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General information about the modified module

• Author: Oleg Scherbakov
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• The module is distributed under the terms of GNU LGPL

There are four modules in the archive. There is a specific module for three compression methods (LZMA, Deflate, PPMd), and the fourth one compatible with all these methods. All modules have identical features.

The modified module provides a lot of options for creating SFX archives (SFX stands for self=extracting). This is what you can do with this module:

• specify the path to extract
• use absolute and relatives paths
• select between interactive, silent and hidden extraction
• control the appearance of dialog prompts and text
• configure different installation options for packaged applications, and use command line switches for choosing the required installation scenario
• simply extract the archive to the specified folder
• consequently run several files (.exe, .msi, .reg and so on) after the extraction to install configured applications
• replace .bat and .cmd files and eliminate the need in supplementary utilities like "StartX.exe", "msistub.exe" and so on
• create shortcuts for programs with the icons of your choice
• use archives with different compression methods (LZMA, Deflate, PPMd) supported by 7-zip archiver
• delete temporary files after use as well as the SFX archive
• and many more...

Typically, you use the configuration file to create installation scenarios by specifying various parameters (and in some cases prefixes). These scenarios can be later selected with the command line switches supported by the module (you can configure a swtichless scenario as well). Check out the usage examples and see how you can benefit from using the module.

The module has been developed according to the feature requests from Russian speaking unattended community at Forum.OSZone.net. Therefore many functions focus on unattended installation scenarios.

Starting with version 1.1 beta the module requires Windows 2000 or later. Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows Me are no longer supported.

The module development is an ongoing process. It keeps gaining new features, as you can see in the History of changes. Meanwhile some bugs are possible, and you can report them using the contact information at the top of the page.

There is no built-in functionality for replacing the SFX archive icon 😒, but you can easily do this yourself. See Replacing 7z sfx archive icon for instructions.

Important! You CAN NOT change icons for modules compressed with UPX utility.

Credits:

• Igor Pavlov (7-Zip archiver)
• Vadim Sterkin aka Vadikan (help with documentation and its translation to English)
• gora (help with updating documentation)
• Forum.OSZone.net members (testing and valuable input)