I have tried Peazip and another portable zip tool that I actually use the installed version of.
I find that Pzip is fine to do a quick zip or unzip of file types that Windows does not support, however I will only use it if for some reason my other portable zip program I found here on Snapfiles does not do the job.
Maybe I am overlooking something but my issue with this program is, if you choose to make your compressed file self extracting it always wants to extract to the current folder the file is located in similar to Windows compressed folder. I have tried several different ways to force this to follow the path that I give it without any success.
The other portable zip program I use I believe supports as many or more file types and when I make an self extracting file with it, it will default to the location I tell it to if I give it a path for the files. It will even extract different files to different paths.
So unless Peazip corrects this issue I will recommend it for basic functions but prefer the other program much better.
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- Recommend to a friend? Yes
- Posted Aug 30, 2011 for v3.9.1
I have used PeaZip on and off in the past and it's gotten better.
PeaZip supports creating separate archives for each file, which in the past I don't recall it did and why I had winrar at the time, however, it does now.
Really, PeaZip is awesome for free, if Haozip wasn't so much faster than PeaZip, I would probably switch. Peazip is just a tad slower than others it seems but the interface is decent and easy to use.
It supports many archive types, easy on the eyes and free. For a free compression utility, this is definitely deserving of a 5.
It now tries to install AVG security bar instead of Google. No thank you, I don't like AVG or most tool bars for that matter. Other than that, I can't bring it down below a 5, it's great for free and better than some paid for.
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- Interface

- Features

- Ease of use

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- Recommend to a friend? Yes
- Posted Aug 29, 2011 for v3.9.1