Quick compression question(Winzip/Winrar related)

[Treble]

Can WINRAR compress self-extracting files correctly? I'm trying to send a customer of ours a copy of AVG antivirus to solve a problem in the short term, before we re-sell them a copy of Norton, but they are on a slow line and the 6-odd meg file is taking an age to transfer.

WINZIP doesn't want to compress it; just wondered if RAR would before I download a copy to my office machine. Cheers.

[Chadruharazzeb]

You can never compress .exe's by too much anyway, normally by <10%.

Can't you just send this customer a link to the AVG download?

[VR46]

The only way to find out properly is to give it a try I prefere WINRAR and have found it to compress files smaller than WINZIP, as far as I know it should work.

[Treble]

Chad: Heh, nope. Various reasons (mainly linked to stupidity).

Compressing the file at all would be a step forward. Winzip won't allow you to compress the file at all, not even by a small percentage.

[Ginger Tosser]

A self extrating exe would be compressed anyway so trying to compress it even probably wont work. It may be worth unpacking it locally and splitting and sending again.

[Papercut]

Try using Powerarchiver instead of Winzip, it is very similar but can handle more file types, and tends to be a little more forgiving.

Theres no technical reason why you can't add a self extracting archive to another archive, its just winzip being arsey.

[Commander Marklar]

I assume by not compressing it, you're doing it through the explorer (right click) options? I've just compressed one 'ere by using the main interface and drag/drop. You could do right click->new zip file and then right-drag it onto the zip, click add.

But yea, it'll do it.