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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.
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*** FOR INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS SEE THE FILE "README.TXT" ***
*** ***
*** New users: please click the "Brief Tutorial" entry in ***
*** PowerArchiver's "Help" pull-down menu. ***
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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.