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nikos
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 Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:15 am Post subject: blog: trix with virtual folders |
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here's the comment area for today's blog post found at:
www.zabkat.com/blog/06Apr08.htm |
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admsupport
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| Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 4:07 am Post subject: |
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| How can I integrate WinRar.exe in the same way of ZIP folder? I can't see thumbnails in .rar archives. When I click the folder, it does not open in xplorer2 either. |
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nikos
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| Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 4:15 am Post subject: |
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sorry but xplorer2 cannot understand RAR only ZIP & CAB
if one day winRAR develop a shell extension to browse RAR then x2 will integrate with it
my money is with a .7z extension, which is open source and better in compression than rar anyway |
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admsupport
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| Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:34 am Post subject: |
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| nikos wrote: | | my money is with a .7z extension, which is open source and better in compression than rar anyway |
Can x2 understand .7z extension? if yes, but not implemented yet, is it scheduled.
EDIT: This format interests me, so I have downloaded the app and quickly read a blog http://gomeler.com/2006/07/08/file-compression-review/ not sure of the accuracy of the content, but it says in substance that 7z is much resource hungry than .rar for compression/decompression.
EDIT II: The blog seems inaccurate. if you have a relevant info about .rar vs .7z, do you mind sharing? I am not too concern about compression, but more about CPU resource & reliability. My use is mainly to split music folders (CUE sheet, lossless file format, Photo scan) and most of the time, I do not even use compression to gain time on both side (sender-file server-receiver) |
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nikos
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| Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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i don't have any detailed data about 7z, it's just a hunch that it's better
and to be clear I don't plan to add 7z support to xplorer2, but i bet that being open source one of these days these guys will come up with a namespace extension that xplorer2 could use too... maybe! |
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Wepver
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| Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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After a search I found Alpha ZIP. You can open rar and other files as folders, but it is shareware and does not support rar compression  .
Personally I prefer rar files because of its security features. Mainly the lock function, but the authenticity verification is quite OK too. |
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