Guest jtsdadinaz Posted September 3, 2008 Posted September 3, 2008 What program or DLL is used to compress files in XP? I know compact is for the file system, but what is used when you want to make a zip and do not have a 3rd part add-on such as winzip. I have been searching, but have not found an answer.
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted September 4, 2008 Posted September 4, 2008 Re: File compressing Click Start=>Help and Support" In the Search bar, type "Compressed Folders". In "Pick a Task" section, look for "Create a zipped compressed folder". -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com "jtsdadinaz" <jtsdadinaz@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:11134C0C-6E3C-4C44-B818-80B5CEDDE4DB@microsoft.com... > What program or DLL is used to compress files in XP? I know compact is for > the file system, but what is used when you want to make a zip and do not > have > a 3rd part add-on such as winzip. I have been searching, but have not > found > an answer.
Guest jtsdadinaz Posted September 4, 2008 Posted September 4, 2008 Re: File compressing That is all well and good, I know how, I want to know what does it? Program or DLL? "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: > Click Start=>Help and Support" In the Search bar, type "Compressed Folders". > In "Pick a Task" section, look for "Create a zipped compressed folder". > > -- > Gary S. Terhune > MS-MVP Shell/User > http://grystmill.com > > "jtsdadinaz" <jtsdadinaz@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:11134C0C-6E3C-4C44-B818-80B5CEDDE4DB@microsoft.com... > > What program or DLL is used to compress files in XP? I know compact is for > > the file system, but what is used when you want to make a zip and do not > > have > > a 3rd part add-on such as winzip. I have been searching, but have not > > found > > an answer. > > >
Guest PA Bear [MS MVP] Posted September 4, 2008 Posted September 4, 2008 Re: File compressing WinXP does it. jtsdadinaz wrote: > That is all well and good, I know how, I want to know what does it? > Program > or DLL? > > "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: > >> Click Start=>Help and Support" In the Search bar, type "Compressed >> Folders". In "Pick a Task" section, look for "Create a zipped compressed >> folder". >> >> -- >> Gary S. Terhune >> MS-MVP Shell/User >> http://grystmill.com >> >> "jtsdadinaz" <jtsdadinaz@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:11134C0C-6E3C-4C44-B818-80B5CEDDE4DB@microsoft.com... >>> What program or DLL is used to compress files in XP? I know compact is >>> for >>> the file system, but what is used when you want to make a zip and do not >>> have >>> a 3rd part add-on such as winzip. I have been searching, but have not >>> found >>> an answer.
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted September 4, 2008 Posted September 4, 2008 Re: File compressing http://www.sysinternals.com will redirect you to their new home, Microsoft.com. You can get Process Explorer, do some testing and figure it out. Or even just open Task Manager to the Processes tab and then watch it while you create a "compressed folder". Sort on CPU to see which one(s) are doing the most when the actual compression occurs. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com "jtsdadinaz" <jtsdadinaz@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:DDD08D1E-9CD6-48D6-9ADF-D9A80672D782@microsoft.com... > That is all well and good, I know how, I want to know what does it? > Program > or DLL? > > "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: > >> Click Start=>Help and Support" In the Search bar, type "Compressed >> Folders". >> In "Pick a Task" section, look for "Create a zipped compressed folder". >> >> -- >> Gary S. Terhune >> MS-MVP Shell/User >> http://grystmill.com >> >> "jtsdadinaz" <jtsdadinaz@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:11134C0C-6E3C-4C44-B818-80B5CEDDE4DB@microsoft.com... >> > What program or DLL is used to compress files in XP? I know compact is >> > for >> > the file system, but what is used when you want to make a zip and do >> > not >> > have >> > a 3rd part add-on such as winzip. I have been searching, but have not >> > found >> > an answer. >> >> >>
Guest Plato Posted September 5, 2008 Posted September 5, 2008 Re: File compressing =?Utf-8?B?anRzZGFkaW5heg==?= wrote: > > What program or DLL is used to compress files in XP? I know compact is for Whatever it is, disable any file compression. -- http://www.bootdisk.com/
Guest Alec S. Posted September 5, 2008 Posted September 5, 2008 Re: File compressing "jtsdadinaz" <jtsdadinaz@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:11134C0C-6E3C-4C44-B818-80B5CEDDE4DB@microsoft.com... > What program or DLL is used to compress files in XP? I know compact is for > the file system, but what is used when you want to make a zip and do not have > a 3rd part add-on such as winzip. I have been searching, but have not found > an answer. Try 7-Zip. It’s powerful and free: http://www.7-zip.org/ -- Alec S. news/alec->synetech/cjb/net
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted September 6, 2008 Posted September 6, 2008 Re: File compressing Why? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com "Plato" <|@|.|> wrote in message news:48c0820e$0$4604$bb4e3ad8@newscene.com... > =?Utf-8?B?anRzZGFkaW5heg==?= wrote: >> >> What program or DLL is used to compress files in XP? I know compact is >> for > > Whatever it is, disable any file compression. > > -- > http://www.bootdisk.com/
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted September 6, 2008 Posted September 6, 2008 Re: File compressing Most of the work is done by Explorer.exe. However there is a file called zipfldr.dll involved. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com "jtsdadinaz" <jtsdadinaz@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:11134C0C-6E3C-4C44-B818-80B5CEDDE4DB@microsoft.com... > What program or DLL is used to compress files in XP? I know compact is for > the file system, but what is used when you want to make a zip and do not > have > a 3rd part add-on such as winzip. I have been searching, but have not > found > an answer.
Guest Plato Posted September 8, 2008 Posted September 8, 2008 Re: File compressing Gary S. Terhune wrote: > > Why? To make backups/restore more reliable. To save files in the most pristine state. > > Whatever it is, disable any file compression. -- http://www.bootdisk.com/
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 Re: File compressing What does file compression have to do with any of that? Any time a Windows "compressed" file is read, it is decompressed. The compressed version is not what goes into the backup set. So, yeah, it might make a backup session slower, especially if it's an old machine, but I've yet to hear of problems caused by Windows compression. Do you have any documentation of file compression causing problems with any backup programs? Come on, Plato. You'll have to do better than a couple of vague statements, neither of which make any sense to me. Is this just your opinion, the opinion of others who have nothing better to do than spread opinions based upon nothing more than illogical blather, or do you have documentation of the issue from reliable sources? That said, there are lots of places you do NOT want to use Windows Compression, and, except in certain special circumstances, I wouldn't change the Windows default settings (which mostly compress old, seldom used system files.) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/251186 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307987 -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com "Plato" <|@|.|> wrote in message news:48c5b46e$0$4686$bb4e3ad8@newscene.com... > Gary S. Terhune wrote: >> >> Why? > > To make backups/restore more reliable. To save files in the most > pristine state. > >> > Whatever it is, disable any file compression. > > -- > http://www.bootdisk.com/
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