Nach der Veröffentlichung der Betas von WinRar und Power Archiver ist nun auch eine neue Version des PowerArchivers 2004 erschienen, der jetzt in der Version 9.0 Beta
3 vorliegt und neben einer aktuelleren Programmiersprache im Hintergrund auch die vollständige Unterstützung (lesen und archivieren) für das kommende Format 7z mitbringt.

Das sind die Features:
Certified "Designed for Windows" by Microsoft and designated "Optimized for Windows XP" following thorough testing to ensure an excellent Windows experience
Complete built-in support for ZIP, CAB, LHA (LZH), TAR, TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ2, BH, RAR, ARJ, ARC, ACE, ZOO, GZ, and BZIP2 file formats
Built-in support for XXE, UUE, and yENC encoded files
Full MIME (Base 64) support
Creating ZIP and CAB self-extracting archives using a Wizard interface
Support for unlimited size ZIP archives, with improved performance when working with 100,000+ files
Support for Deflate64, providing improved compression results (both size and speed)
Complete support for PKZIP 4.0 and PKZIP 4.5 disk spanning
Encryption of files and archives using 5 different methods: Blowfish (128-bit), DES (64-bit), Triple DES (128-bit), AES 128-bit, and AES 256-bit
Uploading archives or backups directly to FTP sites with multiple profiles supported and timeout option
Password manager for saving frequently used passwords
Tool for creating PBS backup scripts and running automated backups
Internal viewer that supports TXT, RTF, GIF, PNG, BMP, ICO, TIFF, GFI, SGI, EMF, WMF, PPM, Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk, Truevision, ZSoft Paintbrush, Kodak Photo-CD, JASC PaintShop Pro, and Dr. Halo file formats
Many powerful archive operations (including: renaming files in archive, spanning archives, testing archives, viewing and writing comments, installing archives, and checking archives for viruses)
Drag and Drop from/to Windows Explorer and the Desktop
Two ways of viewing archives (Classic - all files in the same listing; Explorer - browsing through an archive like folders in Windows Explorer)
Viewing files in all view styles, including "as a Web page"
Complete integration with Windows® (extracting archives and creating archives directly from Windows Explorer using powerful "Explorer Shell Extensions")
Ability to edit files within an archive using one single operation
Printing file listing to text file or HTML document
Tool for repairing corrupted ZIP archives
Converting between file formats (for example: changing a ZIP archive to CAB archive, or LHA archive to ZIP archive)
Extracting multiple archives at the same time
Batch Zip function to create multiple different archives at once
Favorite Folders to quickly locate archives
Powerful Find function for searching within an archive
Auto Update to automatically download and install new versions of PowerArchiver
External plug-in support
Powerful help in HTML and a tutorial with pictures for beginners
Skinnable toolbar that can be docked to any side of the application or float independently
Full support for WindowBlinds 4.x for skinning
Windows® XP theme support
Windows® XP ClearType support
Lizenztyp: Das Programm ist Shareware.
Weitere Infos: www.powerarchiver.com
Download: Software-Download