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ICEOWS
ICEOWS

ICEOWS (formerly ArjFolder) is a de/compression tool that integrates into Windows Explorer and opens zip files as if they were regular folders. All you have to do is click on a zipped file and it wil ...

Average of 7 user ratings: 4


  • Nov 27, 2006
  • For version:
  • 4.20b

quote  The last of its kind you'll ever need.  quote

  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Great right-click functionality and also deals handily with the lzh format for all of our drawing files from our Japanese parent company.

user Review by: skidoodad (12)
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  • May 29, 2006
  • For version:
  • 4.20b

quote  Needs improvements to error-handling  quote

  • Interface: 3
  • Features: 1
  • Ease of use: 2
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 3

ICEOWS operates as a context menu item i.e. as a shell extension. Encountering problems with an archive can crash Explorer and lead to various problems. ICEOWS works very well normally, but needs to be able to recognize problems and disengage itself gracefully without causing major upheaval to the system.

user Review by: Gildawie
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  • Feb 08, 2005
  • For version:
  • 4.20b

quote  This works fine..  quote

  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Had a try with ICEOWS zip and unzip and cross tested with Winzip program. It just works fine. For those who just need an alternate to Winzip, then this suits that need perfectly. Its a small sized zip/unzip program having necessary features. Recommended one.

user Review by: free2nm (70)
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  • Dec 07, 2004
  • For version:
  • 4.20b

quote  Magnificent!  quote

  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I downloaded this program 20 minutes ago and installed it to extract a .rar file. I right clicked the file, selected from a wealth of options, made a folder on the desktop in 2 clicks, and done! It extracted the entire file in about 3 seconds. I am quite happy with this software, and recommend it's use for hard to extract files. Small, leaves a negligible footprint on your RAM and is easy to use at the click of a mouse. Highly Recommended! Pastor J.

user Review by: PastorJ
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  • Nov 24, 2004
  • For version:
  • 4.20b

quote  Don't listen to them  quote

  • Interface: 2
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Iceows is a great product. Its free, does the job fast and well. It has no interface. Go to the file, click on the right mouse key and find it under "Iceows"

user Review by: JoeBob
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  • Oct 14, 2004
  • For version:
  • 4.10

quote  Don't waste your time  quote

  • Interface: 1
  • Features: 1
  • Ease of use: 1
  • Value: 1
  • Overall: 1

Couldn't get it to work. Couldn't understand it - totally useless to me.

user Review by: MickWest
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  • May 21, 2004
  • For version:
  • 4.10

quote  Fraught with problems  quote

  • Interface: 2
  • Features: 2
  • Ease of use: 1
  • Value: 1
  • Overall: 1

I installed this program on XP Home to open an ACE file which didn't open (although the problem may have been the ACE file itself). Then this program wouldn't completely uninstall & left a dll program I couldn't delete. I then began getting an error message saying "Cannot initialize ressource dll" (their misspelling of "ressource") when I tried to open up other files. When I looked this error message up on Google, it appears that the problem is probably associated with this program. Since there are other free programs available to unzip files, I wouldn't recommend this one.

user Review by: vall55
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