AX-ZIP Archiver for Windows

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffJuly 4, 2019

Although it lacks a couple of common features, this application is great for managing your archives. AX-ZIP Archiver's two-panel interface displays archives and their contents in a standard Windows Explorer-style tree. Helpfully, AX-ZIP Archiver automatically displays the content of archives while browsing through the folder panel. The separate archive and file panels make it a snap for users to drag and drop files to create or extract archives. Users also can easily drag and drop files from other applications to create archives. AX-ZIP Archiver is primarily aimed at the common ZIP algorithm, but also handles RAR files. AX-ZIP Archiver isn't perfect, as it lacks a method to password-protect archives and does not integrate its functions into the context menu. Though we found the utility impressive, efficient, and easy to learn, novice users will be happy to find a well-written help file. Simple and helpful, this application is recommended for any level of user who frequently works with archived files.

What’s new in version 4.4

Version 4.4:

New engine for packing files into ZIP archives.
New engine for extracting files from ZIP archives.
Added support of LZMA compression method for ZIP archives.
Extraction from XZ archives.
Extraction from XZ compressed TAR archives.
Added support of custom archives (based on zip).
Added detection of insertion or removal of drives (such as USB flash drives).
Support of cloud drive iCloud Drive.
Support of special folder Desktop.
The performance of some operations is improved.