PowerArchiver is an advanced compression utility with an exclusive new PA format with strongest/fastest compression and secure AES. Supports 60+ formats: Multicore fast ZIP, ZIPX, ISO, RAR, 7-ZIP, CAB, LHA (LZH), TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, PGP & more. RAR compression & UNRAR available. Full OpenPGP support. FIPS 140-2 validated AES encryption. Cloud browser, Adv. Backup, S/FTP client, Burner, Virtual ISO Drive. 64-bit, Portable versions available!
PowerArchiver is an advanced file management – compression utility w/support for ZIP, ZIPX, , ISO, RAR, 7-ZIP, PA, CAB, LHA (LZH), TAR, GZIP, BZIP2 & more. PowerArchiver includes hundreds of other features!
PowerArchiver is an award winning professional file management/compression utility that offers the best file compression on the market today. PowerArchiver has full integration with Windows Explorer, multiple encryption methods, and advanced compression algorithms. With support for all popular compression formats, PowerArchiver is the last compression app you’ll ever need!
There are many options and features to love in PowerArchiver. You can preview many file types directly in the PowerArchiver without having to open an archive (PDF, PNG, JPEG, TXT, etc). PowerArchiver fully supports Windows 10 with both 32-bit and 64-bit installations, as well as all of your legacy Windows OS installations going all the way back to Windows XP and Server 2003. But the very best part? The highly advanced ZIP engine which use all cpu threads available and is multi-core threaded by block, not file, so even single file compression is fast.
PowerArchiver’s ZIP format support is the best on the market. The multicore engine runs up to 400% faster than single core systems on quad computers and works at the superior speeds of zip compression and extraction jobs. There’s full support for the ZIPX format, plus LZMA, XZ, JPEG, PPMd, BZIP2 and WAVPACK in ZIP/ZIPX! You can even use the open source 7-Zip advanced compression format. Want more?
In Addition to the advanced ZIP format, PowerArchiver features an exclusive compression format, the Advanced Codec Pack (.PA format). The Advanced Codec Pack (.PA format) features a comprehensive collection of filters and codecs that let you compress and extract various types of files at great speeds and compression ratios. It has been optimized for multicore processors and 64-bit systems (including multi-core extraction). It has superior compression compared to 7z, RAR and Zipx, with special compressors for jpeg, mp3, text, exe as well as docx, pdf, etc. PA format even has de-deduplication filter that will significantly lower the size of similar content, such as in ISO archives, images or anywhere else (works at byte level).
PA format is easy to configure and use with 2 main settings – Optimized Strong and Optimized Fast. Both settings will smartly utilize your PC power to the max by optimizing memory and cpu usage (unlimited cores supported). Aside for very strong compression ratio, PA format also includes very secure encryption, with special codec that obfuscates data before AES-256bit encryption, to make brute force attacks even harder. It also exclusively uses FIPS 140-2 validated encryption components.
PowerArchiver features additional advanced features:
· Full Windows 10 support with jump lists, taskbar progress and taskbar icon overlays.
· When you need to backup databases, Outlook .pst files, or in-use files? PowerArchiver offers exclusive support for VSS (volume shadow support), a feature typically only available in enterprise backup software.
· Has excellent support for the 7-Zip compression format with unique optimized modes.
· PowerArchiver supports over 60 formats and it has 10 different tools such as Multi Extract, Archive Converter and more.
· PowerArchiver has pioneered advanced Shell Extensions that let you compress, extract and encrypt files using one click from directly within Windows Explorer.
· Features Compression Profiles that store frequently used compression settings.
· Internal and fully independent PDF Viewer – PDF viewer that is fast and allows you to view and print PDFs without any additional pdf tools installed.
· Multiple tabs support – multiple tabs support for opening several archives in the same interface. This enables easy copy and pasting between the archives and lets us minimize your memory usage significantly.
· Advanced Codec Pack (.pa format) – Advanced Codec pack features a comprehensive collection of filters and codecs that let you compress and extract various types of files at great speeds and compression ratios. It has been optimized for multicore processors and 64-bit systems.
· Portable version – Improved portable version, both x86 and x64 available. No need for installation, super-fast start-up and many tools in one simple to use portable package. Requires no installation, saves all settings and even has support for shell extensions (unique)!
· FIPS 140-2 Validated – PowerArchiver’s encryption components use the highest standard ZIP AES (public and open data standard) encryption for storage and a secure ftp client (both SFTP and FTP over SSL, both public transport standards) for transfer. Both solutions use FIPS 140-2 validated components and are in compliance with all legal requirements for open data storage and transport as well as data protection standards. GDPR compliance.
· New two-panel Explorer mode – Explorer replacement mode for powerful file handling!
· FAST start-up– PowerArchiver has been optimized from the ground up to be lighting fast on start-up.
· Customizable to the core with new Skins – change GUI skins, toolbar icons and file format icons too, customize PA to your own liking!
