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PowerArchiver 2018 – 18.00.37 – Release Candidate 1 is out!

Dear PowerArchiver Users, We are pleased to announce immediate availability of PowerArchiver 2018 18.00.37 - our Release Candidate #1 release of PowerArchiver 2018. The focus for this release has been improving the existing PowerArchiver 2018 features, such as Modern/Ribbon UI, PDF previewer, new and improved ZIP compression and more. Improvements: Major updates to the Modern/Ribbon…
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PowerArchiver Command Line (PACL) 9.0 Beta 3 is out!

Dear PowerArchiver Users, We are pleased to announce immediate availability of PowerArchiver Command Line (PACL) 9.0 Beta 3. We have updated the latest PACL beta build with latest PowerArchiver compression engines, including the new ZIP engine, latest PA engine as well as all the other updates released in PowerArchiver 2018. Improvements: Breaking change - PACOMP…
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PowerArchiver Command Line (PACL) 9.0 Beta 3 is out!

Dear PowerArchiver Users, We are pleased to announce immediate availability of PowerArchiver Command Line (PACL) 9.0 Beta 3. We have updated the latest PACL beta build with latest PowerArchiver compression engines, including the new ZIP engine, latest PA engine as well as all the other updates released in PowerArchiver 2018. Improvements: Breaking change - PACOMP…
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PowerArchiver 2018 – 2018.00.31 (Beta 2) is out!

Dear PowerArchiver Users, We are pleased to announce immediate availability of PowerArchiver 2018 18.00.31 - our Beta 2 release of PowerArchiver 2018. We hope you had great holidays, that you have rested well and are ready to dive into latest build of PowerArchiver 2018. The version has moved from 18.00.23 to 18.00.31 and brings various…
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PowerArchiver 2018 – skinning section published!

Dear users, We hope you had a great holiday season and are ready for new PowerArchiver 2018 builds! With PowerArchiver 2018, we have implemented a new skinning system that's here to stay. While we ship with several skins already, that cover our usual - dark, light, office skinning options, there are many other skinning possibilities…
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PowerArchiver 2018 18.00.23 Beta (Public) is out!

Dear PowerArchiver Users, We are pleased to announce immediate availability of PowerArchiver 2018 18.00.23 - our first PowerArchiver 2018 Public Beta. After three weeks of testing and preparation, the first public beta of the 2018 version of PowerArchiver is exclusively released for our PowerArchiver Select users. The version has moved from 18.00.16 to 18.00.23 and…
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PowerArchiver 2018 Introduction

Dear PowerArchiver Users, We are pleased to announce the upcoming PowerArchiver 2018 release, the fastest PowerArchiver ever. After introducing the amazing Advanced Codec Pack, earlier this year, PowerArchiver 2018 goes back to the basics and comes with an optimized experience that makes it the fastest PowerArchiver release ever! We have looked deeply into the code…
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PowerArchiver 2017 17.01.06 has been released!

Dear PowerArchiver users, PowerArchiver's latest update - version 17.01.06, is ready with fixes and improvements. This is a small update that increases optimization of PowerArchiver from the start as well as solves some small reported issues. Several important languages have been updated as well. The update is available on our website, on Patchbeam for fast…
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PowerArchiver 2017 17.01.04 released!

Dear PowerArchiver users, We are releasing new update today - version 17.01.04, with some fixes and improvements. We have improved compatibility with Windows XP and 32-bit Windows OS's. Dropbox support was also updated. Compression for large data sets has been improved. For more info, check full notes below. Release Notes - PowerArchiver - Version 17.01.04…
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