7-Zip

Welcome to 7-Zip 4.57!

7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.

The documentation for 7-Zip includes:

General information about 7-Zip
User's Guide for 7-Zip File Manager
User's Guide for command line version

See Also
How to register to 7-Zip
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Copyright (c) 1999-2007 Igor Pavlov

Web site: www.7-zip.org
Support: www.7-zip.org/support.html
Subscribe to news: http://www.7-zip.org/subscribe.html
Forum, bugs tracking: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/
General Information
The main features of 7-Zip
Powerful file manager
High compression ratio and high speed
Big number of supported archive formats
Additional command line version

See Also
How to register 7-Zip
License for use and distribution
Supported formats
Format Compressing Decompressing Filename Extensions
7z X X 7z
ZIP X X zip
GZIP X X gz gzip tgz
BZIP2 X X bz2 bzip2 tbz2 tbz
TAR X X tar
RAR X rar
CAB X cab
ARJ X arj
Z X z taz
CPIO X cpio
RPM X rpm
DEB X deb
LZH X lzh lha
SPLIT X 001 002 ...
CHM X chm chw hxs
ISO X iso
COMPOUND X msi doc xls ppt
WIM X wim swm
NSIS X exe
ZIP
7-Zip creates fully ZIP compatible archives. Anyone can decompress
these files by any ZIP compatible decompression utility. During
compression 7-Zip can use one of the following ZIP compression
methods:
0 - Store
8 - Deflate
9 - Deflate64
12 - BZip2
The current version of the 7-Zip can extract any files from ZIP archive
that were compressed with one of the following methods:
0 - Store
1 - Shrink
6 - Implode
8 - Deflate
9 - Deflate64
12 - BZip2
Files compressed with other ZIP compression methods can't be extracted
by the current version of the 7-Zip. But these supported methods are the
most popular today, and therefore 7-Zip can decompress most ZIP
archives. To extract files compressed with non-supported methods you
must use some other ZIP utility.
7-Zip supports the Zip64 extension of ZIP format.
The current version of 7-Zip doesn't support Zip multivolume archives.
LZH
7-Zip supports LZH archives only for listing, browsing and
decompressing. 7-Zip supports -lh0-, -lh4-, -lh5-,-lh6- and -lh7- methods.
7z Format
7z is a new archive format, providing a high compression ratio.
The main features of the 7z format:
Open architecture
High compression ratio
Strong AES-256 encryption
Ability to use any compression, conversion or encryption method
Supports files with sizes up to 16000000000 GB
Unicode file names
Solid compression
Archive headers compression
7z has an open architecture, so it can support any new compression
methods.
The following methods currently are integrated into 7z:
Method Description
LZMA Improved and optimized version of LZ77 algorithm
PPMD Dmitry Shkarin's PPMdH with small changes
BCJ Converter for 32-bit x86 executables
BCJ2 Converter for 32-bit x86 executables
BZip2 Standard BWT algorithm
Deflate Standard LZ77-based algorithm
LZMA is the default and general compression method of 7z format. The
main features of the LZMA method:
High compression ratio
Variable dictionary size (up to 4 GB)
Compression speed: about 1 MB/s on 2 GHz CPU
 Decompression speed: about 10-20 MB/s on 2 GHz CPU
Small memory requirement for decompression (depends from
dictionary size)
Small code size for decompression: about 5 KB
Supports multi-threading and P4's hyper-threading
The LZMA compression algorithm is very suitable for embedded
applications. If you want to use LZMA code, you can ask for consultation,
custom code programming, and required developer licenses at
www.7-zip.org/support.html
7-Zip also supports encryption with the AES-256 algorithm. This
algorithm uses a cipher key with length of 256 bits. To create the key, 7-
Zip uses a derivation function based on an SHA-256 hash algorithm. A
key derivation function produces a derived key from a text password
defined by the user. To increase the cost of an exhaustive search for
passwords, 7-Zip uses a big number of iterations to produce the cipher
key from the text password.
Tips for selecting password length
Here is an estimate of the time required for an exhaustive password
search attack, when the password is a random sequence of lowercase
Latin letters.
We suppose that one user can check 10 passwords per second and an
organization with a budget of about $1 billion can check 10 billion
passwords per second. We also suppose that the processor in use
doubles its performance every two years; so, each additional Latin letter
of a long password adds about 9 years to an exhaustive key search
attack.
The result is this estimate of the time to succeed in an attack:
Password Length Single User Attack Organization Attack
1 2s 1s
2 1 min 1s
3 30 min 1s
4 12 hours 1s
5 14 days 1s
6 1 year 1s
7 10 years 1s
8 19 years 20 s
9 26 years 9 min
10 37 years 4 hours
11 46 years 4 days
12 55 years 4 months
13 64 years 4 years
14 73 years 13 years
15 82 years 22 years
16 91 years 31 years
17 100 years 40 years
Performance
ZIP Format
Compression ratio results are very dependent upon the data used for the
tests. We compared 7-Zip with some of the leading commercial archivers:
PKZIP 2.04g, WinZip 7.0.
FILE SET: The Canterbury Corpus (11 files totaling 2,810,784 bytes,
popular file set used to compression rates).
Archiver Compressed size Ratio
7-Zip (zip format) 676284 100%
PKZIP 2.04g -ex 726047 107%
WinZip 7.0 (Max) 731499 108%

7z Format
7z is the new archive format, providing a high compression ratio.
FILE SET: The GIMP 1.2.4 for Windows after full installation (127
subfolders, 1304 files totaling 27,128,826 bytes). The GIMP is the GNU
Image Manipulation Program. It can be downloaded from www.gimp.org.
Archiver Compressed size Ratio
7-Zip (7z format) 5445402 100%
WinRAR 3.10 6004155 110%
WinAce 2.3 6242424 115%
CABARC 1.0 6455327 119%
7-Zip (zip format) 9461621 174%
PKZIP 2.50 9842800 181%

GZIP Format
7-Zip provides the best compression ratio for GZIP format. The
compression ratio is equal to its compression ratio for ZIP format (above).

RAR Format
7-Zip provides superior decompression speed for RAR archives. For solid
archives it decompresses only the minimum number of files needed. For
example, consider a solid archive archive.rar containing 100000 files
created by the command:
rar a archive.rar -s100 * -r
In this solid archive, each group of 100 files is compressed as one big
file. To extract one file from that archive, 7-Zip will decompress (in
memory) only some files from one group. As a result, 7-Zip can provide
the combined advantages of solid compression and high speed of
decompression.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Can I use 7-Zip in a commercial organization?
Yes, 7-Zip is free software. You can use it on any computer. You don't
need to register or pay for 7-Zip.

Why doesn't the command line version add files that do not have any
extension?
You probably used a *.* wildcard. 7-Zip doesn't use the Windows system
wildcard parser; so, 7-Zip doesn't follow the archaic rule by which *.*
matches every file name. 7-Zip treats *.* as matching only a file name
with an extension. To process all files, you must use a * wildcard or just
omit the wildcard entirely.

Why doesn't adding, deleting or updating an existing archive work?

The current version of 7-Zip cannot change an archive created with the
solid option switched on. To update a .7z archive you must create and
update the archive in non-solid mode (-ms=off switch)

What about support for ACE archives?

