NanaZip 2.0 Preview 2 (2.0.376.0)

We are excited to announce that we've released the NanaZip 2.0 Preview 2, and is now available for download. It's the first NanaZip release which updating the minimum system requirement to Windows 10 Version 2004 (Build 19041) or later for solving issues in the XAML Islands.

First, Microsoft sent an awesome banner to celebrate NanaZip winning the Microsoft Store App Awards. As one of the M2-Team founders, I think it's a memorable moment since we founded the team in 2015. We will use the related assets to update the image assets in Microsoft Store page after introducing the XAML-based UI.

The icon of NanaZip has finally changed. The new icon is designed by @Shomnipotence. He urge me to replace the old icon as soon as possible. So, NanaZip will release 2.0 stable in the recent days and hope we can introduce some simple XAML-based UI.

Because the XAML Islands based UI stack will be used in NanaZip is just released the first stable release in the recent day and need do more polishing. You won't see some features planned in 2.0 and need to wait for 2.1 Preview 1:

• The first run notice window of Mark-of-the-Web which appeared in extracting archives. (So, The 2.0 won't enable MOTW by default.)
• The new hash algorithm selection window. (Because there are many hash algorithms added to NanaZip 2.0, it's necessary to have a selection window.)
• The XAML-based toolbar in the main window.

Also, @AndromedaMelody is continuing to help me make lightweight XAML Islands based toolchain with Windows 11 style controls. NanaZip will use them starting from 2.1 development stage and people will see changes in Late 2022.

Finally, thanks @dinhngtu for fixing several issues in NanaZip.

Release Notes

• Update 7-Zip to 22.01. (Thanks to Igor Pavlov. Noticed by HylianSteel, Random-name-hi and DJxSpeedy.)
• Add hfsx to file type association. (Suggested by AndromedaMelody.)
• Update the minimum system requirement to Windows 10 Version 2004 (Build 19041) or later for solving issues in the XAML Islands.
• Update LZ4 to v1.9.4.
• Enable Package Integrity. (Contributed by AndromedaMelody.)
• Don't enable "Disable dynamic code generation" mitigation in Debug builds for solving codec load error issue. (Thanks to AndromedaMelody.)
• Continue to enable several security mitigations.
  • Enable EH Continuation Metadata.
  • Enable Signed Returns.
• Generate resource identities for package manifest manually. (Suggested by AndromedaMelody.)
• Add workaround for NanaZip not appearing in classic context menu. (Contributed by dinhngtu.)
• Check 7z compression parameter validity upon start of compression. (Contributed by dinhngtu.)
• Update icons. (Designed by Shomnipotence.)

Known issues

• If you can't find NanaZip in the context menu, please restart all File Explorer processes via Task Manager.
• Due to the issues in Desktop Bridge file system virtualization, you are unable to use NanaZip in the Safe Mode of Windows.
• Due to the policy from Microsoft Store, NanaZip is unable to disable Desktop Bridge file system virtualization, so the file operations in %UserProfile%/AppData will be redirected in Windows 10, and file operations in directories other than Local, LocalLow and Roaming in %UserProfile%/AppData will still be redirected in Windows 11.
• Due to the Microsoft Store limitations, NanaZip 1.2 and later won't support languages not mentioned in https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/publish/supported-languages.

Usage

Download 40174MouriNaruto.NanaZipPreview_2.0.376.0_gnj4mf6z9tkrc.msixbundle and open it.

SHA-256: a741a9d1d73b3adbe3980e7338fc45148fa591dadc1f644c29f912bd7e7a15cf

Kenji Mouri