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Windows 11 adds native support for RAR, 7-Zip, Tar and other archive formats thanks to open-source library::undefined

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Does it support password protected archives yet?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Nope, according to the File Explorer section under Highlights here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/october-31-2023-kb5031455-os-builds-22621-2506-and-22631-2506-preview-6513c5ec-c5a2-4aaf-97f5-44c13d29e0d4

"Note This features does not support password encrypted files."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Windows has been able to open ZipCrypto encrypted archives for a while now

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If these are created in 7zip there is some secure setting that has to be disabled, otherwise Windows can't open them