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- Price: Free to try (45-day trial); $29.95 to buy (Buy it now)
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: April 18, 2007
- Total Downloads: 189,352,198
- Downloads last week: 135,529
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1474 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
This venerable tool packs plenty of features for simple compression needs, along with superior security tools for advanced compression and backup-file management. You can run WinZip using the optional Wizard interface for a step-by-step guide to easy compression, or you can use the classic interface to set file and folder compressions to your specifications.
You also can change the view to a Windows Explorer format, making it easy to navigate your hard drive when creating a compressed archive. The AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) encryption method provides excellent security for your files, with the option for both 128-bit (lower-level) and 256-bit (higher-level) security. We like the flexible drag-and-drop support, allowing you to drag files to and from the interface which zips or unzips them automatically.
We also like the contextual menus (right-click) that enable you to perform most of WinZip's functions on the fly, including complex tasks like zipping a file and automatically attaching it to an e-mail for quick delivery. Overall, WinZip is among the best compression programs available, providing all the features necessary to create easy backups, compress e-mail files, and manage downloaded files from the Internet.
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Publisher's description
From WinZip Computing :WinZip is the original and most popular of all Windows ZIP file utilities. Wizard/Classic interfaces accommodate both first-time and experienced users. With WinZip you can quickly and easily compress and decompress files, folders, and entire folder trees to save storage space and reduce e-mail-transmission time, as well as encrypt and decrypt your sensitive documents. Features include tight integration with Windows Explorer, support for most Internet file formats, and one-click zipping and e-mail. Version 11.1 adds Vista compatibility.
Note: WinZip is now bundled with Google Toolbar and Google Desktop Search. Installation of these components is optional.
What's new in this version:
Version 11.1 adds Vista compatibility.
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User reviews of WinZip 11.1
- Average user rating: 3.8 stars out of 1474 votes
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15 out of 19 people found this review helpful
Version: WinZip 11.1
"Compared to what the competition does for free WinZip is overrated & overpriced"
Pros: Attractive GUI, AES encryption and excellent Windows shell integration.
Cons: Cons: Compared to what the competition does for free WinZip is vastly overpriced.
It offers *no* self-extracting archive creation function (you must pay extra for an addon). The other programs I mention here offer that feature and more.
It gets better with each version, but it's still lacking features that are more important and those can be found in 3 other programs (ZipGenius, IZArc and 7-Zip - all available here on Download.com) that come to mind. All are free and one of them is also Open Source.
Personally I'll stick with 7-Zip.
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8 out of 10 people found this review helpful
Version: WinZip 11.1
"Provides basic and easy management for most known archives"
Pros: Easy management in most of its supported archive types. Beginner friendly.
Cons: Lacks support on most archives. Most freeware programs can support a lot of types of archives, one is IZArc and 7-Zip. Other than that it is fine and stable
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: WinZip 11.1
Pros: It's free, it works great...my all-time favorite.
Cons: Nothing comes to mind.
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6 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Version: WinZip 11.1
Pros: that it opens zip files
Cons: the 45 days; I use an earlier version because the time limit is not there
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: WinZip 11.1
Pros: i don't deal with zip files till I got a tip and zip to save hard drive space man that is nice
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