Zipeg

Zipeg is a lightweight application for managing archive files.
Zipeg is an ideal tool for handling a wide range of popular archive formats, such as .rar, .zip, gz, .tgz, .bzip2, .iso, .cbr and a few others.

You can choose the desired file associations from a given list. There are other well-known and powerful tools of this kind on the market, but the beauty of Zipeg is the fact that it is a freeware product.

Zipeg features a simple interface, with basic archive extraction functions, like extracting, opening and previewing a file. It also supports the drag-and-drop file option. The application integrates a powerful AES encryption feature, which makes is capable of decrypting password protected .zip and .rar files.

Zipeg integrates a right-click menu so there is no need to get into its interface every time you want to view or extract archive files. It can also open multipart .zip and .rar files in case you want to get your file from split archives. Finally, Zipeg installs and uninstalls without issues.

To sum it all up, Zipeg is a small, fast and highly-recommended archive extractor.