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Download WinRAR 3.91 (32-bit)

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Download WinRAR 3.91 (32-bit) – 1.30MB (Shareware)

WinRAR 3.91 (32-bit) Information

WinRAR is an archiving utility that completely supports RAR and ZIP archives and is able to unpack CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, 7Z, Z archives. It consistently makes smaller archives than the competition, saving disk space and transmission costs.

WinRAR offers a graphic interactive interface utilizing mouse and menus as well as the command line interface. WinRAR is easier to use than many other archivers with the inclusion of a special “Wizard” mode which allows instant access to the basic archiving functions through a simple question and answer procedure.

WinRAR offers you the benefit of industry strength archive encryption using AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) with a key of 128 bits. It supports files and archives up to 8,589 billion gigabytes in size. It also offers the ability to create selfextracting and multivolume archives. With recovery record and recovery volumes, you can reconstruct even physically damaged archives.

WinRAR 3.91 (32-bit) Change Log
1. This version can decompress 7-Zip archives created with LZMA2 algorithm.

2. Now a password is requested only once when unpacking 7z archives with encrypted file names from context menu. WinRAR 3.90 asked it twice.

3. This version can unpack tar.bz2 archives consisting of several smaller bz2 streams merged together. Previous versions unpacked only the first nested bz2 stream in such composite archive.

4. WinRAR displays CRC32 of files inside of usual .gz (not .tar.gz) archives. Previous versions left this field blank for GZIP files.

5. Bugs fixed:

a) WinRAR 3.90 displayed “Save” button instead of “Open” or “OK” in “Find archive” dialog (“Open archive” command in “File” menu and “Browse…” command in archiving dialog);

b) WinRAR could display incorrect file names when browsing malformed ZIParchives;

c) WinRAR 3.90 failed to decompress LZH archives created with “-lh7-” algorithm;

d) WinRAR 3.90 could fail to delete a part of files after archiving if delete to Recycle Bin was enabled. This bug was present when working in Windows XP, but not in Windows Vista and Windows 7;

e) when unpacking ISO file using WinRAR “Extract files…” command in Explorer context menu, WinRAR could unpack same archived files twice during the same operation. It displayed the overwrite prompt when unpacking files for the second time;

f) hexadecimal search in WinRAR 3.90 “Find” command and console RAR “ih” command failed to find matches if first byte in search string was greater than 127.

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Download PeaZip 2.8.0

Posted in Uncategorized on November 22nd, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment Tags: ,

Download PeaZip 2.8.0 – 5.31MB (Open Source)

PeaZip 2.8.0 Information

PeaZip is an open source file and archive manager. It’s freeware and free of charge for any use.

PeaZip can extract most of archive formats both from Windows and Unix worlds, ranging from mainstream 7Z, RAR, TAR and ZIP to experimental ones like PAQ/LPAQ family, currently the most powerful compressor available.

For archive creation, PeaZip suppors a wide range of compression and encryption standard, from fastes to most powerful ones, and allows to export job definition as scripts to bridge the gap between GUI and console applications, and let the user pick the best of the two worlds.

PeaZip has secure deletion feature, can verify file checksum and hash, and supports multiple strong encryption standards, optionally using two factor authentication (password and keyfile) for increased security:

* 7Z’s AES256 encryption
* ZIP WinZip’s AE encryption based on AES256 (and ZipCrypto for legacy compatibility); can decrypt PKZip’s AES encryption
* FreeARC’s ARC: AES256, Blowfish, Twofish256 and Serpent256 – this format is also capable to generate recovery records to protect data against corruption
* PEA: AES256 EAX authenticated encryption


PeaZip 2.8.0 Change Log

#PeaZip 2.8.0 FILE MANAGER
* Item’s height autosizes to fit system’s DPI and fonts’ size
* New keyboard shortcuts:
Ctrl+N create new folder
Ctrl+R rename file
Ctrl+U up to computer’s or archive’s root level
* Navigation menu
- History menu is now replicated in navigation menus
- Navigation menu in browser’s context menu was grouped in a single entry
- Navigation menus now contains only navigation related entries: “Add to bookmarks” is now featured in “Misc” group in all context menus of the application
* Search
- recursivity option is remembered for the current session
- search dialog can optionally be directly raised with recursivity is unflagged (Ctrl+F3) or flagged (Shift+F3)
* Bookmarks panel: added “Explore path with PeaZip”, “Explore path” and “Open command prompt here” entries in bookmarks’ panel menu

