Frequently asked questions

Yes. GenZip is free, with no ads. You can support the author through Help → Support the author.

Yes. GenZip supports Vietnamese and English.

Coming soon. GenZip 0.9.0-beta.1 is currently for Windows 10/11.

No. GenZip reads and extracts RAR/RAR5 and creates ZIP, 7Z or TAR. It can also create a self-extracting .exe from 7Z without split volumes.

ZIP supports ZipCrypto or AES-256. 7Z supports AES-256 and Encrypt file names (7Z) in the Security column of the creation dialog.

Coming soon. Version 0.9.0-beta.1 offers integrity testing and .txt report export; archive repair is not available yet.

No. GenZip requires no account and has no telemetry. Microsoft Store provides updates.

GenZip blocks dangerous paths and device names, limits entry count, expansion ratio, extraction size and depth, and preserves Mark of the Web.

GenZip is distributed through Microsoft Store. Standalone downloads: Coming soon.

Microsoft Store provides updates. The Updates page in GenZip only shows this notice, with no channel selection or update check button.

Open Windows Settings → Apps → Default apps and choose GenZip for the formats you want to open. Windows does not let apps make themselves the default.

The right-click menu and file associations are included in the Store package. Integration says Managed by Windows for the Microsoft Store build. GenZip provides commands in the top-level Windows 11 right-click menu.

Run in background is a button in the progress window after an operation starts. It minimizes the window and shows the percentage on the taskbar icon. The progress window also offers Pause/Resume and Cancel.