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WinZip 12.0

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 12, 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.

Learn more about what's new in WinZip 12.0.


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Key Features Std Pro
Photo Compression, Management and Sharing
New! Compress JPEG files by 20 to 25% with no loss in quality or data integrity yes yes
New! Send selected files from a Zip file to e-mail or a new Zip file yes yes
New! Resize zipped photos when sending to e-mail or a new Zip file without opening yes yes
  Browse image thumbnails in Explorer View yes yes
New! Quickly transfer, automatically rotate, and compress photos from supported cameras with Zip from Camera wizard   yes
New! Rotate, resize, and view full-sized images directly from a Zip file   yes
Compression Performance and Archive Compatibility
New! LZMA compression yes yes
New! Compress JPEG files with no loss of photo quality or data integrity yes yes
  Automatically use best compression method based on file type yes yes
New! Open and Extract 7Z, IMG, and ISO files yes yes
  Open and Extract from RAR, BZ2, CAB, LHA and other archive files yes yes
  Create Zip (legacy and advanced) and LHA files yes yes
  Create and Read Zip files larger than 4GB yes yes
Built-in E-Mail, FTP, and CD/DVD Burning
New! Zip and e-mail selected files from an existing Zip file yes yes
  Quickly create and send Zip files in a single click using "Zip & E-Mail" yes yes
  Send new and existing Zip files as e-mail attachments more » yes yes
New! Zip and upload to FTP selected files from an existing Zip file   yes
  Upload new and existing Zip files to FTP more »   yes
  Zip and burn new and existing Zip files directly to CD and DVD   yes
Encryption and Security
  FIPS-197 Certified AES Encryption (128- and 256-Bit) more » yes yes
New! Set password policy by controlling complexity requirements   yes
New! Set or disable available encryption methods   yes
Task Automation Capabilities
  Command line support (separate download) more » yes yes
  Back up data automatically using predefined WinZip Jobs more »   yes
  Automate routine file compression tasks by creating custom WinZip Jobs settings more »   yes
  Automatically upload to FTP, or burn to disk a Zip file on WinZip Job completion more »   yes
  Automatically e-mail Zip and log files on WinZip Job completion more »   yes
  Schedule WinZip Jobs to run automatically more »   yes
Easy to Learn and Use
New! Use content-sensitive Smart View to logically display files in a Zip file yes yes
New! Save As, Rename, and New Folder commands yes yes
New! View compression savings graphically yes yes
New! View the encryption status of files in a compressed file yes yes
  Unicode support to display international characters used in filenames in a Zip file yes yes
  Choose from variety of interfaces - Wizard, Classic, or Windows Shell Integration more » yes yes
  Split Zip files to make large Zip files manageable and fit on removable media more » yes yes
  Create self-extracting archives more » yes yes
  Temporarily extract and cleanup Zip files yes yes

Requirements: Microsoft® Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista®

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Additional Information
 
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