#PeaZip 2.8.0 EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING
* Archiving and extraction interfaces now shows “Use advanced filters” switch
* It is possible to execute archiving/extraction jobs with no items in layout, if advanced filters are in use
* History menu replicated in archiving/extraction navigation menus allows to quickly select paths visited in current session from archive/extract interfaces
* It is now possible to set custom default output path for archiving operations (like for extraction operations), and it is now possible to go from file browser to empty extraction interface (i.e. to add archives to be extracted by drag and drop) clicking on Extract button with no archive selected, likewise to what is possible for going to empty archiving interface
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Download O&O DiskImage Express 4.1.47

Posted in Uncategorized on November 22nd, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment Tags: ,

Download O&O DiskImage Express 4.1.47
– 11.81MB (Freeware)
O&O DiskImage Express 4.1.47 INformation
O&O DiskImage Express is free software which enables you to image your entire computer and restore single drives.

* Mounts image as a drive – if, for example, you’ve accidentally deleted just one important file, you can now select to restore this file only from the entire imageNew
* Images all drives, including drive information and system partition – all your installed programs and their personal settings can be imaged and quickly restored when needed
* Restores individual data drives
* Saves space with incremental and differential images that save only changes – images only those files that have been changed or added after the last imaging. This saves time!
* Displays imaging information – O&O DiskImage 4 Express Edition keeps you constantly informed
* Easy to use and free – free data imaging developed by data professionals

O&O DiskImage Express 4.1.47 Change Log

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Download WinZip 14.0.8631 Beta

Posted in Uncategorized on September 23rd, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment Tags: ,

Download WinZip 14.0.8631 Beta – 13.74MB (Shareware)

WinZip 14.0.8631 Beta Information
WinZip is the most trusted way to work with compressed files. No other compression utility is as easy-to-use or offers the comprehensive and productivity-enhancing approach that has made WinZip the gold standard for file-compression tools.

You can quickly and securely zip and unzip files to conserve storage space, speed up e-mail transmission, and reduce download times. State-of-the-art file compression, strong AES encryption, compatibility with more compression formats, and new intuitive photo compression, make WinZip the complete compression and archiving solution.

Building on the favorite features of a worldwide base of several million users, WinZip 12 adds new features for image compression and management, support for new compression methods, improved compression performance, support for additional archive formats, and more. Users can work faster, smarter, and safer.

This is a 45-day trial version.

WinZip 14.0.8631 Beta Change Log
* Windows 7 support: Windows 7 includes many significant enhancements that simplify working with documents, folders, and programs. WinZip 14 takes full advantage of these new features to make working with your Zip files effortless:

# Libraries: WinZip 14 provides support for Windows 7 libraries. Libraries group together folders with a common theme regardless of where the folders reside. For instance, the Windows 7 Pictures library groups all your separate folders that contain pictures in one convenient place. WinZip allows you to create and open Zip files in these convenient, themed libraries, add files from libraries to a Zip file, and extract to libraries. This makes many activities much easier. For example, you can zip all of your pictures, no matter where they are, by simply selecting the Pictures library.
With the WinZip Job Wizard, you can automate zipping of your libraries using jobs that you create or jobs that are provided with WinZip 14. Windows 7 also lets you define your own libraries, and you can take advantage of those with WinZip. For example, you might create a “Backup” library containing a collection of folders with content that you frequently back up in Zip files. Or you might create an “Archive” library that contains a collection of folders in which you have stored Zip files.

#Jump Lists: Windows 7 provides easy access to your documents and programs with taskbar icon jump lists. Pin the WinZip 14 icon to your taskbar for quick and easy access to frequently used zip features, recently used Zip files, and your favorite WinZip jobs. WinZip 14 even supports the new taskbar progress meter, which lets you keep an eye on the progress of extensive zip operations right on the taskbar while you work.

# Explorer Preview: With a simple click in Windows 7 Explorer you can activate a preview pane, allowing you to view the contents of certain file types. WinZip 14 adds Zip files to the list of supported files, so you simply select a Zip file in Explorer and the preview pane shows what’s inside your Zip file. See a file in your Zip file that you want to view? Double-click it in the preview pane and your file is extracted and opened. Plus, if you use Outlook 2007, you can now use its preview pane to see the contents of zipped attachments and open files inside an attached Zip file.

