When we exited the program and removed the USB drive, 7-Zip Portable left no files, folders, or other traces behind.Īs portable storage continue to grow, so too does the need for a powerful, flexible compression tool to handle larger and larger files. However, that's hardly a major issue, and we were able to quickly compress and decompress files, email them, add them to archives, and perform any other function that the installed version of 7-Zip can manage. If you've never used 7-Zip, it's fast and flexible, but since you can't access it directly by right-clicking a file or folder and choosing 7-Zip, you have to open the program and browse to your target. We could also make file associations, set various other program parameters, and designate a program to use as an Editor with 7-Zip.

We opened the Options dialog and selected the Folders tab to designate a working folder (the default is the system temp folder). We clicked the program's executable, which opened the familiar 7-Zip interface, a plain but efficient layout distinguished by large, clearly labeled control icons and a main window with entries labeled Computer, Documents, Network, and a user-defined option. We installed 7-Zip Portable on a USB drive, which only required about 6 MB of space. The chief difference with the installed version is the portable version can't be integrated into context menus in Windows. The portable version is small enough to take along with you on a USB drive, iPod, or other portable device. Like the installed version, it can compress and decompress files and folders in a variety of ways as well as open other file types such as TAR and RAR files. We recently looked at 7-Zip Portable, a fully portable version of the freeware file zipper. RAR for Android 6.For years, 7-Zip has been one of our favorite Windows utilities. If you prefer not to have cookies stored within your web-browser, please adjust your browser settings accordingly. For more detailed information regarding the use of cookies on this website, please see our 'Privacy Policy'. By using this website, you consent to the use of cookies. Our website uses cookies to help improve your visit.

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