Hi!
I have a windows xp pro system and I use winrar for compressing files.
It support many extensions but you can save to .rar and .zip files only.
Its very simple and very light that's why I like it.
I use winzip 5.1 to compress my files. which supports
*.zip;*.z;*.gz;*.tz;*.taz;*.tgz;*.lzh;*.arj;*.arc;*.tar; *.cab
I use both winzip and winrar 
I use zipgenius or 7-zip.
Last edited by manumiglani on Sun Jun 18, 2006 12:35 pm; edited 1 time in total I use Winrar and I think there is better ones but generally people use Winrar so if you want a list of Free Comparasion Programs take a look here:
http://www.frihost.com/forums/vt-2524.html
Nice link, selim06.
There really is a post for everything on this website! WinRar! I stopped using WinZip when WinRar came along. It opens almost any compressed file. Yay for WinRar!
I've never heard of those, manumiglani.
Are they any good? | ninjakannon wrote: |
I've never heard of those, manumiglani.
Are they any good? |
Well ZipGenius is certainly very Good. It install intself in shell and you can create archives or extract by just a right click and it supports more than 20 file formats. It will ask you if you are a beginner or an advanced user and will show you options based on your preference. Moreover it is 100% free software avilable in many languages. You can find more about it at their site http://www.zipgenius.it/eng/index.php
7-zip is an open source free software utility for both linux and windows. It has a simple interface which is easy to use. more about 7-zip can be found on their site http://www.7-zip.org/ZipGenius looks very good, but 7-zip doesn't look as amazing 
I like the look of ZipGenius 
Might even get it... I use WinRar, and have ever since I switched across from WinZip to use the RaR format. However, thanks for the tips on alternates. I shall check them out.
Cheers...
WinZip for common use,
7-zip (Lzwcompress) for best size,
upx for execute files,
Only use winrar for decompress if I get a rar compressed file.
7-zip with lzw is best and it is open source tools.
I am using TUGZip it is best free solution.Supports
*.7z *.bh *.cab *.jar *.lzh *.sqx *.tar *.tbz *.tgz *.yz1 *.zip
I use KGB Archiver Compress when want to do slow but incredible compress for example a ms office from 450 mb to 1,5 mb 
I use Total Commander with many plugins (of course I also wrote one for me - only a wrapper plugin for SZip)
With linux, I use Midnight Commander and apps like TAR, GZIP, ZIP... 
| chat wrote: |
I am using TUGZip it is best free solution.Supports
*.7z *.bh *.cab *.jar *.lzh *.sqx *.tar *.tbz *.tgz *.yz1 *.zip
I use KGB Archiver Compress when want to do slow but incredible compress for example a ms office from 450 mb to 1,5 mb |
Wow! That's 'some' compression... 300% decreace in size.
I don't know much about compression, but that seems pretty good. Yeah pal,if want I can leave link to KGB Archiver Compress,but i suspect that you can't find it.... It is best for long and good compress as I said | ninjakannon wrote: |
I've never heard of those, manumiglani.
Are they any good? |
Haven't used zipgenius, but I've been using 7zip for years.
It supports everything I've ever tried to open/save. The compression algorythems are very good. And it's free.
| Quote: |
| Compression ratio results are very dependent upon the data used for the tests. Usually 7-Zip compresses to 7z format 30-70% better than to zip format. And 7-Zip compresses to zip format 2-10% better than most of other zip compatible programs. |
I use Winrar easy and quick! I use 7-zip and Total Commander Winrar... sometimes but ... 7zip is fast, small, nice , free And ... Winrar have this stpd pop-up window (try&buy;p) file-roller, with p7zip which supports .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, .tar, .zip, .ear, .jar, .war and .7z.
I've always used just and only WinRAR. I haven't any problems with it for now and the whole idea about interface is great and user friendly. Handles perfect the archives and sometime helps me with it's possibility to read the .iso files. It depends on file.
