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.

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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.

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?

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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.

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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

"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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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Char Jackson

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?

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?

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.

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.

"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.)

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.