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7-Zip Portable v9.20 Rev 2 Updated

webfork on 19 May 2013

7-Zip is an archive manager supporting the creation and viewing of a wide variety of different formats. Includes folder favorites, optional 2-pane view, available AES encryption, checksum calculator, file split/combine capability, and more.

7-zip is the official file archiver for the open, high-compression "7z" format that achieves higher compression than many others via LZMA algorithms. In addition, 7-Zip supports the creation of ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, and XZ files, as well as the extraction of RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB, NSIS, NTFS, FAT, VHD, MBR, APM, SquashFS, CramFS and MSLZ files.

7-Zip Portable is a wrapper from PortableApps.com and supports 32 or 64-bit automatically. Alternatively, X-7zip is also available.

Category:
System Requirements: WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Program and Launcher: GPL, 7z format: LGPL
How to extract: Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch 7-ZipPortable.exe.
What's new? This release fixes an issue with settings being maintained for new installs in the PortableApps.com Platform.
Latest comments
rogerthedodger on 2013-02-03 00:35

Used winzip for ages, and moved to 7zip a couple of years ago. This program blows me away, does everything ive ever wanted without all the extra baggage. Got to be one of the absolute best portable freeware ever. Cant go wrong here, and no im not on their payroll....

Mixture on 2013-02-13 17:28

@webfork:
Ruby had already told me that I am incorrect, 7-Zip Portable writes its vital settings to the Windows registry.
Now, either you must prove that you are correct or Ruby must prove himself or herself correct. I don't care who is correct. Just tell the entire truth about how 7-Zip Portable write its vital settings.

Ruby on 2013-02-13 23:27

@Mixture
Your initial post indicated using 7-Zip without the PAF format in which case settings are stored in the registry.

7-Zip Portable will backup any local 7-Zip registry settings which allows the portable 7-Zip (PAF) to use that registry key to R/W settings to and when finished will restore the local 7-Zip registry key backup

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Universal Extractor v1.6.1

webfork on 26 Jan 2013

Universal Extractor allows you to extract files from many types of archive files, including ZIP, ARJ, LZH, as well as MSI and EXE files created using various installer packages such as Wise and Inno Setup etc. Useful for testing apps for portability because you can extract files directly from installer packages without having to go through the installation process.

Alternatively, an unofficial version with the latest-and-greatest internals is available (on Lupo's PenSuite site).

Commercial use note: there are restrictions on the included files UHARC02.EXE and UHARC04.EXE. These files can be deleted without dramatic impact on the software and will only disable extraction of a small number of file types. See website for more information.

Category:
System Requirements: Win2K / WinXP / Vista
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? No. Included libraries may write to the registry.
Unicode support: Yes
License: Main program: GPL, Included libraries: various, see note about commercial use
How to extract:
  1. Download the RAR "UniExtract Binary Archive" package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Launch UniExtract.exe
What's new? Added support for environmental variables (eg., specify %temp% for debug dir)
Added support for XZ compressed files and txz/tlz archives via 7-Zip
Added support for Windows Installer merge modules (.msm) via MsiX
Added support for NBH files via NBHextract
Added translations for Armenian, Czeck, Persian (Farsi), Serbian, Swedish
Changed 7-Zip unpacking behavior;
now attempts brute force extraction only after External PEiD scan;
change due to aggressive .exe resource extraction in new versions
Changed Windows installer support (.msi, .msp) to use MsiX instead of msi2xml
Changed LZMA support to use 7-Zip for extraction
Changed FEAD support to use PEiD rather than TrID for detection
Changed following formats to call 7z by name (also see 7-Zip debug comment):
bz2, chm, gz, tar, Z
this is mostly for code cleanup; functionality should be the same
Fixed InstallShield 5.x regression in 1.6 preventing successful extraction
Fixed bug in extraction of non-TAR LZW compressed files
Fixed bug that prevented picking files after toggling history option
Fixed bug in display of history combo boxes when no items listed
Fixed cosmetic bug in Visual C++ SFX status dialog
Fixed cosmetic bug in status dialogs due to extra padding by AutoIt
Removed lzma helper binary
Removed msi2xml helper binary and MSXML download link on MSI selection page
Removed Windows NT 4.0 support from installer
Removed debug output for 7-Zip, arj, hlp;
buffers output, preventing proper user feedback and input prompts
Updated success/fail detection to check output directory timestamp;
can detect cases where files are overwritten, which old method missed;
will still consider failed if user chooses not to overwrite files,
or if all files are written to a subdirectory of the output directory
Updated RPM and DEB support to extract interim CPIO and TAR files
Updated FEAD support to workaround read-only permission issue
Updated Zip support to log unzip output and permit minor reported unzip errors
Updated PEiD detection of Microsoft SFX cab files for more reliable extraction
Updated some UniExtract window sizes for better internationalization support
Updated translations for Italian, Korean, Russian
Updated 7-Zip to 9.13 beta
Updated AutoIt to 3.3.6.1 and replaced deprecated _ArrayCreate UDF
Updated InfoZip unzip to 6.0.0
Updated Inno Setup to 5.3.9
Updated innounp to 0.31 (supports Inno Setup 5.3.9)
Updated InstallExplorer WCX to 0.9.2
Updated MSI WCX to 1.2.1
Updated PEiD to 0.95
Updated UnRAR to 3.93
Latest comments
smallhagrid on 2013-02-18 17:13

Latest=>
Universal Extractor 1.6.1 Release (build 66 *)
Updated by Gora 21/01/2013.

I got the file and have extracted the uextract.exe which is a 7z SFX file that is PW protected unless executed directly.

This is a problem for me as it installs in C: and I don't install things there at all.

