WinAce is a legacy archiving app for

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. It works primarily with the eponymous

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but supports ZIP, RAR and CAB. The app is not free, but its developer also developed a

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app called Unace for

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and

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that extracts archive files. Beginning with version 2.65, WinAce was bundled with the WhenU SaveNow

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program. This bundle was removed from the last version (2.69) and had been replaced with an opt-in sponsorship deal via

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. The app has since been discontinued. There is a version of the app for the

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operating system, called Commandline ACE. Its title, however, is misnomer because the app sports a

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(TUI) that emulates the color theme of

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. In addition to the ACE format, it supports

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, RAR, ZIP, and LZH (partial) archive formats. Commandline ACE ships with a copy of Unace. Both apps support DOS,

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and Windows operating systems, and recognize

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. Commandline ACE could be used for

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External links

Official Website - Web Archive Snapshot from 14.07.2017

Download link for last Version 2.69i - Web Archive Snapshot from 21.01.2011
{{Compression Software Implementations Windows compression software Adware File archivers

See also

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