# Touch Screens: WinZip 14 fully supports gestures—simple finger movements—on your touch screen PC. Using gestures, you can easily scroll through the contents of your Zip files. And using Windows 7’s new multi-touch (two finger) gestures, you can even pan, zoom, and rotate your images in WinZip Pro’s built-in Image Viewer without touching your keyboard or mouse!

# Common Dialogs and Task Dialogs: Many WinZip dialogs, including the New, Open, Add, and Extract dialogs, have been updated to use the Windows 7 style and to provide new filtering and organizational support for finding your files and archives. New task dialogs provide clear and easy-to-follow instructions throughout WinZip 14.

* Security: A key reason why many users purchase WinZip is its powerful, easy-to-use AES encryption. WinZip 14 introduces automatic wiping, which helps you to keep your confidential information confidential. To open an encrypted file, WinZip must create a temporary copy of the file on your disk. This temporary copy is deleted when you close the file, but, before doing so, WinZip 14 “wipes” (or “shreds”) it using the U.S. Department of Defense standard (DoD 5220.22-M). This prevents temporarily extracted copies of encrypted files from being recovered. It is safe and simple and secure.
In addition, WinZip 14 recognizes Intel-based computers with built-in AES encryption and uses the available hardware support to make encryption operations two to three times faster.

* Zipping Simplicity: WinZip has always been focused on making compression and encryption as easy as possible. Most operations can be accessed directly with a right click in Windows Explorer. Inside WinZip 14, the following updated dialogs for Windows 7 and Vista users provide even more power and simplicity:

# Add: In the Add dialog you can use the new Organize and Views features to help you find the files, folders, and libraries you want to add to your Zip file. With a few clicks, you can elect to add only specific types of files, such as documents or spreadsheets. You can create your own custom filter to control which files are added and modify other options for how they are added as well.

# Extract: As in the Add dialog, the Organize and Views features in the Extract dialog allow you to easily navigate and find the libraries or folders to which you want to extract the content of your Zip files. Just pick a folder or library and click Extract; it’s as simple as that.

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Download PeaZip 2.7.0

Posted in Uncategorized on September 18th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment Tags: ,

Download PeaZip 2.7.0- 5.31MB (Open Source)

PeaZip 2.7.0 Information
PeaZip is an open source file and archive manager. It’s freeware and free of charge for any use.

PeaZip can extract most of archive formats both from Windows and Unix worlds, ranging from mainstream 7Z, RAR, TAR and ZIP to experimental ones like PAQ/LPAQ family, currently the most powerful compressor available.

For archive creation, PeaZip suppors a wide range of compression and encryption standard, from fastes to most powerful ones, and allows to export job definition as scripts to bridge the gap between GUI and console applications, and let the user pick the best of the two worlds.

PeaZip has secure deletion feature, can verify file checksum and hash, and supports multiple strong encryption standards, optionally using two factor authentication (password and keyfile) for increased security:

* 7Z’s AES256 encryption
* ZIP WinZip’s AE encryption based on AES256 (and ZipCrypto for legacy compatibility); can decrypt PKZip’s AES encryption
* FreeARC’s ARC: AES256, Blowfish, Twofish256 and Serpent256 – this format is also capable to generate recovery records to protect data against corruption
* PEA: AES256 EAX authenticated encryption

PeaZip 2.7.0 Change Log
#2.7 line is focused to a major GUI update, featuring a clearer taskbar, and compression and extraction stages with a simpler, task oriented interface, whithout losing the flexibility of composing job’s layout from multiple sources and ability to toggle between browser and job definition mode as in previous versions of the program.

#In PeaZip 2.7 it is possible to save/restore layouts also for extraction jobs (not only for compression), simplifying saving and restoring previously definited backup or restore tasks, and to compress files/folders into individual archives from archive creation interface; it is also possible (optionally) to open automatically the output path after extraction/compression operations, like some other archivers does.

#FreeArc backend is updated with new 0.51 version, allowing creation of self-extracting ARC archives, and 7z backend is updated to 9.07.

#PAQ, LPAQ and ZPAQ are supported for archiving and extraction; ZPAQ support is still partial, allowing only saving and restoring to original full paths (recommended for backup/restore only, rather than for general purpose archiving tasks).

#On Linux, .desktop files (KDE) and Nautilus scripts (Gnome; needs to be manually copied in script’s folder) were updated to use the new extraction dialog.

#Windows installer was updated to create context menu’s extraction entries only for archive types, and to restore association of ZIP files with Compressed Folder utility when PeaZip is uninstalled.

