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- Price: Free to try (Some features disabled after 30 days); $39.95 to buy
- Operating system: Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: January 22, 2004
- Total Downloads: 51,739
- Downloads last week: 16
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 3 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Despite the size of its download, PentaZip has a simple mission: to compress multiple files into archives. At first launch, the software asks you whether to associate all the ZIP files on your computer with the application or to create a new ZIP archive. The more-or-less standard interface offers the basic buttons and features. What is innovative is that you do not need to browse manually through each folder. Instead, you select files from PC folders and drop them into a new archive. The program also lets you create self-extracting EXE archives, schedule operations, and open and convert a variety of archive file formats. For power users especially, the welcoming interface and easy-to-understand features will make PentaZip worth the big download.Publisher's description
From PentaWare :PentaZip is a compression software program and file viewer. It has earned all three Microsoft logos: Designed for Windows 98/NT, Certified for Windows 2000 Professional, and Designed for Windows XP. It features ZGB, a 64-bit format (for NTFS-based systems such as XP, NT, and 2000) to overcome the 4GB limit of the ZIP algorithm. Formats supported include JPEG, JPEG 2000, DWG, DXF, DOC, XLS, GIF, MP3, MPEG, and AVI. PentaZip is compatible with almost every compression format including PKZIP 2.04g, ZIP64, and older ZIP versions such as 1.0 and 1.1. Other compression formats include ZOO, RAR, ARJ, ARC, CAB, LHA/LZH, TAR, GZIP, Z, BH, JAR, and ACE. You can split self-extracting and ZIP archives.
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Version: PentaZip 7.0
Pros: I don't know why, but the program did not work. Some of these programs say they are for Windows 98, but when you download them, they tell you for Windows NT only.
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Version: PentaZip 7.0
Summary: Yes, it's a large download. And it uses lots of CPU when using a hight compression rate. But it is the only tool I found that can effectively create compressed files in Unix format.
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