| PowerArchiver | |
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 PowerArchiver 2016 running on Windows | |
| Developer | ConeXware Inc. |
| Stable release(s) | |
| Operating system | Windows,macOS |
| Type | File archiver |
| License | Trialware |
| Website | powerarchiver |
PowerArchiver is a proprietaryfile archiver forMicrosoft Windows andMacOS, developed byConeXware Inc. It supports creating and readingZIP,7z, andTar archive formats, as well as variousdisk image formats. Additionally, it can read (but not create)RAR andACE files. The evaluation version of the program remains functional for 40 days. Personal licenses are currently permitted free lifetime updates to all future versions of the software, while the business license is valid through two major versions.
PowerArchiver's first public release was made in March 1999. It was advertised as a free archiving solution and was written inBorland Delphi. It turned into shareware in June 2001 with version 7. Prior to being PowerArchiver, the software was known as EasyZip. Acommand-line version and aMicrosoft Outlookplugin is also provided. PowerArchiver's user interface has been translated into 15 languages.
The latest release of PowerArchiver fully supportsWindows 7 and provides the user an option to use theribbon GUI, as featured inMicrosoft Office 2007 and Windows 7. Users can revert to the old-style toolbar if they wish.
In 2011,Softpedia gave it five stars, praising its wide support for various compressed file types, FTP and backup feature by pointing out its lack of complete support of VHD files.[3]
In 2020,SoftFamous gave five stars to the file archiver software.[4]
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