PKZIP® Explorer
PKZIP Explorer integrates seamlessly within Windows Explorer to quickly compress or
extract files using simple context menu options. PKZIP Explorer also provides the
underlying engine for the PKZIP Attachments application. PKZIP Explorer introduces Strong Encryption
features.
Version 5.0
- Strong Encryption Algorithms. In addition to traditional PKZIP encryption,
PKZIP 5.0 increases the level of data security by using industry standard algorithms to encrypt your data in a way that makes
it much more difficult to decipher.
- Strong Encryption Using Recipients List. You can use the Recipients
List option with or without a password. Only those who are on the list or know the password can
extract the data.
Version 1.5
- Compress and create .ZIP files larger than 4 Gigabytes.
The .ZIP file format originally introduced by PKWARE was limited to creating .ZIP archives
no larger than 4 gigabytes (GB). As system and storage capacities have increased, PKWARE
has extended its .ZIP file format to meet the needs of newer systems. You can now compress
files that are larger than 4 GB allowing you to create .ZIP files up to the limitations of
your computers storage capacity.
- Compress more than 65535 files into a .ZIP file. The
original .ZIP file format limited the number of files you could compress into a .ZIP
archive to no more than 65535 files. PKWARE has extended this limit to allow you to
compress more files than ever.
- Trusted PKZIP program files. To ensure the integrity and
authenticity of the programs you receive, PKWARE has added a digital signature to the
software programs distributed with PKZIP Explorer. This ensures that the program you
install onto your computer has not been tampered with and that they are verifiably from
PKWARE.
Version 1.1
- X.509 Digital Signature feature has been enhanced to support adding multiple
signatures to an archive.
- Additional compression algorithms including the new Deflate64(tm)
algorithm for smaller compressed archives and the Implode algorithm for
compatibility with archives compressed using the PKWARE Data Compression Library®.
- Create PKSFX® SelF-eXtracting archives.
- Zip and email an archive immediately.
- Easily add files to existing archives when compressing files.
- Configure span/split parameters directly on the Save As dialog when
compressing files.
- Info tip for .ZIP files on systems running Windows 2000 or Windows Me.
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