Recent changes to 891: 7z sfx no longer XP compatible

#891 7z sfx no longer XP compatible

Henk — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 17:21:32 -0000

I'm aware with the paranoid antivirus issue, it flags sfx files I make for a while now.
The files you bundle if they are flagged I can help you remove the detections should that need be.

#891 7z sfx no longer XP compatible

Giorgio Tani — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 15:48:30 -0000

Thank you for reporting the issue.
I've updated the sfx modules to support Tino Reichard's additional compression algorithms for 7z.
I'll evaluate the feasibility to include older sfx modules as alternative, unfortunately sfx modules are especially likely to trigger false positive detections from antivirus.

7z sfx no longer XP compatible

Henk — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 15:41:36 -0000

I test Windows XP compatibility every now and then since PeaZIP is normally highly compatible on XP, in the latest release I find that the new sfx modules are not compiled to be compatible with Windows XP, even if generated from a Windows XP system.

While not a big issue for me personally I still wanted to let this be known, as it may be possible to address by compiling the 7z fork with an older compiler.