PowerArchiver 11.64.01

Rated 50/50 by samsiteone at Feb 5, 2008

I love gadgets and this app is full of them... The options are great and many. Have not found any negatives yet.

Rated 50/50 by Letterman at May 18, 2008

Gave it a try and now it replaced my WinRAR. Awesome stuff. Great support for 7z.

Rated 50/50 by jiZer92 at Jul 11, 2008

i downloaded and tested 10 zip programs and this was the best and now i pay for it and i love it! :D Have don't find anything i don't like.. ok one thing it cost money but 19.95 can i throw up becuse it is worth it :D

Rated 50/50 by Banquo at Jul 18, 2008

Been using for years, not slow at all so pay no attention to the ignorant WinRAR troll below. The new interface isn't really my thing but it gives you a choice to use the classic interface so no issue there. As for RAR, the 7z format beats the pants off that proprietary crap.

Rated 50/50 by jspratjr at Jul 18, 2008

Love it.

Rated 50/50 by pjb at Jul 18, 2008

Great software. Just paid for my upgrade to the pro version which includes now a lifetime of free upgrades. More info at: http://www.powerarchiver...d.php?p=14987#post14987 Install went fine, and the application works well.

Rated 40/50 by ninjeratu at Jul 19, 2008

Best archiver in existance, imho. Fast, reliable, versatile, small footprint. So far. But .. I'm a bit worried and annoyed at the Pro/Standard crap. The Pro version is complete rubbish and whoever thought it up just wanted to milk money from existing customers that already paid for life-time upgrades by adding unrelated and pathetic "features". Whoever thought an archiver would need a virtual DVD mounter and an FTP client!? If you need that you can get that for free elsewhere instead of bloating PA! *facepalm* Adding useless "features" just to have something to add to the changelog is a certain way of digging their own grave. Will we like PA when it's completely bloated with features and useless things we have free alternatives for? I doubt that. They should stick to what they know best, archiving. So far the Standard version is a free upgrade, but will it stay that way? I don't like where this product is heading.

Rated 30/50 by preinterpost at Jul 24, 2008

Used to be a user. Switched to free 7-zip, which meets all my needs (which are many). When working on many different systems it is just impractical to use programs requiring licensing for commodity that should be in the OS to start with.

Rated 40/50 by Undesired Username at Jul 24, 2008

What is that reviewer below whining about? The Standard version is a free upgrade. If you don't like or don't want the Pro features, just... Ummm... Oh, I dunno... DON'T UPGRADE TO PRO! Now there's a wacky and wild idea! Not everyone wants to use 300 different software titles. Lots of people want the Pro features; I can tell by the many people I've seen say as much here and in the PA forums. -1 on the rating for having tiny/screwy fonts in lots of places, and still sub-par 120 DPI support. ------------ In response to ninjeratu above: "Give me one good example of a software product that forked into multi-purpose not-quite-so-good software that haven't died." Windows. As for FlashFXP being cheaper than the PA Pro upgrade, well the former is $25, the latter less than $7. Maybe my calculator is broken or sumpin'. You're screaming about nothing. PA isn't trying to be everything. The "FTP client", for example, is not intended to be a full-blown client. As for the rest, well I'm sure the ConeXware people know better than you what works and what will sell. After all, they don't just post snarling widdle attack reviews in between Oreos and blood-pressure medication; they actually do software. And they run this site. Oh, you probably didn't know that, huh?

Rated 30/50 by anonymouscowturd at Jul 24, 2008

GIMP trumps this for idiotic interface but i think this comes a close second. Is it just me or is it a really an insanely complicated interface for something as simple as an archiver/compressor? I wish other archivers could support RAR creation like TUGzip could. I'll stick with WinRAR and 7zip.

Rated 50/50 by minklein at Jul 24, 2008

I have used PA since 2002 and have never gone back. Every update has been free, no charge for all these years and it remains so. It is a deal as a lot of work goes into development. I do not see any bloatware, it is fast and works great as usual. I personally like the new interface but that is my choice. All the context menus interdace perfectly with Vista 64 and Speed Commander 64. As far as 2009 Pro goes you do not have to use it, that is your choice, go with the Standard version. I find the added features in Pro make it quick and convenient to deal with saving or burning files to disk, and yes I still have a million other ways to burn a CD. Like I said your choice, for 6.99 USD it was worth it to me and it gave a little more support to the developer. Support: If you ever need their support it is great. They respond immediately and are open to suggestions. Well worth the original $19.95.

