Unpacked EXE Performance

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For those using the unpacked exe version of TC have you observed any performance/reliability advantages?

Only for speed.
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22%
Only for reliability with antivirus sw etc.
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22%
Both speed and reliability gains.
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7%
No measurable changes so far!
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Unpacked EXE Performance

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Unpacked version of Total Commander's executable file can be downloaded from our two unofficial plug-in sites: www.totalcmd.net and www.clubtotal.tk
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I tried it, but found absolutely no changes. Maybe, my computer is too fast to see them (Athlon XP 1700+). Now I use the normal packed file from the full installation.
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For me, the packed version even loads a bit faster...
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ghisler(Author) wrote:For me, the packed version even loads a bit faster...
Hmmm! That's new! ;)

Ok, since AFAIK I cannot edit the poll options to add a new one you are free Christian to add a fifth option that should read something like: "Performance on my packed version is actually better".
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Well, reading the packed version from disk should be faster by definition...

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Whats the size of the unpacked version?
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Aezay wrote:Whats the size of the unpacked version?
2Mb
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pdavit wrote:Unpacked version of Total Commander's executable file can be downloaded from our two unofficial plug-in sites: www.totalcmd.net and www.clubtotal.tk
Where can I download it from www.totalcmd.net? I cannot find it.
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Try this link from ClubTotal:

http://clubtotal.free.fr/index.php?dir=Releases/&file=tcmd603a_unpacked.exe.%2832bit%29.only.zip
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Hacker wrote:Well, reading the packed version from disk should be faster by definition...
Probably not when there is a virus scanner active... Since many viruses spread in a packed form, the scanner will sometimes monitor the unpacking of the exe in memory in a sandbox.
Im using Norton Antivirus 2004, and running a P IV 2.4 Ghz with 1GB RAM, which should be fast enough, but still the unpacked version displays the main window in about half a second, while the packed version needs about a second. I dont think the unpacking itself needs as long.
(I did not ever measure this exactly, but i dont think that this is placebo.)
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From my experience with older computers (Pentium 1, Celeron 333) I never experienced any slowdown with packed EXE files.
I used to pack nearly _all_ EXE files with UPX due to my small harddisk.
Considering that computers nowadays are much faster, I think that packing makes EXEs load faster, because of the relatively slow harddisks.

@stud:
If you're using an "on-access-virus-scanner" all the time, you could buy a "100GHz Pentium X", and the thing still would be very slow.
These "on-access-virus-scanners" are IMHO a major pain in the a**!
If I scanned my whole PC once, why should I scan all the files all the time again and again and again and again and.....? That doesn't make sense to me.
When I download stuff, I certainly scan it by hand before running it, but I never use "on-access-virus-scanners". They drive me crazy.
But this is way OT! :)
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