#A total of 95 file extensions are supported.

Download O&O DiskImage Express 4.1.34

Posted in Uncategorized on September 18th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment Tags: ,

Download O&O DiskImage Express 4.1.34 – 11.80MB (Freeware)

O&O DiskImage Express 4.1.34 Information
O&O DiskImage Express is free software which enables you to image your entire computer and restore single drives.

* Mounts image as a drive – if, for example, you’ve accidentally deleted just one important file, you can now select to restore this file only from the entire imageNew
* Images all drives, including drive information and system partition – all your installed programs and their personal settings can be imaged and quickly restored when needed
* Restores individual data drives
* Saves space with incremental and differential images that save only changes – images only those files that have been changed or added after the last imaging. This saves time!
* Displays imaging information – O&O DiskImage 4 Express Edition keeps you constantly informed
* Easy to use and free – free data imaging developed by data professionals

Download 7-Zip 9.07 Beta

Posted in Uncategorized on August 30th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment Tags: ,

Download 7-Zip 9.07 Beta

7-Zip 9.07 Beta Information
7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.

The main features of 7-Zip are:

* High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression
* Supported packing / unpacking formats: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
* Supported formats for unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z.
* Compression ratio for ZIP and GZIP formats: 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
* Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats
* Self-extracting capability for 7z format
* Integration with Windows Shell
* Powerful File Manager
* Powerful command line version
* Plugin for FAR Manager
* Localizations for 74 languages


7-Zip 9.07 Beta Change Log

- It’s possible to specify Diff program in options (7-Zip File Manager).
- Some bugs were fixed.

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Download PowerArchiver 11.60 RC1

Posted in Uncategorized on August 27th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment Tags: ,

Download PowerArchiver 11.60 RC1 – 8.18MB (Shareware)
PowerArchiver 11.60 RC1 Information

PowerArchiver offers hundreds of features, yet remains easy to use, small and fast. Novice users will find a familiar interface complete with tutorial and detailed help, while more experienced users can take advantage of full Explorer integration, multiple encryption methods and advanced compression algorithms.

Here is a brief list of some of the key features found in PowerArchiver:

* Preview Window
* Full Windows Vista Support
* Superior ZIP Support
* 7-Zip Compression
* Multiple Formats Support Including ISO
* New Queue System (Add/Extract/Backup) and PowerArchiver Starter
* Unmatched Security
* Automated Backups
* Guaranteed Compatibility and Explorer Integration
* Compression Profiles
* Useful Tools

PowerArchiver 11.60 RC1 Change Log
PowerArchiver 11.60 RC1 New Features

* Support for extracting ZIPX JPEG format, PowerArchiver becomes only application after WinZip 12 to fully support ZIPX format.

PowerArchiver 11.60 RC1 Improvements

* Memory usage improvements – up to 1 MB less memory used.
* Faster explorer view.
* PA uses ZIP as default compression when PA has not been run.
* Spanning now enabled when Queue is used.

PowerArchiver 11.60 RC1 Bug Fixes

* #1536 – Issue with compressing unicode files in non-english Windows (such as Chinese versions of Windows).
* #1533 – File format selection resets when open dialogue is used to select new filename.
* #1501 – FTP profile selection in backup gets reset.
* #1524 – Issue with 7zip and encrypt filename option.
* #1520 – Spanning is available when PAE encryption is selected.
* #1521 – Update save window does not always default to my documents.
* #1517 – Some Pro options still available when registered as Standard license.
* #1525 – Mount Virtual DVD option not showing up in shell.
* #1507 – Other PA settings not saved if PA is restarted after registration.
* #1513 – Right click menu not showing in backup list.

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Download WinRAR 3.90

Posted in Uncategorized on August 20th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment Tags: ,

Download WinRAR 3.90 – 1.31MB (Shareware)

WinRAR 3.90 Information
WinRAR is an archiving utility that completely supports RAR and ZIP archives and is able to unpack CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, 7Z, Z archives. It consistently makes smaller archives than the competition, saving disk space and transmission costs.

WinRAR offers a graphic interactive interface utilizing mouse and menus as well as the command line interface. WinRAR is easier to use than many other archivers with the inclusion of a special “Wizard” mode which allows instant access to the basic archiving functions through a simple question and answer procedure.