Support for ACE can be implemented, if the source code of that format is
made available, and if the source code license will allow using that code.
License
7-Zip Copyright (C) 1999-2007 Igor Pavlov.
Licenses for files are:
7z.dll: GNU LGPL + unRAR restriction
All other files: GNU LGPL
The GNU LGPL + unRAR restriction means that you must follow both
GNU LGPL rules and unRAR restriction rules.
Note: You can use 7-Zip on any computer, including a computer in a
commercial organization. You don't need to register or pay for 7-Zip.
Read file License.txt for full information about license.
Register 7-Zip
7-Zip is free software. However, you can support development of 7-Zip by
registering.
You can find all information about registering at:
http://www.7-zip.org/register.html
Thank you very much in advance!
Thanks
I would like to thank:
ARJ Software - for ARJ format.
Wei Dai - for SHA-256 code and Crypto++ Library
Jeff Gilchrist - for compressing tests
Brian Gladman - for AES code in previous versions of 7-Zip
Szymon Grabowski - for some ideas
Microsoft Corporation - for CAB format description, and WiX
(Windows Installer XML)
myspace - for porting to Unix/Linux, testing, bug fixing and more
Nullsoft, Inc. and NSIS team - for NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable
Install System)
Robert Martinez - 7-Zip Logo
Markus Oberhumer and Laszlo Molnar - for UPX program
Alexander Ratushnyak - for compressing tests
Eugene Roshal - for RAR format
Matthew Russotto - for CHM/CAB format description
Julian Seward - for BZip2 format
Eugene Shelwien - for some ideas and algorithms
Dmitry Shkarin - for PPMd algorithm
Yoshioka Tsuneo - for TAR32 program
Vadim Yoockin - for compressing tests
Bulat Ziganshin - for some ideas
John Michael Williams - for help file corrections
Localization team:
Afrikaans - Petri Jooste
Albanian - MIkel Hasko
Arabic - Mohammad Deeb, Awadh A Al-Ghaamdi
Armenian - Gevorg Papikyan
Asturian - Dinamiteru
Azeri - F@rhad
Basque - Inigo Salvador Azurmendi
Belarusian - Kirill Gulyakevitch, Drive DRKA
Breton - KAD-Korvigellou An Drouizig
Bulgarian - Chavv, icobgr
Catalan - Josep Casals, Gaizka Boleko, Marc Folch
Chinese Simplified - Modern Tiger, kaZek, Hutu Li, Junior.Spirit
Chinese Traditional - Leon Tseng, sec2
Croatian - Alan Simek, Hasan Osmanagic
Czech - Jaromir Veber, Milan Hruby, Michal Molhanec
Danish - Jakob Schmidt, Kian Andersen
Dutch - Bert van Velsen, Jeroen van der Weijde, Harm Hilvers,
Jeroen Tulp
Esperanto - Dmitri Gabinski
Estonian - Kaupo Suviste
Extremaduran - Miguel Angel
Farsi - Edris Naderan, Mehdi Farhadi
Finnish - Ari Ryynanen, Jarko P., Juhani Valtasalmi
French - Nicolas Sierro, Philippe Berthault
Friulian - Andrea Decorte
Frisian - Berend Ytsma
Galician - Xose Calvo
Georgian - Dimitri Gogelia
German - Soeren Finster, JAK-Software, Joachim Henke
Greek - Vasileios Karakoidas, Jacaranda Bill
Hebrew - Gal Brill, Jonathan Lahav
Hungarian - Jozsef Tamas Herczeg
Ido - iZoom
Indonesian - M. Rofiq Setiawan
Italian - Leandro Spagnol, TJL73
Japanese - Komuro, Mick, 2chBBS-software, Stepanushkin
Dmitry
Korean - bzImage, ZannyLim, Hyeongil Kim (kurt Sawyer)
Kurdish - Rizyoye Xerzi
Latvian - Armands Radzushka
Lithuanian - Marius Navickas
Macedonian - Gabriel Stojanoski
Malay - Khairul Ridhwan Omar
Marathi - Subodh Gaikwad
Mongolian - Bayar
Norwegian Bokmal - Christoffer Andersen, Kjetil Hjartnes,
Robert Gronning
Norwegian Nynorsk - Robert Gronning
Polish - Cienislaw, Pixel, F1xat
Portuguese Brazil - Francisco Jr, Fabricio Biazzotto, Atualizado
por Felipe
Portuguese Standard - Carlos Macao, Joao Alves, Rui Costa
Romanian - Lucian Nan
Serbo-Croatian - Miodrag Jevremovicc
Slovak - Tomas Tomasek, Pavel Devecka
Slovenian - Jernej Simoncic, miles
Spanish - Pablo Rodriguez, Jbc25, Guillermo Gabrielli
Swedish - Andreas Nilsson and Christoffer Enqvist
Tamil - Ve Elanjelian
Tatarish - Albert Fazli
Thai - Chayanon Ruamcharoen
Turkish -
Ukrainian - Andrij Ilechko, Mokiy Mazaylo, Sergiy Gontaruk
Uzbek - Sherzod Mamatkulov
Valencian - Tomas Miralles, Fernando Verdu
Vietnamese - Tran Hong Ha, Le Vu Hoang
Voro - Valdis Laan
Welsh - Owain Lewis
7-Zip File Manager
The 7-Zip File Manager is a program for manipulating files and folders.
The 7-Zip File Manager can work with two panels. You can switch
between panels by pressing the Tab button. Most of the operations can
be executed using keyboard shortcuts or by right-clicking on items and
selecting the appropriate command from menu.

In This Section

Menu Items and Shortcut Keys

Describes the menu items and keyboard shortcut.
Options Dialog Box
Describes what settings you can change that affect the 7-Zip File
Manager.
Benchmark
Describes a 7-Zip Benchmark for measuring CPU performance.
About Dialog Box
Provides information about 7-Zip.
Plugins
Describes plugins for the 7-Zip File Manager.
Options Dialog Box
You can change many of the settings that affect the 7-Zip File Manager in
the Options dialog box. To access this dialog box select Options from the
Tools menu.
The options dialog box contains the following pages:
System Page
Plugins Page
Editor Page
Settings Page
Language Page
System Page
Allows you to specify the behavior of 7-Zip in the filing system.

Associate 7-Zip with

Lists the file name extensions and associated plugins that are
currently registered with 7-Zip. If file name extension is checked, 7-
Zip will be used to open file with that extension. In any case you can
always open all archives with 7-Zip via your right-click context menu.
Plugins Page
Allows you to specify settings for the installed plugins.

Plugins
Lists the plugins. For modifying settings of plugins, you must select
the plugin and press the Options button.
Editor Page
Allows you to specify settings for the editor.

Editor
Specifies the path to the editor.
Settings Page
Allows you to specify some settings.

Show .. item
Shows .. item in file list.
Show real file icons
Shows real file icons in file list. If this option is enabled, listing
updates can be slower.
Show system menu
Shows a system context sub-menu in the File menu.
Full row select
When an item is selected, the item and all its subitems are
highlighted.
Show grid lines
Displays gridlines around items and subitems.
Alternative selection mode
If enabled, File Manager keeps selection mark when you move
cursor.
Use large memory pages
If enabled, 7-Zip will try to use large pages. This feature allows an
increase in speed of compression. This may cause 7-Zip to pause
when starting compression, because of allocation of the large pages.
Also, the Windows Task Manager doesn't show the real memory
usage of the program, if 7-Zip uses large pages. This feature works
only on Windows 2003 / XP x64 / Vista. Also you must have
administrator's rights for your system. Recommended size of RAM: 1
GB or more. To install this feature you must run 7-Zip File Manager
at least once, close it and reboot the system.
Language Page
Allows you to change the default language.

Language
Lists the available languages.
Benchmark
This form allows you to measure the performance of your computer.
There are two tests:
1. Compression with LZMA method
2. Decompression with LZMA method

The benchmark shows a rating in MIPS (million instructions per second).

The rating value is calculated from the measured speed, and it is
normalized to an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4 GHz, 4 MB L2) CPU in 64-
bit Windows with multi-threading option switched off. So if you have Intel
Core 2 Duo, rating values must be close to real CPU frequency.
You can change the dictionary size to increase memory usage. Also you
can change the number of threads.
The CPU Usage column shows the percentage of time the processor is
working. It's normalized for a one-thread load. For example, 180% CPU
Usage for 2 threads can mean that average CPU usage is about 90% for
each thread.
The Rating / Usage column shows rating normalized for 100% of CPU
usage. That column shows performance of the one CPU thread.
The Total rating shows averages of the compressing and
decompression ratings.
Compression speed and rating strongly depend from memory (RAM)
latency.
Decompression speed and rating strongly depend on CPU integer
operations. For example, an Intel Pentium 4 has big branch misprediction
penalty (which is effect of long pipeline) and pretty slow multiply and shift
operations. So, the Pentium 4 has pretty low decompressing ratings.
Also the program checks possible errors. If the program shows some
error message, in most cases it means that your RAM is defective. If so,
don't use 7-Zip for compressing data, since such errors can lead to data
losses.
About Dialog Box
The About dialog box provides information about 7-Zip and allows you to
register 7-Zip. This dialog box is available from the Help menu.
Press www.7-zip.org button for opening 7-Zip Home Page.
Press Register button to register 7-Zip.
See also Register 7-Zip for more details how to register 7-Zip.
Plugins
The 7-Zip File Manager can use internal and external plugins.
Currently 7-Zip uses the following plugins:

7-Zip
Plugin for manipulating archives.
7-Zip Plugin
7-Zip is a plugin for manipulating archives. It makes all archive files look
like usual folders in File Manager.
Most of the operations with compressed files can be initiated by right-
clicking on files in the File Manager (or in Windows Explorer) and
selecting the appropriate command from a menu.

Using 7-Zip

Opening archive
There are two ways to open an archive file:
If you have the file type associated with 7-Zip, then you can
open the file with 7-Zip by double-clicking the file or by right-
clicking and selecting the Open command.
You can right-click the archive file, point to 7-Zip, and then
click the Open command item.
Extracting archive
There are two ways to extract files from an archive:
To extract all files from an archive right-click the archive file,
point to 7-Zip, and then click the Extract files... command
item.
To extract specific files from an archive, open it by Open
archive with 7-Zip, select the items to extract, and run the
Copy To... command.
Extract Dialog will appear.
Testing archive
To test an archive, right-click the archive file, point to 7-Zip, and then
click the Test archive command item.
Creating and updating files in an archive
For creating or updating an archive file, right-click the file(s) or
folder(s) you want to compress, point to 7-Zip, and then click the
Add to archive... command item. Add to Archive Dialog will appear.
Add to Archive Dialog Box
Allows you to specify options for creating or updating an archive.

How to call this dialog box

1. In Windows Explorer or in 7-Zip, right-click the file(s) or
folder(s) you want to compress.
2. Point to 7-Zip, and then click the Add to archive...
command item.

Parameters

Archive
Provides a space for you to specify a destination archive name. You
can click "..." button to display "Open" dialog box that you can use to
locate archive.
Archive format
Specifies a format of created archive. Some formats (gzip and bzip2)
do not support compressing more the one file per archive.
Compression level
Specifies compression level. There are 6 levels of compression:
Value Meaning
Store Files will be copied to archive without compression.
Fastest Fastest compression.
Fast Fast compression.
Normal Compression with balanced settings.
Can give a higher compression ratio than Normal level.
Maximum
But it can be slower, and it can require more memory.
Can give a higher compression ratio than Maximum level.
Ultra
But it can be slower, and it can require more memory.