For large files I prefer WinRar otherwise Winzip
Also, if I dont know the recepient of my file, I prefer Winzip because zip files can be opened in WindowsXP also.
| hunnyhiteshseth wrote: |
| if I dont know the recepient of my file, I prefer Winzip because zip files can be opened in WindowsXP also. |
So can winRAR files... not to mention many others. Or have I misunderstood what you are saying here? | ninjakannon wrote: |
| hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | if I dont know the recepient of my file, I prefer Winzip because zip files can be opened in WindowsXP also. |
So can winRAR files... not to mention many others. Or have I misunderstood what you are saying here? |
I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed. | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: |
| I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed. |
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then I got 7-zip
Its free and its easy to juse
| ninjakannon wrote: |
| hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed. |
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then |
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows. winrar supports RAR, ZIP, CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, 7Z, and Z archives. Now tell me thas a good list. Plus, You don't need to pay for it, although it bickers a lot about it to you. What's more, the installation takes all of 2 seconds and takes about a megabyte of space on your harddisk. I use it all the time.
I have WinRAR Corporate Edition and works great. I use it for any kind of compress files, including ZIP. | S3nd K3ys wrote: |
| ninjakannon wrote: | | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed. |
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then |
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows. |
Yes, I also turned it off, once I installed Winzip. But what to do if your recepient dont have Winzip,WinRaR or any other compression utility.i also use both winzip and winrar. i prefer winrar coz the compresed file will be in smaller size and also work great with zip files. ^^
| S3nd K3ys wrote: |
| ninjakannon wrote: | | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed. |
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then |
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows. |
| hunnyhiteshseth wrote: |
S3nd K3ys wrote:
ninjakannon wrote:
hunnyhiteshseth wrote:
I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed.
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows.
Yes, I also turned it off, once I installed Winzip. But what to do if your recepient dont have Winzip,WinRaR or any other compression utility. |
I guess you just turn the feature on again... | ninjakannon wrote: |
| S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed. |
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then |
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows. |
| hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | S3nd K3ys wrote:
ninjakannon wrote:
hunnyhiteshseth wrote:
I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed.
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows.
Yes, I also turned it off, once I installed Winzip. But what to do if your recepient dont have Winzip,WinRaR or any other compression utility. |
I guess you just turn the feature on again... |
LoL, I think you're confused... Him turning on zip folders won't do anything for his recipient's ability to handle zip files...
BOT... You can create self-extracting zip files, with an .exe extension, so they won't need a decompression program to use it.I like powerarchiver in particular. Cheaper than WinRAR, and handles many more formats.
i use both WinRAR and 7Zip.
| hellrahul wrote: |
Hi!
I have a windows xp pro system and I use winrar for compressing files.
It support many extensions but you can save to .rar and .zip files only.
Its very simple and very light that's why I like it. |
That's not true. With winrar u get save it to all supported extensions.
But Winrar RulezzzzzzWindows - 7-zip and Total Commander
Mac OSX - whatever the default is (it works well) and compress
| S3nd K3ys wrote: |
| ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed. |
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then |
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows. |
| hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | S3nd K3ys wrote:
ninjakannon wrote:
hunnyhiteshseth wrote:
I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed.
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows.
Yes, I also turned it off, once I installed Winzip. But what to do if your recepient dont have Winzip,WinRaR or any other compression utility. |
I guess you just turn the feature on again... |
LoL, I think you're confused... Him turning on zip folders won't do anything for his recipient's ability to handle zip files...
BOT... You can create self-extracting zip files, with an .exe extension, so they won't need a decompression program to use it. |
Whoopsie!
I didn't read that properly rofl. Sorry.
Oh, and this is the largest number of embeded quotes I've ever seen | ninjakannon wrote: |
| S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed. |
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then |
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows. |
| hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | S3nd K3ys wrote:
ninjakannon wrote:
hunnyhiteshseth wrote:
I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed.
