PeaZip 4.5.1

PeaZip is an open source file and archive manager. It's freeware and free of charge for any use.

PeaZip can extract most of archive formats both from Windows and Unix worlds, ranging from mainstream 7Z, RAR, TAR and ZIP to experimental ones like PAQ/LPAQ family, currently the most powerful compressor available.

For archive creation, PeaZip suppors a wide range of compression and encryption standard, from fastes to most powerful ones, and allows to export job definition as scripts to bridge the gap between GUI and console applications, and let the user pick the best of the two worlds.

PeaZip has secure deletion feature, can verify file checksum and hash, and supports multiple strong encryption standards, optionally using two factor authentication (password and keyfile) for increased security:

• 7Z's AES256 encryption
• ZIP WinZip's AE encryption based on AES256 (and ZipCrypto for legacy compatibility); can decrypt PKZip's AES encryption
• FreeARC's ARC: AES256, Blowfish, Twofish256 and Serpent256 - this format is also capable to generate recovery records to protect data against corruption
• PEA: AES256 EAX authenticated encryption

Change Log:

· Added support for Open Office 1.x fils (SX*/ST*), PCV MozBackup files, BSZ (BS Player), RMSKIN (Rainmeter), WSZ/WAL (Winamp), and WMZ (Windows Media Player) skin files
· Fixed untranslated strings in UI
· Fixed bug in navigating non mapped network paths from the breadcrumb

Developer:

Giorgio Tani - 8.7MB (Open Source)

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WinRAR 4.20 Beta 1 (32-bit)

WinRAR is an archiving utility that completely supports RAR and ZIP archives and is able to unpack CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, 7Z, Z archives. It consistently makes smaller archives than the competition, saving disk space and transmission costs.

WinRAR offers a graphic interactive interface utilizing mouse and menus as well as the command line interface. WinRAR is easier to use than many other archivers with the inclusion of a special "Wizard" mode which allows instant access to the basic archiving functions through a simple question and answer procedure.

WinRAR offers you the benefit of industry strength archive encryption using AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) with a key of 128 bits. It supports files and archives up to 8,589 billion gigabytes in size. It also offers the ability to create selfextracting and multivolume archives. With recovery record and recovery volumes, you can reconstruct even physically damaged archives.

Change Log:

# Changes in RAR compression:
* RAR general compression algorithm is optimized for better utilization of several processor cores. While some speed gain is possible even in single processor mode, best results are achieved in multi-core environment.Speed gain depends on data type and average file size. Several cores are utilized more efficiently when compressing large files.
* we had to increase memory requirements to achieve higher compression speed. General RAR compression algorithm allocates about 120 MB comparing to 40 MB in WinRAR 4.11
* RAR text compression algorithm cannot utilize several CPU cores efficiently, so its performance in multiprocessor environment is much lower than for general algorithm. Also its decompression speed is much lower than in general algorithm regardless of CPU number. So we decided to disable the text algorithm by default.If you need maximum possible compression ratio for plain text data regardless of speed, you can enable the text compression in "Advanced compression parameter" dialog. Press "Compression..." button on "Advanced" page of archiving dialog to access it. You can also change this option permanently in default compression profile In the command line mode the text compression can be enabled with -mct switch
* "Fastest" (-m1) compression mode also supports several processor cores now. In 4.11 it could use only a single processor core.
# RAR general decompression algorithm speed is slightly improved, though not to same extent as RAR compression. RAR decompression is not able to use several processor cores, so its performance does not depend on a number of cores.
# Changes in ZIP compression:
* now ZIP compression supports several processor cores resulting in noticeably higher performance in multi-core environment. Single CPU ZIP compression is also faster than in 4.11;
* memory use for ZIP compression is increased to about 15 MB.
# Recovery volume creating and processing can use several CPU cores resulting in higher speed. Though, typically hard drive seek speed is a limiting factor for recovery volumes, so this gain is most noticeable when working with solid state drive.
# Now the allowed value for -mt switch is 1 - 32, not 0 - 16 as before.
# "Find files" command can search data in 7-Zip archives. Previously "Find files" did not support .7z archive format.
# Windows 2000 is not supported by WinRAR and WinRAR self-extracting modules anymore.