Compression method
Specifies compression method. Each archive format can have its
own compression methods:
Method Description
Default compression method of 7z format. It provides high
LZMA
compression ratio and very fast decompression.
Dmitry Shkarin's PPMdH algorithm with small changes.
PPMd Usually it provides high compression ratio and high speed
for text files.
Standard compression method based on BWT algorithm.
BZip2 Usually it provides high speed and pretty good
compression ratio for text files.
Standard compression method of ZIP and GZip formats.
Compression ratio is not too high. But it provides pretty
Deflate
fast compressing and decompressing. Deflate method
supports only 32 KB dictionary.
Modified version of Deflate algorithm with bigger
Deflate64
dictionary (64KB).
Estimated 7-Zip performance and memory requirements for AMD
Athlon 64 X2 3800+:
Dictionary Compressing Decompressing Memory for
Method Level
Size Speed Speed Compressing
fastest 64 KB 4.5 MB/s 3 MB
fast 1 MB 3 MB/s 10 MB
LZMA normal 16 MB 2 MB/s 15 MB/s 186 MB
maximum 32 MB 1.8 MB/s 376 MB
ultra 64 MB 1.6 MB/s 709 MB
fast 4 MB 1.4 MB/s 6 MB
normal 24MB 1.2 MB/s 26 MB
PPMD
maximum 64 MB 1.0 MB/s 66 MB
ultra 192 MB 0.9 MB/s 194 MB
fast 15 MB/s
3 MB
normal 3.5 MB/s
Deflate 32 KB 40 MB/s
maximum 1.5 MB/s
4MB
ultra 0.4 MB/s
 normal 3 MB/s
BZip2 maximum 900 KB 1.2 MB/s 16 MB/s 20 MB
ultra 0.4 MB/s

Dictionary size
Specifies Dictionary size for compression method.
Usually, a higher Dictionary size gives a higher compression ratio.
But compressing can be slower and it can require more memory.
Memory (RAM) usage for LZMA compressing is about 11 times more
than dictionary size. Memory usage for LZMA decompressing is
close to value of dictionary size. Memory usage for PPMd
compressing and decompressing is almost equal to dictionary size.
Word size
Specifies the length of words, which will be used to find identical
sequences of bytes for compression.
Usually for LZMA and Deflate, big Word size gives a little bit better
compression ratio and slower compression process. A big Word size
parameter can significantly increase compression ratio for files which
contain long identical sequences of bytes. For PPMd, the Word size
strongly affects both compression ratio and
compression/decompression speed.
Solid Block size
Specifies the size of a solid block. You can also disable solid mode.
In solid mode all files will be compressed as continuous data blocks.
Usually compressing to a solid archive improves the compression
ratio. You can use this option only for 7z archives. With the current
version of 7z, you can update existing archives only when solid mode
is switched off and the existing archive is non-solid.
Number of CPU threads
Specifies the number of threads for compressing. A big number of
threads can speed up compression speed on Multi-Processor
systems. Sometimes it can increase speed even on single-core CPU.
Split to volumes
{Size}[b | k | m | g]

Specifies volume sizes in Bytes, Kilobytes (1 Kilobyte = 1024 bytes),

Megabytes (1 Megabyte = 1024 Kilobytes) or Gigabytes (1 Gigabyte
= 1024 Megabytes). If you specify only {Size}, 7-zip will treat it as
bytes. It's possible to specify several values. Example:
10k 15k 2m

The first volume will be 10 KB, the second will be 15 KB, and all
others will be 2 MB.
Parameters
Allows you to specify parameters for compression. See the -m
(Method) switch description for more details. Omit the -m prefix (as in
-m switch) when using this dialog box.
Examples
0=PPMd

uses PPMd method for compressing files.

0=bcj2 1=lzma:d23 2=lzma 3=lzma b0:1 b0s1:2 b0s2:3

uses BCJ2 filter (for x86 executables) and LZMA.

Update mode
Specifies update mode:
Value Meaning
Add and replace
Add all specified files to the archive.
files
Update and add Update older files in the archive and add files
files that are new to the archive.
Freshen existing Update specified files in the archive that are
files older than the selected disk files.
Replace specified files only if added files are
 Synchronize files newer. Always add those files, which are not
present in the archive. Delete from archive
those files, which are not present on the disk.

Options
Specifies compression options:
Option Meaning
Create self-extracting archive. You can use this
option only for 7z archives. Look to -sfx (Create
Create SFX archive
SFX archive) switch description for more details
about SFX modules.
Compress shared Compress files open for writing by another
files applications.

Encryption
Specifies password and encryption options.
Enter password
Specify passord here
Reenter password
Reenter passord here for verification
Show Password
Shows Password
Encryption method
Specifies the encryption method. For 7z format, it can be only
AES-256. For ZIP format you can select ZipCrypto or AES-256.
Use ZipCrypto, if you want to get archive compatible with most
of the ZIP archivers. AES-256 provides stronger encryption, but
now AES-256 is supported only by 7-Zip, WinZip and some
other ZIP archivers.
Encrypt file names
Enables or disables archive header encryption, including file
name encryption.
Extract Dialog Box
Allows you to specify options for extracting files from archive.

How to run this dialog box

There are two ways to run this dialog
To extract all files from an archive:
a. In Windows Explorer or in 7-Zip, right-click the
archive file.
b. Point to 7-Zip, and then click Extract files....
To extract specified files from an archive opened in the browsing
window:
a. Open archive with 7-Zip.
b. Select items to extract.
c. Right-click items and then click Copy To....

Parameters

Extract to
Provides a space for you to specify an output folder. You can click
"..." button to display "Browse for folder" dialog box that you can use
to locate output folder.
Path mode
Specify extract mode:
Value Meaning
Full pathnames Extract files with full pathnames.
Current pathnames Extract files with all relative paths.
No pathnmes Extract files without folder paths.

Overwrite mode
 Specify overwrite mode for files that already present on disk:
Value Meaning
Ask
before Ask before overwriting existing files.
overwrite
Overwrite
without Overwrite existing files without prompt.
prompt
Skip
existing Skip extracting of existing files.
files
Rename extracted files, if a file with the same name
Auto
already exists. For example, file document.txt will be
rename
renamed to document_1.txt.

Files
Specifies files for extracting:
Value Meaning
Selected files Extract only files that are selected in the main window.
All files Extract all files.

Password
Specifies a password for encrypted archives.
7-Zip Options Dialog Box
You can change many of the settings that affect the 7-Zip Plugin in the 7-
Zip Options Dialog Box. To access this dialog box, select Options from
the Tools menu, then select the Plugins Page, select 7-Zip plugin, and
press Options.
The options dialog box contains the following pages:
System Page
Folders Page
System Page
Allows you to specify behavior of 7-Zip in Windows Shell.

Integrate 7-Zip to shell context menu

Select this check box to add 7-Zip commands to Shell Context Menu.
Cascaded context menu
Select this check box to group 7-Zip context menu items to one 7-Zip
submenu.
Context menu items
Lists the optional context menu items. If an item is checked, 7-Zip will
add this item to the context menu.
Folders Page
Allows you to set the folders which 7-Zip will use for internal purposes.

Working folder
The working folder section allows you to specify a folder which will be
used for temporary archive files:

System temp folder

7-Zip will use the Windows temp folder.
Current
7-Zip will use the folder containing the target archive.
Specified
7-Zip will use the folder specified in the following edit control.

Use for removable drives only

Specifies whether 7-Zip should use the specified folder settings only
for removable drives; for other drives, 7-Zip will create temporary
archives in the folder containing the target archive. If you clear this
check box, 7-Zip always will use the specified folder settings mode
always.

7-Zip uses temporary archive files for all update operations. So, for speed
reasons, it is recommended that you select the System temp folder
option and select Use for removable drives only check box.
Command Line Version User's Guide
7z.exe is the command line version of 7-Zip. 7z.exe uses 7z.dll from the
7-Zip package. 7z.dll is used by the 7-Zip File Manager also.
7za.exe (a = alone) is a standalone version of 7-Zip. 7za.exe supports
only 7z, cab, zip, gzip, bzip2, Z and tar formats. 7za.exe doesn't use
external modules.
Command Line syntax
Exit Codes
Commands
Switches
Command Line Syntax
7z <command> [<switch>...] <base_archive_name> [<arguments>...]

<arguments> ::= <switch> | <wildcard> | <filename> | <list_file>

<switch>::= <switch_symbol><switch_characters>[<option>]
<switch_symbol> ::= '/' | '-'
<list_file> ::= @{filename}

Expressions in square brackets (between '[' and ']') are optional.