· Full implementation of the Modern/Ribbon toolbar that is fast, looks great and is easy to use.
Get PowerArchiver today and enjoy our award-winning compression utility.
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Reviews for PowerArchiver 2019
I am not as impressed as my ancestors:
Many years ago they had a great start…
And what I liked best was their command line tools, both, for compressing and extracting files and folders: quick, neat and clean.
but since long you have not only to pay for there package (which is absolutely OK for me!), but the command line tools are NOT included in the standard version – so you have to buy separate or buy the big package….
And all that is combined in a meanwhile very huge(!!!) package – with all that stuff that I don´t need at all.
My (perfectly subjective) conclusion is:
not a bad package, but too big and no longer that much efficient to use as it were in former times.
And: there are a lot of (even free) alternatives, too!
And personally I have the faint idea, that the package is neither fitting the real need of the standard users (too much not needed stuff), nor the real needs of sophisticated users which often use the command line.
File compression is a process of ‘packaging’ a file or files to use less disk space. Compression software allows you to take many files and compress them into one file, which is smaller than the combined size of the originals. There over 50 different formats that can be used for file compression, common ones include zip, 7-zip, TAR, GZIP and ISO. There are many different compression tools are available nowadays, but there are only a few comprehensive tools that come with all the important features, support all the key formats, and works well too.
PowerArchiver 2018 is an intuitive compression tool, that comes packed with a rich set of tools. It allows you to compress files and extract archive content, connect to cloud storage accounts and FTP servers, compile ISO images and burn files to discs, and more.
Installation & Set-up
The installer size is ~37MB and the installation process is simple and straightforward, taking no time at all to complete. The application can be activated by the activation codes provided by the developers. Launching it for the first time, it asks you to choose the skin of UI, the mode of the UI (novices and advanced), and also select/deselect file format associations. After this, you can then register and activate the application by entering the registration name and activation code. Once done, the application restarts and can then be used for all you file compression and decompression needs.
User Interface
The UI of the application is clean, simple and intuitive. The UI has two modes, one for novices with less options and buttons, the other for advanced users with complete list of options and options to suit your needs. The application also comes with a few skins to choose from, and make the UI look as you want it too. Moreover, you can choose display style, icon view style and toolbar options. You can also drag and drop files to UI to add them to an archive. The application also adds several useful entries in the Windows Explorer context menu, to readily compress and extract files, without even the need of running the application first.
Pros
– Simple and Easy to use, flexible UI, that comes with two modes suitable for different experience levels. The UI can be tuned in many ways to suit the user’s needs.
– Support for over 60 various compression formats like ZIP, ZIPX, RAR, PA, ISO, TAR and more.
– Support for the PA format.
– Multi-core compression, Unlimited size, full ZIPX, 256 bit AES Encryption and more.
– Comes with great useful tools like Convert tool, Encode tool, Repair tool, Write/Merge tool, Batch ZIP tool, Multi-Extract tool, SFX tool, and more.
– Full support for Windows Explorer shell extensions.
– Tabbed interface so you can deal with more than one archives at one time.
– Fast startup, fast compression speeds, and low to moderate system resource usage.
– Cloud sharing is supported for Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, Azure, S3, Attachment Cloud, Attachment Cloud Beta, and Box.
– Use a built-in FTP client to download and upload files, create full, incremental and differential backups that run automatically within a custom scheduler.
Conclusion
PowerArchiver 2018 is a fast, reliable, and intuitive compression application that comes with useful and powerful collection of tools that are a must, and also some other tools for added functionalities. The application runs smoothly, without any lag and crashes. The system resource usage is low to moderate too at all times. It is definitely worth-trying.
I’ve been using power archiver 2017 since I won it in a giveaway a few months ago. I liked it alot. I ended up getting a key for the 2018 version afterwards and started using that. It was even better. The featureset is quite expansive. I particularly like when I’m opening an archive with an executable that it prompts me on if I would like Powerarchiver to automaticallt install the program for me. There are some cool skins for it as well as other forms of customisation. It starts up and works quite quickly in my experience as well. All in all, after trying dozens of archiving software over the years, both free and paid options, this is my favourite one so far. I do have the toolbox version which is like the full set with additional features such as ISO mounting etc but this standard version is fine for the average user.
After trying everything on the market, I settled on this, about a year ago(with winrar installed for the rar compression). Speed, reliability and features weren’t the reasons because ALL products in this space have about the same levels of each.
In fact, there are only 2 differences across all of these products: UI and cost, and those are why I chose this. I like the way that PA installs archived content directly, without extracting it first. Others do this, of course, but not as well as PA. I also like its minimalist approach (although you have to wrestle with the options to get it since it *wants* to be far more intrusive into the system interface than it wants to be).
And you can’t beat the cost for this giveaway.
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how do i get the data to register the software?
Light weight then winzip, powerful enough, nice interface
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1 year only !!!
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