CNET Editors' review
Novice-friendly--but with features for the expert--portable, and free; archiving tools rarely cover all those bases, but PeaZip Portable hits a home run. As a portable app, the tool doesn't truly install to your system, but the installation process places it anywhere you like. You can store it as easily to your hard drive as your USB toolbox.
Operating PeaZip Portable is as easy as dragging files. Drop a ZIP file on the interface and PeaZip goes into decompression mode. Drop a regular file and it opens the archiving screen. Well-labeled buttons and simple functions make both processes quick and painless. Adding files and folders is also quickly accomplished using function buttons and traditional file browse tools.
Novice users will be able to use default settings to create well-made archives. Experienced users will like the easily set options. Each well-designed interface includes option tabs that contain simple pull-downs, radio buttons, and text boxes to set compression levels, methods, dictionaries, and even encryption. Most users will find this app one of the most simple to set exactly to their preferences.
Anyone looking for a small and useful portable archiving tool should give PeaZip Portable a test. Most won't continue their search.
Publisher's Description
From Giorgio Tani:
PeaZip Portable is the PeaZip file archiver packaged as a portable app, so you can take your file archiver with you and work with your compressed 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, RAR files and more on the go. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD and use it on any computer, without leaving any personal information behind.
What's new in this version: Version 4.4 has improved extraction against unintended automatic extraction without paths when extracting while and fixed untranslated text in password form.
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"Easy, Fast, Reliable, Decompresses lots of file types"
Version: PeaZip Portable 3.6.2
Pros
Standalone, Easy interface, No nagware.
Cons
None. Decompresses / Extracts reliably.
Summary
I like standalone applications: Nothing to install on my computer.
I only use it to decompress (extract) files, which it does very well.
PeaZip is easy to understand. I don't have to tinker with it to get it to work.
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"best darn archiving software this side of "free""
Version: PeaZip Portable 2.9.1
Pros
it opens and closes the largest variety of extensions I've ever seen in a zipping software, best of all you can put it on a usb drive and take it anywhere. I use the non portable version on my laptop exclusively
Cons
your friends might not have this so you may be limited to which of the many formats you can compress to
Summary
this software is very easy to set up and use, it can be integrated into portableapps.com
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"Does the job. What moore do U want?"
Version: PeaZip Portable 2.8
Pros
Simple is what U want.
Cons
None that I�ve fund.
Summary
I�ll keep it for sure!
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"The only archive utility you'll ever need."
Version: PeaZip Portable 2.8.1
Pros
I've been using PeaZip now for over 2 years and I have used other archive handlers, some free, some not free and this light weight utility is the CHAMP! It handles all popular archive formats and is infinitely customizable.
Cons
I've found no bugs that I can think of but they might think of a better name and icon for it...
Summary
Try it! You'll love it!!!
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"Pretty good program"
Version: PeaZip Portable 2.7.1
Pros
It's FREE and it WORKS. It's just what I needed to open a RAR file.
Cons
It's a little more complicated than I thought it would be, meaning it's not quite as user-friendly as I thought.
Summary
Even though it takes some getting used to, I will (and have) recommend it to family and friends. I have it installed on my work and home computers.
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"Not bad but can do with a little work."
Version: PeaZip Portable 2.7.1
Pros
It is fast and seems to have all that you would need.
Cons
The lay out needs work and some of the controls are a bit touchy.
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"Very good compressor"
Version: PeaZip Portable 2.0
Pros
The program is a very good compressor, and IMHO very important, it is portable, meaning no messing with installers.
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"Its good"
Version: PeaZip Portable 2.0
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