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- PowerArchiver 2004 Version 9.01
- Copyright(c) 1999-2004 ConeXware, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved
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- 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:
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- Windows 32-bit support. PowerArchiver includes long filename
- support and complete integration with the Windows
- 9x/NT/ME/2000/XP/2003 shell.
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- 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.
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- Drag and drop from and to Windows Explorer, and extracting
- and creating archives directly from Explorer using powerful
- EXPLORER SHELL EXTENSIONS.
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- Two modes of working with archives:
- * CLASSIC -> all files in the same listing
- * EXPLOER -> navigation through archive like through folders
- in Windows Explorer
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Support for UNICODE filenames on Windows 2000/XP/2003.
- Open/Extract RAR and 7-ZIP archives with UNICODE filenames
- without problems.
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- Full built-in support for "Internet file" formats like Base64
- (MIME), UUEncode, XXEncode and yENC.
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- Many powerful and useful functions and features: multiple disk
- spanning, passwords, comments, renaming files in archive,
- installing archive, checking archive for viruses.
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- 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, ...
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- Open/Edit/Update files with only one operation. Easy as in
- Windows Explorer.
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- Creating powerful ZIP and CAB Self Extracting archives.
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- Encrypt and dectrypt files and archives using 4 different
- methods:
- * Blowfish (128bits)
- * DES (56-bits)
- * Tripple DES (168-bits)
- * Rijandael (128-bits, 256-bits)
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- 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.
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- Repair corrupted ZIP archives.
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- Batch ZIP support. Create multiple different archives at once.
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- Multi-Extract capability. Extract multiple archives at once.
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- 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.
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- 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:
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- --> Rated with ***** at Download.com
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- --> Marked with "popular" at Download.com
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- --> ZDNet's "Hot Utility of the Day" and "Free File of the Day"
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- --> Voted "File of the Week" at FileForum
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- --> Rated with ***** at BetaNews
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- --> Rated with ***** at Tucows
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- --> Rated with ***** at Web Attack
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- --> Rated with ****** (BEST) at Nonags
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- --> Rated with ***** at 5 Star Shareware
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- --> Rated with ***** at HotFiles
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- --> Rated with ***** at SoftDepia
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- --> Top rating at SuperDownloads
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- --> Rated with ***** at Download32
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- --> Rated with ***** at PC Astuces
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- --> "Pick of the Week" at SlaughterHouse
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- --> Rated with "Cool" and marked with "User's Choice" at ListSoft
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- --> Rated with ***** at SharewareJunkies
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- --> Rated with ***** at The File Transit
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- --> Rated with ***** at SuperShareware
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- --> Skylark Utilities Editor's Pick (Skylark Utilities)
-
- For more recent awards and reviews visit PowerArchiver's
- Homepage.