7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. ## Features - High compression ratio in [7z format](http://www.7-zip.org/7z.html) with **LZMA** and **LZMA2** compression - Supported formats: - Packing / unpacking: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIM - Unpacking only: AR, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DMG, EXT, FAT, GPT, HFS, IHEX, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, QCOW2, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, UEFI, VDI, VHD, VMDK, WIM, XAR and Z. - For ZIP and GZIP formats, **7-Zip** provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip - Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats - Self-extracting capability for 7z format - Integration with Windows Shell - Powerful File Manager - Powerful command line version - Plugin for FAR Manager - Localizations for 87 languages ## Notes - The installer for 7-Zip is known to close the Explorer process. This means you may lose current work. If it doesn't automatically restart explorer, type `explorer` on the command shell to restart it. - **If the package is out of date please check [Version History](#versionhistory) for the latest submitted version. If you have a question, please ask it in [Chocolatey Community Package Discussions](https://github.com/chocolatey-community/chocolatey-packages/discussions) or raise an issue on the [Chocolatey Community Packages Repository](https://github.com/chocolatey-community/chocolatey-packages/issues) if you have problems with the package. Disqus comments will generally not be responded to.**