*UPX* 0.3.2 - the Ultimate Packer for eXecutables

[Jibreil]

*UPX*-the Ultimate Packer for eXecutables

*its a compression software...it does compress ur *.exe files and *.DLL files...

*But unlike *.RAR OR *.ZIP it doesn't change ur file extension to .ZIP OR so on...It Keep the extension to the same....

*And unlike rar and zip it doesn't need the supporting software to unzip or execute (here the software means that can open a zip or rar files)...it execute as usual u double click it...normal operation behavior...

*All you have to do is to compress the *.exe and *.dll files for once and leave it there forever....after that use it as usual...here u people may think of some existent software (like free space for win98..or zip2000 by fixit utillity..etc)which may do the same thing....but the difference between those software and this is...

USE OF THIS SOFTWARE IN PPC AND SMARTPHONE:
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As the recent release of this software (v2.0) does support ARM/WIN CE platform...so here the opportunity to use it in PPC...

YOU HAVE TO DO THE FOLLOWING:

1.Download the software...
2.Unzip it.
3.Just copy the *.EXE And *.DLL files to ur PC from ur PPC that u want to compress
4.Compress those files by this software.. It use dos command to compress files (Though i also attached a third party software with has support for GUI).
5.copy back the compressed files (exe,dll)to ur ppc and overwrite the existent uncompressed files..

Thats it..

u can now use those programs and dll as usual...no further software required in ur PPC OR Smartphone to use them...

ADVANTAGES

1). It can compress files to a amazing level...(as an example opera.dll files which is around 5 MB can be compressed to round 1 MB!!!then the game sybarian strike X the *.exe file of this game is 400kb and after compression its just 129kb!!! )

2). It take a noticeable less time to load (yes boss less time then of the uncompressed one!!!)...for both opera for ppc and the game i mentioned...

3). You don't have to think about installing any program to do that same thing (like swell disk 300)..and more important think is u can share the compressed file with anyone...with out waring abt sharing the compression software!!

4). The files is backward and forward compatible...means u can use it in desktop as well as PPC or any other platform which has arm processor or minimum x386 processor...with operating system Included wince...windows...dos...linux..macos...(But not symbian os and Palm OS)..and everywhere u can treat it as a normal uncompressed file (as it doesn't need any supporting software to run)

DISADVANTAGES

1)sometimes it behave odd (gragical representation) in VGA devices...

2)It Takes the same amount of ram to load sometimes a bit more...as it did to load a uncompressed file...

[fredcatsmommy]

very nice. thanks!!

[the0ne]

bloged it, Its run on PPC though and not on PC

1.Download the software…
2.Unzip it.
3.Run the exe file UPX4PPC Setup
4.Run the UPX4PPC Application on the PPC , u can select the compression ratio and optional backup original file checkbox

[pcboyy]

Version 0.3.2 was realesed on September 2006.
The latest version is v0.4.3 and was released on 2nd February 2008

[The_hesham]

Originally Posted by pcboyy Version 0.3.2 was realesed on September 2006. The latest version is v0.4.3 and was released on 2nd February 2008

Thanks to all of you. I'm using this software some times ago, it is amaizing.

[12gage]

is there any way to UPX the office programs? PowerPoint is about 2.2MB and I never use it.

[aussiebum]

Even newer version of UPX4PPC is avaliable on http://mobisapienz.com/index.php?opt...egory&catid=12 - it's up to Version 0.4.4.2 now (Feb 14 2009)

EDIT: Works on exe's and dll's. Based on latest release of UPX (3.3)

[[deXter]]

On my PPC, loading time of Opera 9 didn't improve even a bit. Infact, the performance downgraded - panning and zooming became very jerky.

Of course, mine's a 200Mhz/64MB device; newer devices might have better performance.

Anyone care to do a benchmark?

[LiKBeAsT]

maybe i will post some benchmarks here when i fully try it

[ai6908]

Originally Posted by 12gage is there any way to UPX the office programs? PowerPoint is about 2.2MB and I never use it.

Yes, I have done it using UPX in PC.