Expressions in curly braces ('{' and '}') mean that instead of that
Expression (including braces), the user must substitute some string.
Expression
expression1 | expression2 | ... | expressionN

means that any (but only one) from these expressions must be specified.
Commands and switches can be entered in upper or lower case.
Command is the first non-switch argument.
The "base_archive_name" must be the first filename on the command
line after the command.
The switches and other filenames can be in any order.
Wildcards or filenames with spaces must be quoted:
"Dir\Program files\*"
Dir\"Program files"\*

Switch options can be combined to save command line length. However,

some switch options take optional string arguments and therefore, must
be the last option in a combined argument token string because 7-Zip
accepts the rest of the argument token as the optional argument.
7-Zip uses wild name matching similar to Windows 95:
'*' means a sequence of arbitrary characters.
'?' means any character.
7-Zip doesn't uses the system wildcard parser. 7-Zip doesn't follow the
archaic rule by which *.* means any file. 7-Zip treats *.* as matching the
name of any file that has an extension. To process all files, you must use
a * wildcard.
Examples:
*.txt means all files with an extension of ".txt"
?a* means all files with a second character of "a"
*1* means all names that contains character "1"
*.*.* means all names that contain two "." means characters
The default wildcard "*" will be used if there is no filename/wildcard in the
command line.
Slash ('\') at the end of a path means a directory. Without a Slash ('\') at
the end of the path, the path can refer either to a file or a directory.
List file
You can supply one or more filenames or wildcards for special list files
(files containing lists of files). The filenames in such list file must be
separated by new line symbol(s).
For list files, 7-Zip uses UTF-8 encoding by default. You can change
encoding using -scs switch.
Multiple list files are supported.
For example, if the file "listfile.txt" contains the following:
My programs\*.cpp
Src\*.cpp

then the command

7z a -tzip archive.zip @listfile.txt

adds to the archive "archive.zip" all "*.cpp" files from directories "My
programs" and "Src".
Short and Long File Names
7-Zip supports short file names (like FILENA~1.TXT) in some cases.
However, it's strongly recommended to use only the real (long) file
names.
Exit Codes from 7-Zip
7-Zip returns the following exit codes:
Code Meaning
0 No error
Warning (Non fatal error(s)). For example, one or more files were
1
locked by some other application, so they were not compressed.
2 Fatal error
7 Command line error
8 Not enough memory for operation
255 User stopped the process
Command Line Commands
The command is the first non-switch argument on the command line.
Command names are not case sensitive.
See also Command Line Syntax for more details about using the
command line.
Commands quick reference
Command Description
a Add
b Benchmark
d Delete
e Extract
l List
t Test
u Update
x eXtract with full paths
a (Add) command
Adds files to archive.

Examples
7z a -tzip archive.zip subdir\

adds all files and subfolders from folder subdir to archive archive.zip.
7z a -t7z Files.7z *.txt -r

adds all *.txt files from current folder and its subfolders to archive
Files.7z.

Switches that can be used with this command

-i (Include) -m (Method)
-p (Set Password)
-r (Recurse)
-sfx (create SFX)
-si (use StdIn)
-so (use StdOut)
-ssw (Compress shared files)
-t (Type of archive)
-u (Update)
-v (Volumes)
-w (Working Dir)
-x (Exclude)

See also
Commands: d (Delete), u (Update)
Switches: -u (Update)
b (Benchmark) command
Measures speed of the CPU and checks RAM for errors.

Syntax
b [number_of_iterations] [-mmt{N}] [-md{N}] [-mm={Method}]

There are two tests:

1. Compressing with LZMA method
2. Decompressing with LZMA method

The benchmark shows a rating in MIPS (million instructions per second).

The rating value is calculated from the measured CPU speed and it is
normalized with Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4 GHz, 4 MB L2) CPU in 64-
bit Windows with multi-threading option switched off. So if you have Intel
Core 2 Duo, rating values must be close to real CPU frequency.
You can change the upper dictionary size to increase memory usage by -
md{N} switch. Also, you can change the number of threads by -mmt{N}
switch.
The Dict column shows dictionary size. For example, 21 means 2^21 = 2
MB.
The Usage column shows the percentage of time the processor is
working. It's normalized for a one-thread load. For example, 180% CPU
Usage for 2 threads can mean that average CPU usage is about 90% for
each thread.
The R / U column shows the rating normalized for 100% of CPU usage.
That column shows the performance of one average CPU thread.
Avr shows averages for different dictionary sizes.
Tot shows averages of the compression and decompression ratings.
Compression speed and rating strongly depend on memory (RAM)
latency.
Decompression speed and rating strongly depend on the integer
 performance of the CPU. For example, the Intel Pentium 4 has big
branch misprediction penalty (which is an effect of its long pipeline) and
pretty slow multiply and shift operations. So, the Pentium 4 has pretty low
decompressing ratings.
You can run a CRC calculation benchmark by specifying -mm=crc. That
test shows the speed of CRC calculation in MB/s. The first column shows
the size of the block. The next column shows the speed of CRC
calculation for one thread. The other columns are results for multi-
threaded CRC calculation.

Examples
7z b

runs benchmarking.
7z b -mmt1 -md26

runs benchmarking with one thread and 64 MB dictionary.

7z b 30

runs benchmarking with default settings for 30 iterations.

d (Delete) command
Deletes files from archive.

Example
7z d archive.zip *.bak -r

deletes *.bak files from archive archive.zip.

Switches that can be used with this command

-i (Include) -m (Method)
-p (Set Password)
-r (Recurse)
-u (Update)
-w (Working Dir)
-x (Exclude)

See also
Commands: a (Add), u (Update)
Switches: -u (Update)
e (Extract) command
Extracts files from an archive to the current directory or to the output
directory. The output directory can be specified by -o (Set Output
Directory) switch.
This command copies all extracted files to one directory. If you want
extract files with full paths, you must use x (Extract with full paths)
command.
7-Zip will prompt the user before overwriting existing files unless the user
specifies the -y (Assume Yes on all queries) switch. If the user gives a no
answer, 7-Zip will prompt for the file to be extracted to a new filename.
Then a no answer skips that file; or, yes prompts for new filename.
7-Zip accepts the following responses:
Answer Abbr. Action
Yes y
No n
Assume YES for ALL subsequent queries of the same
Always a
class
Assume NO for ALL subsequent queries of the same
Skip s
class
Quit q Quit the program
Abbreviated responses are allowed.

Examples
7z e archive.zip

extracts all files from archive archive.zip to the current directory.

7z e archive.zip -oc:\soft *.cpp -r

extracts all *.cpp files from archive archive.zip to c:\soft folder.

Switches that can be used with this command

 -ai (Include archives) -an (Disable parsing of archive_name)
-ao (Overwrite mode)
-ax (Exclude archives)
-i (Include)
-o (Set Output Directory)
-p (Set Password)
-r (Recurse)
-so (use StdOut)
-x (Exclude)
-y (Assume Yes on all queries)

See also
Commands: x (Extract with full paths)
l (List contents of archive) command
Lists contents of archive.

Examples
7z l archive.zip

lists all files from archive archive.zip.

Switches that can be used with this command

-ai (Include archives) -an (Disable parsing of archive_name)
-ax (Exclude archives)
-i (Include)
-slt (Show technical information)
-p (Set Password)
-r (Recurse)
-x (Exclude)
t (Test integrity of archive) command
Tests archive files.

Example
7z t archive.zip *.doc -r

tests *.doc files in archive archive.zip.

Switches that can be used with this command

-ai (Include archives) -an (Disable parsing of archive_name)
-ax (Exclude archives)
-i (Include)
-p (Set Password)
-r (Recurse)
-x (Exclude)
u (Update) command
Update older files in the archive and add files that are not already in the
archive.
Note: The current version of 7-Zip cannot change an archive which was
created with the solid option switched on. To update a .7z archive you
must create and update that archive only in non-solid mode (-ms=off
switch).

Example
7z u archive.zip *.doc

updates *.doc files to archive archive.zip.

Switches that can be used with this command

-i (Include) -m (Method)
-p (Set Password)
-r (Recurse)
-sfx (create SFX)
-si (use StdIn)
-so (use StdOut)
-ssw (Compress shared files)
-t (Type of archive)
-u (Update)
-w (Working Dir)
-x (Exclude)

See also
Commands: a (Add), d (Delete),
Switches: -u (Update)
x (Extract with full paths) command
Extracts files from an archive with their full paths in the current directory,
or in an output directory if specified.
See the e (Extract) command description for more deatails.

Examples
7z x archive.zip

extracts all files from the archive archive.zip to the current directory.
7z x archive.zip -oc:\soft *.cpp -r

extracts all *.cpp files from the archive archive.zip to c:\soft folder.

Switches that can be used with this command

-ai (Include archives) -an (Disable parsing of archive_name)
-ao (Overwrite mode)
-ax (Exclude archives)
-i (Include)
-o (Set Output Directory)
-p (Set Password)
-r (Recurse)
-so (use StdOut)
-x (Exclude)
-y (Assume Yes on all queries)

See also
Commands: e (Extract)
Command Line Switches
Syntax
<switch;>::= <switch_symbol><switch_characters>[<option>]
<switch_symbol> ::= '/' | '-'

On the command line, a switch consists of a switch specifier, either a

dash (-) or a forward slash (/), followed by the name of the switch. Switch
names cannot be abbreviated.
Some switches take an argument after the switch name. No spaces or
tabs are allowed within a switch specification. Switch names are not case
sensitive, but arguments can be case sensitive.
Switch can be used in any place in command line.
See also Command Line Syntax for more details about using the
command line.
Switch quick reference
Switch Description
-- Stop switches parsing
-ai Include archive filenames
-an Disable parsing of archive_name
-ao Overwrite mode
-ax Exclude archive filenames
-i Include filenames
-m Set Compression Method
-o Set Output directory
-p Set Password
-r Recurse subdirectories
-scs Set charset for list files
-seml Send archive by email
-slp Set Large Pages mode
-slt Show technical information
-sfx Create SFX archive
-si Read data from StdIn
-so Write data to StdOut
-ssc Set Sensitive Case mode
-ssw Compress files open for writing
-t Type of archive
-u Update options
-v Create Volumes
-w Set Working directory
-x Exclude filenames
-y Assume Yes on all queries
-- (Stop switches parsing) switch
Disables switch parsing after "--" on the command line. This is to allow 7-
Zip to use file names that start with "-".

Syntax
--

Examples
7z t -- -ArchiveName.7z

tests -ArchiveName.7z archive.

-ai (Include archive filenames) switch
Specifies additional include archive filenames and wildcards.
Multiple include switches are supported.

