7-Zip / Discussion / Open Discussion: 7z Archive iFilter for Windows Search

Anonymous - 2009-12-18

Both ZIP and RAR formats have iFilters because of which their contents can be searched. Please develop 32-bit and 64-bit 7z Archive iFilters for Windows Search.

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xpclient - 2010-12-30

Bump! Any update on this? Why are 7z archives still unsearchable using regular Windows Search?

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xpclient - 2012-10-29

Bump. Any chance Igor you might consider this? :) I have lots of archives on my HDD in 7z format but I cannot search their contents using Start menu search because there is no iFilter.

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Igor Pavlov - 2012-10-29

Now I don't have such plans.

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xpclient - 2018-05-20

You see I have 7zipped a large number of PDF eBooks because they save a lot of space that way. But I am unable to search them from the Start menu then. If I extract them to a folder, they take double the space but are searchable. A 7zip search filter as it is available for zip or rar will solve this issue. Even on SharePoint 2016, 7z archives will become searchable.

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7z Archive iFilter for Windows Search