Rated 20/50 by DudeBoyz at Jul 24, 2008

EDIT: Wow - Speed Commander is like $65 or a bit more in US Dollars. Holy Moley! Free Commander 2008 may be worth a look. Back to the 2009 version of PowerArchiver - are the Standard and Pro versions a new thing for the 2009 product, by the way? I don't remember there being a Pro version before. That said, I think I'll download PowerArchiver again and test it again to check out how well it integrates to the context menus with Free Commander 2008. I used to use PowerDesk Pro 5 as my primary file management app, and it worked fine with that. I just have not tested it yet on the latest Free Commander, which just came out in June I think. Thanks for the heads-up. I used to really dig this app, but the newer GUI is still just ruining this thing, and it seems to me like 7Zip is getting better and better all the time, and it is free. Not only that, WinRAR is such a strong offering and only costs $10 more, that I am having a hard time in recommending this program to anybody anymore. Between the Pay product - WinRAR, and the Free product - 7Zip, I honestly think that most users won't benefit by looking beyond those two programs. Sorry man, but as a former fan and user, compared to those others, I just don't think PowerArchiver is worth spending the extra money on anymore. It does sadden me, but it's just the way it has turned out for me. I don't hate the product - I just don't like it as much as I used to. :(

Rated 20/50 by RastaWorld at Jul 24, 2008

$20 bucks? No thanks, 7-zip and many others available.

Rated 40/50 by ninjeratu at Jul 24, 2008

Undesired Username : You don't understand a thing, do you? Bloat is bad, mmkay? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_bloat And the whole point was that I'm not sure Standard upgrades will keep on being free since they forked the project into two. Give me one good example of a software product that forked into multi-purpose not-quite-so-good software that haven't died. People don't need or want that. It's a pure marketing ploy. Since you're going to pay for the "features" of the Pro version there's no reason not to pay for speciality software. The excellent FlashFXP is one of (if not the best) FTP software out there and cheaper than the Pro upgrade. Daemon Tools Lite is free and a much, much better mounter. "Not everyone wants 300 different software titles" was one of the dumbest comments ever. Yes, doubleclicking on another icon is such hard work. Dumbest. Comment. Ever. But you're welcome to pay for Pro, since you're obviously the target group... Having three separate programs, specialized for the tasks, with small footprint and useful features is always better than one bloated hybrid program that tries to be everything and fails at all. Every hour spent on fixing bugs in the FTP client is an hour less spent on the core product you paid for and wanted. I'm sure you would like to be spoonfed bad software instead of making intelligent choices because obviously that's hard work. Go buy Nero while you're at it. But the fact is still that there are no valid arguments for PA to have the Pro features like backup, a DVD mounter and an FTP client. All three are, in PA, too simple, too redundant and too intrusive for people who actually use such things regulary. Let the archiver be an archiver and do that to the best of your ability, and let the pros do the virtual DVDs and FTP software.

Rated 40/50 by Tarun. at Aug 6, 2008

If there was a freeware version of the Standard version, I'd use it and switch from IZArc.

Rated 30/50 by DudeBoyz at Aug 6, 2008

Seems more stable than the last beta, though it does seem just a bit slower. I really do not like the "ribbon" interface, but given the extensive support for a variety of formats and a price that is still lower than most of the retail competition, I feel that it deserves a higher score than I had previously assigned to it. The product really is improving, and the price has not risen, so it is a pretty good value.

Rated 30/50 by preinterpost at Aug 7, 2008

I think this used to be free. It's a good program so fair enough there is cost associated. Unfortunately for the author there is 7zip, which is free and takes care of most if not all compression needs.

Rated 20/50 by thomas.tmc at Aug 7, 2008

preinterpost is correct. Decent app, but 7zip has an interface akin to WinRar and up to 2/3 better compression than 2.71, plus its open source and free.

Rated 50/50 by pjb at Aug 14, 2008

Nice updates. This update works without any problems for me.

Rated 10/50 by jcunews at Aug 15, 2008

No FULL unicode support (can't handle multi-lingual characters in one file name). Interface is too large and sluggish. And worst, it's been like this since version 8.