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows.
Yes, I also turned it off, once I installed Winzip. But what to do if your recepient dont have Winzip,WinRaR or any other compression utility. |
I guess you just turn the feature on again... |
LoL, I think you're confused... Him turning on zip folders won't do anything for his recipient's ability to handle zip files...
BOT... You can create self-extracting zip files, with an .exe extension, so they won't need a decompression program to use it. |
Whoopsie!
I didn't read that properly rofl. Sorry.
Oh, and this is the largest number of embeded quotes I've ever seen |
I was just going to say what S3nd said,but he replied early.
Now, this is the largest number of embedded quotes.
#S3nd Earlier I also used to make executable files, but obviously, they increase the size of zip-files, defeating the main purpose for which they are used. | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: |
| ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed. |
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then |
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows. |
| hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | S3nd K3ys wrote:
ninjakannon wrote:
hunnyhiteshseth wrote:
I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed.
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows.
Yes, I also turned it off, once I installed Winzip. But what to do if your recepient dont have Winzip,WinRaR or any other compression utility. |
I guess you just turn the feature on again... |
LoL, I think you're confused... Him turning on zip folders won't do anything for his recipient's ability to handle zip files...
BOT... You can create self-extracting zip files, with an .exe extension, so they won't need a decompression program to use it. |
Whoopsie!
I didn't read that properly rofl. Sorry.
Oh, and this is the largest number of embeded quotes I've ever seen |
I was just going to say what S3nd said,but he replied early.
Now, this is the largest number of embedded quotes.
#S3nd Earlier I also used to make executable files, but obviously, they increase the size of zip-files, defeating the main purpose for which they are used. |
Yeah, I skim read it and didn't actually take in everything that was written
I'm just gonna blame it on my dyslexia | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: |
| ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed. |
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then |
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows. |
| hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | S3nd K3ys wrote:
ninjakannon wrote:
hunnyhiteshseth wrote:
I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed.
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows.
Yes, I also turned it off, once I installed Winzip. But what to do if your recepient dont have Winzip,WinRaR or any other compression utility. |
I guess you just turn the feature on again... |
LoL, I think you're confused... Him turning on zip folders won't do anything for his recipient's ability to handle zip files...
BOT... You can create self-extracting zip files, with an .exe extension, so they won't need a decompression program to use it. |
Whoopsie!
I didn't read that properly rofl. Sorry.
Oh, and this is the largest number of embeded quotes I've ever seen |
I was just going to say what S3nd said,but he replied early.
Now, this is the largest number of embedded quotes.
#S3nd Earlier I also used to make executable files, but obviously, they increase the size of zip-files, defeating the main purpose for which they are used. |
Yeah, I skim read it and didn't actually take in everything that was written
I'm just gonna blame it on my dyslexia
Now that's a lot of embeded quotes! (7 embeded 
) | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: |
| ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed. |
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then |
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows. |
| hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | S3nd K3ys wrote:
ninjakannon wrote:
hunnyhiteshseth wrote:
I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed.
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows.
Yes, I also turned it off, once I installed Winzip. But what to do if your recepient dont have Winzip,WinRaR or any other compression utility. |
I guess you just turn the feature on again... |
LoL, I think you're confused... Him turning on zip folders won't do anything for his recipient's ability to handle zip files...
BOT... You can create self-extracting zip files, with an .exe extension, so they won't need a decompression program to use it. |
Whoopsie!
I didn't read that properly rofl. Sorry.
Oh, and this is the largest number of embeded quotes I've ever seen |
I was just going to say what S3nd said,but he replied early.
Now, this is the largest number of embedded quotes.
#S3nd Earlier I also used to make executable files, but obviously, they increase the size of zip-files, defeating the main purpose for which they are used. |
The executables are very small. About ~120k. A small price to pay for big files, but for small files, there's no need to compress I suppose. | S3nd K3ys wrote: |
| hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed. |
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then |
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows. |
| hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | S3nd K3ys wrote:
ninjakannon wrote:
hunnyhiteshseth wrote:
I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed.
