Bandizip 7.33 Beta 1: Now supports RAR7 archives and more

Bandizip is a robust archiver that offers lightning-fast processing speed and convenient features. It is available for free, with paid versions offering a range of advanced features.

The main features

• Supported OS: Windows 7/8/8.1/10/11 (32bit/64bit/arm64)
• All-inclusive compression / decompression / browsing / editing Archiver
• Extraction for 30+ formats, including RAR/RAR5/7Z/ZIP
• Compressing an archive with password and multi-volume
• Fast compression with multi-core
• Windows 11 Context Menu support

The process of compressing remains the same.

• Supported formats: ZIP, 7Z(lzma2), ZIPX(xz), EXE(sfx), TAR, TGZ, LZH(lh7), ISO(joliet), GZ, and XZ
• ZIP file modification (add/delete/rename)
• Up to 6 times faster compression using multi-core
• Encrypted archive creation
• Supports AES256 encryption algorithm
• Supports compression of 4GB+ size files
• Unicode or MBCS filename for ZIP format
• Multi-volume archive creation of ZIP/7z format

The process of decompressing remains the same.

• Supported formats: 7Z, ACE, AES, ALZ, ARJ, BH, BIN, BR, BZ, BZ2, CAB, Compound(MSI), DAA(1.0), DEB, EGG, GZ, IMG, ISO, ISZ, LHA, LZ , LZH, LZMA, PMA, RAR, RAR5, SFX(EXE), TAR, TBZ/TBZ2, TGZ, TLZ, TXZ, UDF, WIM, XPI, XZ, Z, ZIP, ZIPX, ZPAQ, PEA, UU, UUE, XXE, ASAR, ZSTD, and NSIS
• Easy view of an archive’s file list
• Extraction of selected files only. Also supports drag & drop
• Availability of ZIP & RAR format archive comment
• One-step extraction of TGZ/TBZ formats

Diverse characteristics

• File integrity check test to ensure whether an archive is damaged or not
• Supports Code-page change features
• Explorer shell menu integration

List of changes in Bandizip 7.33 Beta 1:

• Added a feature decompressing RAR7 archives

• Improved features associated with BandiView

• Improved the window asking how to handle duplicate files when decompressing an archive to be always above other windows

• Added a feature showing the exact error code when Fast Drag & Drop fails

• Fixed a bug in the internal image viewer

• Fixed a bug in the console application (bz.exe)

• Fixed a bug in the SFX compression

• Added support for Latvian language

• Fixed a bug in the codepage auto-detection

• Fixed a bug that occurs with HiDPI

• Improved the processing speed of the Password Recovery under certain conditions

• Fixed a bug that occurs with OneDrive

• Other modifications

To get the latest version of Bandizip, download the 10.8 MB (Free, ad-supported) Bandizip 7.33 Beta 1 from the official website. For those who prefer the last freeware version, the Bandizip 6.29 can be downloaded from a separate link. To learn more about Bandizip and its different editions, visit the Bandizip Home Page or check out the Bandizip Edition Comparison page.