[11.50b1 x32] 7ZIP does not run on Win95/98

[Usher]

It's probably because I use switch -scsUTF-16LE to pass names as Unicode to 7zg.exe.
(...)
-stl to set archive date to that of the newest contained file

Does your version of 7zip not support any of these?

UTF-16 is supported starting from 9.32 alpha (for Windows 2000+ only), -stl is supported starting from 9.30 alpha (last working in Win9x). Both versions are buggy and should not be used for normal work.

[petermad]

The only thing you should check is the additional parameters line

I don't have anything in the Additional parameters line, neither in 7-Zip's options, not in TC's Extra parameters line, in my WIndows XP

[ghisler(Author)]

I could use UTF-8 instead of UTF-16 on NT based systems, that should be supported by older 7-Zip versions too. What do you think?

[JOUBE]

Microsoft is probably very happy about this thread, one of the last serious competitors for File Explorer is wasting valuable development time here.

[ghisler(Author)]

I have tried to compile 7zg.exe from 7-Zip sources with Visual Studio 6.0, and it seems to run fine even on Windows 9x:
https://www.totalcommander.ch/win/tools/7zg24_8.zip
If you want, you can try it also on Windows NT, 2000 etc.

[MaxX]

2ghisler(Author)
Do you plan to add this exe to TC's installer? Or any license problems may be there?

[ghisler(Author)]

No, I plan to make it available on ghisler.com.

Moderator message from: ghisler(Author) » 2024-11-06, 08:47 UTC

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