Alpha ZIP is an effective and intuitive program that brings ease of use, integration with Windows and comprehensive features. It supports all archive types available today and is an extremely easy to handle tool. You can use it through Windows itself via the shell extension. Alpha ZIP has integration with virus scanners and helps you check your archive files for viruses. You can create a new archive (of any type) anytime and select the files and folders you want to put inside the archive, then click on the selection. From Archive Type you can choose the type for the new archive: BH, CAB, JAR, LHA, LZH, ZIP and create SFX a self extracting archive. You can choose Password (type in the password) and explore any archive as it was an ordinary folder.
Alpha ZIP has drag'n'drop support and you can safely extract RAR, Pkzip, TAR and Gzip files. It is easy to handle and effective for working with archives of any type and you can add files to your archives. You can create subfolders and organize your data however you want. The program has Convert Archive function that will help you convert a certain type of archive into another type archive. You can create new folders and add files/folders to your archive.
