How To Encrypt A file With A Password

pseymour · May 17, 2025

Chris Nicola said:
Thank you all again for your replies. I have set 7zip as my default app in Win 11 settings but still no joy. When I double click the 7z archive 7 zip will not launch. Windows is blocking it.

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Kind regards
Chris

You want 7-Zip File Manager, not 7-Zip Console. If you're browsing for an .exe file for the association, it's the 7zFM one, not the 7z.exe one.

hdmi · May 17, 2025

gunrunnerjohn said:
What makes it "better"?

See: GitHub - M2Team/NanaZip: The 7-Zip derivative intended for the modern Windows experience
Unlike 7-Zip it also supports automatic updates.

To install NanaZip with winget, run winget install -e –id M2Team.NanaZip.

Chris Nicola · May 17, 2025

Thank you Edwin. It worked! 7 zip successfully opened the archive with the password. Problem solved.

So the solution was to make 7zip my default programe for opening 7z files. Then use the right click command to open it. Note the right click option did not previously work before making 7zip the default programe.

However, I still don't know why double clicking does not work. The right click option takes longer. ie. Right click/show more options/7zip/Extract archive. Windows 11 has its strange quirks!

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get the double click option to work?

Thank you all for your helpful replies.

Kind regards
Chris

giftwrapped · May 17, 2025

Sorry for the doubleposting, I did not see @pseymour's answer

garlin · May 17, 2025

If you don't see the 7-Zip icon next to an archive file, then Explorer will allow the native Windows ZIP library to open the file. Which doesn't always support the same features as a full ZIP app.

Chris Nicola · May 17, 2025

I have set the default app to 7zip file manager anfd now double clicking works! Hooray! Thank you all!

So the simple solution was to make 7zip file Manager the default programe for opening 7z files.

Kind regards
Chris

hdmi · May 17, 2025

Chris Nicola said:
Right click/show more options

In addition to what you just did, you could also disable "Show more options" context menu:

Disable "Show more options" context menu in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable having to click on "Show more options" to see the full context menu for your account or all users in Windows 11. When you right click on an item in Windows 11, you will see a new modern condensed context menu with Show more options...

www.elevenforum.com

Chris Nicola · May 17, 2025

Thanks hdmi for sharing the link. The "Show more options" menu was driving me crazy! I just disabled it using the registry editor and rebooted. Now it works the way I want it to!

Kinrd regards
chris

hdmi · May 17, 2025

Chris Nicola said:
Thanks hdmi for sharing the link. The "Show more options" menu was driving me crazy! I just disabled it using the registry editor and rebooted. Now it works the way I want it to!

One of the things I like about NanaZip is that, unlike 7-Zip, it integrates with the right-click menu (also called the "context menu") of Windows 11. NanaZip also has more than a few additional security improvements that 7-Zip doesn't have. (See the link in my post #22.)

Edwin · May 17, 2025

hdmi said:
One of the things I like about NanaZip is that, unlike 7-Zip, it integrates with the right-click menu (also called the "context menu") of Windows 11. NanaZip also has more than a few additional security improvements that 7-Zip doesn't have. (See the link in my post #22.)

Is that strictly an MSIX Package?

hdmi · May 17, 2025

Edwin said:
Is that strictly an MSIX Package?

Yes. See: GitHub - M2Team/NanaZip: The 7-Zip derivative intended for the modern Windows experience

Edwin · May 18, 2025

Chris Nicola said:
So the simple solution was to make 7zip file Manager the default programe for opening 7z files.

Do all your archives have the generic 7-Zip icon?

Chris Nicola · May 19, 2025

Sorry for my late reply.

Hdmi, thanks for suggesting Nana Zip. I will check it out.

Edwin asked..."Do all your archives have the generic 7-Zip icon?".

No, they don't, only the ones I created with 7 Zip which end with the extension .7z. I guess Windows must handle the ones ending in .zip.Although I can still right click and extract with 7 zip.

Kind regards
Chris

Edwin · May 19, 2025

Chris Nicola said:
No, they don't, only the ones I created with 7 Zip which end with the extension .7z.

Right..., that's what I meant. Fair enough, thanks.

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