Developer:

RARLab - 1.44MB (Shareware) - beta

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WinZip 16.5.10095

WinZip Computing Inc - 29.58MB (Shareware)
WinZip is the most trusted way to work with compressed files. No other compression utility is as easy-to-use or offers the comprehensive and productivity-enhancing approach that has made WinZip the gold standard for file-compression tools.






You can quickly and securely zip and unzip files to conserve storage space, speed up e-mail transmission, and reduce download times. State-of-the-art file compression, strong AES encryption, compatibility with more compression formats, and new intuitive photo compression, make WinZip the complete compression and archiving solution.

Building on the favorite features of a worldwide base of several million users, WinZip adds new features for image compression and management, support for new compression methods, improved compression performance, support for additional archive formats, and more. Users can work faster, smarter, and safer.

This is a 45-day trial version.

Change Log:

* ultra-fast zip engine that taps into your computer’s full processing power
* next-generation technology that harnesses the power of AMD graphics processors (GPUs)
* streamlined interface with a more attractive, intuitive look-and-feel
* Revolutionary Performance Enhancements
* Additional Speed for AMD Customers
* Improved Design

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PeaZip 4.5.0

Giorgio Tani - 8.69MB (Open Source)
PeaZip is an open source file and archive manager. It's freeware and free of charge for any use.







PeaZip can extract most of archive formats both from Windows and Unix worlds, ranging from mainstream 7Z, RAR, TAR and ZIP to experimental ones like PAQ/LPAQ family, currently the most powerful compressor available.

For archive creation, PeaZip suppors a wide range of compression and encryption standard, from fastes to most powerful ones, and allows to export job definition as scripts to bridge the gap between GUI and console applications, and let the user pick the best of the two worlds.

PeaZip has secure deletion feature, can verify file checksum and hash, and supports multiple strong encryption standards, optionally using two factor authentication (password and keyfile) for increased security:

•     7Z's AES256 encryption
•     ZIP WinZip's AE encryption based on AES256 (and ZipCrypto for legacy compatibility); can decrypt PKZip's AES encryption
•     FreeARC's ARC: AES256, Blowfish, Twofish256 and Serpent256 - this format is also capable to generate recovery records to protect data against corruption
•     PEA: AES256 EAX authenticated encryption

Change Log:

# FILE MANAGER
* Added keyboard shortcuts
- Ctrl+Alt+F3 (web search form) and Shift+Alt+F3 (web search on peazip.org)
- Ctrl+F5 (open path) Shift+F5 (open archive)
- (Windows) New quick window docking menu: send PeaZip to the four sides and angles of the desktop with Ctrl+Alt+arrow
* (Windows) Added "Properties" dialog in context menu
* Added switches
> -add2multiseparate: start a single instance, add multiple input to archive, each to separate archive
> -add2multisplit (replaces add2split): start a single instance, add multiple input to file split (consolidate in tar if it is not a single file)
> -ext2browseasarchive: force opening the file as archive
* (Windows) Added "Check for updates" feature in help group
* Fixed display the application in foreground when started
* (Windows) Improved startup times in slow network environment
- By default, does not get mapped network drives information
- If set to get information, in case of failure the switch is ignored for the session, and then tried again in next sessions
* Improved "Save job definition"
- Featured as context menu in archiving and extraction interfaces
- (Windows) by default saves as .bat file with default system's character encoding, so the script can be directly executed
- It is now possible to save job definition for extracting multiple files at once
- It is now possible to save job definition for archiving each input item to separate archives
- Job definition scripts are saved by default in PeaZip's applications data path (user specific for installable version)
* Improved file split/join features
- (Windows) Split file featured by default in system context menu
- Split is by default a favourite format (Add button's context menu, Archive interface)
- Re-introduced file split/join entries in File tools submenu
- Selecting Split format automatically switches volume size to Custom
- Fixed a graphic glitch in displaying file split buttons
- No checksum by default, consistently with default behavior of other file split utilities
* Improved file/archive manager
- Improved context menu, now divided in 3 functional areas
> Archive management (top) add, extract, test, password...
> Navigation (middle) navigation and organization features (browser mode, sorting, select)
> File management (bottom) open with, rename, delete, properties...
- Improved status area
> Status area displays a quick switch button between views (same as Alt+8)
> Status bar and Details bar displays basic controls to customize browser type and size
> Improved Details view
- Improved toolbar area, buttons are auto sized for optimal placement
- Improved navigation bar
> More prominence given to Open path, Open archive, and Search and drag here, moved in a top level branch expaneded by default
> Application menu opens selected objects with chosen application, launches the application if nothing is selected
> Added quick jump context menu to navigation bar (same popup menu as for the root of breadcrumb in the address bar)
- Improved Web search adding search in Google+ and SourceForge
# WINDOWS INSTALLER
* (Windows 7+) Added option to use non-cascaded menu as alternative to default cascaded menus (flag Custom during installation, or run System integration wizard)
* Added -ext2browseasarchive "Open as archive" action for any file type
* Added "Extract archives" to any file type when the menu is cascaded, as quick shortcut to open extraction interface (accepts dropping files) or fallback if an archive type is not associated with PeaZip for any reason
* Removed emergency Start menu link "Reset PeaZip", moved as .bat in PeaZip's /res folder
* SendTo menu by default features Add, Extract, Open as archive, and Browse path with PeaZip entries

