For those of you that don’t know what TUGZip is, it’s a free archiving utility (think WinZip) developed by Christian Kindahl which is also the developer of my favorite burning software InfraRecorder. And honestly, the only reason why I found out about TUGZip is because of it’s link in the InfraRecorder website. If it wasn’t there I would have never, ever…found out about TUGZip. I’d be stuck using 7-Zip forever, never knowing that a aesthetically pleasing application like TUGZip existed. I mean 7-Zip works fine for me, it’s just that it doesn’t really look 2.0′ish to me if you get my drift. Now, people that use TUGZip in a x86_64 system specifically Vista know that TUGZip’s 32-bit shell extensions do not work in x86_64 versions of Vista, meaning that when you right-click in Windows Explorer, nothing shows up. Now that can be quite annoying if you want to archive something when you’re in Windows Explorer, that means you have to open TUGZip and then do it from there.
I’ve only been using TUGZip for a couple of months and I was trying to look for a solution in their forums and it looks like this problem with a 64-bit operating system has been going on for years. This same problem was also the reason why I was both running 7-Zip and TUGZip together because 7-Zip has a 64-bit version and its shell extension works perfectly fine with Vista 64-bit. There were tons of people that were trying to edit their Registry in order for TUGZip’s 32-bit shell extensions to work in a 64-bit operating system. None of the solutions work as far as I’m concerned since on the last page of that thread, I can still see people asking how to make it work.
So my question is, if there’s still no 64-bit shell extension for TUGZip what will happen if we do the opposite? Instead of TUGZip needing to have 64-bit shell extensions to work why not use a 32-bit application of Windows Explorer so the 32-bit shell extensions of TUGZip works. That’s exactly what I did and my god it worked…perfectly!
To start Windows Explorer in 32-bit mode, we need to create a shortcut. The 32-bit version of Windows explorer resides in C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ so just change your drive letter if it’s not C. So that’s where our shortcut will point to.
Now you can’t just make a shortcut and just put C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe you need to add the /separate switch so that that specific process of Windows Explorer is well…separate from the 64-bit version of Windows Explorer. The /separate switch also allows you to use different credentials if you want.
So what’s the final thing that you put in Target?
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe /separateThis is what it’s supposed to look like. Please note that I’ve put extra comments on the shortcut properties to make it look like it was there by default. I’ve also named it Windows Explorer (32-bit) and I’ve put it in my Accessories program groups.
When you’re done, hit Apply or Ok and test your newly made shortcut out. Here’s what mine look like!
Pretty ain’t it? I hope that helps!
Thank you for this solution. I’ve been using TUGZip for years and when I recently moved to VISTA64, I was really disappointed that the Explorer quick launch options were gone.
uhhhhh…. this whole process doesn’t make any sense to me. How does changing the properties of a shortcut to Explorer affect and/or change the TUGzip shell extensions? Maybe I’m really confused…. on what do I right-click to change the properties? I think this guide is a GREAT resource for us x64 users, but IMHO it doesn’t make any sense. From what I can see, only Explorer properties are modified, and nothing remotely related to TUGzip is modified. How does this help? Please provide us slower folks with an EXACT step-by-step to get TUGzip to work with all our right-clicking. THANKS!
This thing right here is a great solution to all tugzip users that has VISTA OS.
The solution works fine, thanks
It used to work fine in xp but I just had to upgrade…
Thank you for the x64 soln. Do you have any instructions on using TUGZIP from command line?
I just bought a new laptop from Dell with 4 GB ram and I was needing this fix
. Thanks for the solution Rodo.
Also, like Debster said do you have any ideeas how to use TUGZIP from command line ? I’m trying to make an automation here …
Thank you for your response,
Tom
I think this guide is a GREAT resource for us x64 users, but IMHO it doesn’t make any sense. From what I can see, only Explorer properties are modified, and nothing remotely related to TUGzip is modified. How does this help? Please provide us slower folks with an EXACT step-by-step to get TUGzip to work with all our right-clicking. THANKS!
Does not work for Windows7.
I have same problem like Fritz, not work for Win7
here i got great solution, Thank you for the x64 soln.
Does this not work with Windows 7? I tried it on my other laptop and it worked. What do i need to do to get this operating on Win 7?
@ Matt M: What windows do you have operating your other laptop where the tugzip works?
Ive just bought myself a brand new sony vai with 4gb of memory and I need to transfer ALOT!! of raw image files from a mac . Can I use tugzip to archive these ? What would be the best way of going about doing this? Does Tugzip work with macs or would I need to send them to my Sony Vaio first?
Thanks
Thanks for the post. I downloaded the file and now will be archiving my song collection. Thanks a lot.
I will be using it with Windows ME. Hope it works well.
@Matt did yours work well with Windows 7? My laptop is on Windows 7 then I will use this software there as well.
Ah! been looking for a solution like this for some time, thanks for the info.
It does work for Win 7 .. mine is Win 7 and it functions good.
Unfortunately I don’t want to have to resort to such workarounds only to use TugZip… Time to go back to 7-zip… And I really mean unfortunately because I really like Tugzip…
I just bought a new laptop from Dell with 4 GB ram and I was needing this fix . Thanks for the solution Rodo.
Also, like Debster said do you have any ideeas how to use TUGZIP from command line ? I’m trying to make an automation here. Time to go back to 7-zip… And I really mean unfortunately because I really like Tugzip…Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing. Ive just bought myself a brand new sony vai with 4gb of memory and I need to transfer a lot. Does Tugzip work with macs or would I need to send them to my Sony Vaio first?
Great info thanks for sharing it.
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Does not work for Windows7.
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