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows.
Yes, I also turned it off, once I installed Winzip. But what to do if your recepient dont have Winzip,WinRaR or any other compression utility. |
I guess you just turn the feature on again... |
LoL, I think you're confused... Him turning on zip folders won't do anything for his recipient's ability to handle zip files...
BOT... You can create self-extracting zip files, with an .exe extension, so they won't need a decompression program to use it. |
Whoopsie!
I didn't read that properly rofl. Sorry.
Oh, and this is the largest number of embeded quotes I've ever seen |
I was just going to say what S3nd said,but he replied early.
Now, this is the largest number of embedded quotes.
#S3nd Earlier I also used to make executable files, but obviously, they increase the size of zip-files, defeating the main purpose for which they are used. |
The executables are very small. About ~120k. A small price to pay for big files, but for small files, there's no need to compress I suppose. |
That's not bad, hope it doesn't decreace the quality in any way... I found a compression program once that had an error. It was amazing, shrunk everything to miniscule sizes... then I found out that things were missing from the executables. | ninjakannon wrote: |
| S3nd K3ys wrote: | | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed. |
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then |
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows. |
| hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | S3nd K3ys wrote:
ninjakannon wrote:
hunnyhiteshseth wrote:
I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed.
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows.
Yes, I also turned it off, once I installed Winzip. But what to do if your recepient dont have Winzip,WinRaR or any other compression utility. |
I guess you just turn the feature on again... |
LoL, I think you're confused... Him turning on zip folders won't do anything for his recipient's ability to handle zip files...
BOT... You can create self-extracting zip files, with an .exe extension, so they won't need a decompression program to use it. |
Whoopsie!
I didn't read that properly rofl. Sorry.
Oh, and this is the largest number of embeded quotes I've ever seen |
I was just going to say what S3nd said,but he replied early.
Now, this is the largest number of embedded quotes.
#S3nd Earlier I also used to make executable files, but obviously, they increase the size of zip-files, defeating the main purpose for which they are used. |
The executables are very small. About ~120k. A small price to pay for big files, but for small files, there's no need to compress I suppose. |
That's not bad, hope it doesn't decreace the quality in any way... I found a compression program once that had an error. It was amazing, shrunk everything to miniscule sizes... then I found out that things were missing from the executables. |
It will not affect the quality. But some folks might not be willing to accept an .exe file, for obvious reason.
You have to be careful. Some so-called programmers think they know what a file needs and what it doesn't. So they dont think twice about removing it to give the impression of a good compression ratio. | S3nd K3ys wrote: |
| ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed. |
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then |
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows. |
| hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | S3nd K3ys wrote:
ninjakannon wrote:
hunnyhiteshseth wrote:
I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed.
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows.
Yes, I also turned it off, once I installed Winzip. But what to do if your recepient dont have Winzip,WinRaR or any other compression utility. |
I guess you just turn the feature on again... |
LoL, I think you're confused... Him turning on zip folders won't do anything for his recipient's ability to handle zip files...
BOT... You can create self-extracting zip files, with an .exe extension, so they won't need a decompression program to use it. |
Whoopsie!
I didn't read that properly rofl. Sorry.
Oh, and this is the largest number of embeded quotes I've ever seen |
I was just going to say what S3nd said,but he replied early.
Now, this is the largest number of embedded quotes.
#S3nd Earlier I also used to make executable files, but obviously, they increase the size of zip-files, defeating the main purpose for which they are used. |
The executables are very small. About ~120k. A small price to pay for big files, but for small files, there's no need to compress I suppose. |
That's not bad, hope it doesn't decreace the quality in any way... I found a compression program once that had an error. It was amazing, shrunk everything to miniscule sizes... then I found out that things were missing from the executables. |
It will not affect the quality. But some folks might not be willing to accept an .exe file, for obvious reason.