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PowerArchiver 12.12.03

PowerArchiver offers hundreds of features, yet remains easy to use, small and fast. Novice users will find a familiar interface complete with tutorial and detailed help, while more experienced users can take advantage of full Explorer integration, multiple encryption methods and advanced compression algorithms.

Here is a brief list of some of the key features found in PowerArchiver:

•     Preview Window
•     Full Windows Vista Support
•     Superior ZIP Support
•     7-Zip Compression
•     Multiple Formats Support Including ISO
•     New Queue System (Add/Extract/Backup) and PowerArchiver Starter
•     Unmatched Security
•     Automated Backups
•     Guaranteed Compatibility and Explorer Integration
•     Compression Profiles
•     Useful Tools

Change Log:

• * Improved TAR handling
• – Improved behavior when working with large TAR archives.
• * Improved rename box
• – Consistent size between different dialogues, F2 now activates rename file inside archive dialogue.
• * Improved Windows 8 support
• – Small improvements for Windows 8 Cunsumer Preview support.
• * Modern interface and backup option
• – Modern interface will now allow backup for Professional users.
• * Better Unicode compatibility with PAOP
• – Added improved Unicode compatibility for interaction with PAOP for new PAOP release 2.20.05.

                                                                            (Size: 18 MB)

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WinRAR 4.11 (32-bit)

WinRAR is an archiving utility that completely supports RAR and ZIP archives and is able to unpack CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, 7Z, Z archives. It consistently makes smaller archives than the competition, saving disk space and transmission costs.

WinRAR offers a graphic interactive interface utilizing mouse and menus as well as the command line interface. WinRAR is easier to use than many other archivers with the inclusion of a special "Wizard" mode which allows instant access to the basic archiving functions through a simple question and answer procedure.

Change Log:

• # Bugs fixed:
• - WinRAR did not store NTFS "Compressed" attribute, when creating RAR archives.
• - WinRAR crashed in command line mode if @filelist parameter was present and 'filelist' did not exist. This bug affected only WinRAR.exe, not RAR.exe.
• - if -x*\somefolder\* exclusion mask was specified when archiving and if name of current folder contained 'somefolder', WinRAR excluded all files and stopped creating an archive.
• - GUI self-extracting archives did not work in Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE).

                                                                 (Size: 1.50 MB )

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7-Zip 9.22 Beta (32-bit)

7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.

The main features of 7-Zip are:

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•     High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression
•     Supported packing / unpacking formats: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
•     Supported formats for unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z.
•     Compression ratio for ZIP and GZIP formats: 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
•     Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats
•     Self-extracting capability for 7z format
•     Integration with Windows Shell
•     Powerful File Manager
•     Powerful command line version
•     Plugin for FAR Manager
•     Localizations for 74 languages

This is the 32-bit version.

Change Log:
# Fixed:
* 7-Zip could ignore some options when you created ZIP archives. For example, it could use ZipCrypto cipher instead of AES-256.

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