
Introducing Explzh: A Versatile Windows Archive Manager
Explzh is a powerful, free archive manager designed for Windows users, enabling comprehensive archive creation, extraction, and management. This software supports a wide array of archive formats including, but not limited to, zip, 7z, rar, tar, ace, lzh, arj, cab, iso, img, msi, sfx, and many others. In addition to the basic functionalities of creating and extracting archives, Explzh offers advanced features that allow you to verify data integrity, conduct repair routines, and divide files into manageable parts. Furthermore, users can enhance security by password-protecting their archives and adding digital signatures to their files.
Top Highlights of Explzh
- User-friendly interface that mimics Windows Explorer for intuitive navigation.
- Compatibility with a diverse range of formats: LHA, ZIP (including ZIPX), JAR, CAB, RAR, TAR, 7z, ARJ, WIM, CHM, PE, HFS, NSIS installers, ISO, MSI, and more.
- Enhanced format support through an integrated archiver DLL.
- Ability to create self-extracting archives, perfect for developing high-performance installers.
- Feature to add digital signatures to self-extracting archives for enhanced authenticity.
- Optimized re-archiving functionality for Office 2007 or later document compression and image optimization.
- Full support for Unicode file names during compression and extraction.
- Handles files over 4GB efficiently, ensuring no size limitations impact performance.
- AES encryption capabilities for creating secure ZIP archives.
- Thumbnail view for image files, enhancing visual management.
- Robust in-library file search feature for effortless organization and retrieval.
- Archive file conversion options, allowing versatility in format use.
- File split functionality, enabling users to split files seamlessly without the need for additional software.
- UU (XX) encode and Base64 decode functions for specialized encoding needs.
- FTP upload capabilities, facilitating easy file transfers.
- Support for Windows 11 shell integration for a more unified user experience.
What’s New in Explzh 9.81
- Enhanced update notifications sent to the shell, reflecting changes made to existing zip and 7-zip files, ensuring real-time updates in the Explorer view. Users can now effortlessly create encrypted ZIP files with a simple drag and drop while holding the Ctrl key.
- When enabled, the zip drop target setting now adds a “Compressed (zipped) Folder”option to the New shell context menu, streamlining file creation.
- A critical bug fix in the password manager addresses an issue that caused crashes when accessing password data while changing authentication methods.
- Updated software framework to Visual Studio 2022, version 17.14.9, improving performance and stability.
Download Links
Ready to enhance your archive management? Download the latest version of Explzh:
Explzh 64-bit | Explzh 32-bit | File size: ~6.0 MB (Freeware) Explzh ARM64 | File size: 5.9 MB
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