ZipX

Archiving files is a good way to save disk space and to organize your data more efficiently. If you are looking for a fast and easy solution for compressing your files, you should look at ZipX. It supports all popular archive formats and it works quite fast. You may create new archives, add files to existing ones, encrypt your data and much more.

ZipX is not free, but its evaluation version is fully functional, which means that you will not encounter any kind of restrictions, until it expires. It should not take too long to download and install the software. You can also use it on numerous Windows platforms, from Win 98 to Win 8.

The user interface consists of a list, on which you have to add your files and a series of options, located on a toolbar, for creating or opening archives, adding more files, extracting them or encrypting the data. Additionally, you can mark archives as favorites, by adding them to a list, on a separate window, open files, within an archive, or send opened archives by email.

When you create a new archive, the software will immediately display the necessary options for adding files and making a series of compression settings. You can select a compression method, split the archive into multiple volumes, save full path information and more. If you wish to add more files to an archive, at a later date, you can just open the archive and hit the Add button, to display the same configurations. Alternatively, you can launch a wizard, which makes it faster and easier to extract files, add them to an archive or create new ones.

Archives can be encrypted as well. You can make the necessary configurations while adding files or make them later, by clicking the appropriate option, on the program's toolbar. ZipX can protect archives with a password, a certificate or both. Furthermore, it supports various encryption protocols, including the popular AES algorithm.