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    WSLeif
    AskWoody Lounger
    November 1, 2005 at 5:10 pm #425861

    I don’t use it myself, but an interesting review here at DonationCoder.com where they seem to rate WinRAR as the best.

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    • WSjscher2000
      AskWoody Lounger
      November 1, 2005 at 5:19 pm #982456

      I’ve read that the next version of WinZip will not be included in my free lifetime updates from my current license. Whether that is true or not, I have been looking at alternatives and one of the most full-featured appears to be PowerArchiver 2006 which throws in its Outlook add-in for free (unlike WinZip).

      Anyone used PowerArchiver recently and have any comments to share?

      Added: I guess the “no free upgrade” rumor for WinZip is true (see attached); there are now “subscription” and “maintenance” options for upgrades…

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      • joep517
        AskWoody MVP
        November 1, 2005 at 5:48 pm #982464

        Check out the two free products mentioned on the Best Archive Tool – DonationCoder.com page. I prefer TUGZip to 7-ZIP but to each his own.

        Joe

        --Joe

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        • WSofficespacer
          AskWoody Lounger
          November 1, 2005 at 8:55 pm #982503

          winzip has been free for far too long for me to ever consider buying it now hushmouth

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      • WSherworth
        AskWoody Lounger
        November 1, 2005 at 9:40 pm #982508

        I’d go with Joe on TUGZIP. It’s a great utility and you can do a certain amount of scripting for automation. Try it, it’s totally free.

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        • WSjscher2000
          AskWoody Lounger
          November 1, 2005 at 11:02 pm #982515

          Strangely I get “connection refused” for http://www.tugzip.com/%5B/url%5D.

          Anyway, I asked about PowerArchiver in particular because I have a special requirement: I need a product that can open ZIP archives I encrypted with the AES used in WinZip 9.0. I also would like one that can read PKZip’s AES encrypted archives. This limits my choices a bit.

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      • WSAlanMiller
        AskWoody Lounger
        November 2, 2005 at 2:41 am #982525

        If you’re prepared to wade through it, there has been lots of discussion on the usenet: powerarchiver comparison – Google Groups

        This thread, for instance, discusses some comparisons with other archiving programs.

        Alan

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        • WSjscher2000
          AskWoody Lounger
          November 2, 2005 at 4:39 am #982535

          Thanks, but it seems version 9.5 is too new to have been discussed except on “cracks” groups…

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      • WSHoward Kaikow
        AskWoody Lounger
        November 2, 2005 at 5:08 am #982536

        See http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=…653&dcaid=17653%5B/url%5D if you are interested in a free (after rebate) Stuffit Deluxe 9 for Windows.

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        • WSjscher2000
          AskWoody Lounger
          November 2, 2005 at 5:48 am #982538

          Stuffit Deluxe 9 doesn’t open WinZip archives encrypted with AES. See http://support.allume.com/techsupport/foru…topic.php?t=707%5B/url%5D and post 531098. Maybe version 10 (Windows release date unknown)?

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          • WSHoward Kaikow
            AskWoody Lounger
            November 2, 2005 at 12:51 pm #982581

            Hmmm, I tried posting a response, but it appears to not have made it to the Lounge.

            The article you referenced indicates that Stuffit X does support AES.

            Also, http://www.stuffit.com/compression/sitxformat.html%5B/url%5D states that Suffit X is supported on Windows.
            Also, I downloaded the Stuffit DEluxe 9 Help which states:

            “StuffIt X archives can be created with encryption. There are 4 compression methods supported:

            1=RC4 – Supports up to 512bit key lengths.

            2=DES – Supports up to 64bit key lengths

            3=BlowFish – Supports up to 448bit key lengths

            4=AES – Supports up to 256bit key lengths”

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            • WSjscher2000
              AskWoody Lounger
              November 2, 2005 at 11:26 pm #982744

              Here’s a test file for those with various programs installed. Can you read the phrase of the day? The password on the .txt file inside is Howard.

