i forgot my 7z password

[abdulsubbhan]

i used john but its taking to long and hashcat not working john does not have .py file in it can someone help

[solardiz]

Of course, it will generally take ages (and so fail) to recover a 7z password, unless you recall most of it and provide that to the program - see doc/MASK. What .py file does it not have? What version/build of John are you using on what platform?