Download PeaZip 7.8.0

Version 7.8.0 of PeaZip has been released. This archiving program is made available under an open source license, and downloads are available for Windows and Linux. The program aims to distinguish itself from the competition by specializing in safety. Encrypting data is therefore one of the main functions of the proprietary system pea format† PeaZip can create 7z, bz2, gz, paq/lpaq, pea, quad, tar, upx and zip files, and extract various file formats including ace, arj, cab, deb, iso, lha , rar and rpm. The following improvements have been made in this release:

backend

• PEA 0.77

Code

• (Linux) Alternative Qt5 build is now available as portable package
• If a setting requires to restart PeaZip (localization, system integration, change work folder) it is told in the hint text for the item
• Various fixes and improvements

File Manager

• (Windows) Drag&drop now allows to drag-extract files directly to other applications, previoulsy it was possible to drag-extract to the system only
• Righclicking an element on the breadcrumb it is now possible to use context menu functions on it – eg display properties, open the path in system’s file explorer, open command prompt here, etc

Extraction and archiving

• Interactive extraction option (checked by default on Windows) enables two-step extraction for all archive types supported through 7z/p7zip: content is extracted to a fresh folder and then moved to actual output destination with standard system’s calls.
  • When interactive extraction is used, all unneeded levels of directory nesting are removed, and conflicts with existing files are prompted interactively to user.
  • Unchecking the option, it is possible to perform single-step extraction as in previous versions, with policy based directives to resolve naming conflicts without needing user interaction (recommended when creating scripts).
• It is now possible to set custom extensions for “Extract everything for” in Options > Settings > Archive manager, Extract group
• It is now possible to replace archive extension with a custom extension from archiving screen, Advanced tab
  • In res/presets/custom directory are provided some pre built compression settings for comic book archive formats which uses the new custom extension feature
• Priority for archiving and extraction tasks can now be permanently set from Options > Settings > General, Tasks priority
• (Windows 7+) Global progress is shown in application’s icon in taskbar