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About Explzh
Explzh is a Windows archiver that handles LZH, ZIP, CAB, RAR, 7z and tar archives with gzip, bzip2, lzma, xz and zstd compression. It fully supports Unicode in ZIP headers, copes with long file names and deep folders, and can fix garbled file names and repair ZIP files with damaged headers.
It creates AES-encrypted ZIP files, includes a Windows Hello password manager, searches inside archives, and adds Windows 11 context menu entries with hashing and VirusTotal checks. The site is primarily in Japanese.
Strengths
- Repairs damaged ZIP headers and fixes garbled file names
- AES-encrypted ZIP with a Windows Hello password manager
- Searches file names and text inside archives
- Native builds for x86, x64 and ARM64
Limitations
- Paid licence required for commercial use
- Windows only
- Website and much documentation are mainly in Japanese
Details
- Pricing
- FreemiumFree for home and other non-commercial use; commercial and organisational use requires a paid licence.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- pon software
- Platforms
- Windows
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Windows users dealing with LZH or Japanese-encoded ZIP archives
- Categories
- Compression
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Explzh
Compare allSoftware that can replace Explzh for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
7-Zip
The small, free archiver that opens practically every archive format and compresses better than ZIP.
7-Zip is free and open source under LGPL-2.1, including for commercial use, and offers the 7z format with high compression, but lacks Explzh's ZIP repair features.
Bandizip
Fast archiver for Windows and macOS with strong Unicode handling.
Bandizip also handles non-Latin filenames correctly and runs on Windows and macOS, but its free edition shows ads and withholds some features.
PeaZip
A cross-platform archive manager that reads over two hundred formats and has a real file manager built in.
PeaZip is open source under LGPL-3.0, reads over 200 formats on Windows, macOS and Linux, and includes file manager tools, but cannot create RAR.
WinRAR
The archiver that created the RAR format, sold as shareware whose trial has never really expired.
WinRAR is paid, closed source software that creates RAR archives with recovery records and can rebuild broken multi-part archives, with a graphical version only on Windows.
NanaZip
A 7-Zip fork that adds the Windows 11 right-click menu and ships through the Microsoft Store.
NanaZip is an MIT-licensed 7-Zip fork that adds the Windows 11 context menu and installs from the Microsoft Store, but supports only Windows 10 and 11.
Zipware
A freeware Windows archiver that extracts ZIP, RAR, 7z and many other formats and creates ZIP and 7z archives.
Zipware is freeware for commercial use too, extracts RAR5 and many other formats and creates AES-256 ZIP and 7z, but it is closed source and Windows only.
PowerArchiver
A commercial archive manager for Windows and macOS that opens over 60 formats and encrypts archives.
PowerArchiver is paid software for Windows and macOS that opens over 60 formats, adds AES-256 and FIPS 140-2 encryption in Enterprise, and has a command-line edition.
WinZip
A commercial archiver for Windows and Mac that zips, unzips, encrypts and shares files.
WinZip is a paid commercial archiver for Windows and Mac that combines compression with encryption and backup, and requires purchase after a 21-day trial.
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Unreal Commander
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