You have to be careful. Some so-called programmers think they know what a file needs and what it doesn't. So they dont think twice about removing it to give the impression of a good compression ratio. |
And you obviously can't send the exes through some email services, which can be very anoying 
. I guess you'd have to zip (or what ever) the exe file to send it in a email anyway. I've also used the internet in a place that didn't allow exes to be downloaded, so again: the exe would have to be ziped (or what ever program you use). | ninjakannon wrote: |
| S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed. |
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then |
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows. |
| hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | S3nd K3ys wrote:
ninjakannon wrote:
hunnyhiteshseth wrote:
I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed.
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows.
Yes, I also turned it off, once I installed Winzip. But what to do if your recepient dont have Winzip,WinRaR or any other compression utility. |
I guess you just turn the feature on again... |
LoL, I think you're confused... Him turning on zip folders won't do anything for his recipient's ability to handle zip files...
BOT... You can create self-extracting zip files, with an .exe extension, so they won't need a decompression program to use it. |
Whoopsie!
I didn't read that properly rofl. Sorry.
Oh, and this is the largest number of embeded quotes I've ever seen |
I was just going to say what S3nd said,but he replied early.
Now, this is the largest number of embedded quotes.
#S3nd Earlier I also used to make executable files, but obviously, they increase the size of zip-files, defeating the main purpose for which they are used. |
The executables are very small. About ~120k. A small price to pay for big files, but for small files, there's no need to compress I suppose. |
That's not bad, hope it doesn't decreace the quality in any way... I found a compression program once that had an error. It was amazing, shrunk everything to miniscule sizes... then I found out that things were missing from the executables. |
It will not affect the quality. But some folks might not be willing to accept an .exe file, for obvious reason.
You have to be careful. Some so-called programmers think they know what a file needs and what it doesn't. So they dont think twice about removing it to give the impression of a good compression ratio. |
And you obviously can't send the exes through some email services, which can be very anoying . I guess you'd have to zip (or what ever) the exe file to send it in a email anyway. I've also used the internet in a place that didn't allow exes to be downloaded, so again: the exe would have to be ziped (or what ever program you use). |
Ahh, good point. I always remove the last "e" from .exe so the email will send it. | S3nd K3ys wrote: |
| ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed. |
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then |
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows. |
| hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | S3nd K3ys wrote:
ninjakannon wrote:
hunnyhiteshseth wrote:
I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed.
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows.
Yes, I also turned it off, once I installed Winzip. But what to do if your recepient dont have Winzip,WinRaR or any other compression utility. |
I guess you just turn the feature on again... |
LoL, I think you're confused... Him turning on zip folders won't do anything for his recipient's ability to handle zip files...
BOT... You can create self-extracting zip files, with an .exe extension, so they won't need a decompression program to use it. |
Whoopsie!
I didn't read that properly rofl. Sorry.
Oh, and this is the largest number of embeded quotes I've ever seen |
I was just going to say what S3nd said,but he replied early.
Now, this is the largest number of embedded quotes.
#S3nd Earlier I also used to make executable files, but obviously, they increase the size of zip-files, defeating the main purpose for which they are used. |
The executables are very small. About ~120k. A small price to pay for big files, but for small files, there's no need to compress I suppose. |
That's not bad, hope it doesn't decreace the quality in any way... I found a compression program once that had an error. It was amazing, shrunk everything to miniscule sizes... then I found out that things were missing from the executables. |
It will not affect the quality. But some folks might not be willing to accept an .exe file, for obvious reason.
You have to be careful. Some so-called programmers think they know what a file needs and what it doesn't. So they dont think twice about removing it to give the impression of a good compression ratio. |
And you obviously can't send the exes through some email services, which can be very anoying . I guess you'd have to zip (or what ever) the exe file to send it in a email anyway. I've also used the internet in a place that didn't allow exes to be downloaded, so again: the exe would have to be ziped (or what ever program you use). |
Ahh, good point. I always remove the last "e" from .exe so the email will send it. |
And that works!?!
