28th January 2024 - Update

While there hasnt been a release of Zipware for quite some time the website and the software will continue to be supported indefinately.
Should the need arise to release an update in future, for example if another vulnerbilities were to be found in the underlying 7-zip version then a new version would be released.

7th November 2020: Download URL updated to https

Updated the download link for Zipware to use Google's https storage URL so that there is no warning regarding downloading from http.

 

14th October 2018: Zipware Version 1.6 Released

Click here to download this release.
Changes in this release :

• Updated Zipware.exe to 64bit on 64bit systems.
• Updated Zipware's underlying 7-zip version from 16.04 to 18.05.
• Updated Zipware's underlying unRAR version from 5.40 to 5.60.
• Added option to rename files and folders in supported archives.
• Added new file extension icons based on Windows 10 zip folder icons.
• Added option to select which file extension icon set is used.
• Added Greek translation by geogeo.gr.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 18.05 - speed for LZMA/LZMA2 compressing was increased.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 18.05 - 8% LZMA/LZMA2 compression speed increase for fastest/fast setting.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 18.05 - 3% LZMA/LZMA2 compression speed increase for normal/max setting.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 18.05 - improvements to Zip, HFS and DMG code.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 18.05 - doesn't use "Large Pages" on Windows 10 up to revision 1709.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 18.05 - some bugs were fixed.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 18.05 - speed for single-thread LZMA/LZMA2 decoding increased by 30% for x64 and 3% for x86 versions.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 18.05 - now can use multi-threading for xz decoding.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 18.05 - now can unpack DMG archives that use LZFSE compression method.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 18.05 - now doesn't allow update operation for archives that have read-only attribute.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 18.05 - extracting from tar with -si switch didn't set timestamps for directories.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 18.05 - now can unpack OBJ/COFF files.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 18.05 - xz decoder now can unpack random block from multi-block xz archives.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 18.05 - zip unpacking code was improved.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 18.05 - could add unrequired alternate file streams to WIM archives
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 18.05 - now reserves file space before writing to file
• Updated digitally signed files with the latest SHA-256 code signing certificate from DigiCert.
• Updated RestSharp.dll used for VirusTotal checks from 105.0.1 to 105.2.3.
• Note: digitally certificate will show as invalid on Windows XP as SHA-256 cert is not fully supported.
• Fixed bug that prevented the main progress bar from being updated when deleting items from an archive.
• Fixed bug that caused the progress window to remain open after an error when extracting files via the context menu.
• Fixed bug that would set the default colour profile on Windows 10 to Windows 7.
• Fixed bug that caused warning output when skipping or replacing files.
• Fixed some items not being translated.
• Fixed minor bugs and optimised some code.

 

17th June 2017: Zipware Version 1.5 Released

Click here to download this release.
Changes in this release :

• Added option to show the Zipware icon in the Windows Explorer context menu.
• Added option to calculate SHA-512 checksums from the Windows Explorer context menu and in Zipware.
• Added list of recently extracted destination paths to the extract dialog window.
• Added option to configure password complexity settings in the password manager options menu.
• Added progress text to the main window when saving password manager passwords.
• Added option to send anonymous feedback about Zipware. Feedback option is located in the main help menu.
• Changed the look of the Windows Explorer 16x16 sized icons for file extensions associated with Zipware.
• Improved the speed of checksum calculations.
• Improved logging to help troubleshoot issues and errors.
• Fixed minor bugs and optimised some code.

20th May 2017: HTTPS enabled for www.zipware.org

Zipware is now using TLS certificates for encrpyted connections to www.zipware.org thanks to the fine and free certificate authority LetsEncrpyt. If you are linking to Zipware's website please update your links to use HTTPS instead of HTTP. Thank you.