Syntax
-ai[<recurse_type>]<file_ref>

<recurse_type> ::= r[- | 0]

<file_ref> ::= @{listfile} | !{wildcard}

Parameters

<recurse_type>
Specifies how wildcards and file names in this switch must be used.
If this option is not given, recursion will be not used. For more details
see specification of the -r (Recurse) switch.
<recurse_type> ::= r[- | 0]

<file_ref>
Specifies filenames and wildcards or list file that specify processed
files.
<file_ref> ::= @{listfile} | !{wildcard}

Option Description
{listfile} Specifies name of list file. See List file description.
{wildcard} Specifies wildcard or filename.

Examples
7z t -an -air!*.7z

tests *.7z archives in current directory and all it's subdirectories.

Commands that can be used with this switch

 a (Add), d (Delete), e (Extract), l (List), t (Test), u (Update), x (Extract with
full paths)

See also
Switches: -ax (Exclude archives) -an (Disable parsing of archive_name)
-an (Disable parsing of archive_name) switch
Disables parsing of the archive_name field on the command line. This
switch must be used with the -ai (Include archives) switch. If you use a
file list for your archives, you specify it with the -ai switch, so you need to
disable parsing of archive_name field from command line.

Syntax
-an

Examples
7z t -an -ai!*.7z -ax!a*.7z

tests all *.7z archives, except a*.7z archives.

Commands that can be used with this switch

e (Extract), l (List), t (Test), x (Extract with full paths)

See also
Switches: -ai (Include archives) -ax (Exclude archives)
-ao (Overwrite mode) switch
Specifies the overwrite mode during extraction, to overwrite files already
present on disk.

Syntax
-ao[a | s | t | u ]

Switch Description
-aoa Overwrite All existing files without prompt.
-aos Skip extracting of existing files.
aUto rename extracting file (for example, name.txt will be
-aou
renamed to name_1.txt).
auto rename existing file (for example, name.txt will be
-aot
renamed to name_1.txt).

Examples
7z x test.zip -aoa

extracts all files from test.zip archive and overwrites existing files without
any prompt.

Commands that can be used with this switch

e (Extract), x (Extract with full paths)

See also
Switches: -y (assume Yes on all queries),
-ax (Exclude archive filenames) switch
Specifies archives to be excluded from the operation.
Multiple exclude archive switches are supported.

Syntax
-ax[<recurse_type>]<file_ref>

<recurse_type> ::= r[- | 0]

<file_ref> ::= @{listfile} | !{wildcard}

See -xi (Include archive filenames) switch description for information

about option parameters.

Examples
7z t -an -ai!*.7z -ax!a*.7z

tests all *.7z archives, except a*.7z archives.

Commands that can be used with this switch

e (Extract), l (List), t (Test), x (Extract with full paths)

See also
Switches: -ai (Include archives) -an (Disable parsing of archive_name)
-i (Include filenames) switch
Specifies additional include filenames and wildcards.
Multiple include switches are supported.

Syntax
-i[<recurse_type>]<file_ref>

<recurse_type> ::= r[- | 0]

<file_ref> ::= @{listfile} | !{wildcard}

Parameters

<recurse_type>
Specifies how wildcards and file names in this switch must be used.
If this option is not given, then the global value, assigned by the -r
(Recurse) switch will be used. For more details see specification of
the -r (Recurse) switch.
<recurse_type> ::= r[- | 0]

<file_ref>
Specifies filenames and wildcards, or a list file, for files to be
processed.
<file_ref> ::= @{listfile} | !{wildcard}

Option Description
{listfile} Specifies name of list file. See List file description.
{wildcard} Specifies wildcard or filename.

Examples
7z a -tzip src.zip *.txt -ir!DIR1\*.cpp

adds to src.zip archive all *.txt files from current directory and all *.cpp
files from directory DIR1 and from all it's subdirectories.
Commands that can be used with this switch
a (Add), d (Delete), e (Extract), l (List), t (Test), u (Update), x (Extract with
full paths)

See also
Switches: -r (Recurse), -x (Exclude)
-m (Set compression Method) switch
Specifies the compression method.

Syntax
-m<method_parameters>

The format for this switch depends on the archive type.

Zip
Parameter Default Description
x=[0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 ]
5 Sets level of compression.
Sets a method: Copy, Deflate,
m={MethodID} Deflate
Deflate64, BZip2.
Sets number of Fast Bytes for Deflate
fb={NumFastBytes} 32
encoder.
Sets number of Passes for Deflate
pass={NumPasses} 1
encoder.
d={Size}[b|k|m] 900000 Sets Dictionary size for BZip2
mt=[off | on | {N}] on Sets multithreading mode.
em= Sets a encryption method: ZipCrypto,
ZipCrypto
{EncryptionMethodID} AES128, AES192, AES256

x=[0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 ]
Sets level of compression. x=0 means Copy mode (no compression).
Deflate / Deflate64 settings:
Level NumFastBytes NumPasses Description
1 Fastest
3 32 1 Fast
5 Normal
7 64 3 Maximum
 9 128 10 Ultra
x=1 and x=3 with Deflate method set fast mode for compression.
BZip2 settings:
Level Dictionary NumPasses Description
1 100000 Fastest
3 500000 1 Fast
5 Normal
7 900000 2 Maximum
9 7 Ultra

fb={NumFastBytes}
Sets the number of fast bytes for the Deflate/Deflate64 encoder. It
can be in the range from 3 to 258 (257 for Deflate64). Usually, a big
number gives a little bit better compression ratio and a slower
compression process. A large fast bytes parameter can significantly
increase the compression ratio for files which contain long identical
sequences of bytes.
pass={NumPasses}
Sets number of passes for Deflate encoder. It can be in the range
from 1 to 15 for Deflate and from 1 to 10 for BZip2. Usually, a big
number gives a little bit better compression ratio and a slower
compression process.
d={Size}[b|k|m]
Sets the Dictionary size for BZip2. You must specify the size in bytes,
kilobytes, or megabytes. The maximum value for the Dictionary size
is 900000b. If you do not specify any symbol from set [b|k|m],
dictionary size will be calculated as DictionarySize = 2^Size bytes.
mt=[off | on | {N}]
Sets multithread mode. If you have a multiprocessor or multicore
system, you can get a speed increase with this switch. This option
affects only compression with BZip2, Deflate and Deflate64 methods
and decompression of BZip2 streams. Each thread in the multithread
 mode uses 32 MB of RAM for buffering. If you specify {N}, 7-Zip tries
to use N threads.

GZip
GZip uses the same parameters as Zip, but GZip compresses only with
Deflate method.

BZip2
Parameter Default Description
x=[1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 ] 5 Sets level of compression.
pass={NumPasses} 1 Sets number of Passes for Bzip2 encoder.
mt=[off | on | {N}] on Sets multithreading mode.

x=[1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 ]
Sets level of compression
Level NumPasses Description
5 1 Default compression method.
7 2 Maximum compression method.
9 7 Ultra compression method.

pass={NumPasses}
Sets the number of passes. It can be in the range from 1 to 10. The
default value is 1 for normal mode, 2 for maximum mode and 7 for
ultra mode. A bigger number can give a little bit better compression
ratio and a slower compression process.
mt=[off | on | {N}]
Sets multithread mode. If you have a multiprocessor or multicore
system, you can get a speed increase with this switch. If you specify
{N}, for example mt=4, 7-Zip tries to use 4 threads.

Parameter Default Description

x=[0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 ] 5 Sets level of compression.
s=[off | on | [e] [{N}f] [{N}b |
on Sets solid mode.
{N}k | {N}m | {N}g]
Enables or disables compression
f=[off | on] on
filters for executable files.
Enables or disables archive header
hc=[off | on] on
compressing.
Enables or disables archive header
he=[off | on] off
encryption.
b{C1}[s{S1}]:{C2}[s{S2}] Sets binding beetwen coders.
{N}={MethodID}[:param1] Sets a method: LZMA, PPMd,
LZMA
[:param2][..] BZip2, Deflate, BCJ, BCJ2, Copy.
mt=[off | on | {N}] on Sets multithreading mode.

x=[0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 ]
Sets level of compression
Level Method Dictionary FastBytes MatchFinder Filter Description
No
0 Copy
compression.
Fastest
1 LZMA 64 KB 32 HC4 BCJ
compressing
Fast
3 LZMA 1 MB 32 HC4 BCJ
compressing
Normal
5 LZMA 16 MB 32 BT4 BCJ
compressing
Maximum
7 LZMA 32 MB 64 BT4 BCJ
compressing
Ultra
9 LZMA 64 MB 64 BT4 BCJ2
compressing

s=[off | on | [e] [{N}f] [{N}b | {N}k | {N}m | {N}g)]

