WinZip® is the most trusted way to work with compressed files. No other compression utility is as easy-to-use or offers the comprehensive and productivity-enhancing approach that has made WinZip the gold standard for file-compression tools.
With the new WinZip 14, you can quickly and securely zip and unzip files to conserve storage space, speed up e-mail transmission, and reduce download times. State-of-the-art file compression, strong AES encryption, compatibility with more compression formats, and new intuitive photo compression, make WinZip 12 the complete compression and archiving solution.
Building on the favorite features of a worldwide base of several million users, WinZip 12 adds new features for image compression and management, support for new compression methods, improved compression performance, support for additional archive formats, and more. Users can work faster, smarter, and safer.
Compress:
• Compress files to save space and reduce transmission times
• Create Zip, LHA, and new Zipx files – the smallest Zip files ever
• Let WinZip select the "best" compression method based on file type to maximize efficiency
• Compress JPEG image files by 20 to 25% with no loss of photo quality or data integrity
• Open and extract from Zip, Zipx, RAR, 7Z, LHA BZ2, CAB, IMG, ISO, and other archive files
• Experience better performance on most files with LZMA compression
• View international characters in filenames through Unicode support
• Create and read Zip files larger than 4GB
Encrypt:
• Secure sensitive data with FIPS-197 certified AES encryption (128- and 256-bit)
• Encrypt and decrypt confidential files and email attachments
• NEW! Auto-wipe ("shred") temporarily extracted copies of encrypted files
• NEW! Feel safe knowing Auto-wipe uses the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD 5220.22-M) standard
• Set password policy by controlling complexity requirements
• Set or disable available encryption methods
• NEW! Take advantage of hardware support in certain Intel-based computers for even faster AES encryption
Package and Share:
• Bundle files into zipped packages, creating convenient, logical groups of related files
• Organize and secure email attachments, which transmit faster thanks to smaller file sizes
• NEW! See the content of Zip file attachments in Outlook 2007 using the Zip file previewer
• NEW! Double click on a file in the Zip file previewer for Outlook 2007 to open it for viewing
• View photos in Zip files without extracting, using WinZip’s internal image viewer
• NEW! Resize Photos when using Zip & E-Mail
• Quickly create and send Zip files with one-click "Zip & E-Mail"
• Resize photos from a Zip file when sending by email or to a new Zip file
• Use “Send To” to send new and existing Zip files as e-mail attachments
• Use Save As, Rename, and New Folder commands to easily manage Zip files
• Create Self-Extracting Archives with Self-Extractor Personal Edition
• Split Zip files to make large Zip files fit on removable media
• Use Zip from Camera Wizard to quickly transfer, rotate, and compress photos from supported cameras
Backup / Automate:
• Prevent data loss with WinZip’s automated data backup facility
• Burn back-ups to CD or DVD and automatically split them over multiple discs, if necessary
• Upload your back-ups to an off-site server using WinZip’s internal FTP client
• Create custom WinZip jobs to automate routine zip tasks
• Schedule WinZip jobs to run automatically and unattended
• Utilize predefined WinZip jobs
• Email, FTP upload, or burn Zip files to disc using WinZip Job Wizard
• Email log files upon WinZip job completion
• Utilize WinZip’s command line interface for scripting (free add-on)
Simplify:
• Choose your interface style – Wizard, Classic, Windows Shell Integration
• NEW! Get easy access to recent Zip files, Jobs, and WinZip commands with Windows 7 Jump List support
• NEW! Easily locate files, folders, and libraries using updated, Windows 7 style WinZip dialogs, including New, Open, Add, and Extract
• NEW! Zip just the files you want using the Add dialog’s Include and Exclude filters
• NEW! Zip your Windows 7 libraries and unzip into Windows 7 libraries
• NEW! See the content of your Zip files in Explorer with the Zip file previewer for Windows 7 and Vista
• NEW! Double Click on a file in the Explorer Zip file previewer to open it for viewing
• NEW! Utilize Windows 7 touch screen gestures - simple finger movements - to simplify tasks
• Temporarily extract Zip files using the Check Out feature and have WinZip clean them up when done
• Rotate, Resize, and View full sized images directly from a Zip file
• Use the content-sensitive Smart View to logically display the files in a Zip file
• Use Explorer View to display image thumbnails for easy browsing
Requirements: Microsoft® Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista® or Windows 7