There are plenty of file archiving utilities available but only a few of them are actually really good. So far, the better options were software like 7Zip and Izarc. However, I’ve recently discovered a fairly new utility that promises to be as good or better than the ones mentioned above.
TUGZip is a freeware archiving utility for Windows. It can open common formats like zip, rar, 7zip, etc. as well as obscure ones like ace, lib, tbz, etc. In addition, it supports disc images including the nero format nrg. The program also has a multi-extract option to extract multiple archives at once.
On the writing side, it can create archives in most of the common formats, which is more than enough for anyone. Users have the option of using any one of 6 different encryption formats to create their archives. It can also create self-extracting archives.
TUGZip is pretty easy to use. It has a simple, easy to understand interface, with good navigation. The program is also capable of updating automatically using the built-in ‘web update’ function.
If you’re looking for a good archiving utility for your needs, I’d recommend TUGZip. If you find other programs too complicated to use, do give this software a try. I bet you won’t be disappointed. Oh , and it would also be great if you could clue me in about which program is your favorite file archiver.
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Tugzip is actually pretty old, one update since 2005. I was using tugzip for quite some time but then finally gave up on the developer (who is promising a version 4) and moved to izarc (which i was using before i switched to tugzip).
izarc is much further along now-a-days, tugzip appears to be dead in the water.
Yeah I’m also using IZarc, wonderful program.
I don’t archive much, when I do I just use XP’s builtin zip support. For extracting, that’s a different matter. Universal Extractor http://legroom.net/software/uniextract does exactly what it says on the tin. Just three simple right-click options (or less), and then it will scan the archive and extract it with the appropriate command-line extractor (all included).
Also try and analyze – Alzip.
Works good for me
IZarc is good, no doubt, but not flawless. Even yesterday in a clean Windows 98 install(old laptop), IZarc had trouble with rar files (it can read them but it extracts empty files).
It’s why i’m still sticking to the free gift version of winrar that I got in 2005 (luckily I kept the install exe).
I recently came across #7Z – very neat if a tad basic utility for creating and extracting archives
http://k7z.sourceforge.net/7Z/S7Z/