Bandizip is Lightweight, Fast, and Free archiving software and it works with WinZip, 7-Zip, WinRAR and other archive formats.
Bandizip has very fast Zip algorithm for compression & extraction by Fast Drag and Drop, High Speed Archiving, and Multi-core compression function. It handles the most popular compression formats, including Zip, 7z, Rar, and so on.
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A comparison of Archiving software
| Bandizip | WinZip | WinRAR | 7-Zip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freeware | O | X | X | O |
| Extracting .z01 | O | O | O | X |
| Extracting .part1.rar | O | O | O | O |
| Extracting 7zip.001 | O | X | X | O |
| Extracting zip.001 | O | O | X | O |
| Changing Code Page | O | X | X | X |
| Fast Drag&Drop | O | X | X | X |
| High Speed Archiving | O | X | X | X |
| Multi-core Compression | O | O | O | O |
| Dollar $ | Euro € |
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- Failed to extract a certain RAR archive which was compressed by solid compression and included the store method.
- Others
- Some password-protected .7z files were corrupted in a certain situation
- Others
- Many thanks to I.L.-Jamar, Mathias, Gorran.Kurd, Amenox, and Mircea Voiculescu
- Bandizip didn’t execute for 5 seconds when some users attempted to open it using Windows Explorer
- Others
- Some error messages didn't display properly
- Files saved as .zip files when the function, Compress to "each file/folder name.7z", was used
- Many thanks to Mathias and Gorran.Kurd