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Minimum System Requirements
- 7 MB disk space
Supported Operating Systems
BCArchive supports the following operating systems (including 32 and 64-bit versions):
- Windows 11
- Windows 10
- Windows 8
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista
- Windows XP
- Windows 2022 Server
- Windows 2019 Server
- Windows 2016 Server
- Windows 2012 Server
- Windows 2008 Server
- Windows 2003 Server
Product Updates
11-July-2024 | v.2.08.1.2
- Enabled faster performance for the secret key generation procedure
19-October-2023 | v.2.08.0.4
- Added support for ARIA encryption algorithm
23-May-2023 | v.2.08
- Added support for OpenSSH-generated public/secret keys
21-July-2022 | v.2.07.2
- Introduced support for ARM-based devices.
22-December-2020 | v.2.07.2
- Improved compatibility with PGP public/secret keys.
12-July-2019 | v.2.07.1.4
- Improved procedure of public/secret key pair creation in BC Key Manager
14-November-2017 | v.2.07.1
- Updated certificate library module.
10-October-2017 | v.2.07.0.5
- Fixed error in showing UTF-8 characters in PGP keys.
31-May-2017 | v.2.07.0.3
- Fixed minor bugs.
10-April-2017 | v.2.07.0.1
- Fixed minor bugs.
23-June-2016 | v.2.06.0.9
- Fixed minor bugs.
11-December-2015 | v.2.06.0.8.1
- Fixed compatibility issue with PGP keys.
02-December-2015 | v.2.06.0.8
- Fixed minor bug in ‘Public Key Manager’ utility.
25-November-2015 | v.2.06.0.7.1
- Updated ‘Public Key Manager’ utility to comply with the latest key standards.
- Fixed error in archive’s ‘Properties’ window.
- Fixed minor bugs.
29-September-2015 | v.2.06.0.6
- Added new ‘Decrypt here’ command to right click menu.
- Fixed minor bugs.
17-December-2014 | v.2.06.0.4
- Updated to support BestCrypt Container Encryption v.9.
09-October-2014 | v.2.06.0.3
30-April-2014 | v.2.06.0.1
- BCArchive now can open photos and other pictures directly, without copying them to temporary directory.
12-December-2013 | v.2.06
- Support of SHA-512 hash algorithm.
03-October-2013 | v.2.05.0.9
24-September-2013 | v.2.05.0.8
24-June-2013 | v.2.05.0.5
- Support for Windows 8.
- Fixed minor bug
06-September-2012 | v.2.05.0.2
19-April-2012 | v.2.05.0.1
- Fixed error in extracting (decoding) files with Alternate Data Streams.
10-April-2012 | v.2.05
- BCArchive now works properly with very long file names.
28-June-2011 | v.2.04
- Added Import/Export functions.
- Fixed error in “Change password” operation.
24-September-2010 | v.2.03
- Fixed bug in opening TXT files residing inside encrypted archive by Notepad.
31-May-2010 | v.2.02.0.8
- BCTextEncoder included.
07-May-2010 | v.2.02.0.7
- Fixed an error when modifying an archive that was opened in read-only mode.
12-April-2010 | v.2.02.0.6
- Minor fixes for “right-to-left” languages.
- Translation to Farsi.
26-February-2010 | v.2.02.0.5
- Fixed error in viewing archive files of large size archives.
05-February-2010 | v.2.02.0.4
- Resolved conflict with OpenOffice software.
- Resolved problems with sending archive file or public key by email.
05-May-2009 | v.2.02.1
- Fixed fatal error on Windows 98.
23-March-2009 | v.2.02
- Fixed minor bugs.
23-June-2008 | v.2.00.4
- Fixed minor bugs.
- Turkish translation.
10-April-2008 | v.2.00.2
- Fixed an error on Windows NT.
31-March-2008 | v.2.00.1
- Serpent encryption algorithm added.
26-March-2008 | v.2.0
New features:
- Ability to open several files simultaneously.
- BCArchive now allows users to choose commands for Windows Shell popup menu.
- If BCArchive is installed as a part of BestCrypt, Keyboard Filter works for BCArchive ‘Enter password’ boxes