<s>
ZipGenius	B-Application
is	O
a	O
freeware	B-License
file	B-Application
archiver	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
The	O
ZipGenius	B-Application
Team	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
capable	O
of	O
handling	O
nearly	O
two	O
dozen	O
file	O
formats	O
,	O
including	O
all	O
the	O
most	O
common	O
formats	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
password-protect	O
archives	O
and	O
work	O
directly	O
with	O
CD-R/RW	O
drives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
suite	O
edition	O
includes	O
optional	O
modules	O
of	O
the	O
ZipGenius	B-Application
project	O
(	O
oriented	O
to	O
experts	O
and	O
power-users	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
standard	O
setup	O
package	O
simply	O
includes	O
the	O
main	O
ZipGenius	B-Application
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZipGenius	B-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
as	O
Mr.	O
Zip	B-General_Concept
98	O
to	O
a	O
strict	O
group	O
of	O
users	O
,	O
and	O
renamed	O
ZipGenius	B-Application
in	O
March	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZipGenius	B-Application
's	O
latest	O
release	O
is	O
version	O
6.3.2.3112	O
(	O
)	O
,	O
containing	O
many	O
fixes	O
,	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
bug	O
fixes	O
not	O
visible	O
at	O
first	O
glance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZipGenius	B-Application
features	O
include	O
:	O
support	O
for	O
TWAIN	B-Application
devices	O
(	O
scanners	O
and	O
digital	O
cameras	O
)	O
,	O
file	O
extraction	O
to	O
CD/DVD	O
burner	O
(	O
only	O
under	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
)	O
,	O
an	O
FTP	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
(	O
FTPGenius	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
ZGAlbum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZGAlbum	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
slideshows	O
with	O
pictures	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
loaded	O
from	O
a	O
folder	O
or	O
imported	O
through	O
a	O
TWAIN	B-Application
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZipGenius	B-Application
also	O
fully	O
integrates	O
with	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
shell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZipGenius	B-Application
6	O
is	O
capable	O
of	O
opening	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
formats	O
commonly	O
used	O
with	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
RPM	O
,	O
TAR	O
,	O
TAR.GZ	O
,	O
TGZ	O
,	O
GZ	O
and	O
7Z	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
CZIP	O
files	O
no	O
longer	O
depends	O
on	O
ZipGenius	B-Application
because	O
users	O
can	O
create	O
executable	O
CZIP	O
(	O
.EXE	O
)	O
files	O
which	O
will	O
allow	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
send	O
encrypted	O
archives	O
to	O
people	O
who	O
do	O
not	O
use	O
ZipGenius	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZipGenius	B-Application
is	O
hosted	O
at	O
zipgenius.it,	O
but	O
in	O
2008	O
the	O
WinInizio	O
Software	O
team	O
put	O
zipgenius.com	O
online	O
to	O
offer	O
an	O
international	O
website	O
for	O
users	O
not	O
speaking	O
Italian	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
1	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
website	O
ZipGenius.it	O
has	O
been	O
totally	O
redesigned	O
upon	O
the	O
MODx	O
web	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
6	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
ZipGenius	B-Application
6.1.0.1010	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Release	O
6.3.2.3117	O
is	O
set	O
to	O
be	O
published	O
during	O
summer	O
2020	O
and	O
it	O
will	O
be	O
the	O
last	O
release	O
in	O
the	O
6.x	O
series	O
because	O
the	O
Project	O
ZipGenius	B-Application
X	O
development	O
has	O
started	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
application	O
,	O
CZIP	O
X	O
,	O
has	O
been	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
in	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
ZipGenius	B-Application
X	O
app	O
will	O
be	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZipGenius	B-Application
is	O
able	O
to	O
handle	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
UPX	B-Language
executable	O
compressor	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
compress	O
ZipGenius	B-Application
main	O
executable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
UPX.exe	O
is	O
in	O
ZipGenius	B-Application
program	O
folder	O
,	O
users	O
will	O
get	O
an	O
extra	O
compression	O
level	O
while	O
creating	O
new	O
ZIP	B-General_Concept
archives	I-General_Concept
:	O
Brutal+UPX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZipGenius	B-Application
supports	O
the	O
7-Zip	B-Language
compression	O
format	O
,	O
conceived	O
by	O
Igor	B-Language
Pavlov	I-Language
,	O
which	O
can	O
compress	O
files	O
more	O
than	O
standard	O
ZIP	B-General_Concept
or	O
RAR	O
compression	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZipGenius	B-Application
supports	O
OpenOffice.org/StarOffice	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
applications	O
produce	O
their	O
own	O
files	O
in	O
a	O
special	O
format	O
:	O
they	O
are	O
.ZIP	B-General_Concept
archives	O
with	O
a	O
custom	O
file	O
extension	O
containing	O
some	O
XML	O
files	O
,	O
which	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
programs	O
merge	O
to	O
rebuild	O
the	O
original	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZipGenius	B-Application
complies	O
with	O
this	O
feature	O
,	O
and	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
manage	O
those	O
files	O
as	O
if	O
they	O
were	O
common	O
ZIP	B-General_Concept
files	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
users	O
can	O
optimize	O
them	O
:	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
does	O
not	O
use	O
the	O
maximum	O
compression	O
level	O
available	O
for	O
.ZIP	B-General_Concept
format	O
,	O
but	O
ZipGenius	B-Application
does	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
users	O
optimize	O
an	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
document	O
with	O
ZipGenius	B-Application
,	O
the	O
gain	O
is	O
from	O
5	O
to	O
10	O
KB	O
of	O
size	O
reduction	O
(	O
depending	O
by	O
the	O
content	O
of	O
the	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
file	O
)	O
because	O
ZipGenius	B-Application
will	O
recompress	O
the	O
document	O
with	O
the	O
"	O
Brutal	O
"	O
compression	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
