BUG: Installing 7z in a different folder then 7z was previously installed in...

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BUG: Installing 7z in a different folder then 7z was previously installed in will result in the context menu to not work.

Forum: Open Discussion

Creator: Adrian

Created: 2016-12-01

Updated: 2016-12-02

Adrian - 2016-12-01

I don't have permissions to create a bug, so I'm posting here.

I had 7z installed in my C drive. I uninstalled it and installed a newer (latest v16.04) to my D drive using the .msi installer. All went smoothly until I tried to right click on a directory in Explorer and go to 7-Zip > Add to archive... at which point, Explorer through up a window saying: The system cannot find the file specified: C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe I'm searching the registry now to find the offending key, but this should be corrected.

Thanks for a great product.

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Igor Pavlov - 2016-12-02

Explorer locks 7-zip.dll in some cases.
It must work after reboot.

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