16th October 2016: Zipware Version 1.4 Released

Click here to download this release.
Changes in this release :

• Added option to create new folders within archive using the context menu.
• Added the ability to search for a matching checksum value after calculating file checksums.
• Added option to set the width and spacing of the main toolbar buttons.
• Added .zab (zipped audio book) to the list of extensions that can be associated to Zipware.
• Changed progress window so that it allows resizing when warnings and logs occur.
• Changed progress window text to show total archive count when creating/extracting multiple archives.
• Changed the default colour profile used by Zipware when installing it on Windows 8 and above.
• Changed the colour of some of the icons used in Windows Explorer.
• Changed the positions of the images within the main toolbar icons.
• Updated unRAR version from 5.30 to 5.40.
• Updated Zipware's digitally signed files with the latest SHA-256 code signing certificate from Symantec.
• Updated digitally certificate will show as invalid on Windows XP as SHA-256 cert is not fully supported.
• Updated Zipware's underlying 7-zip version to 16.04 which fixes the 2 vulnerabilities listed below.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - Vulnerability - http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0093/
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - Vulnerability - http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0094/
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - now can extract ext2 and multivolume VMDK images
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - now can extract ext3 and ext4 (Linux file system) images
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - now can extract GPT images and single file QCOW2, VMDK, VDI images
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - now can extract solid WIM archives with LZMS compression.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - now can extract .zipx (WinZip) archives that use xz compression.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - created incorrect ZIP archives, if ZipCrypto encryption was used.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - could not correctly extract ISO archives that are larger than 4 GiB.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - could not open some 7z archives created by another software.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - "Compress shared files" and -ssw switch didn't work.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - NSIS support was improved.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - ZIP, NSIS, HFS, AR, DMG support was improved.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - Improved compression ratio in some 7z format for EXE and DLL files > 16 MB.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - could not extract ZIP archives encrypted with PKWARE-AES method.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - LZMA decompression speed was improved.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - now can unpack UEFI BIOS files.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - Installer and SFX modules now use some protection against DLL preloading attack.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.04 - Some bugs were fixed in 7z, NSIS, SquashFS.
• Fixed bug in Zipware's file extension registration.
• Fixed bug in archive comment text window not showing scroll bars for large comments.
• Fixed bug that occassionally caused the file counter on the main progress window to show 0.
• Fixed bug in archive info window which would sometimes show buttons off the screen.
• Fixed bug in drag and drop from archive that caused incorrect message about user cancelling operation.
• Fixed minor bugs and optimised some code.

9th October 2016: New release soon!

Zipware 1.4 non-beta version will be released next weekend.

21st August 2016: Zipware Version 1.4 Beta Released

Click here to download this release. Checksum - SHA-256: 63e7d556a0c1b632900fecfdba7e0b85cabad50c49144366ad551b44cd46b0f5
Changes in this release:

• Released as Beta due to major version updates of underlying 7-Zip and WinRar code.
• Added option to create new folders within archive using the context menu.
• Changed progress window so that it allows resizing when warnings and logs occur.
• Changed progress window text to show total archive count when creating/extracting multiple archives.
• Changed the default colour profile used by Zipware when installing it on Windows 8 and above.
• Updated unRar version from 5.30 to 5.40.
• Updated Zipware's underlying 7-zip version to 16.02 which fixes the 2 vulnerabilities listed below.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.02 - now can extract ext2 and multivolume VMDK images.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.02 - now can extract ext3 and ext4 (Linux file system) images.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.02 - now can extract GPT images and single file QCOW2, VMDK, VDI images.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.02 - now can extract solid WIM archives with LZMS compression.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.02 - now can extract .zipx (WinZip) archives that use xz compression.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.02 - created incorrect ZIP archives, if ZipCrypto encryption was used.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.02 - could not correctly extract ISO archives that are larger than 4 GiB.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.02 - could not open some 7z archives created by another software.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.02 - "Compress shared files" and -ssw switch didn't work.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.02 - NSIS support was improved.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.02 - ZIP, NSIS, HFS, AR, DMG support was improved.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.02 - Improved compression ratio in some 7z format for EXE and DLL files > 16 MB.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.02 - could not extract ZIP archives encrypted with PKWARE-AES method.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.02 - LZMA decompression speed was improved.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.02 - now can unpack UEFI BIOS files.
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.02 - Vulnerability - http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0093/
• Updates/fixes in 7-zip 16.02 - Vulnerability - http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0094/
• Fixed bug that occassionally caused the file counter on the main progress window to show 0.
• Fixed bug in archive info window which would sometimes show buttons off the screen.
• Fixed bug in drag and drop from archive that caused incorrect message about user cancelling operation.
• Fixed minor bugs and optimised some code.

