7zipSilencer 1.0

7zipSilencer is a lightweight application developed by Dead’Soul, available to download at the MysterCrowley.com web site. 7zipSilencer has been designed to perform a single but useful task: converting files from the 7zip compression format into a self-extracting executable file, also known as SFX file. For those who don’t know what 7zip or SFX are, here goes a brief explanation.

7zip is the compression format and file type created by the 7Zip application, which is an open source utility for Windows. You can use 7Zip instead of WinRAR or WinZip. The self-extracting executable files have the ability to self-decompress and then execute a specific file from the files just decompressed. In the case of self-extracting executable files created with 7zipSilencer, these files will also have the ability to delete the temporary files decompressed files created in the process.

7zipSilencer is an extremely easy-to-use, intuitive application. It consists in a single window with four text boxes as follows: "Select 7zip file": here is where you enter the path to the file to be converted. You can also browse to the file location.

"Select SFX file": includes a dropdown list to select the SFX type of file to be created. The default option is 7-Zip Classic. "Enter file name to launch": is the place where you will have to enter the file name to be executed after decompression. "Select output file" is where you´ll have to enter the name and location for the file to be created. The downside of 7zipSilencer, if there is one, is that it won’t allow configuring it to work with other compressed file types such as ZIP or RAR. This, naturally, makes of 7zipSilencer a useless tool for those who are not 7Zip users.