The latest version of the 7z archiver. How to unpack RAR archive. Alternative free method - Hamster Lite Archiver

One of the most quality formats archiving in terms of compression ratio is 7z, which in this area can even compete with RAR. Let's find out which programs can be used to open and unpack 7z archives.

Almost all modern archivers can, if not create 7z objects, then at least view and unpack them. Let us dwell on the algorithm of actions for viewing content and unarchiving the specified format in the most popular archiver programs.

Method 1: 7-Zip

Let's start our description with the 7-Zip program, for which 7z is declared a “native” format. It was the developers of this program who created the format studied in this lesson.

If the 7-Zip program is installed on your computer by default to manipulate the 7z format, then to open the content it will be enough just to be in Windows Explorer, double click LMB by archive name.

If you need to unzip, then the algorithm of actions in 7-Zip will be slightly different.

The 7z object is unzipped into the folder indicated above.

If the user wants to unpack not the entire archived object, but separate files, then the algorithm of actions changes slightly.

Method 2: WinRAR

The popular WinRAR archiver also works with 7z, although for it this format and is not “native”.

As you can see, the algorithm for viewing content is very similar to the one that was used when working with 7-Zip.

Now let's find out how to extract 7z in WinRAR. There are several methods for performing this procedure.

There is also the possibility of instant unzipping without specifying any additional settings, including path. In this case, the extraction will be performed in the same directory where the archived object is located. To do this, press 7z RMB and select "Extract without confirmation". You can replace this manipulation with the combination Alt+W after selecting the object. All items will be immediately unzipped.

If you want to unzip not the entire archive, but certain files, then the algorithm of actions is almost exactly the same as for unarchiving the object as a whole. To do this, you should go inside the 7z object through the WinRAP interface and select the necessary elements. Then, depending on how you want to unpack, do one of the following:

• Click "Extract...";
• Select "Extract to the specified folder" in the context list;
• Dial Alt+E;
• In the context list, select "Extract without confirmation";
• Dial Alt+W.

All further actions carry out following the same algorithm as for unzipping the archive as a whole. The specified files will be extracted either to the current directory or to the one you specify.

Method 3: IZArc

7z files can also be manipulated by a small and convenient utility IZArc.

To extract the content you need to do the following manipulation.

IZArc also has the ability to unpack individual elements of an archived object.

Method 4: Hamster Free ZIP Archiver

Another method to open 7z is to use Hamster Free ZIP Archiver.

You can do it differently.

The marked files will be extracted to the designated directory.

You can also unzip the archive as a whole.

There are more quick option unpack 7z completely.

Method 5: Total Commander

In addition to archivers, viewing and unpacking 7z content can be done using certain file managers. One such program is Total Commander.

In order to unzip the entire archive, perform the following manipulations.

If you need to extract only certain files, then we proceed differently.

As you can see, viewing and unpacking 7z archives is supported by a fairly large list of modern archivers. We have only indicated the most famous of these applications. The same problem can be solved using certain file managers, in particular Total Commander.

Any PC user is familiar with the process of data archiving. This is nothing more than reducing their size.

Archiving standards are rar and zip formats. Designed for them separate program WinRar. It is good for everyone, except for paid distribution.

The alternative is new free format 7-zip, or 7z. In this article we will talk about how and how to extract content from this archive.

Picture 1. Appearance file icons with 7zip extension

Open 7z file online

Let's start from the very beginning the easy way, which does not require installation or downloading of programs. From how to open a 7z file online. This can be done using any Internet resource for converting and compressing data.

Zamzar. Sends compressed information to your email, converting it into ZIP. After which, it can be unpacked in any way convenient for you (Figure 2).

Convertio. Similar to the previous site, it converts the format online. Does not require installation, universal for Windows and Mac.


Wobzip. Free decompressor that works with all types of data.

Figure 2. Interface appearance online service Zamzar

How to open a 7z file on Windows 10

Almost all modern archivers allow you to create and extract compressed information from data of the original type on the OS Windows family.

Note: These are paid and free apps, which can open archives directly in the browser or unpack them on a PC.

Let's look at how to open a 7z file on Windows 10 using one of them. To do this, just install the application or (Figure 3).

Download the installer and run the program.

Select the installation folder and click “install”.

Upon completion of the process, the icons of rar, 7zip and similar elements will change, and new options will be added to the operating system menu.

To open the content, double-click on to the original object, the unpacking window will open automatically.

Figure 3. Example open archive using the WinRaR application

How to open a 7z file on Windows 8

Although the above programs are universal for any version of Windows, other applications are also supported on older OSes. Let's figure out what and how to open a 7z file on Windows 8. One of the ways is to use an Internet resource again, the second is to download one of the programs listed below.

