Bandizip Updater.
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Some .7z files were extracted slowly in a certain situation.
  • Other minor bugs fixed.

New in Bandizip 5.09 Build 12652 (Sep 8, 2015)

  • Bandizip is now able to extract i00, i01, i02 files (ISO split archives).
  • Bugs fixed:
  • DPI AWARE didn't work properly in the Select Folder dialog box.
  • Bandizip stopped working while extracting some 7Z files if the user entered the wrong password.

New in Bandizip 5.07 Build 12631 (Aug 13, 2015)

  • Improved compatibility with Windows 10.
  • Added unicode support for the Info-ZIP header of Zip format.
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Failed to extract some XZ files.
  • Other minor bugs fixed.

New in Bandizip 5.06 Build 12596 (Jul 17, 2015)

  • Added the Japanese language file.

New in Bandizip 5.06 Build 12571 (May 16, 2015)

  • Bugs fixed:
  • Failed to extract some 4 GB or bigger split ZIP files.
  • Extracted files' time wasn't set correctly when Bandizip extracted the RAR files (Year 2038 bug).
  • Other minor bugs fixed.

New in Bandizip 5.05 Build 12505 (Feb 12, 2015)

  • Bug fixed - Some archived files were not displayed when they had been compressed by right clicking in Windows Explorer.
  • Added the Belarusian language file.

New in Bandizip 5.04 Build 12465 (Jan 28, 2015)

  • A drop-down menu will be shown when right clicking on the Open and Extract buttons.
  • The preset size of Gmail has changed from 26,214,400 bytes to 25,600,000 bytes.
  • Improved the UI of message boxes.
  • Added the Finnish and Sinhala language files
  • Bugs fixed:
  • The progress status bar was not displayed properly when modifying Zip files in a certain situation.
  • The code page of file names was not saved as UTF-8 when modifying Zip files even if the user checked the "Use unicode file names in Zip files (UTF-8)" option.
  • Failed to extract RAR5 archives which were compressed with passwords and the Store method.
  • Failed to open certain files with an external editor if the file name in the archive has a blank space.
  • Failed to extract CAB archives which were split and compressed with the MSZIP algorithm.
  • Failed to handle the SWAP2 and SWAP4 filters of the 7z format.
  • Other minor bugs fixed.

New in Bandizip 5.03 Build 12363 (Oct 17, 2014)

  • Bugs fixed:
  • Failed to extract split ZIP/ZIPX/EXE archives which were compressed by Bandizip and included more than two 4 GB or bigger files.
  • Other minor bugs fixed.

New in Bandizip 5.02 Build 12338 (Oct 7, 2014)

  • The unique GZ file format can be extracted.
  • Old versions of the TAR format are now supported.
  • Image preview is available even if the files were compressed by a solid compression method.
  • After installing Bandizip, the Honeyview suggestion window will pop up.
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Bandizip couldn't delete temporary files when an associated program was running.
  • Bandizip couldn't execute Honeyview as an internal image viewer if the images were compressed by a solid compression method.

New in Bandizip 5.01 Build 12254 (Aug 14, 2014)

  • AES Crypt(.AES) file format can be extracted.
  • Added the Serbian language file.
  • DVD preset split size has been changed from 4,698,669,056(DVD+R) to 4,697,620,480(DVD-R).
  • Improved the font visibility of toolbar in dark Windows themes.
  • Bugs fixed:
  • An error occurred if Windows 8 users didn’t check the file associations option in the setup window.
  • NSIS Installer stopped working while extracting files in a certain situation.

New in Bandizip 5.0 Build 12200 (Jun 3, 2014)

  • Bandizip is now installed in the Program Files folder instead of the %LOCALAPPDATA% folder. (Administrator's privileges are required.)
  • Added support for high-resolution monitors (DPI-Aware)
  • Added support for Windows 8 file associations.
  • ISZ/BIN file formats can be extracted.
  • GIF, PSD, BMP formats can be viewed with the internal image viewer.
  • Archived images can be viewed with Honeyview.
  • Fixed many bugs.

New in Bandizip 3.11 Build 10753 (Apr 29, 2014)

  • Improved the font readability of dialog boxes in Windows 8.
  • Added the Ukrainian language file.
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Some MSI files were handled as CAB files.
  • Hidden files lost their hidden attribute after extracting.
  • Failed to extract some ISO files due to circular referencing.
  • Failed to extract some RAR files which use a long password.
  • Failed to extract some GZIP files.
  • Other minor bugs fixed.

New in Bandizip 3.10 Build 10713 (Jan 24, 2014)

  • Improved security of Bandizip.
  • Bugs fixed - Failed to extract splitted .ace files
  • Others

New in Bandizip 3.09 Build 10680 (Nov 20, 2013)

  • Bandizip now supports the new RAR 5.0 archive format
  • Added Uyghur language file

New in Bandizip 3.08 Build 10653 (Aug 21, 2013)

  • Bugs fixed:
  • Failed to open a certain ZIP64 file format
  • Mouse pointer moved to the upper left corner when the "Snap-To" function of mouse pointer was enabled.