Enables or disables solid mode. The default mode is s=on. In solid
mode, files are grouped together. Usually, compressing in solid mode
improves the compression ratio.
 e Use a separate solid block for each new file
extension
Set the limit for number of files in one solid
{N}f
block
{N}b | {N}k | {N}m | Set a limit for the total size of a solid block in
{N}g bytes
These are the default limits for the solid block size:
Compression
Solid block size
Level
Store 0B
Fastest 16 MB
Fast 128 MB
Normal 2 GB
Maximum 4 GB
Ultra 4 GB
Limitation of the solid block size usually decreases compression ratio
but gives the following advantages:
Decreases losses in case of future archive damage.
Decreases extraction time of a group of files (or just one
file), so long as the group doesn't contain the entire archive.
The current version of 7-Zip doesn't support updating of solid
archives, if it requires repacking solid blocks.
Example:
s=100f10m

set solid mode with 100 files & 10 MB limits per one solid block.
f=[off | on]
Enables or disables compression filters for executable files: dll, exe,
ocx, sfx, sys. It uses BCJ2 filter in Ultra mode and BCJ filter in other
modes. The default mode is f=on.
hc=[off | on]
Enables or disables archive header compressing. The default mode
is hc=on. If archive header compressing is enabled, some parts of
archive header will be compressed with LZMA method.
he=[off | on]
Enables or disables archive header encryption. The default mode is
he=off.
{N}
Sets order of methods. It is used also to associate parameters with
methods. Numbers must begin from 0. Methods that have smaller
numbers will be used before others.
b{C1}[s{S1}]:{C2}[s{S2}]
Binds output stream S1 in coder C1 with input stream S2 in coder
C2. If stream number is not specified, stream with number 0 will be
used.
Usally coder has one input stream and one output stream. In 7z
some coders can have multiple input and output streams.
For example, BCJ2 encoder has one input stream and four output
streams.
mt=[off | on | {N}]
Sets multithread mode. If you have a multiprocessor or multicore
system, you can get a increase with this switch. 7-Zip supports
multithread mode only for LZMA compression and BZip2
compression / decompression. If you specify {N}, for example mt=4,
7-Zip tries to use 4 threads. LZMA compression uses only 2 threads.
{N}={MethodID}[:param1][:param2] ... [:paramN]
Sets compression method. You can use any number of methods.
The default method is LZMA.
Parameters must be in one of the following forms:
{ParamName}={ParamValue}.
 {ParamName}{ParamValue}, if {ParamValue} is number and
{ParamName} doesn't contain numbers.
Supported methods:
MethodID Description
LZMA Algorithm based on LZ algorithm
PPMd Dmitry Shkarin's PPMdH with small changes
BZip2 BWT algorithm
Deflate LZ+Huffman
Copy No compression
Supported filters:
MethodID Description
BCJ converter for x86 executables
BCJ2 converter for x86 executables (version 2)
BC_ARM converter for ARM (little endian) executables
converter for ARM Thumb (little endian)
BC_ARMThumb
executables
BC_IA64 converter for IA-64 executables
BC_PPC_B converter for PowerPC (big endian) executables
BC_SPARC converter for SPARC executables
Filters increase the compression ratio for some types of files. Filters
must be used with one of the compression method (for example, BCJ
+ LZMA).

LZMA
LZMA is an algorithm based on Lempel-Ziv algorithm. It provides very
fast decompression (about 10-20 times faster than compression).
Memory requirements for compression and decompression also are
different (see d={Size}[b|k|m] switch for details).
Parameter Default Description
a=[0|1] 1 Sets compressing mode
d={Size}[b|k|m] 24 Sets Dictionary size
mf={MF_ID} bt4 Sets Match Finder
fb={N} 32 Sets number of Fast Bytes
mc={N} 32 Sets Number of Cycles for Match Finder
lc={N} 3 Sets number of Literal Context bits - [0, 8]
lp={N} 0 Sets number of Literal Pos bits - [0, 4]
pb={N} 2 Set number of Pos Bits - [0, 4]

a=[0|1]
Sets compression mode: 0 = fast, 1 = normal. Default value is 1.
d={Size}[b|k|m]
Sets Dictionary size for LZMA. You must specify the size in bytes,
kilobytes, or megabytes. The maximum value for dictionary size is 1
GB = 2^30 bytes. Default values for LZMA are 24 (16 MB) in normal
mode, 25 (32 MB) in maximum mode (-mx=7) and 26 (64 MB) in
ultra mode (-mx=9). If you do not specify any symbol from the set
[b|k|m], the dictionary size will be calculated as DictionarySize =
2^Size bytes. For decompressing a file compressed by LZMA
method with dictionary size N, you need about N bytes of memory
(RAM) available.
mf={MF_ID}
Sets Match Finder for LZMA. Default method is bt4. Algorithms from
hc* group don't provide a good compression ratio, but they often
work pretty fast in combination with fast mode (a=0). Memory
requirements depend on dictionary size (parameter "d" in table
below).
MF_ID Memory Description
bt2 d*9.5 + 4 MB Binary Tree with 2 bytes hashing.
bt3 d*11.5 + 4 MB Binary Tree with 3 bytes hashing.
bt4 d*11.5 + 4 MB Binary Tree with 4 bytes hashing.
hc4 d*7.5 + 4 MB Hash Chain with 4 bytes hashing.
Note: Your operation system also needs some amount of physical
memory for internal purposes. So keep at least 32MB of physical
memory unused.
 fb={N}
Sets number of fast bytes for LZMA. It can be in the range from 5 to
273. The default value is 32 for normal mode and 64 for maximum
and ultra modes. Usually, a big number gives a little bit better
compression ratio and slower compression process.
mc={N}
Sets number of cycles (passes) for match finder. It can be in range
from 0 to 1000000000. Default value is (16 + number_of_fast_bytes /
2) for BT* match finders and (8 + number_of_fast_bytes / 4) for HC4
match finder. If you specify mc=0, LZMA will use default value.
Usually, a big number gives a little bit better compression ratio and
slower compression process. For example, mf=HC4 and mc=10000
can provide almost the same compression ratio as mf=BT4.
lc={N}
Sets the number of literal context bits (high bits of previous literal). It
can be in range from 0 to 8. Default value is 3. Sometimes lc=4 gives
gain for big files.
lp={N}
Sets the number of literal pos bits (low bits of current position for
literals). It can be in the range from 0 to 4. The default value is 0. The
lp switch is intended for periodical data when the period is equal to
2^value (where lp=value). For example, for 32-bit (4 bytes) periodical
data you can use lp=2. Often it's better to set lc=0, if you change lp
switch.
pb={N}
Sets the number of pos bits (low bits of current position). It can be in
the range from 0 to 4. The default value is 2. The pb switch is
intended for periodical data when the period is equal 2^value (where
lp=value).

PPMd
PPMd is a PPM-based algorithm. This algorithm is mostly based on
Dmitry Shkarin's PPMdH source code. PPMd provides very good
 compression ratio for plain text files. There is no difference between
compression speed and decompression speed. Memory requirements for
compression and decompression also are the same.
Parameter Default Description
mem={Size}[b|k|m] 24 Sets size of used memory for PPMd.
o={Size} 6 Sets model order for PPMd.

mem={Size}[b|k|m]
Sets the size of memory used for PPMd. You must specify the size in
bytes, kilobytes, or megabytes. The maximum value is 2GB = 2^31
bytes. The default value is 24 (16MB). If you do not specify any
symbol from the set [b|k|m], the memory size will be calculated as
(2^Size) bytes. PPMd uses the same amount of memory for
compression and decompression.
o={Size}
Sets the model order for PPMd. The size must be in the range [2,32].
The default value is 6.

BCJ2
BCJ2 is a Branch converter for 32-bit x86 executables (version 2). It
converts some branch instructions for increasing further compression.
A BCJ2 encoder has one input stream and four output streams:
s0: main stream. It requires further compression.
s1: stream for converted CALL values. It requires further
compression.
s2: stream for converted JUMP values. It requires further
compression.
s3: service stream. It is already compressed.
If LZMA is used, the size of the dictionary for streams s1 and s2 can be
much smaller (512 KB is enough for most cases) than the dictionary size
for stream s0.
Examples
7z a -tzip archive.zip *.jpg -mx0

adds *.jpg files to archive.zip archive without compression.

7z a -t7z archive.7z *.exe *.dll -m0=BCJ -m1=LZMA:d=21 -ms -mmt

adds *.exe and *.dll files to solid archive archive.7z using LZMA method
with 2 MB dictionary and BCJ converter. Compression will use
multithreading optimization.
7z a -t7z archive.7z *.exe *.dll -m0=BCJ2 -m1=LZMA:d23 -m2=LZMA:d19 -m3=LZMA:d1
-mb0:1 -mb0s1:2 -mb0s2:3

adds *.exe and *.dll files to archive archive.7z using BCJ2 converter,
LZMA with 8 MB dictionary for main output stream (s0), and LZMA with
512 KB dictionary for s1 and s2 output streams of BCJ2.
7z a -t7z archive.7z *.txt -m0=PPMd

adds *.txt files to archive archive.7z using PPMd method.

Commands that can be used with this switch

a (Add), d (Delete), u (Update),

See also
Switches: -t (set Type of archive),
-o (set Output directory) switch
Specifies a destination directory where files are to be extracted.
This switch can be used only with extraction commands.

Syntax
-o{dir_path}

{dir_path}
This is the destination directory path. It's not required to end with a
backslash.

Example
7z x archive.zip -oc:\Doc

extracts all files from the archive.zip archive to the c:\Doc directory.
7z x *.zip -o*

extracts all *.zip archives to subfolders with names of these archives.

Commands that can be used with this switch

e (Extract), x (Extract with full paths)
-p (set Password) switch
Specifies password.

Syntax
-p{password}

{password}
Specifies password.

Examples
7z a archive.7z -psecret -mhe *.txt

compresses *.txt files to archive.7z using password "secret". Also it

encrypts archive headers (-mhe switch), so filenames will be encrypted.
7z x archive.zip -psecret

extracts all files from archive.zip using password "secret".

Commands that can be used with this switch

a (Add), d (Delete), e (Extract), t (Test), u (Update), x (Extract with full
paths)
-r (Recurse subdirectories) switch
Specifies the method of treating wildcards and filenames on the
command line.

Syntax
-r[- | 0]

Switch Description
-r Enable recurse subdirectories.
Disable recurse subdirectories. This option is default for all
-r-
commands.
-r0 Enable recurse subdirectories only for wildcard names.