J7Z, JustZipIt - simple free software;

- directly created to work with this format;

- has the ability to mount disk images;

NX Free Zip Archiver - has one item in the OS context menu, does not support any other settings;

ZipGenius is a multifunctional software for creating and reading archives;

- the first of the list of archiver programs for Windows.

They work on the same principle as the archiver discussed above.

How to open a 7z file on Windows 7

To easily open, unpack and compress data, you will need a separate file manager - 7-zip File Manager. Let's look at the description of this utility and how to open a 7z file on Windows 7 using it.

First you need go to the official website and download the required software version. (Depending on whether your system is 32-bit or 64-bit.) Once it downloads to your computer, you just need to confirm the installation and you can start using it.

To unzip an object- you need to select it, click on it right key mouse and select one of the options - either “unpack here” or “unpack to\file name”. The first option - the contents will be unpacked into current folder, the second - to a folder with the name of the object (Figure 4).

To use the program itself- it can be launched double click for any archive. It will open in a manager window, divided into several windows and sections. One of them contains data and its properties, the other contains the last visited places and drives of your PC. You can perform any actions using buttons with icons or by dragging information from one section to another.

Figure 4. Appearance of the 7-zip application interface file manager with open archive

Some users may also have a question about how to open the 7z 001 file. It is the first part compressed archive, broken down into smaller elements.

Note: To recover all the information, you need to have access to all of them.

Then reconstruct it with a program for 7zip or convert it to another format, and then view it in file manager.

Open 7z file on MacOS

There is a professional archiver for this OS, which is also relevant for mobile devices on 9 iOS. It supports all document types and works with password-protected elements. It compresses texts, images, video and audio, sends compressed data via e-mail. With it, you can share them on networks and print the information they contain.

Another simple devil paid program to open 7z files on Mac OS - this is The Unarchiver unarchiver. It works with the original type and many other extensions, including rar, zip, tar, 7zip, pap. It is available for download in the AppStore.

Step-by-step instruction

Let's look at how to use this application to work with our extension.

Install it in the standard way by following the link to iTunes.

Select in the settings the list of formats that will open (you need to check 7zip in them). It can be selected by default - so you don't have to change anything.

To view it, double click on the object. The contents will be immediately unpacked into the original folder.

This instruction is relevant for any type of archives on Mac.

Opening a 7z file on Linux

For Linux distributions There are several working nuances.

Firstly, the data is compressed almost twice as compactly as in regular zip.

Secondly, this type is not used for backup, since it does not store information about document rights and their owners. For these purposes, tar will be appropriate.

Thirdly, Ubuntu uses a console port for POSIX systems - this is p7zip.

Step-by-step instruction

Let's look at the 7-Zip installation process step by step.

Install the following packages via the terminal: sudo apt-get install p7zip-rar p7zip-full.

Or use the center Ubuntu applications, you need the p7zip-rar module and the p7zip-full port.

Information can be retrieved from File application Roller - double-click on an object in Nautilus (the system file manager).

To unpack the data, call context menu and select the “unpack here” option in it (again via Nautilus).

Or use the x command. To do this, enter the command 7z x arch.7z in the terminal. When splitting the archive into parts, enter the name with the lowest volume number - 7z x arch.7z.001.

To view the contents, use the command 1 - 7z l arch.7z or 7z l -slt arch.7z.

As you can see, working with an object through the terminal command line is much more convenient and faster. To do this, you need to remember just a few simple combinations.

Good time everyone!

It would seem that archive is a simple file that can be worked with in the same way as with others. But quite a lot of questions have always arisen about them ☺...

At all,archive- This compressed file, which can contain any other folders and files: pictures, documents, and even other archives (such a tautology). Before using any file from the archive, it must be extracted from it (although now there are programs that allow, for example, viewing photos from archives without extracting them (we’re talking about ACDSee)) .

For normal operation with archives (without so-called crutches ☺) is necessary special program - archiver. True, in modern versions Windows already there is a built-in function (but to call it a normal archiver is a bit tongue-in-cheek)...

Below we will consider what and how exactly to do. Also below I have provided a link to an article with the best archivers. I recommend that you choose an archiver 7-Zip- it is free and multifunctional. I’ll show my examples there!

WinRAR analogues: free archivers for Windows -

How to unpack RAR, ZIP, etc. archive.

Method No. 1: for ZIP archives

If you are dealing with a ZIP format archive, then you don’t even need to install an additional archiver (in modern Windows 7/8/10 there is already a function for working with the ZIP format. True, although it works crookedly, it is still there ...☺).

In general, by default, Explorer does not show the extension of files, but pay attention to the archive icon in Windows - (and the description of the file - compressed ZIP folder, in the "Type" column (turn on table view files in Explorer)). This compressed ZIP folder, as Windows labels it, is ZIP archive. To extract it, you need to: right-click on the file, then select from the context menu "Extract all..." (see screenshot below).

