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Free ZIP Reader unzips any ZIP archive and decrypts SecureZIP files. From PKWARE, the originators of the .ZIP file format. ZIP Reader is a free Windows utility that allows users to open files that have been compressed using SecureZIP or PKZIP–or any other ZIP product.

Even better than the pkunzip utility of the past, ZIP Reader decrypts Secure ZIP files created by any PKWARE product, regardless of hardware platform. That means Windows users can access files encrypted and compressed on Windows, UNIX, Linux, iSeries, and zSeries systems.
Simple to use with a slick auto launch feature–just double click on a ZIP file or drag-and-drop the ZIP file to the ZIP Reader icon. The file unzips automatically. Version 8.0.18 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

Supported Operating Systems -2000/NT/XP

Version -8.0.18

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• ZIP Reader v8.0.18 [External Server]

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File container stores any file in a database and allows:

• compress files at the time of adding them to the container
• add the key words which will support fast searching for files stored in the container
• add descriptions to the files stored in the container
• to (move/copy) files stored in the container back to hard disk, if needed

File container:

• helps to organize files on your disk;
• enables easy and fast file search;
• reduces the number of files on disk;
• saves the disk space;

Moreover this program may be used as a storage place for important file back up.

Free for personal use.

Supported Operating Systems -XP

Version -1.0

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• File Container v1.0 [External Server]

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BigSpeed Zipper is a .zip format compression utility. Being simple and intuitive to use with its explorer-style interface, it boasts a large number of features the other utilities on the market do not have. The most notable one is the ability to extract files from archives on remote servers without having to download the archive. The possibilities given by this and other features change the whole concept of an archive utility.

Supported Operating Systems -2000/NT/XP

Version -4.0

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• BigSpeed Zipper v4.0 [External Server]

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FreeArc is a modern general-purpose archiver. Main advantage of FreeArc is fast but efficient compression and rich set of features.

FreeArc works 1.5-3 times faster than best compression programs.

Supported Operating Systems - Windows and Linux

Version – 0.51

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• FreeArc v0.51 [External Server]

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SharpArchiver is a free compression utility that suports 47 different archive extensions. You can Create, Open, Delete and Extract: Zip, 7Zip, Lha, Sqx files.

Open and Extract: Zip, 7Zip, Tar, GZip, BZip2, Arc, Arj, Asd, Ace, Mime, B64, Bel, Deb, Yz1, F, Frz, Iicl, Ico, Cab, Jam, Lha, Lzh, Lzs, Hqx, Cpt, Dmg, Pit.Pak, Wad, Rar, Rpm, Sqx, MacBin, Cpio, Shar, Uue, Xxe, Imp, Yenc, Zoo, Ear, Jar, War, Wsz, Mskin, Bzs, Wal, Wmz files.

SharpARchiver also has ShellExtension support. You can associate archives with SharpArchiver and add a menu to windows shell which will enable you to extract or create archives with just 2 mouse clicks.

Tools that come along with SharpArchiver are: MultiExtract Tool, ConvertArchive Tool, Encrypt/Decrypt Tool.

Supported Operating Systems – Windows (All)

Other Requirements – .NET Framework

Version – 2.1

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• SharpArchiver v2.1 [External Server]

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Monkeys are fun. Now, extracting Rar archives can be too. RarMonkey is a cool, new Rar archive extraction utility with loads of handy features and a sweet price tag: Free! Unique interface adds a bit of fun and excitement to the otherwise monotonous task of extracting archives. It optionally integrates with the Windows Shell, associates itself with Rar files, and also supports drag-and-drop, making extracting multple archives at once a breeze.

Supported Operating Systems – Windows NT/2000/XP

Version – 1.0

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• RarMonkey v1.0 [External Server]

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PeaZip is an OS-portable archiver tool (released for Windows and Linux); it supports it´s native Pea archive format (featuring compression, splitting and flexible encryption and integrity check schemes) and other mainstream formats, with special focus on handling open formats.

Supports 7Z, 7-Zip sfx, ARJ, BZip2, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, GZip, ISO, JAR, LHA, LZH, NSIS, OOo, PAQ, PEA, QUAD, RAR, RPM, split, TAR, Z, ZIP.

PeaZip doesn´t follow the Explorer-like interface paradigm; the interface is more similar to a CD/DVD-burner application, allowing the user to:

• save and restore layout of archives (input files and folders list) to speed up definition of archiving and backup operations;
• save job definition (as plain text, to be used in any script language);
• have a detailed job log after each operation;

The interface is fully skinnable (skins can be customized and saved as plain text to be re-edited as freely as possible) and uses customizable transparency.

The program doesn´t need to be installed/uninstalled, it can run from any path (even remote; a writable path is recommended), however Windows version is released both as a standalone binary and as a fully automated installer/uninstaller package, allowing tight system integration to use PeaZip right from Explorer.

Supported Operating Systems – Windows (All)

Version – 2.5

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• Peazip v2.5 [External Server]

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7-Zip is an open source file archiver predominantly for the Microsoft Windows operating system. It operates either as a command line program or with a graphical user interface. It also features integration with the Windows shell environment. 7-Zip is free software, distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Features:

• High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression
• 7-Zip is free software distributed under the GNU LGPL
• Supported formats: 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, Z, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB
• For ZIP and GZIP formats 7-Zip provides compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
• Self-extracting capability for 7z format
• Integration with Windows Shell
• Powerful File Manager
• Powerful command line version
• Plugin for FAR Manager
• Localizations for 55 languages

Author – Igor Pavlov

Supported Operating Systems – Windows & Linux

Version – 4.65

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• 7-Zip v4.65 [External Server]

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