This used to be my favorite zip-type program when it was free years ago. However as I have no need for UUEncode or Mime I moved on to 7-Zip (which is free and so easy to replace in the event of upgrading your computer).

PowerArchiver still works just as well as it always did, but moving to shareware opened the door to 7-Zip and so I will stay with the freeware, so there are no problems with reinstalling the software or compatibility (.7z files are becoming more common now).

TeeK  –  10 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+144)

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Installed and registered without problems on a WIn 8.1.2 Pro 64 bit system.

An US company with name&address&phone (as it should).


ConeXware was founded in Huntington Beach, California, in 2001 by Nathan Mook and Drazen Dodig to support the growth of PowerArchiver, the award-winning archiving utility created by Ivan Petrovic in 1998. Since that time, we have opened two European offices and expanded the presence of PowerArchiver around the world.

This time it is a "real" software, not a crippleware only built for a "free" GiveAway and not available anywhere...

Upon start you have to choose between a classical style and a "modern" ribbon style.

A structured interface opens with more options than you'll need in the first steps.

But before you do anything you should disable in the options the automatic updates AND the "send anonymous user statistic". Why the hell should anybody send to their servers what he is zipping and unzipping. To the .zip...

This software does everything around zip. If you are working locally on your computer, that this "standard" version is sufficient. The professional system is for those doing remote things, whether in the cloud or on other computers elsewhere - or PGP support.

This software can extract .RAR, build not create .RAR - there a RAR.EXE is needed for copyright reasons.

A really powerful archiver. If you are used your 7zip or WinRAR than this program has as (small) advantage a queuing system, a fast compression engine using as much cores as you have and detailed settings.

This software deserves to be installed and tested. Use it, if you don't have a good zipper.

I'll keep my 7zip, which I am used. Uninstalled via reboot only for that reason.

Karl  –  10 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+142)

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Nice. Looks like a good winzip/winrar alternative. Lots of options, comes with an SFX builder inside and unlike 7zip which I used till now this one is able to open the folder where the archive is extracted to. Make sure though that after install you go into the settings to set it to never check for updates (option-->Configuration-->Auto update) because it is set by deault to check and run the update silently and since the GOTD rules say no updating you could lose the program in a heartbeat. However thumbs up so far from me

whizzy  –  10 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+76)

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Wosa - PA Standard does not include PACL - our command line utility... thats included in Pro and Toolbox. Otherwise, you are registered - it is exactly the same setup and settings as normal PA 2013 Standard, nothing removed or any option changed - we just changed keys for this release, everything else is untouched.

To everyone else, thanks for the kudos. There are some other cool things in PA 2013 Standard - like native VSS and UAC support, I dont think anyone has those. So you can compress and extract any file anywhere without having to shutdown or run PA as admin, it does everything automatically.

PowerArchiver support  –  10 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+65)

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This is a perfectly fine zip tool. It is fully capable and will do fine for most users. It comes in three different versions. You can see the differences here at this link...

http://www.powerarchiver.com/powerarchiver-professional/

But does it do enough to stand out from the others? This is a very crowded field so it needs to be better than the rest. If you need a program like this, it would definitely be worth a look. But if you miss out on this you may check this other alternatives...

http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/7-zip_portable

http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/PeaZip_portable
http://extractnow-portable.en.softonic.com/

Thank you GOTD team and ConeXware.

dadams  –  10 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+62)

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