Explzh full changelog

The English resource notation of the Explzh main unit has been carefully examined and reviewed by AI, and it has been improved to be more natural and tailored to actual computer operation.
Enhanced the ZIP loading and repair function:
For damaged ZIP files (both zip64 descriptor format / normal ZIP), if only header errors are available, it is almost certain to be extracted.
At the same time, the success rate that can be repaired is further improved, and the repair process is faster.
Fixed a problem with character code determination that occurred when the ASCII underscore "_" was included in the UTF-8 Japanese file name.
Improvement of ZIP self-extracting format (SFX):
Fixed an issue where an error message that was not originally required to be displayed when it was not possible to expand a folder encrypted with Unicode-SFX.
At the same time, we have replaced the self-extracting stub and improved it to be more appropriate.

Updated the Options dialog and the compression dialog box for each of the available formats. * In anticipation of multilingual support scheduled to be supported after v10.00, we are adjusting the width of the character items with a margin.
The Zip64 header flag is reconfigured after deleting the files in the ZIP archive. At the same time, the Zip64 Extra Field, which is no longer needed, will also be removed.
The ZIP information acquisition process for damaged ZIP (such as ZIP created by Windows Explorer) has been accelerated. Even with a damaged ZIP with a slightly missing end, the contents can now be displayed at high speed, even if it is more than 4GB of ZIP.
Fixed an issue where the display "Offset Fraud" and "The file name is too long" were replaced in the warning message when an error occurred in the strictly header check of ZIP.
Fixed a bug that if Windows Hello authentication was canceled while operating the encrypted archive, the main unit window was not reactivated while the main unit window was disabled.
Fixed a bug that crashed when opening ISO files in a recent version.
Fixed a bug in the FTP client. Fixed an issue where it could not be uploaded during an unsecured FTP connection.
The display processing of archive comments has been organized and unified to the control on the application side.

When viewing a list of archives with comments, we have improved the feature so that comments are displayed unselected by default and are selected only when editing.
In a multi-display environment, after executing shell extensions such as "Create a zip file here," "Create an individual archive here," "Create a folder here and unzip," and "Create a symbolic link here," the icon will now be placed in the correct drop position even when operating between displays with different resolutions.
Memory usage has also been reduced by optimizing memory management and eliminating a crash caused by corrupted archives.

We have fixed the issue where files stored in ZIP64 (ZIP64 archives over 4GB in size without a descriptor header) could not be selected and deleted. *An application error may occur after deleting, but this does not affect the damage to the archive. We would like to thank those who reported this issue.
Fixed an issue where ZIP-AES encrypted archives were incorrectly displayed as "Legacy encryption." *This was a display issue, and the encryption process itself is performed as specified.
Fixed an issue where the progress bar position was incorrect when the dialog was displayed when the progress bar dialog was enabled on the device during compression/extraction.

The drawing method has been changed to GDI+ to address the problem that the check mark of the check box is difficult to see when using dark mode in the display resolution environment. This has improved overall visibility, including in a 4K environment.
Updated the cursor icon of drag drop (D&D) in deployment / copying. * The English version has already been applied in Ver.9.90.
Fixed an issue where white artifacts (garbage) were displayed on the right edge of the tab window immediately after starting the application at the remote desktop connection destination in some environments.
We have revamped the design of virtual list views, thumbnail generation, and scroll drawing. This makes the operation smoother even in archives with a large number of files, improving overall stability and display speed.
Updated the development environment to Visual Studio 2022 (Ver.17.14.20).

Double buffering is used for most drawing processes, ensuring fast and flicker-free drawing.
Fixed an issue where "Toggle Selection" did not work correctly when displaying tiles in list view, making it impossible to cancel the selection.
When extracting ZIP files, if the Zstandard method is mixed, the progress bar would be temporarily initialized and return to the reset position. This has been fixed.
View items are now sorted by size, including the total size of subfolders. *Folder items are placed at the top (ascending order) or bottom (descending order).
We have reviewed the method of storing links when the "Store symbolic links" compression option is enabled, and changed the specifications so that the destination of symbolic links is stored as a relative path. As a result, the option to store links as absolute paths has been abolished. (This is to address a vulnerability issue related to symbolic links.)
Visual Studio 2022 17.14.18 (October 2025) applied.

Double buffering is used for most drawing processes, ensuring fast and flicker-free drawing.
Fixed an issue where "Toggle Selection" did not work correctly when displaying tiles in list view, making it impossible to cancel the selection.
When extracting ZIP files, if the Zstandard method is mixed, the progress bar would be temporarily initialized and return to the reset position. This has been fixed.
View items are now sorted by size, including the total size of subfolders. *Folder items are placed at the top (ascending order) or bottom (descending order).
We have reviewed the method of storing links when the "Store symbolic links" compression option is enabled, and changed the specifications so that the destination of symbolic links is stored as a relative path. As a result, the option to store links as absolute paths has been abolished. (This is to address a vulnerability issue related to symbolic links.)
Visual Studio 2022 17.14.18 (October 2025) applied.

Double buffering is used for most drawing processes, ensuring fast and flicker-free drawing.
Fixed an issue where "Toggle Selection" did not work correctly when displaying tiles in list view, making it impossible to cancel the selection.
When extracting ZIP files, if the Zstandard method is mixed, the progress bar would be temporarily initialized and return to the reset position. This has been fixed.
View items are now sorted by size, including the total size of subfolders. *Folder items are placed at the top (ascending order) or bottom (descending order).
We have reviewed the method of storing links when the "Store symbolic links" compression option is enabled, and changed the specifications so that the destination of symbolic links is stored as a relative path. As a result, the option to store links as absolute paths has been abolished. (This is to address a vulnerability issue related to symbolic links.)
Visual Studio 2022 17.14.18 (October 2025) applied.

Fixed an issue where the tree view on the left pane was turned into a garbled character when displaying full-width Japanese characters following special characters such as Unicode binding characters and zero-width spaces by owner draw. As a result, visibility including the state color has been improved.
Changed to use the Dark Mode API for dynamically created progressbar drawing when dark mode setting is enabled. This is reflected by applying the recent Windows Update, and the color of the bar is displayed in white.
Reduced flicker when the file name text drawing of the main body status bar is updated at high speed during dark mode.
Added the "Disable incremental search function" option to [Options]-[General]-[Settings]-[Basic Behavior].
In [Options]-[Window]-[Color font style]-[Dark mode], check "Turn the color of the check box to dark mode" to display it with the check box for dark mode.
He also made some other detailed corrections.

Improved to send update notifications to the shell when making changes such as additional compression to existing zip and 7-zip files. This also updates the view of the Explorer with the file open in real time. (If the drop target function is enabled, you can easily create an encrypted ZIP by dragging and dropping onto the ZIP icon while holding down the Ctrl key.)
When the zip drop target setting is enabled, the "Compressed (zipped) Folder" item will be added if it does not exist in the "New" shell context menu.
Password manager bug fix. Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when loading password.dat (password data) when changing the authentication method.
Visual Studio 2022 v.17.14.9 has been applied.