ARJ or other “strange” formats to Windows users don’t want them to use what they provide. The arguments from !execute.html apply here too: ALWAYS use the NATIVE format of the target OS, NEVER expect or force your users to jump through loops to access or use what you distribute. ZIP for outgoing archives.ĭevelopers and vendors should ALWAYS use and support the NATIVE archive format of the target OS, they should NEVER force their users/customers to install additional software to access or use files they distribute. CAB archives, as well as the self-extracting installers provided by Microsoft), and.

CAB archives, they just have another extension. CAB for incoming files, especially installer packages (.MSU are. CAB archives in Windows Explorer users need to call MAKECAB.exe on the command line or use IEXPRESS.exe. Unfortunately Microsoft does not offer to create. ZIP when used for OOXML or OpenXML format files), and both Windows’ SetupAPI and Windows, er, Microsoft Installer as well as the “component based servicing” can process their contents without unpacking the whole archive. CAB archives can be digitally (authenticode) signed, which no other format offers (except. 7z, and with delta compression it performs BETTER than.

CAB: without delta compression it compresses almost as good as.

Windows (since ’95) NATIVE archive format. So I asked Stefan if he had a good alternative to 7-Zip, and this is what he said: The same could apply to 7-Zip, if there is any real demand for it. Now that Mozilla offers 64-bit Windows binaries, the focus of Waterfox has shifted, but in the beginning, it was all about it being compiled differently. I’m not sure what Mozilla’s reasoning was they already offered 64-bit versions for Mac and Linux, and from the first moment I tried Waterfox (which only existed in 64-bit form) in Windows, it was more stable than 32-bit Firefox by far. It’s kind of how I believe Waterfox got started… years ago, Mozilla did not offer any official 64-bit builds of Firefox for Windows, so MrAlex94 began to build the Firefox source into 64-bit binaries, so that end users who don’t have the resources or desire to compile it themselves can still benefit.

Regular folks would not be aware of the need, or even know what it means to compile something… but if that’s really all it takes, someone out there could take the open-source code and simply compile it with the new compiler directives, and make that compiled product available to the public.

Create cab file 7zip