UPX-the Ultimate Packer for exe and dll files now on PPC

26 May,2008 by Saijo George.
Category: Software

UPX-the Ultimate Packer for exe and dll files now on PPC Smartphone and PDA running windows mobile

*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 in ur PPC

UPX4PPC

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.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

You can now use those programs and dll as usual

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 (graphical 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…

Source : xda-developers.com