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		izzydata 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 7-Zip for Windows can now use more than 64 CPU thr... Is there something different about the built in zip context menu functionality now than before? I'm pretty sure you could convert something to a zip file since forever ago by right clicking any file.

Night_Thastus 5 months ago [–]

It could support basic ZIP files, but only Windows 11 added support for 7-Zip (.7z), RAR (.rar), TAR, and TAR variants (like .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, etc).

That makes it 'good enough' for the vast majority of people, even if it's not as fast or fully-featured as 7-Zip.

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