Nevertheless, PowerArchiver gathers various positive aspects in one: it is capable of decompressing any format, and what's more, performing other additional functions. On many occasions, we have problems when it comes to decompressing a file, and we have to resort to various programs to manage what we want. This major update simply enhances the deserved reputation this polished, professional yet straightforward archiving tool has built for itself.PowerArchiver is a complete compression application that can change any format, no matter how new it is. PowerArchiver is no longer distributed as an all-in-one app, but has split off key components into separate apps – now you can access its burner, encryption, backup, virtual drive and other tools without invoking the main suite. And if you don’t like the look and feel, you can customise just about every aspect of the user interface to better fit in with your desktop. and there are tools to repair archives, convert them between formats, create self-extracting archives and a whole lot more.Īll of this is wrapped up in a slick, minimalist user interface that fits seamlessly into the Modern UI design of Windows 10 – yet PowerArchiver remains backwards compatible all the way to XP too. VSS and UAC elevation support mean it can cope with problems where other tools fail, compressing files even if they're in use and need administrator access to read.

If you're more concerned about the program's practical benefits, there are plenty. The app supports high levels of encryption, with multiple methods supported and support for encrypting and signing Adobe PDF and Microsoft Office documents too.

It supports so many file formats (over 50 at last count) that it’s pointless to list them all – suffice to say pretty much any archived format can be read, and the key ones (including of course zip, 7-zip, TAR, GZIP and even ISO) can be written to as well.

This is where a dedicated archiving tool come into play, and there’s none more comprehensive than PowerArchiver. 7z is open-source for example – but most OSes can only handle a limited number of compression formats natively. There are all manner of reasons for choosing a different format. Why can’t the world just stick to one simple compressed format like zip, we hear you cry.

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