7-Zip File Manager
The 7-Zip File Manager is a program for manipulating files and folders.
The 7-Zip File Manager can work with two panels. You can switch between
panels by pressing the Tab button. Most of the operations can be
executed using keyboard shortcuts or by right-clicking on items
and selecting the appropriate command from menu.
In This Section
Menu Items and Shortcut Keys Describes the menu items and keyboard shortcut.
Options Dialog Box Describes what settings you can change that affect the 7-Zip File Manager.
Benchmark Describes a 7-Zip Benchmark for measuring CPU performance.
About Dialog Box Provides information about 7-Zip.
Plugins Describes plugins for the 7-Zip File Manager.
You have access to the following items from root folder in 7-Zip File Manager:
Computer : computer's disks
Documents : My Documents folder of current user
Network
\\. : the folder for low-level access to disks.
You must have administrator's rights to use that folder.
You can
copy .iso images from CD/DVD to file.
view NTFS/FAT partitions via 7-Zip parser. It provides read-only access to files.
Notes from this site
Not part of the 7-Zip manual. Written by this site; examples checked with 7-Zip 26.04.
Is there a 7-Zip File Manager for Linux or macOS?
No. The File Manager is the Windows program 7zFM.exe, normally in C:\Program Files\7-Zip. On Linux and macOS the official build is the console program 7zz, which has no GUI: use the command line version . Official downloads are at www.7-zip.org .
The \\. folder: copy an ISO from a CD/DVD
The vendor text says the root-folder entry \\. gives low-level access to disks, needs administrator rights, can copy .iso images from a CD/DVD to a file and shows NTFS/FAT partitions read-only. The manual gives no step-by-step instructions for copying an ISO; only this description exists. Separately, the FAQ says to run the File Manager in administrator mode by right-clicking its icon and choosing Run as administrator, but it writes that for changing file associations, not for \\.. Nothing here was run on Windows, and the manual describes \\. for the File Manager only.
If you already have the .iso and only want its files, extract it like any archive: 7z x disc.iso -oOUT (run on macOS with a small test ISO).
File Manager action and console command
In the File Manager Console (7z on Windows, 7zz on Linux/macOS)
Copy To... from an archive 7z x backup.7z -oOUTExtract into the current folder 7z x backup.7z (see -o )Add to archive 7z a backup.7z folder/List contents of an archive 7z l backup.7zDelete inside an archive 7z d backup.7z folder/old.txtRename inside an archive 7z rn backup.7z folder/old.txt folder/new.txtTest 7z t backup.7zCalculate checksum 7z h -scrcSHA256 fileTools > Benchmark 7z b
If Windows cannot find 7z, run these from the install folder or by the full path to 7z.exe.
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