Four free ZIP utilities for Windows

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The Sweet Stuff: Software

Thursday February 18, 2010

The most common and popular form of file compression is the

ZIP format

. You'll find ZIP files everywhere you go on the Internet. Today, Doc looks at four,

free programs for working with ZIP files

. They're all good, they'll all archive and unarchive ZIP files and, perhaps best of all, they're all

free software

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Show Notes

- Quick ZIP

- Easy to install with a nice, basic interface.

- Easy to browse for files.

- Has a number of configurable settings.

- "Checkout" function examines a file or files.

CAM UnZIP

- Creates and extracts ZIP files.

- Can remember your settings for the next time you use it.

- "View" option lets you view a file in the native application.

- Option to extract all files or only selected files.

7ZIP

- Clean, easy-to-use interface.

- Configurable options that let you set things like a default editor.

- Support for many languages.

- Plugin support for handling an array of compresed file formats.

CoffeeCup Free ZIP Wizard

- Extremely easy-to-use.

- The "wizard" interface walks you through the process.

- Has the option to create a self-extracting EXE file.

- Also has the option to password protect a ZIP file.

- Lets you select the level of compression.

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