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ZipGenius 6 Standard Edition

Last updated
January 18, 2007

Reviewed by
Danny Allen

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Price when rated - Free
Design and usability - Very Good: 81 Ease of archive creation - Good Ease of archive extraction - Superior Documentation - Good
Performance - Superior: 90 Compressed test-file size - 88% Archive-creation speed - Poor
Features - Very Good: 83 Supported archive-creation formats - .zip, .7z, .tar/.thz/.taz, .gz, .rpm, .fwp, .jar/.ear/.war Supported archive-exctraction formats - .zip, .rar, .7z, disc images (.iso, .nrg), .cmi, .pk3, .zoo, .rpm, .xpi, .wal, .wmz, .yz1, .jar/.ear/.war, .fwp, .sqz, .gz, .tar, .bh, encoded files (uuencode, xxencode, yENC, BinHex, MIME); .arj, .arc., and .lzh support requires external programs. Encryption options - CryptoZIP 2.0, AES-128, BlowFish-128, TwoFish Tool for searching within archives - Yes Automated backups - No Help wizards - Yes Command-line support - Yes Self-extracting executable creation - Yes Split-volume creation - Yes Integrated image preview - No Microsoft Office integration - No Integrated FTP capabilities - Yes Customizable interface/skin support - Yes Supported operating systems - Windows 95, 98/Me, NT, 2000, XP Multiple language versions available - Yes