WinRAR offers you the benefit of industry strength archive encryption using AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) with a key of 128 bits. It supports files and archives up to 8,589 billion gigabytes in size. It also offers the ability to create selfextracting and multivolume archives. With recovery record and recovery volumes, you can reconstruct even physically damaged archives.

WinRAR 3.90 Change Log
1. WinRAR version for Windows x64 is available. If you use Windows x64, it is strongly recommended to install 64 bit WinRAR version. It provides a higher performance and better shell integration than 32 bit version.

2. RAR compression speed is improved for multi-core and multi-CPU systems. This improvement is most noticeable in Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems.

3. “Remove duplicate folders from extraction path” option in “Settings/Compression” dialog is replaced by more universal “Remove redundant folders from extraction path” option. This option will eliminate redundant archive name based folders from extraction path if you unpack an archive with “Extract to DestName\” context menu command and if archive root folder contains only one folder and no files.

4. Changes in “Extraction path and options” dialog:
a) “New folder” button creates a new subfolder in currently selected folder;

b) F2 key renames a selected folder in the folders tree;

c) F5 key updated the tree pane contents;

d) Del key removes a selected folder in the folders tree.

5. You can enable “Show seconds” option in “Settings/File list” dialog if you wish to see seconds in file dates in file list in WinRAR shell.

6. “Where to check for SFX archives” options group in “Settings/Integration/Context menus items” dialog lets you to control processing of SFX archives in context menus. For example, if you frequently right click “.exe” files on slow network disks, you can turn off “Network disks” options to minimize the delay before displaying the context menu.

7. If you sort files by name in the file list in WinRAR shell, WinRAR will use the new logical file name sorting, same as in Windows Explorer, considering digits in file names by their numerical value. So files will be sorted as 1.txt, 2.txt, 10.txt instead of previous 1.txt, 10.txt, 2.txt. This new sort behavior is available in Windows XP Service Pack 2 and newer.

8. Ctrl+W key combination can be used to close the main WinRAR window also as WinRAR viewer windows. “View as Windows text” shortcut in WinRAR viewer changed from Ctrl+W to Ctrl+I.

9. New command line switch -r- disables recursion completely. So ‘rar a -r- arc dirname’ command will add only the empty dirname folder and ignore its contents. By default, if dirname does not include wildcards, RAR adds its contents even if -r switch is not specified.

10. If used when extracting, the new command line switch -ai forces RAR to ignore file attributes. When using this switch, extracted files will always have attributes assigned by operating system to a newly created file by default.

11. If output file name is not specified in “cw” command, console RAR will send comment data to stdout.

12. When compressing stdin data with -si[name] switch, RAR sets modification time of archived entry to current system time. Previous RAR versions did not fill this field, resulting in meaningless modification time for stdin.

13. Message displayed when you place the mouse cursor on WinRAR tray icon includes the archive name now. Previously only time left and total percent were displayed for archiving operations.

14. New ‘Shutdown’ variable in ‘Software\WinRAR\Policy’ registry key allows to disable “Turn PC off when done” option for security reasons. Read “Configuration settings/Registry variables” for more details.

15. Better shell extension performance. Now WinRAR context menu will be more responsive when working with thousands of selected files.

16. Improved compatibility with high DPI Windows display mode.

17. Bugs fixed:
a) WinRAR could fail to open tar or tar.gz archive if such archive contained a file larger than 8 GB;

b) WinRAR context menu did not work properly in Windows 7 beta if icons in context menus were enabled and user clicked a file inside of Windows 7 Library folder;

c) previous WinRAR versions failed to rename files having 5 or more continuous spaces in the name. WinRAR shell does not display such spaces for safety reasons, because they can hide an actual file extension. But this security measure prevented the rename command to work properly.

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Download 7-Zip 9.06 Beta

Posted in Uncategorized on August 17th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment Tags: ,

Download 7-Zip 9.06 Beta – 966KB (Open Source)

7-Zip 9.06 Beta Information

7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.

The main features of 7-Zip are:

* High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression
* Supported packing / unpacking formats: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
* Supported formats for unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z.
* Compression ratio for ZIP and GZIP formats: 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
* Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats
* Self-extracting capability for 7z format
* Integration with Windows Shell
* Powerful File Manager
* Powerful command line version
* Plugin for FAR Manager
* Localizations for 74 languages

7-Zip 9.06 Beta Change Log
- 7-Zip now can unpack MSLZ archives.
- Partial parsing for EXE resources, SWF and FLV.
- Some bugs were fixed.
- Some changes in interface.

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