I tried the method Gora posted for using extract,exe and it did not work; nothing I've tried has worked for this.

Has anyone here gotten Gora's file to extract without having to run it; and if so, would you please educate me ?!?

Thanks.

smallhagrid on 2013-02-18 17:20

Sorry, should have included the link:
http://forum.oszone.net/post-1868252.html

Midas on 2013-02-18 22:48

From your post @ http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=62408#p62408 I guess you were able to educate yourself, smallhagrid. I only wish you'd document your fiddlings in there, too...

For others seeking education, I'd recommend browsing through all the comments here and also at links posted in http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=60733#p60733 ...

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Bandizip 3.04 Build 10609 Updated

Checker on 16 May 2013

Bandizip is an archive tool that supports the creation and extraction of common compression formats, as well as the specialized ZIPX format (from the makers of WinZip). Supports a customizable interface, the searching of archives by file name, file splitting, password protection, self-extracting archives, and varying levels of compression. Also supports the creation and extraction of more specialized formats from 7-zip and WinRAR.

Additionally, Bandizip's "High Speed Archiving" function will allow you to compress or bypass the files its own algorithm on multimedia files (AVI, WMV, MP3...) or archive files (ZIP, RAR, 7Z...) that won't benefit from additional compression. This can increase archiving speed dramatically. Extract formats supported include 7Z, ZIPX, RAR, ALZ, EGG, TAR, BH, LZH, BZ2, ISO, CAB, WIM, XZ, ARJ, ZIP, Z and more.

Supports both 32 and 64-bit, as well as 29 world languages. A portable beta version is also available.

Category:
System Requirements: WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
Writes settings to: Application folder
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Bandizip32.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: 7-zip, PeaZip
Latest comments
outskirter on 2013-02-28 22:13

Oh, and why is there never a change log shown for Bandizip's updates? I've even had that problem on their site.

Midas on 2013-02-28 22:45

@outskirter: check http://www.bandicam.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1476

outskirter on 2013-02-28 23:22

Thanks, Midas! My mistake; I kept looking in the Bandizip forum, rather than the Bandisoft announcements.

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FileOptimizer v5.60.241 Updated

Checker on 1 May 2013

FileOptimizer is a lossless file size optimizer supporting a long list of file types from audio/video (MP3, OGG, OGV), image (GIF, JPEG, PNG), and even office formats (DOCX, XLSX, ODT, PDF) and system files (DLL, EXE). The program keeps the behavior of the file untouched, but with its size reduced thanks to a variety of recompression and optimization techniques. Original files are sent to the recycle bin for restoration in the event the uncompressed version is preferred.

Supports drag-and-drop of files into the window or onto the program icon.

A 64-bit version is available (within the folder).

Category:
System Requirements: Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Wine
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch FileOptimizer32.exe (for 32-bit OS) or FileOptimizer64.exe (for 64-bit OS).
Similar/alternative apps: ArcThemALL!, PngOptimizer, RIOT
What's new?
  • Added ICO PNG optimization support with ImageMagick.
  • Added TIFF/FAX ZIP optimization support with ImageMagick.
  • Added DIB format to the BMP chain.
  • Updated ImageMagick to 6.8.5.3.
  • Upgraded to C++ Builder XE4.
Latest comments
webfork on 2013-01-05 19:47

Outstanding, especially on PNG files and when used in concert with RIOT (http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=1821). I've thrown a wide variety of files at this program and seen quite a bit of space saved. It's difficult to tell which supported files will compress by how much, but it's always important to test when posting web images or distributing files to large groups, saving a lot of bandwidth.

BGM on 2013-01-14 01:54

It seems like, although this program supports all those file types, the parameters seem only to be applicable to swf and gz files. I couldn't figure out how to work this on a jpg file. Anyone got a tip for me?

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PeaZip v4.9.2 Updated

Checker on 24 Apr 2013
  • 21MB (uncompressed)
  • Suggested by Yucca

PeaZip is an easy to use file manager-style compression tool supporting its native PEA archive format that features splitting, flexible encryption and integrity check schemes. It also supports most mainstream archive formats, including 7ZIP, ACE (read), BZIP2, CAB, GZIP, MSI (extr.), RAR (extr.), TAR, UPX, ZIP etc.

Alternatively, PeaZip Portable portablizes bookmarks and includes both 32 and 64-bit versions, automatically using the proper one on each PC.

Category:
System Requirements: WinAll / Wine
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: No
License: LGPL
How to extract: Download the "PeaZip Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch peazip.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: 7-zip
What's new? Backend:
  • Pea updated to 0.43 release
File Manager:
  • Enlarged small icon size
    - 16 px icons are now shown in 20px areas (as in Vista and newer systems file explorer) to improve usability on touch devices and high resolution screens
  • Improved Recent menu
    - menu displays also folders relevant for recent activities
    - recent folders quick selection menu in archiving and extraction interfaces does not contain duplicate recent pats
  • Various minor fixes
Extraction and Archiving:
  • Fixed PEA format single volume size issue on Win64
  • Fixed "keyfile not found" issue for PEA format extraction
Latest comments
the_watcher on 2011-06-02 10:22

the link to the portable version is wrong. download it from here : http://code.google.com/p/peazip/downloads/list

Mixture on 2013-02-01 17:12

I encountered a most undesirable feature of this software. If you delete any of the unnecessary language files (i.e. non English), and then try to run PeaZip, the software automatically terminates! I have been looking for a good portable file archiver, but with this bad bug, PeaZip is not my choice!

rogerthedodger on 2013-03-29 00:20

@ mixture. why dont you try 7zip, or bandizip

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