Installation and Configuration Notes for 7-zip

By default the app will install into a 7-Zip folder under the apprpriate Program Files folder.

Project Evergreen

Project Evergreen AppTracker provides information and sources for installers for this app https://stealthpuppy.com/apptracker/#7zip

Exe based installer

Silent installation is possible:

"/S" (capitalized) for silent installation.

MSI based installer

Normal MSI parameters are available for quick/passive/silent installation, and:

INSTALLDIR is supported.
ALLUSERS is supported.

SilentInstallHQ

Silent Install HQ provides information on the silent install of this app https://silentinstallhq.com/?s=7-zip

Typical Configuration Items

This identifies the most commonly interesting configuration items in the application.

The product does not currently have an autoupdater built in.
Registry based configuration available under the key [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\7-Zip\FM]. None of these items appear critical.

Installed Components worth noting

The application installs with two shortcuts, one for the program and another for the chm-based help file. The help is alao available from in the program so the latter shortcut may be removed.
The application adds/updates a lot of file type associations for compressed file formats, and consideration should be made if this app should become the default for these file types. Most of these FTAs are for Shell Integration (verb/command) access.
The application has several shell extensions:
- 2 Context Menu handlers (one for all file types and another for Directories).
- A Drag&Drop handler.
The application includes an App Paths registration for both search (execution alias) and dll loading.
Although there is an uninstall.exe file in the installation folder, there is no shortcut to it.
The installed app does not use AppData local or roaming folders, however the runtime will use the temp folder for temporary storage.