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It's a commandlet with a collection of new algorithms introduced in Windows 10 that allow you to transparently compress games, programs and other folders with virtually no performance loss.
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**Transparently? What does that mean?**
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Transparent compression means that files can still be used normally on the computer as if nothing had happened - they don't get repackaged like Zip and Rar files do.
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Transparent compression means that files can still be used normally on the computer as if nothing had happened - they don't get repackaged like Zip and Rar files do. You can still browse, launch games and programs exactly as you did before.
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**How is this different from the built-in compression in older versions of Windows?**
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This is similar to the NTFS-LZNT1 compression built-in to Windows (Right click > Properties > Compress to save space) however the newer algorithms introduced in Windows 10+ are far superior, resulting in greater compression ratios with almost no performance impact.Those with older HDDs may even see a decent performance gain in the form of reduced loading times as the smaller files means it takes less time to read programs and games into RAM. [More information can be found here](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh920921(v=vs.85).aspx)
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This is similar to the NTFS-LZNT1 compression built-in to Windows (Right click > Properties > Compress to save space) however the newer algorithms introduced in Windows 10+ are far superior, resulting in greater compression ratios with almost no performance impact.Those with older HDDs may even see a performance gain in the form of reduced loading times - smaller files can be read into RAM faster, and the CPU can decompress them on the fly much faster than a typical HDD can supply them. [More information can be found here](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh920921(v=vs.85).aspx)
<p>Download from <ahref="https://github.com/IridiumIO/CompactGUI/releases"><b>GitHub Releases</b></a></p>
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- <p>Download from <ahref="https://github.com/IridiumIO/CompactGUI/releases"><b>GitHub Releases</b></a></p>
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- Install using Winget `winget install CompactGUI`
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## Uses
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Use this tool to compress folders while still being able to use/run them normally:
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- Reduce the size of games (e.g. ARK-Survival Evolved: 169 GB > 91.2 GB)
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- Steam game results can be submitted to the online database from within CompactGUI
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- Integration into Windows Explorer context menus for easier use.
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- Analyze the status of existing folders
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- Background monitor to keep track of compressed folders and easily see / recompress them if they've been recently updated (such as Steam games) or decompressed.
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- Background Watcher - keeps track of folders and monitors them for changes (e.g. Steam game updates) and automatically keeps them compressed in the background.
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<h4align="center"><b>See the <ahref="https://github.com/ImminentFate/CompactGUI/wiki/Community-Compression-Results">Wiki</a> for a list of <ahref="https://github.com/ImminentFate/CompactGUI/wiki/Community-Compression-Results"><imgsrc="https://img.shields.io/badge/8530-Games-blue.svg"></a> that have been tested from <ahref="https://github.com/ImminentFate/CompactGUI/wiki/Community-Compression-Results"><imgsrc="https://img.shields.io/badge/-57947-lightgrey.svg"></a> submissions</b></h3>
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<h4align="center"><b>See the <ahref="https://github.com/ImminentFate/CompactGUI/wiki/Community-Compression-Results">Wiki</a> for a list of <ahref="https://github.com/ImminentFate/CompactGUI/wiki/Community-Compression-Results"><imgsrc="https://img.shields.io/badge/9779-Games-blue.svg"></a> that have been tested from <ahref="https://github.com/ImminentFate/CompactGUI/wiki/Community-Compression-Results"><imgsrc="https://img.shields.io/badge/-82436-lightgrey.svg"></a> submissions</b></h3>
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