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7-Zip is an archive manager that can view and create a wide variety of formats. The program includes folder favorites, optional two-pane view, checksum calculator, file split/combine capability and more. Individual archives can be created with high speed or high compression settings, update options (including update, add/replace, synchronize), split volumes and more. Archives can be secured with standard zip or more secure AES encryption.
Although the official archiver for the open, high-compression "7z" format, the program also supports the creation of multiple formats including ZIP, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR and WIM. It will extract a long list of other formats, among them RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, RPM, VHD, VMDK etc. Even more formats are supported through third-party plugins. Supports many world languages.
Additionally, to use alternative toolbar and file icons, 7-Zip Theme Manager is available.
7-Zip Portable is a wrapper from PortableApps.com, auto-detecting 32 or 64-bit automatically. Alternatively, X-7zip is also available.
There is also a 7-Zip standalone console version.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch 7-ZipPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | PeaZip, IZArc, BandiZip |
What's new? | See: https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discussion/45797/thread/bbe6861abe/ |
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freakazoid
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@hamasaki - It's stealth to me. I don't see anything written to HKCU\Software\7Zip. |
PeaExtractor is a easy, minimalistic tool for unpacking almost any compressed file format. Features a search tool, progress bar and drag-and-drop functionality. The program can unpack over 180 formats including encrypted or multi-volume archives (usually a series like .000, .001 or .r01, .z01...) as well as standard formats like 7z, rar, tar, zip, zipx, bzip2, cab, iso etc.
The program aims to function as a simple, accessible alternative to file manager-like interfaces used by WinRAR, WinZip and 7-Zip. Cross-platform (Linux, BSD) and developed by the author of PeaZip.
NOTE: Open ACE files with additional steps. The download also includes pea.exe, containing other tools including checksums, secure delete, file lists and more.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | LGPL |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch peaextractor.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Universal Extractor |
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webfork
on 2015-05-21 23:06
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There are a lot of great ways to compress files and folders quickly and easily, but most people are only familiar with ZIP. PeaExtractor's broad support means that it frees us up to send the latest and best compression formats without wondering if the recipient will have difficulty opening it. |
CDBurnerXP burns CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. The program can create and burn bootable ISOs as well as burn standard format playable CDs. The program also includes a BIN/NRG to ISO converter, simple cover printing and post-burn verification. Audio CDs can be burned from most formats (MP3, FLAC, M4A etc.) with or without gaps between tracks, and includes support for metadata and audio normalization.
Supports many world languages.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: |
Application folder Windows registry More |
Dependencies: | Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0+ |
Stealth: ? | No. HKCU\Software\Canneverbe Limited\CDBurnerXP |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch cdbxpp.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | ImgBurn, cdrtfe, AnyBurn |
OSFMount is a collection of virtual drive tools that allows mounting local disk image files as a drive letter, RAM disks and mounting CD or DVD images (for simplicity or speed). Supported image types include IMG, DD, ISO, BIN, NRG, SDI, AFF, AFM, AFD, VMDK (used by VMware), VHD (Virtual PC) and more.
The program is ideal for machines without a CD/DVD drive and, as most images are bit-for-bit copies of disk partitions, many programs will treat them as the real thing, enabling programs that require a program disc. For disk images, the program can give access to these files without booting or other required visualization software. RAM disks have a variety of uses including high speed caches, programs with frequent/intense disk reads/writes and some database applications.
Command line tools are also included.
Note: The developer warns: "it is recommended that 64-bit Windows is used when large disk image files are to be mounted."
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Stealth: ? | No. HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_OSFMOUNT HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\OSFMount |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Portable WinCDEmu, DiskInternals Linux Reader, CDmage |
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Portable Reviewer
on 2015-09-15 12:36
@Midas CDmage works like a charm unlike PassMark OSFMount despite "being ancient". Nothing ancient about it. PassMark OSFMount couldn't detect my image file properly as @freakazoid experienced. In fact very few free portable mount tools could handle my image file properly. I'm surprised you don't use CDmage to mount......
freakazoid
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I tried to mount a .bin/.cue combination with OSFMount last night and it froze completely. Used up 30% of the CPU and disk I/O used up 1GB/sec. Windows Explorer wouldn't load as well. Had to do a hard restart to fix the problem. |
AnyBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / Blu-ray disc burning software with most common features. Includes the ability to burn files/image to disc, create an image from disc, drive info, disc copy, image file conversion (e.g. ISO -> BIN/CUE) and erase rewritable. Can also burn audio files (MP3, FLAC, APE, M4A, WAV, WMA etc.) to audio CD.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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What's new? | See: https://anyburn.com/tutorials/history.htm |
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UNetbootin allows you to create a bootable operating system on a USB drive without burning a CD. Can use regular ISO files or download from any of the major Linux and FreeBSD distributions (Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE, NetBSD, etc.) as well as bootable system utilities for repair, recovery, testing and more.
Also available for Mac and Linux.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download unetbootin-windows-XXX.exe to a folder of your choice and launch. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Universal USB Installer, Rufus |
What's new? | Code changes at https://github.com/unetbootin/unetbootin/commits/master. |
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h3kt0r
on 2020-11-15 04:00
Latest version won't launch under windows XP.
mukhi
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v702 failed to create a bootable USB drive with the official Ubuntu 20.04 ISO. Rufus succeeded though. |
Decimal BASIC provides a full programming environment for the BASIC programming language. It implements almost all of the core module and the graphics module of ISO Full BASIC, which is the current international standard for BASIC. It comes with a built-in editor and debugger.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch BASIC.EXE. |
What's new? |
See: https://decimalbasic.ninja-web.net/EnglishWindows.htm |
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Update please
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Now at Version 7.5.4 |
YUMI (Your Universal Multiboot Installer) can be used to create a multi-boot USB flash drive containing multiple operating systems, antivirus utilities, disc cloning, diagnostic tools and more. Aside from a few distributions, all files are stored within the Multiboot folder, making for a nicely organized Multiboot Drive that can still be used for other storage purposes. YUMI uses syslinux to boot extracted distributions stored on the USB device and reverts to using grub to Boot Multiple ISO files from USB, if necessary.
YUMI works much like Universal USB Installer, except it can be used to install more than one distribution to run from your USB. Distributions can also be uninstalled.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | GNU GPL |
How to extract: | Download YUMI-X.X.X.X.exe to a folder of your choice and launch. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Universal USB Installer |
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Checker
on 2015-04-17 18:53
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I came ... I saw ... I updated ;) |
Folder2Iso provides a quick and easy way of creating an ISO image from a given folder (and subfolders). The ISO image can then be written to CD using any CD burner that supports ISO images.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. HKLM\SOFTWARE\Cygwin |
Unicode support: | Partial |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract it content to a folder of your choice. Launch Folder2Iso.exe. |
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Beeber
on 2011-04-26 19:40
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Magibon
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@ billion, you can update it by clicking "Edit". |
IZArc is an archive utility that supports drag-and-drop, searching inside archives, 50 different formats, archives broken into sections (spanning), the creation of self-extracting archives, repair of damaged ZIP archives, converting from archive type to another, create/merge multi-volume sets, etc. The program decompresses popular formats ZIP, RAR, 7Z, as well as CD image formats (ISO, BIN, NRG, IMG etc), while compressing to 7Z, JAR, ZIP, and many more, using their native speed/quality options and encryption methods.
IZArc2Go is the portable version of IZArc by the same author.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | 7-Zip, PeaZip, Bandizip |
What's new? | See: https://www.izarc.org/news |
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lautrepay
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InnoUnp V0.37 is needed to extract the installer: http://innounp.sourceforge.net/ |