PeaZip is a free archiver, available as portable and installable software for Windows and Linux.
Create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, *PAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, ZIP
Extract ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF and many more file formats
PeaZip allows to create, convert and extract multiple archives at once, create self-extracting archives, bookmark archives and folders, apply powerful search filters, scan and open files with custom applications, apply strong encryption, split/join files, secure data deletion, calculate checksum and hash...

On networks, the application can be made available to multiple users, either whith a shared configuration or with separate configuration for each user, see "Settings" and "Customization and scripting" in the help file, that also contain useful hints for enhancing PeaZip's system integration.
You can freely replace backend executables in PeaZip/res directory (any PeaZip release/package) with updated ones (as long as they support the same syntax) or with 64 bit counterpart, if available.
PeaZip Portable does not modify the host system: it can be simply extracted in the path you prefer, even on the network or on removable devices as USB sticks. A writable path is recommended for running PeaZip Portable, in order to let the application update the configuration and the persistent randomness collector, as in the portable version all files are contained inside the directory of the application. The application needs at least to write to disk the configuration the first time it runs so please check if the selected path is writable and in case of problems try running the application as administrator to have needed UAC permissions.
To extract ACE files it is needed a separate plugin (due to UNACE freeware but closed source nature) available in Add-ons page.

* PeaZip is available in many different languageszip, click Options > Localization to modify language of the GUI. If you are willing to contribute a translation check information in peazip-x.y.about_translations.zip file.
* PeaZip's sources (LGPL v3) are written in FreePascal and requires Lazarus IDE, see notes for developers
* PAD files: PeaZip, PeaZip (64 bit), PeaZip Portable

Install/uninstall on Windows
To run unattended installation launch the Windows installer with /SILENT parameter; use /VERYSILENT for background installation, without notification to the users.
On install, PeaZip creates some useful entries in SendTo menu that can be simply copied to one user to another as needed, they are located in C:\Documents and Settings\(username)\SendTo (Windows XP) or C:\Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo (Vista/7), assuming C as system's disk.
When unistalled, PeaZip restores files association with Windows' Compressed Folders, for the supported file types.
In any moment, to manually restore file associations with Compressed Folders utility run: cmd /c assoc .zip=CompressedFolder replacing .zip with any file extension it is desired to be associated to Compressed Folder utility.
To restore file associations with a previous archiver software please refer to its own documentation, usually it can be done running the program's setup package or from the application itself.

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Or Portable


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Or Portable