31 July 2016: Update

Unfortunately, implementing the new version of 7-zip is taking a lot longer than expected. The new release will not be available until next month.

15th May 2016: New 7-zip Vulnerabilities

There have been multiple vulnerabilities found in 7-zip software that affects versions 4.59 through to 15.14. Zipware uses 7-zip for many of its underlying archiving functions and therefore it is also vulnerable. Fortunately 7-zip version 16.0 has just been released to fix these vulnerabilities. A new version of Zipware will also be released in the next week or so that will include the fixed version of 7-zip. Though the vulnerabilities have not been exploited just yet its recommended that you be careful when opening archive files such as .zip and .7z from unknown sources. If you would like more information regarding the vulnerability please visit: http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/05/multiple-7-zip-vulnerabilities.html

26th January 2016: Zipware Version 1.3 Released

Click here to download this release
Changes in this release:

• Added 64-bit and 32-bit versions of unRar to improve performance on 64-bit system.
• Updated unRar version from 5.20 to 5.30 which includes valid digital certificate.
• Fixed bug in 'Options' where setting default 'extract' and 'working' folder had no effect.
• Fixed bug in 'Options' where setting default 'create' and 'Open Archive comment' had no effect.
• Fixed bug which caused Zipware to open as small blank window when user config settings became corrupted.
• Fixed bug in context menu "Add to zip" where folder names containing "." resulted in a truncated zip filename.
• Fixed bug where RAR exe failed to open if in RAR4 format.
• Fixed bug where installing new version over old version would not update all files.
• Fixed bug in some threaded code.
• Fixed bug in start-up that caused Zipware to always log an error when resizing toolbar.
• Fixed bug which caused Zipware to not respond when opening an encrypted file and entering a blank password.
• Fixed bug in drag and drop that could cause it to fail.
• Fixed minor bugs and optimised some code.

20th January 2016: Release this weekend

Zipware version 1.3 will be released this weekend. This release will mainly contain bug fixes.

 

8th January 2016: Next Release

Currently working on upgrading the underlying 7-zip version used by Zipware to version 15.14. Hopefully this should be released in the next month or so.

Also there appears to be a bug in Zipware that occurs when the user settings file becomes corrupted. Zipware will open but will just show a small blank window. This will be fixed in the next version but if you have the problem in the interim simply remove any Zipware name files in the following directory and then restart Zipware.

c:\Users\{your username}\AppData\Local\Bazwise\

 

10th October 2015: Zipware Version 1.2 Released

Click here to download this release
Changes in this release:

• Added Dutch translation by Stephan Paternotte.
• Added Traditional Chinese translation by jlgdot369.
• Added option to change Zipware's overall colour profile.
• Added option to change background colour of main tool strip.
• Added option to change background colour of main window.
• Added option to change foreground colour of main tool strip text.
• Added option to add or remove the names from the main tool strip icons.
• Added 3 new icon sets.
• Updated archive tool strip icons.
• Updated some tool tips.
• Updated the style of a few GUI things.
• Updated about window.
• Updated licence agreement.
• Fixed bug where Zipware could crash if toolbar button pressed while listing all files.
• Fixed bug where archive status label tooltip was popping up when empty.
• Fixed bug where the selected item in fileview remains highlighted when losing focus.
• Fixed bugs in a few tooltips
• Fixed minor bugs and optimised some code.

7th October 2015: New Release this weekend

Version 1.2 of Zipware will be released this weekend! :)
Some screenshots of the new version running on Windows 10 have already been posted.
Click here to take a look.

1st September 2015: Zipware Version 1.1 Released

Click here to download this release
Changes in this release:

• Added Simplified Chinese translation by LiZnCu
• Added option to specify the default directory for new archives.
• Updated icons displayed in explorer for zip, 7zip, rar and other.
• Updated the splitter width between the archive folders and files to make it wider.
• Updated digital certificate used to sign Zipware assemblies as it was due to expire.
• Fixed bug where the selected folder in folder view didnt remain highlighted when losing focus.
• Fixed bug where starting Zipware from the context menu would show the status node as "opening".
• Fixed bug in options link to www.folder-size-explorer.com
• Fixed minor bugs and optimised some code.

