8 Zip

8 Zip for Windows 10/8.1 is a lightweight software application built specifically for the Windows 8 users in order to help them open archived items (e.g. ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, GZ) and create an archive.

It sports a clean and intuitive layout that allows you to set up the dedicated parameters with minimum effort. The utility offers support for touch screen input operations.

The program gives you the possibility to preview the archived items, sort the files by name, type, or size, extract the archived content to a user-defined location on the computer, and copy the selected items to the clipboard for pasting them into other third-party utilities.

8 Zip for Windows 8 enables you to add new documents or folders to the current archive, delete the selected files, create a new archive and export it to ZIP, 7Z, XZ, GZ, BZ2, or TAR file format, and configure the compression parameters in terms of method and level (e.g. fast, normal, maximum).

One of the best features included in this utility lets you encrypt your sensitive data by setting up passwords. Last but not least, you can check out the information provided for each archive, such as total size, compression rate, number of files, and others.

During our testing we have noticed that 8 Zip for Windows 8 accomplishes an operation pretty quickly and without errors. It doesn’t eat up a lot of CPU and memory, so the overall performance of the computer is not affected.

All in all, 8 Zip for Windows 8 proves to be a handy application worth having when you need to work with archived files. Thanks to its intuitive layout, it is suitable for rookies and professionals alike.