Examples
7z l archive.zip *.doc -r-

lists all *.doc files that belong to the archived root directory in the
archive.zip archive.
7z a -tzip archive.zip -r src\*.cpp src\*.h

adds all *.cpp and *.h files from directory src and all it's subdirectories to
the archive.zip archive.

Commands that can be used with this switch

a (Add), d (Delete), e (Extract), l (List), t (Test), u (Update), x (Extract with
full paths)

See also
Switches: -i (Include), -x (Exclude)
-scs (Set charset for list files) switch
Sets charset for list files.

Syntax
-scs{UTF-8 | WIN | DOS}

Default charset is UTF-8.

UTF-8
Unicode UTF-8 character set.
WIN
Default character set of Windows.
DOS
Default DOS (OEM) character set of Windows.

Example
7z a archive.7z @listfile.txt -scsWIN

compresses files from listfile.txt list, that contains list of files in default
character set of Windows.

Commands that can be used with this switch

a (Add), u (Update)
-seml (Send archive by email) switch
Sends an archive by e-mail.

Syntax
-seml[.]

[.]
Causes the archive to be deleted after attaching a copy of it to the
email message.

Example
7z a archive.7z -seml a.txt

compresses the a.txt file and sends it in archive.7z by email.

Commands that can be used with this switch

a (Add), u (Update)
-sfx (Create SFX archive) switch
Creates self extracting archive.

Syntax
-sfx[{SFX_Module}]

{SFX_Module}
Specifies the SFX module that will be combined with the archive.
This module must be placed in the same directory as the 7z.exe. If
{SFX_Module} is not assigned, 7-Zip will use standard console SFX
module 7zCon.sfx.
SFX_Module Description
7z.sfx Windows version.
7zCon.sfx Console version.
7zS.sfx Windows version for installers.
7zSD.sfx Windows version for installers (uses MSVCRT.dll).

All SFX modules are uncompressed. You can use UPX program
(http://upx.sourceforge.net) to compresss such modules. After
compressing by the UPX program, the size of the sfx module will be
reduced to 40-50% of its original size.

SFX modules for installers

SFX modules for installers are included in an external package
(7z_extra). You can download these modules from www.7-zip.org. SFX
modules for installers (7zS.sfx and 7zSD.sfx) allow you to create your
own installation program. Such a module extracts the archive to the
user's temp folder, and runs a specified program, and removes the temp
files after the program finishes. A self-extracting archive for installers
must be created as joining 3 files: SFX_Module, Installer_Config,
7z_Archive. In addition, an optional file, Installer_Config, is allowed. You
can use the following command to create an installer self-extracting
archive:
 copy /b 7zS.sfx + config.txt + archive.7z archive.exe

An optimally small installation package size can be achieved, if the

installation files are uncompressed before including them in the 7z
archive.
-y switch for installer module specifies quiet mode extraction.

Installer Config file format

This config file contains commands for the Installer. The file begins with
the string ;!@Install@!UTF-8! and ends with ;!@InstallEnd@!. The file
must be written in UTF-8 encoding. The file contains any or all these
string pairs:
ID_String="Value"
ID_String Description
Title Title for messages
BeginPrompt Begin Prompt message
Progress Value can be "yes" or "no". Default value is "yes".
Command for executing. Default value is
RunProgram "setup.exe". Substring %%T will be replaced with
path to temporary folder, where files were extracted
Directory prefix for "RunProgram". Default value is
Directory
".\\"
ExecuteFile Name of file for executing
ExecuteParameters Parameters for "ExecuteFile"
You may omit any pair.
There are two ways to run a installation program: RunProgram and
ExecuteFile. Use RunProgram, if you want to run a program from the
.7z archive. Use ExecuteFile, if you want to open a document from the
.7z archive, or if you want to execute a command from Windows.
If you use RunProgram, and if you specify empty directory prefix:
Directory="", the system searches for the executable file in the following
sequence:
1. The directory from which the application (installer) loaded.
 2. The temporary folder, where files were extracted.
3. The Windows system directory.

Config file Examples

;!@Install@!UTF-8!
Title="7-Zip 4.00"
BeginPrompt="Do you want to install the 7-Zip 4.00?"
RunProgram="setup.exe"
;!@InstallEnd@!

;!@Install@!UTF-8!
Title="7-Zip 4.00"
BeginPrompt="Do you want to install the 7-Zip 4.00?"
ExecuteFile="7zip.msi"
;!@InstallEnd@!

;!@Install@!UTF-8!
Title="7-Zip 4.01 Update"
BeginPrompt="Do you want to install the 7-Zip 4.01 Update?"
ExecuteFile="msiexec.exe"
ExecuteParameters="/i 7zip.msi REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus"
;!@InstallEnd@!

Examples
7z a -sfx a.exe *.txt

adds *.txt files to self extracting archive a.exe using the default console
SFX module.
7z a -sfx7z.sfx a.exe *

adds all files to self extracting archive a.exe with module 7z.sfx using
windows version of SFX mudule.

Commands that can be used with this switch

a (Add), d (Delete), u (Update),
-si (read data from stdin) switch
Causes 7-Zip to read data from stdin (standard input) instead of from disc
files.

Syntax
-si{file_name}

{file_name}
Specifies a name that will be stored in the archive for the
compressed data. If file_name is not specified, data will be stored
without a name.

Note: The current version of 7-Zip does not support reading of archives
from stdin.

Example
7z a archive.gz -tgzip -siDoc2.txt < Doc.txt

compresses input stream from file Doc.txt to archive.gz archive using

Doc2.txt file name.

Commands that can be used with this switch

a (Add), u (Update)
-so (write data to stdout) switch
Causes 7-Zip to write output data to stdout (standard output stream).

Syntax
-so

Examples
7z x archive.gz -so > Doc.txt

decompresses archive.gz archive to output stream and then redirects

that stream to Doc.txt file.
7z a dummy -tgzip -so Doc.txt > archive.gz

compresses the Doc.txt file to the 7-Zip standard output stream and
writes that stream to archive.gz file.

Commands that can be used with this switch

a (Add), e (Extract), u (Update), x (Extract with full paths)
-slp (Set Large Pages mode) switch
Sets Large Pages mode.

Syntax
-slp[-]

Switch Description
-slp Enables Large Pages mode.
Disables Large Pages mode. This option is default for all
-slp-
commands.
Large Pages mode increases the speed of compression. However, there
is a pause at the start of compression while 7-Zip allocates the large
pages in memory. If 7-Zip can't allocate large pages, it allocates usual
small pages. Also, the Windows Task Manager doesn't show the real
memory usage of the program, if 7-Zip uses large pages. This feature
works only on Windows 2003 / XP x64 / Vista. Also, it requires
administrator's rights for your system. The recommended size of RAM for
this feature is 1 GB or more. To install this feature, you must run the 7-Zip
File Manager at least once, close it, and then reboot the system.
Your system can hang for several seconds at compressing starting, if you
use -slp mode. So it's not recommended to use -slp mode to compress
small data sets (less than 100 MB).

Example
7z a archive.7z -slp a.iso

compresses a.iso file with Large Pages mode switched on.

-slt (Show technical information) switch
Sets technical mode for l (List) command.

Syntax
-slt

Example
7z l -slt archive.7z

shows detailed technical information for the files in archive.7z.

Commands that can be used with this switch

l (List)
-ssc (Set Sensitive Case mode) switch
Sets sensitive case mode for file names.

Syntax
-scs[-]

Switch Description
-ssc Set case-sensitive mode. It's default for Posix/Linux systems.
-ssc- Set case-insensitive mode. It's default for Windows systems.

Example
7z a archive.7z A*.txt -ssc -r

compresses all A*.txt files from current directory and all it's
subdirectories. That command doesn't compress a*.txt files.

Commands that can be used with this switch

a (Add), d (Delete), e (Extract), l (List), t (Test), u (Update), x (Extract with

full paths)
-ssw (Compress files open for writing) switch
Compresses files open for writing by another applications. If this switch is
not set, 7-zip doesn't include such files to archive.

Syntax
-ssw

Example
7z a archive.7z -ssw *.txt

compresses all *.txt files in current folder including files open for writing
by another applications.

Commands that can be used with this switch

a (Add), u (Update)
-t (set Type of archive) switch
Specifies the type of archive.

Syntax
-t{archive_type}

{archive_type}
Specifies the type of archive. It can be: 7z, zip, gzip, bzip2, or tar. 7z
format is the default.

Note: gzip or bzip2 formats support only one file per archive. If you want
to compress more than one file to these formats, create a tar archive first,
and then compress it with your selected format.

Example
7z a -tzip archive.zip *.txt

adds all *.txt files from current directory to zip archive archive.zip.

Commands that can be used with this switch

a (Add), u (Update)
-u (Update options) switch
Specifies how to update files in an archive and (or) how to create new
archives.

Syntax
-u[-]<action_set>[!{new_archive_name}]

<action_set> ::= <state_action>...

