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Ashampoo ZIP FREE for Windows
Create ZIP archives and extract RAR, 7-Zip and other formats with Ashampoo ZIP FREE, a Windows archiver with right-click Explorer integration.
- Operating system
- Windows 11 and Windows 10
- Architecture
- Selected EXE architecture not confirmed
- Download package
- Publisher-linked EXE download
Internet activation and periodic license checks required. The publisher URL redirects to an Ashampoo CDN EXE; the application was not installed or run.
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What is Ashampoo ZIP FREE?
Ashampoo ZIP FREE packages files and folders into compressed archives and opens archives received in other formats. Its tile-based start screen provides New Archive and Open Archive actions, while Windows Explorer integration puts compression and extraction in the right-click menu. The publisher also lists an integrated preview for supported files inside an archive.
It can create ZIP, 7-Zip, CAB, TAR variants and LHA archives, and extract additional formats including RAR and ISO. The formats it can open are not all formats it can create.
The current publisher requirements list Windows 10 and Windows 11. Activation needs an internet connection, and the license is checked periodically. The free edition is distinct from ZIP Pro: cloud access and advanced Office integration are not included. Publisher pages disagree about repair, self-extracting archives and split volumes, so those functions are not promised for FREE.
What it offers
- Create and extract ZIP, 7-Zip, CAB, TAR variants and LHA archives.
- Extract additional formats, including RAR and ISO.
- Compress or extract files from the Windows Explorer context menu.
- Preview supported image, text and other files inside archives without extracting them.
- Rearrange the start-screen tiles for access to archive tasks.
Good to know
- Internet access is required for activation and recurring license verification.
- Cloud support and advanced Microsoft Office integration require ZIP Pro; a visible tool tile does not establish a free entitlement.
- Publisher descriptions conflict on ZIP repair, self-extracting archives and split volumes; availability in FREE is not confirmed.
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Sources
References used for this listing. Retrieval dates do not indicate hands-on testing.
- Ashampoo ZIP FREE - Download ↗Retrieved
- Ashampoo ZIP FREE ↗Retrieved
- Ashampoo ZIP FREE - Details ↗Retrieved
- Ashampoo ZIP FREE - Requirements ↗Retrieved
- Media-Center - Ashampoo ZIP FREE ↗Retrieved
- End User License Agreement for ZIP FREE ↗Retrieved
- Ashampoo Media-Center ↗Retrieved
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