PowerArchiver is a proprietary file archiver for Microsoft Windows and

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, developed by ConeXware Inc. It supports creating and reading ZIP, 7z, and

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archive formats, as well as various

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formats. Additionally, it can read (but not create) RAR and

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files. The evaluation version of the program remains functional for 40 days. Personal licenses are currently permitted free lifetime updates to all future versions of the software, while the business license is valid through two major versions. PowerArchiver's first public release was made in March 1999. It was advertised as a free archiving solution and was written in

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. It turned into shareware in June 2001 with version 7. Prior to being PowerArchiver, the software was known as EasyZip. A

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version and a Microsoft Outlook plugin is also provided. PowerArchiver's user interface has been translated into 15 languages. The latest release of PowerArchiver fully supports

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and provides the user an option to use the ribbon GUI, as featured in

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and Windows 7. Users can revert to the old-style toolbar if they wish. In 2011,

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gave it five stars, praising its wide support for various compressed file types, FTP and backup feature by pointing out its lack of complete support of VHD files. In 2020, SoftFamous gave five stars to the file archiver software.PowerArchiver File Archiver
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