              Note to Howard: as far as I can tell, that is not .zip compression but some kind of proprietary format.

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            • WSHansV
              AskWoody Lounger
              November 2, 2005 at 11:36 pm #982747

              Congratulations! (WinZip 9.0)

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            • WSHoward Kaikow
              AskWoody Lounger
              November 3, 2005 at 2:24 am #982759

              I do not yet have the software.
              Ordered yesterday, have not yet received notice tat the critter has been shipped.

              FYI, ZIP-Central expands the file and tells me that there is a file named “Test Document.txt”, but won’t extract the file.

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            • WSHoward Kaikow
              AskWoody Lounger
              November 3, 2005 at 3:20 am #982763

              I’ve installed TUGZip.

              It handles your file.

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            • WSHoward Kaikow
              AskWoody Lounger
              November 4, 2005 at 4:48 pm #983134

              Stuffit Deluxe 9 was supposedly shipped to me yesterday, so I can test your file when I install the software.
              It’s coming by USPS, but I do not know from where it shipped.

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            • WSHoward Kaikow
              AskWoody Lounger
              November 10, 2005 at 7:01 pm #984433

              Got Suffit Deluxe 9 today.

              It appears that it won’t extract your file.
              Archive gets opened, but it does not like the password when I try to extract the file.
              So, I guess I’ll also keep TUGZip installed.

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      • WSLiberty Raynes
        AskWoody Lounger
        November 3, 2005 at 7:54 pm #982940

        So, now I have to prove to the WinZip people that I am a registered user of version nine in order to get version ten for fifteen bucks? Oh, yeah, I’ll find that three-year-old confirmation email in a flash…

        I, too, may be seriously looking into Power Archiver when WinZip 10 comes out. I’m not entirely happy with them at the moment.

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        • joep517
          AskWoody MVP
          November 3, 2005 at 9:35 pm #982967

          WinZip 10 IS out. Get your wallet handy.

          Joe

          --Joe

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        • WSjscher2000
          AskWoody Lounger
          November 3, 2005 at 11:19 pm #983000

          My e-mail from Nico Mak Computing, Inc. (long abandoned former name) is dated 8/13/1998. grin (Yes, I am a packrat.)

          I suppose if the deal had been advertised as “7 years of upgrades” it wouldn’t be so annoying that they were ending that policy now…

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          • WSLiberty Raynes
            AskWoody Lounger
            November 4, 2005 at 12:12 am #983008

            LOL… Come to think of it, I think I bought it in early 2001, so it’s four years, not three. I suppose that’s a fair deal, considering how often I use it, and how long I used the evaluation version before finally breaking down and paying for the license.

            How the H*** did you find a seven-year-old email??? LOL.

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            • WSHoward Kaikow
              AskWoody Lounger
              November 4, 2005 at 2:02 am #983016

              Heck, I’ve got 9-10 year old email on my current system.
              Even older on another system.

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            • WSClaude
              AskWoody Lounger
              November 12, 2005 at 5:37 am #984660

              obviously a newbie to the web, I’ve got emails dating back to 1989 on one of my PCs evilgrin

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            • WSHoward Kaikow
              AskWoody Lounger
              November 12, 2005 at 12:31 pm #984696

              I never used a PC before Oct 1992.
              All mail before that was in VMS or Ultrix on DEC’s computers.

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          • WSHoward Kaikow
            AskWoody Lounger
            November 4, 2005 at 2:07 am #983017

            What about using more than 1 free archiver to get the functionality you need.

            For years, I used the free Stuffit Expander and Wiz.
            Then I shifted to the free Stuffit Expander and ZipCentral.
            Now, I have te free Stuffit Expander (version 6), TUGZip and ZipCentral.
            And I will still be getting the free Stuffit Deluxe 9, which I understand has the latest version of Stuffit Expander on the CD-ROM.

            I guess that I’m all ZIPped up fer a long time!

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