Workaround for AppZip/Win98 not working

[Harry Potter]

Hi! I used to have a Win98SE minitower at my mother's house whose hard drive was very small: even though the size was a little more than 20GB, only 2.1GB worked. :( I had a program on it called AppZip. It's a way to keep applications compressed and decompress them temporarily upon access. It didn't work on that computer. :( So, I used batch files to do the job. They used 7Zip. They worked. :) Recently, I got a new Win98SE minitower for free. :) I didn't need them anymore. The old minitower is still there but is disconnected. I have a Zip disk with some stuff I extracted from the old computer's hard drive but don't think the batch files are on that disk. :( BTW, I used Template Creator for Windows to create the new batch files.

[Auric__]

Post by Harry Potter
Hi! I used to have a Win98SE minitower at my mother's house whose hard
drive was very small: even though the size was a little more than 20GB,
only 2.1GB worked. :( I had a program on it called AppZip. It's a way
to keep applications compressed and decompress them temporarily upon
access. It didn't work on that computer. :( So, I used batch files to
do the job. They used 7Zip. They worked. :) Recently, I got a new
Win98SE minitower for free. :) I didn't need them anymore. The old
minitower is still there but is disconnected. I have a Zip disk with
some stuff I extracted from the old computer's hard drive but don't
think the batch files are on that disk. :( BTW, I used Template
Creator for Windows to create the new batch files.

So, just to make sure I understand the issue:
- You had a program that compressed programs and decompressed them on
demand.
- The app doesn't work for you any more.
- You are able to decompress the compressed programs using 7-Zip.

If I'm right, then it seems to me the best thing to do would be to
decompress the programs and leave them decompressed. If that's not what you
want, then decompress the programs and recompress them with UPX:

https://upx.github.io/

It's the same concept, and it's very efficient. Programs are compressed on
disk and dynamically decompressed in memory. It's what I would use if I were
in a similar situation.

[Harry Potter]

I actually don't need the service anymore, as my new minitower has plenty of drive space. I was just stating a former issue. The application never worked for me on that computer. I'm compressing not just the .exe file but the whole program. I had and still have UPX, and it helped, I thank you for the reply. :)

[Auric__]

Post by Harry Potter
I'm compressing not just the .exe file but the whole program.

Just out of curiosity, what do you mean by this? The .exe *is* the program.
Do you mean other things in the application folder as well, i.e. DLLs, data
files, etc?

[Harry Potter]

Post by Auric__

Post by Harry Potter
I'm compressing not just the .exe file but the whole program.

Just out of curiosity, what do you mean by this? The .exe *is* the program.
Do you mean other things in the application folder as well, i.e. DLLs, data
files, etc?
--
Oh crap, I am about to experience
a sudden and acute failure of the victim selection process.

Yes. I'm compressing all the files in the application's folder(s).