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[windows-11-arm] 7-zip could be built for arm64 #141

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@k61n

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Describe the issue
Currently 7-zip is installed on windows arm image, however it is x64 version, which runs (I assume) through emulation layer, which is inefficient

7-Zip 25.00 (x64) : Copyright (c) 1999-2025 Igor Pavlov : 2025-07-05

To Reproduce

'test' | Out-File test.txt
7z a hello.7z test.txt

Expected behavior
I would expect bundled 7-zip to be built for arm64, given it is available

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  • OS: [windows-11-arm]

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