ZipMagic 2000 by Ontrack Data International

Description

Other file compression programs may claim to combine with Home Windows, however ZipMagic 2000 truly promises the products. This extremely helpful compression suite turns compressed zipped archives into normal folders that may be accessed with Windows like another folder, with no need to launch an external program with an unfamiliar interface to work with the zipped archive's contents. Customers can run programs straight away from an archive, with out first decompressing everything to a special listing.

The Device may additionally attempt to restore corrupt file archives so you can salvage probably the most contents, and it integrates with fashionable electronic mail applications like Outlook. We in point of fact favored the DownloadMagic utility, which made downloading information from the Internet much less irritating. If the connection is severed in the middle of the Download, DownloadMagic gives Customers the ability to pick up the Download the place it left off as a substitute of having to begin from the beginning of the file. It saved us various time after we have been downloading massive files by way of our glacial 28.Eight Kbps modem connection.

With all this energy on tap one would assume ZipMagic 2000 can be troublesome to use, however the tight integration with Windows and intuitive main interface turn it into kid's play. Eight useful wizards are included to information novices via various compression duties from common file extraction and compression to More advanced issues like e-mailing a zipped archive and backing up information. There are a variety of free compression utilities on the web at this time, however none match the usability, features, or sheer usefulness of ZipMagic 2000. Just take into account when you might be working with compressed folders that opening and shutting issues could also be a little slower than you're used to as a result of the compression and decompression taking place in the historical past. –T. Byrl Baker

Platforms

Home Windows NT, Mac, Linux, Unix, Home Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Home Windows Ninety Five