Bandizip guides, tests and fixes
Installation, editions, format support and the problems that actually occur — written from the settings dialogs rather than the marketing page.
Bandizip Download: Windows 11, 10 and macOS
Where the real installer lives, which build fits Windows 11 on ARM, and how the portable copy differs from the installed one.
Bandizip Free vs Professional vs Enterprise
The free build is not crippled. Here is the short list of things that only appear once you pay, and who genuinely needs them.
Bandizip vs 7-Zip vs WinRAR: 2026 Comparison
Three archivers, three different compromises. A practical comparison for people who unzip for a living rather than for a benchmark.
Bandizip RAR: Open RAR and RAR5 Files Free
Bandizip reads RAR and RAR5 without a licence. It cannot write them. That asymmetry is a licensing fact, not a bug.
Bandizip Password: AES-256 and the Manager
How Bandizip encrypts, where the password manager stores its list, and the honest limits of password recovery.
Bandizip Smart Extraction: One Folder Less
The default extraction behaviour creates a folder inside a folder. Smart extraction does not. Here is when that helps and when it hurts.
Bandizip Fixes Garbled Filenames (Code Page)
Why a 2011 ZIP full of Korean filenames opens as question marks, and the two-click fix inside Bandizip's code page dialog.