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May 9, 2006 - 5:43pm
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Is it possible to make a portable zip utility?

Is it possible to make a portable Zip utility such as “Portable 7-Zip”? I know that Windows XP can now open Zips, but what if you have a Rar, or some other file that Windows can’t open. What do you do then? Or how many of you have been working on someone else’s pc, that doesn’t have XP on it and needed to open a file only to fined they haven’t got WinZip either. I know I have. In those situations when you haven’t got the internet at your disposal to download WinZip, a program like that would be invaluable. Can anyone out there make one...?

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May 9, 2006 - 6:18pm
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Test release tomorrow

I got a bit held up with other stuff (like paying work and the 2 day Drupal 4.7 upgrade of this site) but I'll be releasing an initial version tomorrow for folks to try out.

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May 9, 2006 - 9:17pm
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WinImp is portable

WinImp is portable

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May 10, 2006 - 10:36am
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WinImp IS portable.

WinImp IS portable. thanks.

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May 10, 2006 - 1:35pm
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FilZip

I'm a fan of FilZip.

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May 24, 2006 - 9:11pm
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FilZip

Requires Administrative Rights to install.

Not Portable.

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May 11, 2006 - 4:58am
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7-Zip is already portable

I just installed 7-Zip on a Windows XP computer without Local Admin rights, so I guess that makes it portable.

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May 11, 2006 - 12:45pm
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Incorrect

7-Zip writes some settings to the registry.

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May 24, 2006 - 10:23pm
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7-Zip my choice

7-zip runs off thumbdrive but leaves traces...would prefer a completely portable version, which I think John H. said is on his list.

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May 25, 2006 - 12:06am
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Read this.

https://portableapps.com/node/1953

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June 10, 2006 - 9:43am
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Possible solution

What I can recommend is this it's not completely portable but it's as close as I can get you need the following:
*7-zip installer (http://7-zip.org/download.html)
*UPX compressor (http://upx.sourceforge.net/download/upx201w.zip)

First install 7-zip to a folder on a desktop with admin privileges; copy the whole folder where it was installed into the portable drive. Delete everything in except:

>7zFM.exe, 7zG.exe, 7-zip.dll,
>Codecs folder
>Formats folder
>Lang Folder

After doing this use UPX to compress alls the files copied using the following settings:
"--best --compress-icons=0 --nrv2d --crp-ms=999999 -k"
For a smaller install you can delete unnecessary language file in the Lang folder and leave just "en.ttt"

This still leaves registry settings but it's as close as I can get to portable without writing a launcher hope this helps (Hope this gives John some ideas on a how to make portable 7-Zip for the future)

BTW don't forget to uninstall 7-Zip on the desktop

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June 14, 2006 - 10:34am
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WinRAR

I mostly use winrar. I since made a stand alone copy that works great. Well to be complety honest it was a U3 app that I tore apart.

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