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Solved: Explorer gradually eating up memory
I posted a while back regarding a problem in which Windows Explorer, after running okay for a while, would start eating up memory, causing problems when it reached around 600MB. I hadn't been able to pinpoint the cause as it often happened while I wasn't watching. Uninstalling Winzip fixed it. -- (\_/) (='.'=) systemd: the Linux version of Windows 10 (")_(") |
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On 3/9/2017 12:54 AM, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
I posted a while back regarding a problem in which Windows Explorer, after running okay for a while, would start eating up memory, causing problems when it reached around 600MB. I hadn't been able to pinpoint the cause as it often happened while I wasn't watching. Uninstalling Winzip fixed it. I use IZArc which integrates with the Windows File Explorer, supports 49 encryption schemes: 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64, BH, BIN, BZ2, BZA, C2D, CDI, CAB, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ, GZA, HA, IMG, ISO, IZE, JAR, LHA, LIB, LZH, MBF, MDF, MIM, NRG, PAK, PDI, PK3, RAR, RPM, TAR, TAZ, TBZ, TGZ, TZ, UUE, WAR, XPI, XXE, YZ1, Z, ZIP, ZOO, and is completely free. If you install it select custom options if that's available, and avoid the bloatware some download sites bundle with the installer. |
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On Thu, 9 Mar 2017 08:54:26 +0000, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
I posted a while back regarding a problem in which Windows Explorer, after running okay for a while, would start eating up memory, causing problems when it reached around 600MB. I hadn't been able to pinpoint the cause as it often happened while I wasn't watching. Uninstalling Winzip fixed it. Bizarre! Which version of Winzip, out of curiosity? -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://BrownMath.com/ http://OakRoadSystems.com/ Shikata ga nai... |
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En el artículo , Stan
Brown escribió: Bizarre! Which version of Winzip, out of curiosity? v21.0 I've never liked it, but had to install it to unzip a file that the built-in Windows unzipper didn't like. -- (\_/) (='.'=) systemd: the Linux version of Windows 10 (")_(") |
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Wolf K wrote:
On 2017-03-10 09:55, Mike Tomlinson wrote: En el artÃ*culo , Stan Brown escribió: Bizarre! Which version of Winzip, out of curiosity? v21.0 I've never liked it, but had to install it to unzip a file that the built-in Windows unzipper didn't like. I've used 7zip instead. That's one of the first tools I install on any new install. http://www.7-zip.org/ Paul |
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"Mike Tomlinson" wrote
| I've never liked it, but had to install it to unzip a file that the | built-in Windows unzipper didn't like. In addition to the ideas of 7-Zip and Izarc, there's also Filzip. I use that. Peazip also seems to be OK, though I can't stand the pea icons. I'd never heard of Izarc. It looks interesting and has the advantage that all the icons are existing as ico files, so they can be changed easily. 7-Zip is very solid, but has a quirky UI. I use it for oddball jobs like opening CHM or HXS help files and some of the more exotic archive types. (Most ZIP programs claim to handle dozens of file types. Most don't.) The other programs are mostly just wrappers around a handful of compression libraries. There have always been several of those that are free, so there's no reason to pay or put up with Winzip nags. |
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En el artículo , Paul
escribió: That's one of the first tools I install on any new install. Thanks Paul (and Wolf). I had 7-zip installed but got fed up with trashing files with no warning due to fat-fingering it. It's great for decompressing files, less so for creating new archives. When started it opens the file previously being worked on, and somehow by trying to create a new archive, I end up trashing that. I don't find it intuitive. Might just be me. -- (\_/) (='.'=) systemd: the Linux version of Windows 10 (")_(") |
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On 10/03/2017 15:42, Paul wrote:
Wolf K wrote: On 2017-03-10 09:55, Mike Tomlinson wrote: En el artÃ*culo , Stan Brown escribió: Bizarre! Which version of Winzip, out of curiosity? v21.0 I've never liked it, but had to install it to unzip a file that the built-in Windows unzipper didn't like. I've used 7zip instead. That's one of the first tools I install on any new install. http://www.7-zip.org/ Paul Yes I agree. Or pay for PowerArchiver if I need support for more weird types of archive. Though it's not completely without some weird bugs. Fed up with WinZip. -- Brian Gregory (in the UK). To email me please remove all the letter vee from my email address. |
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On Sat, 11 Mar 2017 14:56:31 +0000, Brian Gregory
