PowerArchiver has been downloaded by tens of millions of users worldwide. PowerArchiver 2009 offers hundreds of features, yet remains easy to use, small and fast. Novice users will find a familiar interface complete with tutorial and detailed help, while more experienced users can take advantage of full Explorer integration, multiple encryption methods and advanced compression algorithms.

Support for unlimited file size and unlimited number of files in ZIP archives

Support for advanced Deflate64 method providing higher compression ratios

ZIP AES support (both PkZip 5.1 and WZ 9.0 standards supported)

Fast and strong compression and decompression

Multiple disk spanning, with support for unlimited span sizes

Read and write support for ZIP, 7-ZIP, CAB, LHA (LZH), TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, BH, XXE, UUE, yENC, and MIME (Base 64)

Read and extract support for: RAR, ARJ, ARC, ACE, ZOO plus ISO, BIN, IMG and NRG disc image formats

Brand new Plug-in System enables new formats and file types to be supported with a small download.

Full support for ZIP AES encryption, 128-bit/192-bit/256-bit (supports: PKZip 5.1 (full), Secure Zip 8.0 and WinZip 9.0 AE-1 & AE-2)

PAE support - Encryption of files and archives using 5 different methods: Blowfish (128-bit), DES (64-bit), Triple DES (128-bit), AES 128-bit, and AES 256-bit

Convert Tool - convert files among formats supported in PowerArchiver. It can convert thousands of files and folders at the same time.

Encode Tool - encode/decode files in UU, XX, MIME and yENC formats.

Repair Tool - repair broken ZIP archives with one simple operation.

Write/Merge Multivolume Tools - split ZIP files into multivolumes, and also merge multivolumes into a single ZIP archive.

Batch ZIP Tool - batch compress thousands of files into separate archives.

Multi-Extract Tool - extract thousands of archives at the same time.

SFX Tool - Create SFX files from ZIP, 7-Zip, CAB and PAE archives via the "Make SFX" feature or with the easy-to-use SFX Wizard.