STUFFIT EXPANDER WINDOWS
StuffIt Expander® is always free to use whether you download it separately or as an included feature of StuffIt® or StuffIt Deluxe®.
Expander allows you to access and uncompress StuffIt X and Zip archives effortlessly. StuffIt Expander for Windows now includes a context menu so you can expand files with a simple right-click command right in Windows Explorer as well as support for expansion of SIT5, RAR and ZIPX archives. All StuffIt Windows products require Windows® 8, Windows® 7, Vista, or XP and the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0.
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Expander, StuffIt & StuffIt Deluxe feature comparison
Standard Archive Tasks |
StuffIt Expander |
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StuffIt |
Open Zip archives |
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Open StuffIt X archives |
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Open SIT5 archives |
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Open RAR archives |
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Open ZIPX archives |
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Open Encrypted Zip archives |
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Open TAR archives (including compressed TAR) |
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Open 7Zip archives |
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Open 25 more formats |
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Create Zip archives |
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Create Encrypted Zips |
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Create StuffIt X archives |
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Create archives with strong encryption |
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Browse archive contents |
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Add files to an existing archive |
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JPEG compression |
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MP3 compression |
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TIF, PNG, and BMP compression |
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MS Office document compression |
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Compression of WAV audio files |
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Archive Destinations |
StuffIt Expander |
StuffIt Deluxe |
StuffIt |
Compress and send via email |
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Compress and FTP |
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Compress and burn to CD/DVD |
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Automatically redirect large files to SendStuffNow (SmartSend) |
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Automatically redirect large files from email to FTP (SmartSend) |
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Back Up |
StuffIt Expander |
StuffIt Deluxe |
StuffIt |
Back up only recently changed files |
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Schedule automatic backups |
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Back up across multiple CDs/DVDs |
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Integration |
StuffIt Expander |
StuffIt Deluxe |
StuffIt |
Photoshop Plug-in |
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MS Office Plug-ins |
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Integrated with SendStuffNow file delivery service (formerly StuffIt Connect) |
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