7th May 2015: Zipware Version 1.0 Released

After much development and hard work Zipware version 1.0 has now been released!
Click here to download this release
Changes in this release:

• Removed tabbed interface and create simple single toolbar.
• Removed Reports functionality.
• Removed many of the integrated Explorers to allow for faster startup.
• Simplified the way new archives are created and updated.
• Redesigned the Options layout and added many new ones.
• Updated interface layout, icons and style.
• Updated interface to be compatibility with higher DPI settings
• Updated icon associated with archive files
• Added ability to open existing archives by dragging them into Zipware's main window.
• Added ability to create new archives by dragging items into Zipware's main window.
• Added options to extract all, extract selected or extract using filter for all archives.
• Added a number of alternate icon sets for the main toolbar.
• Added option to allow changing of the background colour of the toolbar.
• Added option to allow RAR comments to be automatically shown when opening archives.
• Added Zipware's window size to the settings that are saved upon exit.
• Added option to restore Zipware's window size back to default.
• Added options toolbar button to configure settings for adding files and folders to archive.
• Added file extension .xpi to list of supported formats.
• Added option to associate .zip during installation.
• Fixed bug in drag and drop when multiple instances are open.
• Fixed bugs in file extension associations.
• Fixed bug which prevented some tar files from opening when data exists at the end of the file.
• Fixed bug which cause slow startup if recently used file no longer existed.
• Fixed minor bugs and optimised some code.
• Updated licence agreement.

Screenshot of new icon sets with alternate backgrounds

 

17th February 2015 - Website goes online!

Zipware website is now online! Not much content at the moment but more will be added shortly :)

15-JAN-2015

• Zipware project forked from version 1.3 of Bitser.
• A new project was created to allow for a bit of experimentation without affecting current users :)
• Any new and nice features will be added to Bitser also.

11-JAN-2015

• Added support for opening and extracting RAR 5 archives.
• Added support for displaying archive comments.
• Changed compiler from Visual Studio 2010 to 2013.
• Fixed bug which caused progress window to show behind Windows Explorer on some context menu jobs.
• Fixed bug which caused extract jobs to ignore setting to hibernate computer after job completed.
• Fixed bug which caused extracting of selected items to fail if certain folders already existed.
• Fixed minor bugs and optimised some code.

05-DEC-2014

• Added option to check archives for viruses or malware using VirusTotal.com's online virus scanner.
• Added Explorer context menu option to check any file for viruses or malware using VirusTotal.com.
• Added split archive details to archive information window.
• Added split archive file name number to progress window when creating split archive.
• Added 'view files' button to prompt asking to delete modified archive files when exiting.
• Added Turkish translation.
• Changed and improved the way in which files opened and modified from within archives are handled.
• Changed downloaded zip to an exe file to allow 'setup' to extract and run automatically.
• Setup and msi files can be obtained by extracting downloaded exe.
• Fixed bug in calculation of archive size when adding or updating existing files in archive.
• Fixed bug which did not show compression progress when creating a split archive.
• Fixed bug which caused correct password to fail when opening some split/multi-volume encrypted archives.
• Fixed bug which could cause crash while opening some archives.
• Fixed bug which prevented app closing when Windows is shutting down.
• Fixed bug in some yes/no prompts that would assume yes if prompt was closed using the "X" button.
• Fixed bug which caused double password prompt when pressing F5 to refresh the archive.
• Fixed bug which caused progress window to reposition itself when minimized during archive conversion.
• Fixed minor bugs and optimised some code.

13-JUL-2014

• Changed digital certificate used to sign assemblies to the latest as it was due to expire.
• Changed progress bar style to 'marquee' when calculating archive sizes.
• Changed start-up code to improve start times on some systems.
• Changed some language translation files.
• Fixed some bugs in multi-threading code to make it more stable.
• Fixed bug which allowed attempts to modify split archives.
• Fixed bug where opening file within archive immediately prompted to update archive on some systems with McAfee AV.
• Fixed minor bugs and optimised some code.

30-MAR-2014

• Added search function to password manager.
• Added translation Hungarian.
• Added translation German (Beta still testing).
• Added translation Bulgarian (Beta still testing).
• Added the column widths to settings that are saved when closed.
• Fixed bug where failed to associate with a file extensions even after applying it from the options tab.
• Changed and improved the file extension associations in the options tab.
• Changed and updated some translations.