New in Bandizip 3.07 Build 10643 (Jun 21, 2013)

  • Some .7z files were corrupted in a certain situation.
  • Bandizip now uses LZMA2 instead of LZMA when packing .7z files.

New in Bandizip 3.06 Build 10629 (Jun 18, 2013)

  • Added Hebrew language file.
  • Bandizip now uses LZMA instead of LZMA2 when packing .7z files.

New in Bandizip 3.05 Build 10620 (Jun 3, 2013)

  • Improved security of Bandizip.
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Filename was not displayed automatically when Bandizip archived the root directory of a hard drive.
  • Others

New in Bandizip 3.04 Build 10609 (Jun 3, 2013)

  • Added Catalan language file.
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Failed to extract a certain RAR archive which was compressed by solid compression and included the store method.
  • Others

New in Bandizip 3.03 Build 10540 (Apr 25, 2013)

  • Added Thai language file
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Some password-protected .7z files were corrupted in a certain situation
  • Others

New in Bandizip 3.02 Build 10368 (Apr 17, 2013)

  • Added Croatian, Danish, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Romanian language files.
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Bandizip didn’t execute for 5 seconds when some users attempted to open it using Windows Explorer.
  • Others.

New in Bandizip 3.01 Build 10251 (Mar 6, 2013)

  • Bugs fixed
  • Some error messages didn't display properly.
  • Files saved as .zip files when the function, Compress to "each file/folder name.7z", was used

New in Bandizip 3.0 Build 10028 Beta 1 (Feb 7, 2013)

  • Added Internal Image viewer
  • Create 7Z, ISO, LZH files
  • Extract 'CAB (Split), WIM (Compressed), EXE (NSIS)' file formats
  • Extract 'QUANTUM (CAB), JPEG (ZIPX), WavPack (ZIPX)' algorithm
  • Support long path names exceeding 260 characters
  • Delete files after archiving/extraction
  • Detect code page automatically
  • Improved the archiving/extracting speed
  • Improved the installer
  • Fixed many bugs

New in Bandizip 2.08 Build 8129 (Dec 11, 2012)

  • Added Romanian language
  • Bugs fixed

New in Bandizip 2.07 Build 8116 (Aug 24, 2012)

  • Added Slovenian language
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Failed to extract password protected .RAR files using solid compression.
  • Some filenames were broken in certain OS (Greek, etc.)
  • Failed to extract certain split files (avi.001, .mkv.001)

New in Bandizip 2.05 Build 8088 (Jun 8, 2012)

  • Added Dutch, Greek, Hungarian and Portuguese language file
  • Many thanks to Marc Holderbeke, George Georgiou, Zodarr, Jonathan Caldeira and Cristiano Gomes
  • Improved the creating module of TAR format
  • Improved extracting compatibility of ALZ, EGG format
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Open with' windows popped up when DOS EXE Format is double-clicked
  • Failed to get the FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE attribute of 7z file
  • Failed to open the WIM file when a security data is contained
  • Failed to use 'Fast Drag&Drop' function in a certain Windows XP

New in Bandizip 2.01 Build 7558 (Feb 23, 2012)

  • Support multi-threaded and multi-core processors (6 times faster than the previous version)
  • Create ZIPX, TAR, and TGZ archives
  • Unpack ACE, TXZ, TLZ, PMA, and J2J archives
  • Improved the toolbar design
  • Added the Find Files window
  • Added Turkish language file
  • Improved code page for UNIX and Mac
  • Improved SFX compression
  • Show the latest archive history
  • Show [..] directory in Archive
  • Support for Windows 8
  • Support LZMA algorithm, UTF-8, and AES encryption in ZipX
  • Fixed tons of bugs

New in Bandizip 1.0.3 Build 4057 (Sep 20, 2011)

  • Added 'Chinese, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish' language files. Added automatic language selection when installing
  • Blocked the RTLO unicode hole (RIGHT-TO-LEFT OVERRIDE)
  • Security improved
  • Bug fixed: Resetting error in a certain situation

New in Bandizip 1.0.2 Build 4013 (Sep 9, 2011)

  • Added 'File Split' types (3MB/4MB/5MB/10MB/20MB/650MB/700MB)
  • Bug fixed - Language setting error in message box
  • Bug fixed - File adding bug when the same filename exists in archive

New in Bandizip 1.0.1 Build 3978 (Sep 7, 2011)

  • Support for ZIP, 7Z, RAR, ALZ, EGG, TAR, BH, LZH, GZ, BZ2, ISO, CAB, WIM, XZ, ARJ, and Z archives.
  • Added Unicode Code page
  • Added High Speed Archiving function
  • Added Fast Drag & Drop function
  • Added Create Self-extracting File
  • Added Multi-volume (split) archives