Do you just rename it, and change the file type?
That's generous you know! I love it | ninjakannon wrote: |
| S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed. |
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then |
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows. |
| hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | S3nd K3ys wrote:
ninjakannon wrote:
hunnyhiteshseth wrote:
I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed.
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows.
Yes, I also turned it off, once I installed Winzip. But what to do if your recepient dont have Winzip,WinRaR or any other compression utility. |
I guess you just turn the feature on again... |
LoL, I think you're confused... Him turning on zip folders won't do anything for his recipient's ability to handle zip files...
BOT... You can create self-extracting zip files, with an .exe extension, so they won't need a decompression program to use it. |
Whoopsie!
I didn't read that properly rofl. Sorry.
Oh, and this is the largest number of embeded quotes I've ever seen |
I was just going to say what S3nd said,but he replied early.
Now, this is the largest number of embedded quotes.
#S3nd Earlier I also used to make executable files, but obviously, they increase the size of zip-files, defeating the main purpose for which they are used. |
The executables are very small. About ~120k. A small price to pay for big files, but for small files, there's no need to compress I suppose. |
That's not bad, hope it doesn't decreace the quality in any way... I found a compression program once that had an error. It was amazing, shrunk everything to miniscule sizes... then I found out that things were missing from the executables. |
It will not affect the quality. But some folks might not be willing to accept an .exe file, for obvious reason.
You have to be careful. Some so-called programmers think they know what a file needs and what it doesn't. So they dont think twice about removing it to give the impression of a good compression ratio. |
And you obviously can't send the exes through some email services, which can be very anoying . I guess you'd have to zip (or what ever) the exe file to send it in a email anyway. I've also used the internet in a place that didn't allow exes to be downloaded, so again: the exe would have to be ziped (or what ever program you use). |
Ahh, good point. I always remove the last "e" from .exe so the email will send it. |
And that works!?!
Do you just rename it, and change the file type?
That's generous you know! I love it |
Yes, it works great! You WILL get a stern warning from windows that it will render the file useless, but simply replacing the 'e' at the end will fix it after the file is recieved. | S3nd K3ys wrote: |
| ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed. |
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then |
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows. |
| hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | S3nd K3ys wrote:
ninjakannon wrote:
hunnyhiteshseth wrote:
I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed.
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows.
Yes, I also turned it off, once I installed Winzip. But what to do if your recepient dont have Winzip,WinRaR or any other compression utility. |
I guess you just turn the feature on again... |
LoL, I think you're confused... Him turning on zip folders won't do anything for his recipient's ability to handle zip files...
BOT... You can create self-extracting zip files, with an .exe extension, so they won't need a decompression program to use it. |
Whoopsie!
I didn't read that properly rofl. Sorry.
Oh, and this is the largest number of embeded quotes I've ever seen |
I was just going to say what S3nd said,but he replied early.
Now, this is the largest number of embedded quotes.
#S3nd Earlier I also used to make executable files, but obviously, they increase the size of zip-files, defeating the main purpose for which they are used. |
The executables are very small. About ~120k. A small price to pay for big files, but for small files, there's no need to compress I suppose. |
That's not bad, hope it doesn't decreace the quality in any way... I found a compression program once that had an error. It was amazing, shrunk everything to miniscule sizes... then I found out that things were missing from the executables. |
It will not affect the quality. But some folks might not be willing to accept an .exe file, for obvious reason.
You have to be careful. Some so-called programmers think they know what a file needs and what it doesn't. So they dont think twice about removing it to give the impression of a good compression ratio. |
And you obviously can't send the exes through some email services, which can be very anoying . I guess you'd have to zip (or what ever) the exe file to send it in a email anyway. I've also used the internet in a place that didn't allow exes to be downloaded, so again: the exe would have to be ziped (or what ever program you use). |
Ahh, good point. I always remove the last "e" from .exe so the email will send it. |
And that works!?!