Method No. 2: for RAR, 7Z and other formats

As I said above, it is much more convenient to work with specialized programs- archivists. Firstly, they extract and pack files faster (they have better algorithms); secondly, they see and can extract almost all archive formats (not just ZIP); thirdly, they have additional functions, for example, or set a password (so that no one can read your files in the archive).

A simple, free and convenient archiver for Windows. After installation, it is very neatly built into Explorer and allows you to extract all data from any of the most common archives in 1-2 mouse clicks: 7Z, RAR, GZ, ZIP, CAB, ACE, etc.

Now, when you go to the folder with the archives, you will see that visual icons have appeared on them - it has become easy to distinguish them from other files (note the numbers and letters on these icons: 7 is 7Z format, R is RAR format, Z is the ZIP format) .

To extract files, just right-click on the archive, then select “7-Zip --> Unpack here” from the context menu. That's all! The archive will begin to be extracted.

Note: There are also other options available in the Explorer context menu: just open the archive, test it, or even send it by mail!

How to archive a folder or file

So... The issue of unpacking, I think, is closed, it remains to resolve the issue of “packing” ☺. In general, most often you need to pack files that you want to send over the network, that take up too much space on your disk (and you rarely use them), or that you want to protect with a password (so that no one can read the data in such an archive). I will consider all these options below.

In the simplest and most common case, to make an archive from a folder or file, right-click on this folder and select from the menu "7-Zip --> Add to archive..." (note: I think you have 7-Zip installed) .

1. archive format: this determines how much your files will be compressed in it. Most best option today - 7Z (compresses more than ZIP or RAR);
2. compression level: most high level“Ultra” (if there are a lot of files, it may take a long time to pack).

Actually, when you have set the parameters, all you have to do is click OK and wait for the operation to complete.

Add to archive (you need to set basic settings)

Creating a multi-volume archive (or splitting a large file into parts)

In some cases, it is necessary to compress the file and burn it to a flash drive or CD/DVD disk (for example). When we squeezed it, we saw that it wouldn’t fit on the disk ☺...

In these cases, it is convenient to make a multi-volume archive (i.e., divided into several parts with a certain size). Let me look at the example below.

Let's say we have a folder with documents, we need to compress it and write it to floppy disks (3.5 Floppy is an anachronism, of course, but purely for example ☺). If you compress a folder into an archive, its size is the same larger size floppy disks.

Archive size is about 3MB

In this case, in the parameters when creating an archive, you need to do one thing - indicate which parts to split the volumes into (the size is indicated in bytes). 7-Zip already has all the most popular:

1. There are sizes of 650 and 700 MB for recording documents on CDs;
2. 4092 MB is maximum size for file FAT systems 32;
3. there are sizes for different types DVD discs;
4. including for Floppy 3.5 (which is what I chose ☺).

Please note (see screenshot below): there are three files, the maximum size of each file is no more than the size of a floppy disk. Those. Now you can insert 3 floppy disks one by one and write one file to them.

To extract information from such an archive, you need to open the very first volume (001)! And, by the way, to extract files from such a multi-volume archive, you will need all the volumes (all the pieces into which the archive was split during creation!).

Creating an encrypted archive (with password access)

This is useful when you do not want someone to see your documents (or, for example, photos) without your permission. By the way, I note that such an encrypted archive file with password access- it is quite difficult to hack, and therefore you can be relatively calm about your data in it.

In 7-Zip, when creating an archive, specify the 7Z format, then check the box next to "Encrypt file names" , specify the encryption method "AES-256", and enter the password (see the screenshot below for an example).

Create an encrypted archive with a password

Actually, after creating such an archive, when you try to open it (in any archiver!), you will see a window asking you to enter a password. If it is entered incorrectly, you will not gain access to your data (keep in mind that if you forget the password, it will most likely be impossible to obtain data from such an archive!).

How to make an archive that can be unpacked without an archiver

Another extremely unpleasant situation: I packed the files into an archive, wrote them to disk, brought them to another PC - but it does not have an archiver that would support the format of your archive... ☺

In this case, to be sure that this archive can be retrieved by everyone who wants, you can create SFX archive(SFX is self-extracting, meaning you don't need any tools to unpack it. additional programs, even archivers).

To do this, in 7-Zip, when creating an archive, check just one box: "Create SFX archive" .

Then, when the archive is ready, you will see what it resembles regular program With EXE extension. That’s right - this archive is a program that, when launched, will extract all the files into the folder that you specify!

After launching the SFX archive, you will be asked to specify a folder, as in the example below. After specifying, click the button "Extract"(i.e. extract). Actually, that's all!

Where to extract files // SFX archive created in 7-Zip

Important!

All three archive options that we have now created (multi-volume, self-extracting, encrypted) can be combined and combined. For example, you can compress files and make the archive self-extracting with password access.

So when anyone runs this EXE file- he will ask him to provide a password for further access and extraction of files...

That's all I have. Good luck to all!

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