After installing 7-Zip, use it to create a new archive - either via the 7-Zip option in your Windows Explorer right-click menu or the Add button in the 7-Zip application. There are many file-compression programs you could use, but we recommend the completely free and open-source. That’s fine - you can download a free third-party file compression program that will handle this for you. There is no password to the crark-7z's executables and configuration files.Ĭreate an Encrypted Archive Windows XP allowed you to create password-protected ZIP files, but Windows 7 doesn’t. This carries inference that 7-Zip password encryption is one of the strongest between popular. Recover (crack) your forgotten password on 7-Zip archives.