- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: February 23, 2001
- Total Downloads: 50,789
- Downloads last week: 98
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- Average user rating: stars out of 32 votes
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Publisher's description
From Disoriented Labs :FreeExtractor creates self-extracting archives for Windows from existing ZIP files. It is an open-source solution for packaging software programs and distributing files to friends and colleagues over the Internet. It features a Windows 2000-style wizard-based user interface. Authors have fine-grained control over archive settings and can tailor their self-extractors to suit their applications. Authors can specify such options as an embedded URL, introduction text, shortcut creation, and a custom icon.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 32 votes
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: FreeExtractor 1.43
"Excellent, tiny, well-documented"
Summary: Documentation is well written, easy to follow. Creates self-extractor with only an additional 26kb, offers many excellent options, allows use of custom icons.
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Version: FreeExtractor 1.43
"Awesome! But don't like that initial screen."
Pros: This program works great and does exactly what it describes. It gives you lots of options, lets you extract to the system temp folder (hint: use "%TEMP%\mydirectory"), even lets you execute a file when extraction is finished, AND even clean up after itself, AND lets you pick your own icon for the extractor!
Cons: The ONLY thing I don't like (and why I'm giving 4 instead of 5 stars) is it doesn't give you an option to disable the initial screen, which kind of detracts from the nice experience it provides otherwise. You can at least provide your own title and message, but you can't pick your own image... though you could probably hack it. ;)
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: FreeExtractor 1.43
"Oh my Gosh - This is EXCELLENT!"
Summary: So easy to use and you don't need to do anything complicated.
It works fine and its just what I was looking for!
If only there were some new features such as insert splash screen and other options this would be perfect! -
Version: FreeExtractor 1.43
Summary: All I wanted was to create a self-extracting file that would un-pack files, launch a file, and create a shortcut -- all without being warned in the beginning that "this is an un-licensed copy of blah, blah, blah...!!!" All the features I wanted and ... read more >>
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Version: FreeExtractor 1.43
Summary: This is exactly what I've been looking for. The Package and Deployment Wizard is good, but doesn't allow for single executable deployment. I was dreading having to go the over-complicated MSI route, or purchasing expensive setup software. PKZip c... read more >>
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