wrote: On 10/03/2017 15:42, Paul wrote: Wolf K wrote: On 2017-03-10 09:55, Mike Tomlinson wrote: En el artículo , Stan Brown escribió: Bizarre! Which version of Winzip, out of curiosity? v21.0 I've never liked it, but had to install it to unzip a file that the built-in Windows unzipper didn't like. I've used 7zip instead. That's one of the first tools I install on any new install. http://www.7-zip.org/ Paul Yes I agree. Or pay for PowerArchiver if I need support for more weird types of archive. Though it's not completely without some weird bugs. Fed up with WinZip. I last used WinZip in about 1995, switching over to WinRAR which I've been using ever since. I've tried 7Zip and Peazip, but quickly dumped them in favor of WinRAR. It's not free, though. -- Char Jackson |
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On Sat, 11 Mar 2017 07:35:49 +0000, Mike Tomlinson
wrote: Thanks Paul (and Wolf). I had 7-zip installed but got fed up with trashing files with no warning due to fat-fingering it. It's great for decompressing files, less so for creating new archives. I also had 7-zip installed, but no longer do, for a different reason. I almost never create new archives, and was interested in it only for unzipping. But I finally decided that it was no better than recent versions of Windows own ability to unzip files, simply treating a zip file as a folder. I also tried Winzip and felt the same way about it. So to you, and Paul, and Wolf, and anyone else who likes 7-zip or Winzip, let me ask you what am I missing. What can one of these programs do for me over and above what Windows does? |
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On Sat, 11 Mar 2017 10:06:24 -0600, Char Jackson
wrote: I last used WinZip in about 1995, switching over to WinRAR which I've been using ever since. I've tried 7Zip and Peazip, but quickly dumped them in favor of WinRAR. It's not free, though. So I'll add WinRAR to the message I just posted in this thread: What can WinRAR do for me over and above what Windows does? |
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On 11 Mar 2017, Ken Blake wrote in
alt.windows7.general: So to you, and Paul, and Wolf, and anyone else who likes 7-zip or Winzip, let me ask you what am I missing. What can one of these programs do for me over and above what Windows does? Handle more compressed formats. And I dislike the way Windows tries to present archive files as folders. |
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On 11 Mar 2017 19:46:45 GMT, Nil
wrote: On 11 Mar 2017, Ken Blake wrote in alt.windows7.general: So to you, and Paul, and Wolf, and anyone else who likes 7-zip or Winzip, let me ask you what am I missing. What can one of these programs do for me over and above what Windows does? Handle more compressed formats. OK, thanks. I very seldom have a need for anything other than zip, so that's almost meaningless to me. And I dislike the way Windows tries to present archive files as folders. And I like the way it does it. We're all different. |
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"Ken Blake" wrote
I almost never create new archives, and was interested in it only for unzipping. But I finally decided that it was no better than recent versions of Windows own ability to unzip files, simply treating a zip file as a folder. For plain vanilla unzipping, Windows is fine. Personally I prefer to have a program. The way that Windows pretends it's a folder is confusing. I also make ZIPs, a lot. And I sometimes make SFX ZIPs. Then there are other formats, like .gz, .tar, etc. I'm not sure anything but Winrar can open RAR. Fortunately it's extremely uncommon. For basic functions there are a number of free programs, which have been mentioned. For "those tough jobs" there's 7-Zip. While being clunky in terms of UI, it's very well put together otherwise. CHM and HXS are just two formats it can open that I don't know of another program for. It also opens ISOs. And pretty much all basic compression files. Anytime you want to open a file and can't, 7-Zip is worth a try. (7-Zip will also open MSI and DOC, but should not be used for those. Both are Compound Storage files, which 7-Zip thinks it can open. But it just dissects the sections of the file, which are of no use in that form.) |
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On Sat, 11 Mar 2017 17:57:48 -0500, "Mayayana"
wrote: "Ken Blake" wrote I almost never create new archives, and was interested in it only for unzipping. But I finally decided that it was no better than recent versions of Windows own ability to unzip files, simply treating a zip file as a folder. For plain vanilla unzipping, Windows is fine. OK, thanks. You're confirming what I already thought. Personally I prefer to have a program. The way that Windows pretends it's a folder is confusing. Nil said much the same thing. But I don't find it confusing and I like the way Windows does it. I also make ZIPs, a lot. And I sometimes make SFX ZIPs. OK. As I said, I almost never do. I can't remember the last time I did it. Then there are other formats, like .gz, .tar, etc. I'm not sure anything but Winrar can open RAR. Fortunately it's extremely uncommon. And I also never deal with any format beside .zip. |
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