Bandizip Version History

v7.14 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

v7.13 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

v7.12 Oct 28, 2020

• Stability improvements and bugfixes

v7.11 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

v7.10 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

v7.09 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

v7.08 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

v7.07 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

v7.06 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

v7.04 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

v7.03 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

v7.02 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

v7.01 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

v7.0 Mar 3, 2020

• New license system
• Many new features and modifications
• Visit Bandizip 7.0 History for details.

v6.26 Jan 23, 2020

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

v6.25 Aug 27, 2019

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

v6.24 June 27, 2019

• SFX-related bug fixes

v6.23 June 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

v6.22 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

v6.21 Feb 23, 2019

• Stopped ACE archive format support 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

v6.20 Jan 4, 2019

• Fixed: Toolbar image related issue

v6.19 Jan 2, 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

v6.18 Oct 18, 2018

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

v6.17 Sep 30, 2018

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

v6.16 Sep 27, 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
• Stability improvements and Bugfixes

v6.15 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
• Stability improvements and Bugfixes

v6.14 June 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

v6.13 May 26, 2018

• Updater bug fixed

v6.13 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

v6.12 Feb 7, 2018

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

v6.11 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

v6.10 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

6.09 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

6.08 Jun 25, 2017

• Update Type: Major update
• 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

6.07 May 14, 2017

• Update Type: Minor update
• 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

6.06 April 30, 2017

• Update Type: Major update
• 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

6.05 April 23, 2017

• Update Type: Minor update
• 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

6.04 April 15, 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

6.03 April 9, 2017

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

6.02 April 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

6.01 March 28, 2017

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

6.0 March 26, 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

5.17 12/23/2016

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

5.16 08/24/2016

• Bandizip stopped working when double-clicking the program icon under certain conditions.
• Improved the stability of the program.
• Other minor bugs fixed.

5.15 06/23/2016

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

5.14 05/16/2016

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

5.13 03/28/2016

• 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 temporary files when users clicked the Cancel button in the security warning dialog box.
  • Other minor bugs fixed.

5.12 02/25/2016

• 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.

5.11 01/28/2016

• 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.

5.10 11/11/2015

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

5.09 09/08/2015

• 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.

5.07 08/13/2015

• 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.

5.06 07/17/2015

• Added the Japanese language file.
• Bandizip is now available on Japanese Windows.
• 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.

5.05 02/12/2015

• Bug fixed - Some archived files were not displayed when they had been compressed by right clicking in Windows Explorer.
• Added the Belarusian language file by Belarus2578.

5.04 01/28/2015

• 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 - Many thanks to Henri Jalonen and Randika.
• Bugs fixed
  • The progress status bar was not displayed properly when modifying Zip files under certain situations.
  • 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.

5.03 10/17/2014

• 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.

5.02 10/07/2014

• 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.

5.01 08/12/2014

• 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 under certain situations.

5.00 06/03/2014

• 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.

3.11 04/29/2014

• Improved the font readability of dialog boxes in Windows 8.
• Added the Ukrainian language file by Vladimir Reshetnuk.
• 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.

3.10 01/24/2014

• Improved security of Bandizip.
• Bugs fixed - Failed to extract split .ace files
• Other minor bugs fixed

3.09 11/20/2013

• Bandizip now supports the new RAR 5.0 archive format.
• Added the Uyghur language file by NurMuhemmed Ismaiyil.
• Other minor bugs fixed

3.08 08/21/2013

• 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.
  • Other minor bugs fixed

3.07 06/21/2013

• Some .7z files were corrupted under certain situations.
• Bandizip now uses LZMA2 instead of LZMA when packing .7z files.

3.06 06/18/2013

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

3.05 06/03/2013

• Improved security of Bandizip.
• Bugs fixed
  • Filenames were not displayed automatically when Bandizip archived the root directory of a hard drive.
  • Other minor bugs fixed

3.04 05/16/2013

• Added the Catalan language file by Raül Vallès.
• Bugs fixed
  • Failed to extract certain RAR archives which were compressed by solid compression and included the store method.
  • Other minor bugs fixed

3.03 04/25/2013

• Added the Thai language file by Thanapon Namjittrong.
• Bugs fixed
  • Some password-protected .7z files were corrupted under certain situations
  • Other minor bugs fixed

3.02 04/17/2013

• Added the Croatian, Danish, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Romanian language files - Many thanks to I.L.-Jamar, Mathias, Gorran.Kurd, Amenox, and Mircea Voiculescu
• Bugs fixed
  • Bandizip didn’t execute for 5 seconds when some users attempted to open it using Windows Explorer
  • Other minor bugs fixed

3.01 03/05/2013

• 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

3.00 02/28/2013

• Added an 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

2.09 01/29/2013

• Added the Danish and Kurdish language files
  • Many thanks to Mathias and Gorran.Kurd

2.08 12/11/2012

• Added the Romanian language file by Mircea Voiculescu
• Bugs fixed

2.07 08/23/2012

• Added the Slovenian language file by A.B.Prlek SLO
• Bugs fixed
  • Failed to extract password protected .RAR files using solid compression
  • Some filenames were broken in certain OSes (Greek, etc.)
  • Failed to extract certain split files (avi.001, .mkv.001)

2.05 06/08/2012

• Added the Dutch, Greek, Hungarian and Portuguese language files
• - 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 files were double-clicked
  • Failed to get the FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE attribute of 7z files
  • Failed to open WIM files when security data was contained
  • Failed to use the 'Fast Drag&Drop' function in certain versions of Windows XP

2.03 03/14/2012

• Support the delta, deflate algorithms of 7z format
• Support RTL (Right to Left Text) languages
• Improved extracting speed when unpacking small files
• Improved SFX (Self-extracting archive) file processing
• Fixed many bugs

2.01 02/23/2012

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

1.0.4 11/03/2011

• Added the 'Bulgarian, Czech, Norwegian, Russian, Slovak, Chinese (Traditional)' language files
• - Many thanks to URIEL, Buchtič, Svein Magne Høiland, Trojan, PEPEK, and Wang Hulen
• Support Silent Installation Usage: bandizip-setup-gl.exe /S
• Bug fixed - Drag & Drop bug when extracting a file from the archive
• Bug fixed - File associations didn't work with Bandizip
• Improved the extraction folder name
• For example) When you extract "AAA.7z.001" file, the folder name will be "AAA"

1.0.3 09/20/2011

• Added the 'Chinese, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish' language files
• - Many thanks to Yang Haibo, Philippe, Balcky, malungu, Styb, S. Freling, Jacek Milecki, Pérez and Toni
• Added automatic language selection when you install
• Blocked the RTLO Unicode hole (RIGHT-TO-LEFT OVERRIDE) - Security improved
• Bug fixed - Resetting error under certain situations

1.0.2 09/08/2011

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

1.0.1 09/07/2011

• Released the Bandizip official version

0.2.0 04/07/2011

• Released the Bandizip beta version

0.0.1 04/06/2009

• Started to develop archiving engine