7-Zip 24.07 Download for Windows 64-bit or 32-bit PC

New Features and Improvements

• ZSTD Archives: 7-Zip can now unpack .zst files and archives (ZIP, SquashFS, RPM) using ZSTD compression.
• XXH64 Hash Support: 7-Zip supports the fast XXH64 hash algorithm used in ZSTD.
• RAR Archives: Supports unpacking RAR archives with dictionaries larger than 4 GB, created by WinRAR 7.00.
• DMG Archives: Can now unpack DMG files using XZ (ULMO/LZMA) compression.
• NTFS Images: Unpacks NTFS images with cluster sizes over 64 KB.
• MBR and GPT Images: Handles images with 4 KB sectors.

Speed Enhancements

• Archive Unpacking: Improved speeds for RAR, CAB, WIM, ZIP, and GZ.
• Hash Calculation: Faster processing for CRC-32, CRC-64, and Blake2sp.

Bug Fixes

• Linux Multivolume Creation: Fixed an issue where multivolume creation could fail on Linux.

New Functionalities

• RISCV Filter: Introduced a new filter for 7z and xz archives to enhance compression for RISC-V executables.
• ARM64 Optimization: Improved decompression speeds for LZMA and LZMA2 by 20%-60% on Windows ARM64.

User Interface and Settings

• Memory Management for RAR: GUI and File Manager can prompt for permission to use large memory (over 4 GB) for unpacking RAR files.
• New Memory Switch: -smemx{size}g to set a memory usage limit for unpacking RAR archives.
• Default Memory Limit: 4 GB, with the potential to use up to 64 GB.
• Silent Mode for GUI: The -y switch suppresses user prompts and messages.
• Hash Methods in Context Menu: Now shows XXH64 and BLAKE2sp.
• Time and Path Switches:
• -slmu switch to display timestamps as UTC.
• -slsl switch for Windows console to use '/' instead of ''.
• Supports .sha256 files with '' separators.
• Temporary Files Management: New menu item under "Tools / Delete Temporary Files..." to manage and delete temporary files created by 7-Zip.

Archive Creation

• Decoder Compatibility Version: New -myv={MMNN} switch to set the decoder compatibility version for creating 7z archives.
• If not specified, defaults to -myv=2300 (compatible with 7-Zip 23.00 and newer).
• Filter Methods:
• -myfa={FilterID} to allow specific filter methods.
• -myfd={FilterID} to disallow specific filter methods.

Miscellaneous

• Bug Fixes: Various minor bugs were addressed and resolved.

This update makes 7-Zip faster, more versatile, and user-friendly with a host of new features and improvements.