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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows Server 2008, Windows NT, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: April 29, 2009
- Total Downloads: 1,861,617
- Downloads last week: 1,899
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 137 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
IZArc modestly bills itself as the ultimate archiving utility--we're not so sure about that "ultimate" bit. Nevertheless, IZArc is definitely one of the best archiving utilities out there. Compatible with a huge number of archive formats, all the major are represented, as well as 7z (from 7-Zip), ISO, BH (Black Hole), and TAR, among others. It can create archives for many of the formats it can read, too, including 7z and TAR. It doesn't, however, create GZ archives.
IZArc supports archive encryption as well. AES 128-, 192-, and 256-bit encoding and PKZip 2.0 both are available. The app offers a reasonable range of context-menu options in Explorer, although not as many as some of its competitors. The user interface is more similar to WinZip's than some other alternative archivers, with big, obnoxiously colored icons making it clear to everybody and their dog just which buttons do what--not that that's a bad thing. Overall, IZArc is an excellent example of a third-party publisher supporting multiple formats and options under one roof--but it's not the only option out there.
Publisher's description
From IZSoftware :IZArc is the best freeware archive utility supporting many archive formats like: 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64, BH, BIN, BZ2, BZA, C2D, CAB, CDI, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ, GZA, HA, IMG, ISO, JAR, LHA, LIB, LZH, MDF, MBF, MIM, NRG, PAK, PDI, PK3, RAR, RPM, TAR, TAZ, TBZ, TGZ, TZ, UUE, WAR, XXE, YZ1, Z, ZIP, ZOO.
Version 4.0 beta 1 build 1760 adds unicode archives support, unicode support for application interface, improved 7-Zip support, adds backup jobs functionality (not included in the first beta).
What's new in this version:
1. Unicode archives support 2. Unicode support for application interface 3. Improved 7-Zip support 4. Backup jobs functionality (not included in the first beta) 5. Internal Viewer (not included in the first beta) 6. Rename files in archives (not included in the first beta) 7. Option to split the file when the archive is being created (not included in the first beta) -Improved 7-ZIP support (including Add files to archive, Delete files from archive and Test archive) -Added "Al... see all new features
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.1 stars out of 137 votes
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Version: IZArc 4.0 beta 1 build 1760
"Great little program for free"
Pros: Does the job for free.
Fast.
Uncomplicated.Cons: None that I have encountered.
Summary: I've been using IZArc for about 6 months with no problems. I use it to decompress rar files and it does the job. Nice to have some freeware do the job well.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: IZArc 4.0 beta 1 build 1760
Pros: Easy to use and free. Can't get much better than that.
Cons: No negative issues with this software.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: IZArc 4.0 beta 1 build 1760
"Seemed to work, but I couldn't get rid of all of it."
Pros: Works fine.
Cons: For me, it did the same thing as 7-ZIP so I uninstalled it. However, it left me with a folder in the Program Files folder with one dll in it that couldn't be deleted. I finally got rid of it by going to safe mode and deleting it.
Summary: The program worked fine. The uninstall, however, did not completely uninstall the program.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: IZArc 4.0 beta 1 build 1760
Pros: Simple to use
Cons: None so far
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: IZArc 4.0 beta 1 build 1760
Pros: does what its suposed to and does it well
Cons: strange setup i prefer 7zip style also it is on the comp even after you uninstall
Summary: if you like it get it cause it works but it integrated wierdly with my vista laptop and wont go away
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