Now i know that you guys love 7zip and peazip for their archiving abilities, but i extraxt more .zip files than i create. I'm not a programmer or anything, but i use portable apps a lot to do work on different computers (school, home, laptop, etc.), and so maybe i just can't figure it out, but here's my problem: i haven't been able to succesfully extract any .zips using either of these two programs.
i'm getting a new laptop soon and I'm looking for something (it doesn't have to be portable) to replace winZip, so when I download a .zip file, like from portable apps or somewhere else, it opens it with a freeware and lets me extract.
any ideas? thanks in advance.
i'd also appreciate any other good freeware that you guys use to replace the standards on PCs.
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well 7zip and peazip both extract things fine. i've never tried peazip but i have 7zip installed on my laptop and it works great. i installed it and then in the options changed it to be the default program to open all the filetypes it can open. i can double click a file to open it with 7zip but more conveniently i just right-click and choose an extract to option.
as far as other replacements go, i would look at the list of software on this site. there are a ton on good open source alternatives on here and can help you find what programs to download. if you want any type of freeware replacements not just open source, i would check out http://www.filehippo.com for a great collection of apps and possibly change their filter to freeware only and no betas.
I thought winxp came with a built in zip thingy, but if not, you could just get 7-zip non-portable, then set the association.
Oh, just went on google and found this.
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that you don't understand how to use the software?
I've used both, and have had no trouble extracting zip files.
If you could explain what exactly happens when you try to extract a zip file, we might be able to help you use them.
As for replacements for "the standards", what are you looking for that isn't already available here?
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i just tried peazip and it worked ok. i'm sorry, the times i tried it earlier i might have been corrupted. i don't know.
as for using portable apps as the main programs, i've heard somewhere on here that they get slower if they are used from a harddrive a lot. that may or may not be a real problem.
also, sort of off topic, but is there any way to stop the little pre-program window that pops up from, well popping up? i mean, i know i'm using a portable app and what one i'm starting...so...
anyway, i guess i was just looking for advice on replacing the standard windows utilities. i plan on ditching media player and quicktime for VLC, replacing winzip with 7zip, office with open office, and ie with firefox. i kind of want to know what you guys use on your home systems. do you use all freeware?
thanks in advance and also for replying to quickly. i guess i need to play around with 7zip more.
I use as much open source software as possible. OpenOffice.org, 7-Zip, InfraRecorder for CD burning, Pidgin IM, Firefox just to name a few
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I have like almost no closed source on my machine. IcoFX is probably it because it's so easy for quick icons, but I may work on getting more used to GIMP or something like ImageMagick. Other than that, I can't name any closed source software on my machine I use.
Windows itself
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Oh that minor little thing...
But mostly because it's part of the purchase of the computer.
If we get PortableApps on Linux (the real deal, not just WINE) I'll use them on my Linux box.
Of course, if someone were able to create apps that work equally well on both systems (quite the challenge), I'd just go full Linux at home.
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My dad says that I'm not allowed to install anything, or uninstall unless if I installed it (:P). Oh well, at least I'm reading Free For All: How Linux and the Free Software Movement Undercut the High-Tech Titans
So far, they covered the monopoly lawsuit where this guy says that linux is a competitor to prove they aren't in a monopoly.
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Well, DST, I use my portable apps mostly from my hard drive, and they work fine.
If you have a link to the post that claims that, I'd like to see it.
Even if that were true (which I have a hard time believing), and you want installable programs, well almost every app offered here also exists in an installable form; you should be able to google them, or follow the links on the pages for each app.
The "pre-program window" is a splash screen. Most applications use some form of this; it does several things:
1. Promotion or advertisement
2. Identification
3. It kills time while a lot of background stuff is happening to start up the app - while reassuring the user that they really did click the link to start the app
Getting rid of the splash screen will not speed up the start of the app.
Also, take a look at all the other programs you use. MS Office, Adobe Acrobat, Winzip, even the Windows OS all use splash screens.
As for what I use on my home system: I use Portable Apps preferentially. If I need something more, I look at Portablefreeware.com. Next, I'll look for Open Source applications that need to be installed, and then I'll try freeware (like GoogleEarth or Google Sketchup). Only then, if my needs can't be filled, will I go for purchasing a closed source app.
It's not that I'm cheap - I'll donate to the open source developers if I use their app more than a few times - I just agree strongly with the portableapps and open source concepts, and most of the time I find their software equal or superior to commercial stuff.
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that makes some sense. thanks. i'll plan on doing that, then, and i think i get the splash screen thing.
oh, and one last thing: is all of your anti-virus software freeware/portable, too? what security software would you reccomend i get comfortable with to be safe?
For security/antivirus, portable is hard to come by. Freeware isn't too hard to find though. I use the Avast! free home edition. Best paid product out there is TrendMicro Internet Security according to all the reviews i've read, but if you practice safe browsing, a free anti-virus and anti-spyware program are just fine. I'd recommend Avast! and Spybot.
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i have found Comodo personal firewall (which is freeware) to be incredibly powerful and heaps better than anything that microsoft (or symantec) could come up with
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/
i usually use tugzip
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