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CNET Editors' review
This freeware file-compression tool doesn't bother with a fancy interface, but makes sure to include some helpful features. WinShrink's simple interface uses a few buttons and pulldown menus to make the utility easy to learn, and operate, but it's still robust enough for experienced users. You're not going to find an extensive Help manual here, but inexperienced users can learn the app quickly through simple testing.
Operating WinShrink is primarily accomplished through the app's pulldown menus. It's a testament to the program's flexibility that hot keys and buttons are also available for most commands. Creating an archive is a mere matter of selecting "New." From there users merely need to choose files or folders through the common Windows file-browse dialog. Radio buttons are used to set archive type. WinShrink can create Arj, BH, CAB, gZIP, Jar, Lha, Tar, or Zip files. Three levels of compression are available, as are options to encrypt and set the archive as read only. We found archiving speed comparable to most tools in the genre.
WinShrink also includes some features rarely found in freeware tools. With a minimum of clicks, the app easily converts one archive type to another. The program's job wizard makes it very quick and easy to create special jobs to zip My Documents, Desktop, Favorites, E-mail, or all four. The beauty is any of the jobs can be scheduled or set to automatically upload through FTP.
WinShrink certainly won't wow anyone with a fancy interface, but this app is a solid file archiver that will appeal to users at any experience level.
Publisher's Description
From TuneupAdvisor.com:
WinShrink is a file compression utility that supports the latest and most common compression format including ZIP, RAR, ACE, 7Z (7-Zip), TAR, CAB, LHA, ARC, ARJ, BH, JAR, and ZOO. WinShrink also has the ability to encrypt archives, schedule archiving, back-up your zipped file to a remote FTP location, create self unzipping files.
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All versions:
2.9 starsout of 13 votes
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Current version:
2.9 starsout of 13 votes
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"Just crashes"
Version: WinShrink 1
Pros
None that I can see.
Cons
Trying to create an archive it just crashes every time. Doesn't appear to do anything. Downloaded 10/17/2011, running on Windows 7 x64.
Summary
Don't bother.
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"Program does not load properly, & keeps trying to load!"
Version: WinShrink 1
Pros
None that I know of
Cons
Program apparently does not cooperate well with Windows Installer. And every time I click on anything after installation, it tries (unsuccessfully) to install itself! Ridiculous! FYI I have Win XP SP 3 and have not had this problem w any other sfware
Summary
DO NOT Download - search on!
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"won't open .rar"
Version: WinShrink 1
Pros
nothing at all
Cons
Would not open .rar file so uninstalled. Use 7zip instead.
Summary
Don't bother better off with 7zip to open compressed zip files such as .rar
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"Keeps putting its two cents in without being asked."
Version: WinShrink 1
Pros
Nothing, absolutely.
Cons
Appears without being initialized. Just shows up and starts compressing.
Summary
Haven't tried any of the features. Can't get past its intrusive behavior.
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"Easy to use once you work out how it works"
Version: WinShrink 1
Pros
Is easy to work when you work out how to use it
Cons
Could do with a tip pop up or a simple tutorial. Does not work across a network
Summary
Ease of use and free
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"BE CAREFUL!"
Version: WinShrink 1
Pros
I t works as ?t promised to do.
Cons
I downloaded sooner than format and My registry was almost perfect. Web Shrink crashed my registry and made unrecoverable mistakes that I couldn't restore. It trickled in to start up management after great effort I could manage to drive out.
Summary
I capresume it is buggy.
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"May do lots, but too hard to use"
Version: WinShrink 1
Pros
nicely consista\ently set out & SOUNDS like it does the lot
Cons
in looking for an ac\rchiving utility this one sounded good, however creating archives is impossible to navigate and it doesnt even have an uninstall utlility
Summary
others better
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"Quick to install, easy to unzip"
Version: WinShrink 1
Pros
This progam is a new tool in my PC arsenal. It does everything that all of the paid programs can do and even more than some of them.
Cons
Doesn't make use of some of the newer windows exploring methods.
Summary
Great product for a great price - free!
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"Good"
Version: WinShrink 1
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"Rather dissappointing"
Version: WinShrink 1
Pros
Covers almost all the archive formats; free
Cons
has to start on startup; quite faulty drag-n-drop
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