What are these 2 small blue arrow overlays which appear on desktop icons?

If you have noticed an icon with 2 small blue overlays, then know that it has been placed there by the Windows OS to indicate that the file or folder has been compressed to save disk space. If you are […]

Express Zip File Compression: Quickly create, encrypt, extract ZIP files

Sharing large files with friends, families, and even business associates over the web is no easy task. Yes, you could use a cloud storage platform, but who wants to waste time downloading large files anyway. To reduce time, we recommend […]

Best Free File Compression software for Windows 10

Do you have a large file you want to compress? Or maybe you have a collection of files you want to mail someone? You can use compression software to achieve both, If you are a Windows 10/8/7 user, then you […]

Windows cannot complete the extraction error in Windows 10/8/7

If you receive a Windows cannot complete the extraction error when trying to extract the contents of a zipped compressed file o your Windows PC, followed by either – The destination file could not be created, The destination path is […]

How to extract CAB File using command line tools in Windows 10/8/7

In Windows environment, CAB refers to Cabinet files – an archive file format for Microsoft Windows. The format supports data compression and embedded digital certificates used for maintaining archive integrity. Using this file format, a user can store multiple files/folders […]

7-Zip review & download: Open Source File Archiver software for Windows PC

File Compression tools are of immense use as they help you get the file size down without losing important data, a process considered vital when sending and receiving large files. One open source software that has largely earned a wide […]

Compress, Decompress files easily with Ashampoo ZIP Free

Ashampoo Zip Free is a free file compression and decompression software for the Windows operating system. The free version can basically be used to provide users a wide variety of functions. It can be used to open archive files that […]

B1 Free Archiver: Free file archiving, compression, extraction software

B1 Free Archiver, is a free file archive manager that can easily perform operations like file archiving, file compression, file extraction and more. It is a user friendly file archiving software that can run on multiple platforms like Windows, Mac, Linux, and […]

MagicArchiver: Create or modify archive files

MagicArchiver is a completely free solution to create or modify archives and extract your files. It is a handy application if you regularly deal with a large number of files and need to compress them to upload on the Internet […]

Bandizip, an ultra fast archiving software for Windows

If you are looking for an archiving tool that can be used as an alternative to the Windows built-in zip tool, then you may look just no further other than Bandizip, a fast archiving software. Bandizip Review Apart from being a […]

How to disable Windows built-in Zip support

Windows offers the feature to compress files by supporting Zip functionality. While it is a very useful feature if you are already using some third-party compression utility, some of may want to disable Windows built-in Zip support and let the external […]

Extract multiple Zip, RAR, archive files at once with ExtractNow

When we talk about the file compression or extraction, there are many software available in the market. But most of them take up time when you need to extract several Zip, Rar or other archive file formats. You have to extract […]

Zip and UnZip files easily with CAM UnZip

CAM UnZip is a free, lightweight application for Windows, that is specially designed to perform all the operations, related to zip archives. You don’t need to take any extra effort in order to zip and unzip files. It is a […]

FileOptimizer: The File Optimizer Tool Everyone Should Be Using

This is the digital age, which means that all our work, business, commerce, entertainment, and about everything is done on computer machines. This also means that we have to deal with tons of files everyday. So most likely, it is […]

Download WinZip app for Windows 8 Free (Not Free)

You can now download WinZip app for Windows 8, 32-bit and 64-bit, free from the Windows Store. The app when launched in November last year was priced at USD 7.99, but is now available as a free download. WinZip for Windows […]

Windows does not boot after compressing System Drive

We have seen how we can compress files, folders or even drives to save some disk space. To many compressing the System Drive or the C drive to save some more space may look tempting. But this can create problems! […]

IZArc is a freeware archive and broken archive repair utility

IZArc is the one of the finest freeware archive utility supporting many archive formats like: 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64, BH, BIN, BZ2, BZA, C2D, CAB, CDI, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ, GZA, HA, IMG, ISO, JAR, LHA, LIB, […]

PowerArchiver compression utility now comes as freeware too!

PowerArchiver 2010 Free, is the latest version of the award winning compression utility that now comes free of cost for personal use!

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