Do you just rename it, and change the file type?
That's generous you know! I love it |
Yes, it works great! You WILL get a stern warning from windows that it will render the file useless, but simply replacing the 'e' at the end will fix it after the file is recieved. |
Now that's what I call amazing! Like a cheat I wish I'd thought of it
I'll use that method in the future. The thing is that you must never forget to tell people to add the "e" back to the end of the file type. Or they'll be pretty stuffed and confused if they are a bit of a noob computer user. And you've gotta hope that no one already has .ex files on their computer (if they exist) or that .ex files will never be invented, because that will put the kibosh on some of your previous files. In this case you could always just use .xe or something or .exeeeeee Anything really. | S3nd K3ys wrote: |
| ninjakannon wrote: | | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed. |
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then |
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows. |
Can you tell me how to turn it off? I sure gets slow to browse directories that have huge zip files!!!Initially I used Winzip for everything... But lately, after a friend told me about it, I started using IZArc (IZArc.org). It handles almost all wll-known compression types, zip, rar, gz, tar.gz, ace, even iso....
On top of it all, it is FREE and not a nagware!!! so no "Unregistered" title bars, not nagging dialog boxes... and all the features of winzip... PLUS a tree view to look at the contents of the archive in a tree view... A feature that was long due in Winzip, and even after being a nagware, they could deliver it in only version 10(i think)!!!
A great software... must-try for anyone using windows...
I use 7-zip too, since it's light, free and open-source... It does everything that I need and really compress the files, way better then zip or rar compression.
| ninjakannon wrote: |
| S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed. |
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then |
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows. |
| hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | S3nd K3ys wrote:
ninjakannon wrote:
hunnyhiteshseth wrote:
I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed.
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows.
Yes, I also turned it off, once I installed Winzip. But what to do if your recepient dont have Winzip,WinRaR or any other compression utility. |
I guess you just turn the feature on again... |
LoL, I think you're confused... Him turning on zip folders won't do anything for his recipient's ability to handle zip files...
BOT... You can create self-extracting zip files, with an .exe extension, so they won't need a decompression program to use it. |
Whoopsie!
I didn't read that properly rofl. Sorry.
Oh, and this is the largest number of embeded quotes I've ever seen |
I was just going to say what S3nd said,but he replied early.
Now, this is the largest number of embedded quotes.
#S3nd Earlier I also used to make executable files, but obviously, they increase the size of zip-files, defeating the main purpose for which they are used. |
The executables are very small. About ~120k. A small price to pay for big files, but for small files, there's no need to compress I suppose. |
That's not bad, hope it doesn't decreace the quality in any way... I found a compression program once that had an error. It was amazing, shrunk everything to miniscule sizes... then I found out that things were missing from the executables. |
It will not affect the quality. But some folks might not be willing to accept an .exe file, for obvious reason.
You have to be careful. Some so-called programmers think they know what a file needs and what it doesn't. So they dont think twice about removing it to give the impression of a good compression ratio. |
And you obviously can't send the exes through some email services, which can be very anoying . I guess you'd have to zip (or what ever) the exe file to send it in a email anyway. I've also used the internet in a place that didn't allow exes to be downloaded, so again: the exe would have to be ziped (or what ever program you use). |
Ahh, good point. I always remove the last "e" from .exe so the email will send it. |
And that works!?!
Do you just rename it, and change the file type?
That's generous you know! I love it |
Yes, it works great! You WILL get a stern warning from windows that it will render the file useless, but simply replacing the 'e' at the end will fix it after the file is recieved. |
Now that's what I call amazing! Like a cheat I wish I'd thought of it
I'll use that method in the future. The thing is that you must never forget to tell people to add the "e" back to the end of the file type. Or they'll be pretty stuffed and confused if they are a bit of a noob computer user. And you've gotta hope that no one already has .ex files on their computer (if they exist) or that .ex files will never be invented, because that will put the kibosh on some of your previous files. In this case you could always just use .xe or something or .exeeeeee Anything really. |
Dropping e from .exe, dont always work. Some programs can still identify that its an executable file.