<state_action> ::= <state><action>

<state> ::= p | q | r | x | y | z | w

<action> ::= 0 | 1 | 2 | 3

Parameters

dash (-)
Disables any updates in the base archive.
The term base archive means the archive assigned by
"base_archive_name" on the command line. See Command line
syntax for more details.
{new_archive_name}
Specifies the path name of the new archive to be created. All options
in this switch will refer to this new archive.
If not assigned, then all options in this switch will refer to the base
archive of the command.
<state>
Specifies the state of a particular file to be processed.
<state> ::= p | q | r | x | y | z | w

For each unique filename there are 6 variants of state:

 <state> State condition File on Disk File in
Archive
File exists in archive, but is not Exists, but is
p
matched with wildcard. not matched
File exists in archive, but
q Doesn't exist Exists
doesn't exist on disk.
File doesn't exist in archive, but
r Exists Doesn't exist
exists on disk.
File in archive is newer than the
x Older Newer
file on disk.
File in archive is older than the
y Newer Older
file on disk.
File in archive is same as the
z Same Same
file on disk
Can not be detected what file is
w newer (times are the same, ? ?
sizes are different)

<action>
Specifies the action for a given <state>.
<action> ::= 0 | 1 | 2 | 3

For each state you can specify one of the three variants of actions:
<action> Description
0 Ignore file (don't create item in new archive for this file)
1 Copy file (copy from old archive to new)
2 Compress (compress file from disk to new archive)
Create Anti-item (item that will delete file or directory
3 during extracting). This feature is supported only in 7z
format.

Remarks
Any update command (such as a (Add), d (Delete), u (Update)) can be
assigned in these terms.
 The following table shows action sets for update commands.
command \ <state> p q r x y z w
d (Delete) 1000000
a (Add) 1122222
u (Update) 1121212
Synchronize 1021212
If you don't specify a !{new_archive_name} option, then all options will
refer to the main archive (the archive assigned on the command line after
the 7z command). If you specify !{new_archive_name} option, then 7-Zip
also will create a new archive with the specified name and all options will
refer to that new archive.
Multiple update switches are supported. 7-Zip can create any number of
new archives during one operation.
By default, the action set for each new archive is assigned as the action
set of the main command. There are 3 different action sets for
commands: a (Add), d (Delete), u (Update). You can overload any
<state_action> pair.

Time zone notes

If you change time zone (when you move your computer to another time
zone or if there are clock changes for daylight saving in your zone), you
can have some problems with update commands that depend from file's
modification time. It's strongly recommended to use only file system that
uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and archive format that also
uses UTC. In that case you will have no problems with time zone
changes. Also it's recommended to use only UTC formats in other cases,
for example, if you send files to someone in another time zone.
Also in some cases there are no problems, if both file system and archive
format use local time, for example, FAT file system and ZIP format.
UTC file systems: NTFS
UTC archive formats: 7z, tar, gzip2, iso, wim
Local time file systems : FAT, FAT32
 Local time archive formats : rar, zip, cab

Examples
7z u c:\1\exist.7z -u- -up0q3x2z0!c:\1\update.7z *

creates a new archive update.7z and writes to this archive all files from
current directory which differ from files in exist.7z archive. exist.7z
archive will not be changed.
7z u c:\1\exist.7z -up0q3x2z0!c:\1\update.7z * -ms=off

creates a new archive update.7z and writes to this archive all files from
the current directory which differ from files in exist.7z archive.
Note: The current version of 7-Zip cannot change an archive created with
the solid option switched on. To update a .7z archive, you must create
and update the archive in non-solid mode (-ms=off switch).

Commands that can be used with this switch

a (Add), d (Delete), u (Update),
-v (Create Volumes) switch
Specifies volume sizes.

Syntax
-v{Size}[b | k | m | g]

{Size}[b | k | m | g]
Specifies volume size in Bytes, Kilobytes (1 Kilobyte = 1024 bytes),
Megabytes (1 Megabyte = 1024 Kilobytes) or Gigabytes (1 Gigabyte
= 1024 Megabytes). if you specify only {Size}, 7-zip will treat it as
bytes.

It's possible to specify several -v switches.

NOTE: Please don't use volumes (and don't copy volumes) before
finishing archiving. 7-Zip can change any volume (including first volume)
at the end of archiving operation.

Examples
7z a a.7z *.txt -v10k -v15k -v2m

creates multivolume a.7z archive. First volume will be 10 KB, second will
be 15 KB, and all others will be 2 MB.

Commands that can be used with this switch

a (Add),
-w (set Working directory) switch
Sets the working directory for the temporary base archive. By default, 7-
Zip builds a new base archive file in the same directory as the old base
archive file. By specifying this switch, you can set the working directory
where the temporary base archive file will be built. After the temporary
base archive file is built, it is copied over the original archive; then, the
temporary file is deleted.

Syntax
-w[{dir_path}]

{dir_path}
Specifies the destination directory path. It's not required that a path
end with a backslash.
If <dir_path> is not assigned, then 7-Zip will use the Windows
temporary directory.

Example
7z a -tzip archive.zip *.cpp -wc:\temp

adds *.cpp files to the archive.zip archive, creating a temporary archive in

c:\temp folder.

Commands that can be used with this switch

a (Add), d (Delete), u (Update),
-x (Exclude filenames) switch
Specifies which filenames or wildcarded names must be excluded from
the operation.
Multiple exclude switches are supported.

Syntax
-x[<recurse_type>]<file_ref>

<recurse_type> ::= r[- | 0]

<file_ref> ::= @{listfile} | !{wildcard}

See -i (Include) switch description for information about option

parameters.

Examples
7z a -tzip archive.zip *.txt -x!temp.*

adds to the archive archive.zip all *.txt files, except temp.* files.

Commands that can be used with this switch

a (Add), d (Delete), e (Extract), l (List), t (Test), u (Update), x (Extract with
full paths)

See also
Switches: -r (Recurse), -i (Include)
-y (assume Yes on all queries) switch
Disables most of the normal user queries during 7-Zip execution. You can
use this switch to suppress overwrite queries in the e (Extract) and x
(Extract with full paths) commands.

Syntax
-y

Examples
7z x src.zip -y

extracts all files from src.zip archive. All overwrite queries will be
suppressed and files on disk with same filenames as in archive will be
overwritten.

Commands that can be used with this switch

e (Extract), x (Extract with full paths)

See also
Switches: -ao (Overwrite mode),
Menu Items
Note: 'Grey' refers to the numeric keypad.

File
Menu item Shortcut Description
Submenu with menu commands from
System
system shell
Open Enter Open current item
Open Inside Ctrl+PgDn Open current item as folder inside 7-Zip
Open Outside Shift+Enter Open current item in new window
Edit F4 Open selected item with editor
Rename F2 Rename selected item
Copy To... F5 Copy selected items
Move To... F6 Move selected items
Delete Delete Delete selected items
Split file... Split file to parts
Combine files... Combine files to one file
Comment Ctrl+Z Set comment for file
Calculate
Calculates CRC checksum for files
checksum
Create Folder F7 Create new folder
Create File Shift+F4 Creates new file
Exit Alt+F4 Closes the program.

Edit
Menu Item Shortcut Description
Shift+
Select All Select all items
[Grey +]
Shift+
Deselect All Select all items
[Grey -]
 Invert [Grey *] Select / Deselect all items
Selection
Select... [Grey +] Select specified items
Deselect... [Grey -] Deselect specified items
Select by Alt+[Grey Select all items with the same extension as
Type +] current item
Deselect by Alt+[Grey - Deselect all items with the same extension as
Type ] current item

View
Menu Item Shortcut Description
Large Icons Ctrl+1 Displays items by using large icons
Small Icons Ctrl+2 Displays items by using small icons
List Ctrl+3 Displays items in a list
Displays items in a list with detailed
Details Ctrl+4
information about each item
Name Ctrl+F3 Sort items by Name
Type Ctrl+F4 Sort items by Type
Date Ctrl+F5 Sort items by Date
Size Ctrl+F6 Sort items by Size
Unsorted Ctrl+F7 Do not sort items
Flat View Switch Flat view mode for list of files
2 Panels F9 Switch On/Off second panel
Toolbars Menu items for toolbars handling
Open Root
\ Open root computer folder
Folder
Up One
Backspace Open the folder one level up
Level
Folders
Alt+F12 Open folders history
History...
Refresh Ctrl+R Refresh items list

Options
 Menu Item Shortcut Description
Options... Open Options dialog box

Favorites
Menu Item Shortcut Description
Add folder to Favorites as Adds folder to favorities

Help
Menu Item Shortcut Description
Contents... F1 Opens 7-Zip Help
About 7-Zip... Opens About dialog box
Miscellaneous commands
Shortcut Description
Tab Switch between panels
Insert Select / Deselect current item
Shift+F10 Display the shortcut menu for the selected items
RightCtrl+0
Alt+0
... Open folder bookmark
RightCtrl+9
Alt+9
Shift+RightCtrl+0
Shift+Alt+0
... Creates folder bookmark
Shift+RightCtrl+9
Shift+Alt+9
Alt+F1 Edit the Folder Address on left panel
Alt+F2 Edit the Folder Address on right panel
Ctrl+[Grey +] Adjust optimal column width for items
Alt+Up Open same folder in other panel
Alt+Left,
Open current folder in other panel
Alt+Right
Keyboard Shortcuts
Key Normal Ctrl Alt Shift
Switch
Tab
panel
F1 Help Left Path
F2 Rename Right Path
F3 View Sort by Name
F4 Edit Sort by Type Exit Create File
F5 Copy Sort by Date
F6 Move Sort by Size
Create
F7 Unsorted
Folder
F9 1/2 Panels
Shortcut
F10 Menu
Menu
F12 Folders History
R: Folder Folder
0-9
Bookmark Bookmark
A Select All
N Create File
R Refresh
Z Comment
Up One
Backspace
Level
Open
Enter Open Properties
outside
Insert Select Item
Delete Delete Item
Page
Open Inside
Down
Page Up Up One Level
Open same
 Up folder

Open current
Left
folder
Open current
Right
folder
\ Open root
Grey / Open root
Grey * Select All
Grey + Select Adjust columns Select by Type Select All
Deselect by
Grey - Deselect Deselect All
Type