7-Zip

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The 7-Zip application uses the following Windows Registry key to store various user specific information.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\7-Zip

Sub keys:

Name Description
FM

Values:

Name Data type Description
Lang Language tag, for example "en-US" or "-" if empty.

7-Zip FM sub key

Sub keys:

Name Description
Columns

Values:

Name Data type Description
FlatViewArc# Where # is a numeric value e.g. 0 or 1
FolderShortcuts
FolderHistory Contains a list of UTF-16 little-endian encoded strings with an end-of-string character
ListMode
Panels
PanelPath# Where # is a numeric value e.g. 0 or 1
Contains an UTF-16 little-endian encoded string
Position

7-Zip FM Columns sub key

Values:

Name Data type Description
7-Zip.Rar REG_BINARY
7-Zip.7z REG_BINARY