Winzip file size limitations

[Bob Adkins]

Hi Phred,

All programs have bugs, some many more than others. I have found IZArc
to be much more stable than some of the other freeware archivers (e.g.
TugZip, FilZip).

The bug I mentioned is a rare one, and doesn't crash other apps
outright. It just happens to crash *one* of the apps I use, because that
app is a file manager, and needs to load Explorer shell extensions, one
of which belongs to IZArc.

The other problem that Mike mentions (dll files not being included in
archives), I have never seen in almost 6 months of using IZArc.

Overall, IZArc is fairly stable, and has lots of features (search within
archives, create CAB files) that I personally find useful. I like IZArc.

Same here. I even prefer IZArc to WinRAR. I find it totally stable, with
only 1 minor bug.

-- Bob

 

[omega]

I could not reproduce the behaviour you are experiencing. Adding a dll
file to an archive is pretty basic, and works here (Win XP, SP1) all the
time.

I've got an install of IZarc 3.4, pretty much unused. Here's what I get.
When going to create a new archive, it defaults to not adding hidden or
system files or directories, which would explain Mike's symptom. I refer
to the Gui window:

[x] Archive
[x] Read-Only
[ ] Hidden
[ ] System
[ ] Directory

I checked all the boxes, and created an archive. Then I went to create
another archive. My previous settings did not carry over. I had to recheck
those things again. During this assessment, I looked all around in the
options menu, for how to change those defaults. It is unimaginable that
they would not be changeable. Yet why so hard to find? I looked three
times. Maybe four. Until terminating the program (with relief).

 

[ms]

I'm telling ya' Mike, ICEows is the way to go:

http://www.iceows.com/HomePageUS.html

I tried IZArc several times and always gave up on it as being too buggy.

John, as mentioned a few weeks ago, I'd like to try it, but on first run, it
crashed my W98SE. Probably some registry garbage it didn't like. Maybe in the future.

IZArc on the other hand, installed and ran fine. It's a PITA that nearly all
archivers install, most would work fine as executables. In the past, I converted
Filzip, Winzip and Power Archiver.

Mike Sa

 

[ms]

Hi Mike,

I could not reproduce the behaviour you are experiencing. Adding a dll
file to an archive is pretty basic, and works here (Win XP, SP1) all the
time.

Maybe it has something to do with your Windows config, or the way your
IZArc progam options are set up.

Mario

Mario, it may be something with my W98SE, you have XP and don't see it, the poster
on the forum had XP and didn't see it. Looks like Karen identified the issue.
Anyway, that's why I use several archivers.

Mike Sa

 

[ms]

ms wrote:



I'm telling ya' Mike, ICEows is the way to go:

http://www.iceows.com/HomePageUS.html

I tried IZArc several times and always gave up on it as being too buggy.

If someone would post the ICEows exe and a help file on a website, I would like to
work with it. In my other replies, had bad luck with the install, other archivers
seem to work OK as executables. These days, I don't install much.

Mike Sa