Topaz Software

Current Windows unarchiving/unzipping utilities are rather inefficient at their main purpose. Sure, you may think that 3-5 mouse clicks is not a big deal, but if it can be reduced further, why not?

Introdocing AutoExtract(yes, another crappy name), it automatically unarchives your zips, tars, gzips, and bzip2's with just a double click on the file. Yep, that's it. For Mac OS X users or people who have used one, AutoExtract behaves very similar to the Unarchiving Utility provided by OSX. When unarchiving zips and tars, it places it's contents in a folder unless there is only one folder or file, which it thens places that content directly where the archive resides.

And some basic facts about AutoExtract for those who rather read bullet points than paragraphs:

• Unarchives zips, tars, gzips, and bzip2's with just a double click
• Smart extracting. That single file in the zip will be there instead of in a folder (as by default).
• Easy file association. No need to manually set it yourself. AutoExtract has a helper application that manages setting and restoring file associations.
• Simple. No fancy user interface, just double click on the archive and go!

But please note, this is a beta, it isn't fully tested yet, although I'd like to call it a final release. Bugs/comments/feedback is always welcomed :). Download it now! [link removed: see update post]