Sometimes you are on brink of exceeding limit then executables cant be used. For eg. I compressed a file & made a zip or rar file which was exactly 700MB, now if you will create an executable file then 700MB limit will be breached. Call it my bad luck but earlier whenever I had to send some important file, I always faced this problem.
Are, we having some sort of competition that who will make most nested quotes?I use both WinRar and Winzip
| S3nd K3ys wrote: |
Haven't used zipgenius, but I've been using 7zip for years.
It supports everything I've ever tried to open/save. The compression algorythems are very good. And it's free.
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i use 7zip too. the 7z format is much better then rar format, and it's free software though winrar is a share software cost some money.Dropping the e off of .exe to email doesn't work on Gmail. It still recognizes it as an executable. Very annoying.
| hunnyhiteshseth wrote: |
| ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | S3nd K3ys wrote: | | ninjakannon wrote: | | hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | | I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed. |
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then |
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows. |
| hunnyhiteshseth wrote: | S3nd K3ys wrote:
ninjakannon wrote:
hunnyhiteshseth wrote:
I mean you can open zip files in windowsXP without having Winzip or any other conpression utility installed.
Ahh right, hunnyhiteshseth. Not a bad feature then
Heh.
That's one of the first features I turn OFF when I load a new ver of Windows.
Yes, I also turned it off, once I installed Winzip. But what to do if your recepient dont have Winzip,WinRaR or any other compression utility. |
I guess you just turn the feature on again... |
LoL, I think you're confused... Him turning on zip folders won't do anything for his recipient's ability to handle zip files...
BOT... You can create self-extracting zip files, with an .exe extension, so they won't need a decompression program to use it. |
Whoopsie!
I didn't read that properly rofl. Sorry.
Oh, and this is the largest number of embeded quotes I've ever seen |
I was just going to say what S3nd said,but he replied early.
Now, this is the largest number of embedded quotes.
#S3nd Earlier I also used to make executable files, but obviously, they increase the size of zip-files, defeating the main purpose for which they are used. |
The executables are very small. About ~120k. A small price to pay for big files, but for small files, there's no need to compress I suppose. |
That's not bad, hope it doesn't decreace the quality in any way... I found a compression program once that had an error. It was amazing, shrunk everything to miniscule sizes... then I found out that things were missing from the executables. |
It will not affect the quality. But some folks might not be willing to accept an .exe file, for obvious reason.
You have to be careful. Some so-called programmers think they know what a file needs and what it doesn't. So they dont think twice about removing it to give the impression of a good compression ratio. |
And you obviously can't send the exes through some email services, which can be very anoying . I guess you'd have to zip (or what ever) the exe file to send it in a email anyway. I've also used the internet in a place that didn't allow exes to be downloaded, so again: the exe would have to be ziped (or what ever program you use). |
Ahh, good point. I always remove the last "e" from .exe so the email will send it. |
And that works!?!
Do you just rename it, and change the file type?
That's generous you know! I love it |
Yes, it works great! You WILL get a stern warning from windows that it will render the file useless, but simply replacing the 'e' at the end will fix it after the file is recieved. |
Now that's what I call amazing! Like a cheat I wish I'd thought of it
I'll use that method in the future. The thing is that you must never forget to tell people to add the "e" back to the end of the file type. Or they'll be pretty stuffed and confused if they are a bit of a noob computer user. And you've gotta hope that no one already has .ex files on their computer (if they exist) or that .ex files will never be invented, because that will put the kibosh on some of your previous files. In this case you could always just use .xe or something or .exeeeeee Anything really. |
Dropping e from .exe, dont always work. Some programs can still identify that its an executable file.
Sometimes you are o |