Dear users,
PowerArchiver 2016 Final (16.00.61) has been released today!
We want to thank you for all of your suggestions, ideas and reports since first PowerArchiver 2016 pre-release has been published. Many suggestions have been implemented, all bugs have been solved so thanks once again to all of you that helped us. Next week we will publish some exciting ideas on how to get further involved in PowerArchiver development and announce our next “fast-ring” release news!
Major changes in PowerArchiver 2016 (16.00.61):
- New Interface – New classic and ribbon/modern interface designs. Everything is easy to use and where it always was, just with much nicer overall design. 9 prebuilt skins are available and each can be configured with various different options. Full application is properly skinned – every window! Classic interface is default and completely skinned as well as Ribbon interface.
- New icons and logo – New icon design and new logo throughout the interface with modern look. Icons are now used in File menu interface as well, for modern look. However, if you still prefer the old look, you can change back to old icons by going to View> Skin Options> Icon sets.
- For everyone! – Full support for both classic and modern (ribbon) toolbar. Skinning support can be completely turned off via Classic skin with no skins, to speed up interface on very slow computers.
- Superior Windows 10 support! – Finely tuned Windows 10 support. We did not forget Windows XP either!
- Completely customizable – Everything can be changed! There are many, many options that can be customized – for instance, you can turn on/off aero, change interface icons, every window is re-sizable, icon size is manually adjustable. There are 9 different skins, including dark and light variants.
- More translations! – Over 30 full translations with every detail of interface translated to native language in fully unicode interface.
- 2K/4K display support – Automatic support for 2K/4K displays – future proof! Large DPI support from 110% to 200%. Icon size is automatically adjusted with natively drawn large icons for superior look (over 1000 icons built for this purpose).
- Touch screen support – Support for touch screens with special touch screen mode. If you use tablets that make it hard to click various parts of interface, Touch mode will automatically enlarge option choices so it is easier to hit wanted options. Works and looks great! Future proof!
- Faster startup– faster startup speeds, especially on older systems.
- Backup, Encryption Suite, Burner and Virtual Drive are full apps– Backup, Encryption Suite, Burner and Virtual Drive are now full applications that can be started independently from PowerArchiver and have their own full interface. Shortcuts to these apps are added via installer.
- Office and Adobe encryption and signing– Added various Office and Adobe encryption and signing/verifying features in Encryption Suite (full interface).
- Audio Burner and Ripper added– Many have asked us for audio burning and ripping features so they don’t have to download separate audio burner – implemented in 2016. Audio burner will even automatically take audio from MP4 video file.
- Support for ZPAQ format– support for strong ZPAQ format added. Both compression and extraction are supported. Depending on user feedback, further development is possible.
- Support for WIM format– Added “compression” support for WIM format, in addition to previous extraction support.
- Improved support for all formats– Improved support for all formats, as well as bug fixes. Over 50 various formats now supported.
- Updated Burner Engine– Updated Burner engine for support of latest Blu-Ray standards.
- Improved Compression Tools– All compression tool windows have been improved – Multi Extract, Archive converter, Batch ZIP and others are now all updated, modern looking with larger window default size and resizable. Improvements to performance as well as bug fixes.
- Main PowerArchiver– Every part of main PowerArchiver window has been upgraded.
- Backup– Many smaller changes and bug fixes.
- Explorer view enhancements– Much better support for Windows Libraries (documents, downloads, pictures, etc) in File Manager mode (Explorer view).
- Better support for various different languages– Better support for various languages (displaying non native character sets). More translations to come in next month.
- Many other improvements and bug fixes– Many other improvements and bug fixes. Several hundred closed tasks.
You can download PA 2016 16.00.61 via patchbeam or via download site. Please remember to get your new codes from your account or use online codes if your PowerArchiver Select is still valid. Thank you for your continuous support since 1999, and making PowerArchiver better with your comments, requests and wishes!
