Bandizip 6.0 brings a new interface, speed improvements and many new features

Bandizip is a lightweight, fast and free All-In-One Zip Archiver. Bandizip has a very fast Zip algorithm for compression & extraction with Fast Drag and Drop, High Speed Archiving, and Multi-core compression. It handles the most popular compression formats, including Zip, 7z, Rar, and so on.

Changes in Bandizip 6.0 Beta 8:

• Added the 'New window as administrator' function.
• The internal image viewer supports WebP.
• Changed the internal image viewer icon.
• Added the RTL support.
• Added the check option for the "Show password" in the New Archive dialog box.
• Fixed a bug that doesn't properly check the share folder permissions of the Samba server.
• Other minor bugs fixed.

New features in Bandizip 6.0:

• Bandizip is now able to extract MS Compound (MSI, DOC, XLS, PPT), Arc (SEA Arc), Lzip and ZPAQ format.
• Added support for sparse algorithm and symbolic link of TAR format.
• Added support for compressing GZ/XZ formats.
• Users are now able to move the main window while compressing or extracting.
• Bandizip now supports its own command-line tool (bc.exe, Alpha version).
• Added support for custom file names when compressing by right clicking.
• If the file name contains MBCS (Multibyte Character Set), Bandizip forces to store the INFO-ZIP's UTF-8 filename header.
• Added the View menu on the main window.
• Added support for show/hide tree controls.
• Added an option, "Always on top".
• Users are now able to see the file list by Icons, List and Details.
• Users are now able to export Bandizip Settings.
• If users do not have write permission to the destination folder, Bandizip will show a pre-warning notification dialogbox.
• Bandizip will display the archive file name which is currently being processed if it takes a long time while opening split files.
• The internal image viewer (Aiview.exe) now supports the TIFF format.
• Bandizip is now able to delete archive files permanently through the "Ctrl+Shift+Del" hotkey.
• Added support for "Quick Open Header" to open RAR files faster (RAR5).
• Bandizip updater will automatically download the setup file from the fastest server when it updates.
• Bandizip shows the 'Recent Files' list under the File menu.
• Bandizip shows the Honeyview suggestion window when users try to view an image in an archive.
• Users are now able to install Bandisoft's other programs from the main Bandizip window.
• Bandizip can recognize the user-defined extensions as archive files when right clicking or dragging & dropping.
• Etc.

Improvements

• Improved the main UI, program icon, toolbar design.
• The Bandzip32.exe and Bandzip64.exe files have merged into Bandizip.exe.
• Bandizip will delete temporary files when the program exits. (It used to delete temporary files when the process finished.)
• Improved the CRC32 and AES processing speed by applying the assembly code of 7zip (LZMA SDK)
• Improved the opening of corrupt or damaged ZIP files.
• The maximum password length limitation (up to 300 characters) has been removed.
• Bandizip now uses XZ algorithm instead of LZMA when compressing ZIPX/EXE.
• Users can select AES-256 encryption algorithm when compressing ZIP files.
• Bandizip no longer recognizes EGG files which had dummy data at the end of the file as a corrupted file.
• File names will no longer be corrupted when ZIP files are modified after setting the code page.
• If the header was encrypted as PKZIP, Bandizip will show an error message which says this format isn’t supported.
• Improved the processing speed slightly by optimizing file I/O.
• Bandizip will use less memory when compressing 7z files.
• The High Speed Archiving function will work while compressing with multi-core processors.
• Etc.

Removed features

• Bandizip no longer supports Windows XP. If you use Windows XP, please use Bandizip 5.x.
• Bandizip now uses its own console compression program (bc.exe) instead of 7z.exe.
• Several other features have been removed.

Download: Bandizip 6.0 Beta 8 | 4.2 MB (Freeware)
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