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Utility to clean up/free up space in a folder (and its subfolders), * compressing files after a certain number of days (with external program) * rotating files after a certain number of days/above a certain size * deleting files and/or empty folders after a certain period of time

After adding images to your Powerpoint presentation, your Powerpoint file (PPT) may become very large. This article describes how to use Office XP's built-in feature to compress pictures in the presentation and reduce the file size. Several alternative solutions are also presented for older versions of Office.

NXPowerLite reduces the size of your PowerPoint files by optimizing the graphics and embedded documents contained within them. It can effortlessly compress presentations by over 90%, making them easier to handle, distribute and use. It's fully customizable, allowing you to choose the ideal balance between compression and quality. This free, fully functional trial version will compress up to 10 presentations.

7-Zip supports a number of other compression (and non-compression) archive formats. These supported formats include ZIP, Microsoft cabinet (CAB) files, RAR, ARJ, gzip, bzip2, LHA, tar, cpio, rpm and Debian deb archives. 7-Zip also supports ISO CD/DVD images.7-Zip can also open any file format that uses a supported compression method.

PowerArchiver is a freeware file archive utility for Windows 95/98/NT/2000. Full, built-in support (create archive, add/extract/delete/view files) for ZIP, (including Quake III Pk3 and JAR), CAB, LHA, LZH, TAR, TAR.GZ and BH (BlakHole) archives. Can read and extract from RAR, ARJ, ACE, ARC, ZOO and GZip archives. Full, built-in support for XXE and UUE Internet encoded files. Many more powerful and practical features.

Convert zips into self-extracting executables. This zip self-extractor supports AES encryption and other advanced features.

Comments and whitespace characters are vital to enabling us to develop and maintain our web projects but they can also be a drain on our bandwidth when our projects move from development to production. This online tool allows comments and unnecessary whitespace characters to be removed without breaking the functionality of the file. By using this tool you can get the most benefit from your available bandwidth.

PPTminimizer reduces PowerPoint presentations by up to 96% of their initial size in seconds. Therefore there is no need to unzip the optimized files in order to work on them. The graphics and embedded objects are automatically and intelligently optimized. PPTminimizer is the perfect tool for every PowerPoint -User: Mail Boxes, Servers and Networks are relieved of unnecessary data, and loading time is accelerated considerably. -Free your hard disk of unnecessary data: Reduce your file size by up to 96%. -Save time: you can save yourself a lot of time and work as PPTminimizer optimizes all of the pictures and graphics in your presentation automatically. -Search Wizard: Search your drives, folders and networks and find your PowerPoint presentations quickly. -The PowerPoint presentations which have been optimized are saved as a different file, leaving the original file untouched -Outlook-Add-In: PPTminimizer optimizes PowerPoint attachments before they are dispatched by email.

EnZip, is a freeware zip compression utility for MS Windows. Featuring a modern, stylish interface, designed to compliment the Windows Explorer and making it a snap to just pick-up and go. The ideal product to manage the many zip files you download daily from the internet or to create backups of your important data.

Alpha ZIP is the easiest way to handle zip files and other compressed formats, offering a range of new features and a unique level of integration with Windows. No more grappling with complicated ZIP software! Make handling ZIP files quick and easy. AlphaZip also supports most other compressed formats, including 7-zip. No need to pay extra for advanced features like Self Extracting Archives or Compress and Email. Everything you need is included.

Netzip Classic is a ZIP and file download utility consisting of four programs in one: Netzip Desktop for all your off-line zipping needs that works from your desktop, create and manage ZIP files, ZIP files; Netzip Web that allows you to download, unzip, and install files automatically without leaving your Web browser; Netzip Folders enables ZIP files to work like regular folders; and Netzip Download Demon for speedy file downloading over the Internet.

Aladdin Expander allows you to decompress, decode, convert and access the most popular compression archive formats, including StuffIt� (.sit), Zip (zip), UUencode (.uu), MacBinary (bin), and BinHex (.hqx). Aladdin Expander for Windows� also supports MIME/Base64 (.mime), Arc (.arc), Arj (.arj), and gzip (.gzip), and more.

This program makes extracting and managing archive files and sets of multiple archives faster and easier than ever before. Supports Zip, Ace, Rar, and Arj formats, plus self-extracting archives of these types. Featuring a smart, Explorer style interface, powerful file management capabilities just like Explorer, full drag and drop support, the ability to extract several Zip and other type archives in one easy step, plus much more.

eZip Wizard is an easy-to-use, inexpensive solution for today's compression needs. With a familiar Wizard interface, eZip makes working with ZIP files as easy as 1-2-3. Best of all, eZip is free for unzipping. Features include: Create, update or decompress any ZIP file- even older PKZIP files; Create self-extracting .EXE files; Automatically email ZIP files using your MAPI-compliant or Internet email system; Store the directory/folder structure to be used when unzipping files; Control the amount of compression used to make your ZIP files even smaller; Password protect ZIP files; Multiple disk spanning; automatically launch compressed installation programs without having to unzip the ZIP file; drag and drop capabilities; anti virus support; desktop shortcut; uninstall script, delete original .zip file and Quickview Plus support.

CHAOS For Security is compact, efficient and user friendly program that allows you to encrypt and compress individual files and folders. Required cryptographic procedures are enforced in the new graphical user interface. Files are compressed before they are encrypted to ensure minimum file sizes. Utilises extremely secure method of encryption.

Create secure or standard self-extracting files from ZIP files. The ChilkatZip Self-Extractor can safely encrypt the contents of your ZIP file with 128, 192, or 256-bit AES Encryption. To unzip, a user must provide the same password that was used when creating the self-extracting EXE. AES encryption is much stronger than standard ZIP encryption. Chilkat's streaming compression and encryption technology allows this software to create an EXE from any size ZIP file. The streaming compression and decryption technology also ensures that it will be possible to unzip the archive on your end-user's computer, even if that computer has very little memory.

ZFilter is a plug-in indexing filter for Windows servers. It enables them to full-text index the contents of zip archives created with WinZip, PKZIP, or any other compression program that uses the PKWARE compression format.

HTMLCompact is a powerful HTML compression tool for webmaster. Its effective compression algorithm provides a size reducing up to 20% of original while keep every other thing untouched. After loaded, compressed HTML pages will be automatically uncompressed in the user's browser, and remain the same look as the pages before compression. By using HTMLCompact, your web pages will become much smaller and faster for downloading, and you will save up both website bandwidth and disk space exceedingly.

Zipfusion is a versatile self-extractor. It can be used with any zip tools that create type 0/8 (stored/deflated) format zip files e.g. WinZip (tm). Features include: Three operational modes making it suitable for distribution of data files or software; End-user dialogs that can be easily translated into other languages; A sophisticated configuration editor; Extensive online help; Footprint less than 50 KB.