IZArc

Infobox Software
name = IZArc



caption = IZArc 3.81 under Windows Vista
developer = Ivan Zahariev
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frequently_updated = yes
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operating system = Windows
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genre = File archiver
license = Freeware
website = [http://www.izarc.org www.izarc.org]

IZArc (pronounced like "easy-arc") is a proprietary file archiver for Microsoft Windows developed by Bulgarian programmer Ivan Zahariev. The program is freeware, but not open source. In addition to the most commonly used archive formats, like zip, rar, gzip, tar.gz, bzip2, and 7z, IZArc handles an unusually large number of less common formats (48 in total, see below). Another distinguishing feature of IZArc is its ability to convert archives into different formats (including CD images and conversion between self-extracting and standard archives). When using the 7z format, IZArc achieves a very high compression speed equaled only by 7-Zip.

Notable Features

*Archive conversion
*CD Images conversion
*Disk spanning from and to multiple diskettes or other removable media
*Creation of Multi-Volume Sets
*Merging of Multi-Volume Sets
*Creation of self-extracting archives
*UnSFX (Reconversion of self-extracting .EXE files to standard archives)
*Broken archive repair
*UU/XX/MIME Encode/Decode
*Encryption of files using Rijndael - AES (256-bits) encryption
*Decryption of (.ize) files
*CD/DVD Images support (ISO, BIN, MDF, NRG, IMG, C2D, PDI, CDI)
*Integration in Windows Explorer context menu
*Automatic installation of most software distributed in archive files
*Virus Scan feature
*Import and export settings
*Multi-language interface
*Skinnable interface

Formats

IZArc (as of version 3.81) currently supports the following file formats: 7-Zip, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64, BH,BIN, BZ2, BZA, C2D, CAB, CDI, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ, GZA, HA, IMG, ISO, IZE, JAR, LHA, LIB, LZH, MBF, MDF,MIM, NRG, PAK, PDI, PK3, RAR, RPM, TAR, TAZ, TBZ, TGZ, TZ, UUE, WAR, XXE, YZ1, Z, ZIP, ZOO.

Problems

IZArc has incomplete 7-Zip support and lacks the add, move, or update actions, as well as encryption and parameter modification. IZArc does not support ISO editing, either. In addition, it does not support Unicode which limits its use around the world. While IZArc achieves a very high speed when compressing to the 7z format, and still a high speed with the widespread ZIP format, its compression is slow when handling other archive formats.

Command Line Add-on

Command Line Add-on is a set of advanced command line tools for Windows. It can be executed by calling from batch files, run from script files or executed from other applications. Its newest version is 1.1 (Build 140).

Portable version

IZArc is also available as a portable application called IZArc2Go. It includes all features and functions of the permanently installed version, except explorer shell-menu integration and the ability to associate file types with it.

Awards

It has been awarded by several well-known download sites, such as FileTransit, SnapFiles, SoftNews, Softpedia, WebAttack, etc., for its user-friendliness and wide archive format support.

ee also

*Comparison of file archivers

External links

* [http://www.izarc.org/ IZSoftware]
* [http://www.izarc.org/forum/ IZArc Discussion Board :: View topic]
* [http://www.whois.ws/whois-org/izarc.org/ izarc.org whois]
* [http://www.donationcoder.com/Reviews/Archive/ArchiveTools/index.html Review of compression software including IZArc]
* [http://www.stern.de/computer-technik/computer/shareware/:IZArc-3.7-Einpacken,/585256.html Review of IZArc] in Stern de icon