PowerArchiver 2004 Version 9.00 Copyright(c) 1999-2004 ConeXware, Inc. All Rights Reserved For a list of changes in this version, see WHATSNEW.TXT For ordering information, see the file ORDER.TXT. *************************************************************** *** FOR INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS SEE THE FILE "README.TXT" *** *** *** *** New users: please click the "Brief Tutorial" entry in *** *** PowerArchiver's "Help" pull-down menu. *** *** *** *************************************************************** Have you ever used the Internet? If so, you've probably encountered ZIP and other compressed files. Are you a Windows user? If so, PowerArchiver is the way to handle these archived files. PowerArchiver brings the convenience of Windows to the use of many archive files. Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 XP and 2003 Server versions are shipped on the same disk. Some of PowerArchiver features include: Windows 32-bit support. PowerArchiver includes long filename support and complete integration with the Windows 9x/NT/ME/2000/XP/2003 shell. Full Windows XP support. When running under Windows XP, PowerArchiver operates as a native Windows XP program. There is no need to set compatibility mode. Drag and drop from and to Windows Explorer, and extracting and creating archives directly from Explorer using powerful EXPLORER SHELL EXTENSIONS. Two modes of working with archives: * CLASSIC -> all files in the same listing * EXPLOER -> navigation through archive like through folders in Windows Explorer Built-in 100% PKZIP-compatible ZIP and UNZIP (PKZIP and PKUNZIP are NOT required for any zipping or unzipping operations), built-in support for creating 7-ZIP, LHA, CAB, TAR, TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ2 and BH (BlakHole) archives and built-in support for reading and extracting RAR (including new RAR v3 format), ARJ, ARC, ACE (including new ACE v2 format), ZOO, BZIP2 and GZ archive (NO external programs are required for any operation). Also reading and extracting from various different SFX archives (ZIP SFX, CAB SFX, RAR SFX, ARJ SFX, ACE SFX, ARC SFX, LHA SFX) is supported. Support for new PKZIP 4.5 format that enables you to create extra large ZIP archives (over 4 GB). Also support for new Deflate64 compression algorithm for better compression results. Support for creating archives using PKZip 5.1 AES enryption standard and extracting archives using both PKZip 5.1 and WinZip 9.0 AES encryption standards. All key sizes (128, 192 and 256 bit) are supported. Support for UNICODE filenames on Windows 2000/XP/2003. Open/Extract RAR and 7-ZIP archives with UNICODE filenames without problems. Full built-in support for "Internet file" formats like Base64 (MIME), UUEncode, XXEncode and yENC. Many powerful and useful functions and features: multiple disk spanning, passwords, comments, renaming files in archive, installing archive, checking archive for viruses. Integrated viewer with support for TXT, RTF, BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, ICO, WMF, EMF, Photoshop images, Paintshop Pro images, Autodesk images files, Truevision images, ZSoft Paintbrush images, Kodak Photo-CD images, Dr. Halo images, ... Open/Edit/Update files with only one operation. Easy as in Windows Explorer. Creating powerful ZIP and CAB Self Extracting archives. Encrypt and dectrypt files and archives using 4 different methods: * Blowfish (128bits) * DES (56-bits) * Tripple DES (168-bits) * Rijandael (128-bits, 256-bits) PowerArchiver Password Manager (PPM) lets you save passwords used in password protected archives. FTP Support. Create and upload archives to an FTP with only one operation. Multiple FTP profiles are supported. Tool for converting between archive formats (CAB -> LHA, etc.), and a tool for spliting single ZIP archive. Repair corrupted ZIP archives. Batch ZIP support. Create multiple different archives at once. Multi-Extract capability. Extract multiple archives at once. PowerArchiver Auto-Backup. Create scripts and do backups of your data with just one click. PowerArchiver Auto-Update. Automatically download and install new PowerArchiver releases. Compression Profiles - use predefined compression options for different purposes. Plug-in support.Download a separate plug-in for PGP encryption. Skinnable toolbar. Visit http://www.powerarchiver.com/skins for more skins. Fully compatible with WindowBlinds 4.x for skinning whole application. Detailed help using "Microsoft HTML Help". and many, many other useful and poweful features. * * * * * * * * * * * * * Recent awards include: --> Rated with ***** at Download.com --> Marked with "popular" at Download.com --> ZDNet's "Hot Utility of the Day" and "Free File of the Day" --> Voted "File of the Week" at FileForum --> Rated with ***** at BetaNews --> Rated with ***** at Tucows --> Rated with ***** at Web Attack --> Rated with ****** (BEST) at Nonags --> Rated with ***** at 5 Star Shareware --> Rated with ***** at HotFiles --> Rated with ***** at SoftDepia --> Top rating at SuperDownloads --> Rated with ***** at Download32 --> Rated with ***** at PC Astuces --> "Pick of the Week" at SlaughterHouse --> Rated with "Cool" and marked with "User's Choice" at ListSoft --> Rated with ***** at SharewareJunkies --> Rated with ***** at The File Transit --> Rated with ***** at SuperShareware --> Skylark Utilities Editor's Pick (Skylark Utilities) For more recent awards and reviews visit PowerArchiver's Homepage.