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PowerArchiver 2021 for macOS – Update 1.00.31
Dear PowerArchiver Users, The second update to PowerArchiver 2021 for MacOS is here, update 1.00.31. PowerArchiver 2021 for MacOS been receiving great reviews by those that have used it and we're excited to be moving forward towards the final release. Over the past 10+ years, we have been asked by our loyal users which switched…
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PowerArchiver 2011 RC4: FIPS 140-2 Validated ZIP AES encryption and FTP.
Dear users, For all of you that use PowerArchiver in corporate environment, we have added FIPS 140-2 certified encryption (ZIP and ZIPX AES 128bit, 192bit and 256bit) and Secure FTP downloads/uploads (SFTP as well as FTP SSL). More about FIPS standard Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) is entitled "Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules."…
Read more →PowerArchiver 2017 Skins: re-introduction!
Dear users, In PowerArchiver 2017, we have latest version of Award winning skinning engine from Stardock - DirectSkin. What that means for you is that you can use beautiful skins that work perfectly under any Windows OS, including Windows 7/8/10 - 32/64bit. Check the gallery out for some examples and go to our Skins section…
Read more →PAOP 2.1: New version of Outlook Plug-In
Dear users, Today we are releasing PowerArchiver's Outlook Plug-In (PAOP) 2.1. Here is the list of changes: Support for Unicode filenames. Better Support for Microsoft Office 2010. Support for ZIPX format. Windows Installer based setup (.MSI). Various improvements and various reported issues resolved. PowerArchiver's Outlook Plug-In (PAOP) 2.1 is available in English and German languages. Please…
Read more →PowerArchiver 2011 RC3: Whats New
Dear users, Here is PowerArchiver 2011 RC3 12.00.41 release. We have took your reports and implemented over 30 improvements. One of the biggest changes was to our VSS (Volume Shadow Copy) code which got some testing and should work much better and faster now. List of changes: VSS (Volume Shadow Copy) - lot of testing and…
Read more →PowerArchiver 2011 12.00.38 RC2
Dear users, after week of your feedback with RC1, we have fixed reported issues and now we are releasing version 12.00.38 - RC2. If you have PowerArchiver 2011 already installed, please use Patchbeam as update is super small at only 193kb! List of changes: Improved Extraction when specific folders are selected Added French translation and…
Read more →Lets build new PowerArchiver format – together!
Dear users, Join us in creating next generation format. Lets work together! We are working on next format for PowerArchiver and we need your help - tell us what do YOU want in your compression format: what kind of files you compress the most, what other features you find interesting. Here we have compiled the…
Read more →PowerArchiver 2010 11.70 Final
Dear users, here is the final version of PowerArchiver 2010, in 15 languages, including Polish. List of changes in 11.70.10/11 : New UNRAR.DLL - Up to 10% improvement in speed compared to official unrar.dll v4. List of changes in 11.70.08 : Auto complete support in Extract and Select folders - Previously we have only history MRU there…
Read more →PowerArchiver 2010 11.70 RC2 – Whats new
Dear users, here is our latest release - PowerArchiver 11.70 Release Candidate 2. List of changes in 11.70.08 : Auto complete support in Extract and Select folders - Previously we have only history MRU there but now you have both - you can easily use auto complete to find folder you want to extract to as…
Read more →Demos of new Patchbeam update system
Dear users, We have setup few demos of our new Patchbeam update system to show you how cool our new update system is. While you are watching this, lets not forget that old updates took 30-60 seconds and 8 clicks of mouse. Patchbeam is down to less than 2 seconds total! Videos show full update…
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