Although hard drive capacities are now greater than ever, there are still countless uses for compressed files. When emailing files it makes sense to reduce their size as much as possible, and the same is true when archiving files for backup purposes. The humble zip files is probably the most well known and frequently used compressed file format, but there are countless others to choose from.

ZipGenius is a file compression tool which boasts support for a huge number of compressed file formats - more than 20 in total including RARs. The program can also be used to open disc images store in the ISO format which is a handy feature should you ever need to extract a single file from an image but don’t necessarily want to burn a disc in order to do so.

File compression is often used for backing up files and to this end, ZipGenius includes a menu that can be used to quickly select one of several key system folder ready to add to an archive. With the ability to create self-extracting archive, password protection and simple archive management, ZipGenius is one of the easiest and most comprehensive compression tools available.