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PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:21 am    Post subject: alternative to winzip?   Post Rating: 0 Reply with quote

Hello!
Is there a free alternative to winzip that would work with zip files and ".rar" files?
My winzip does not work with rars... Sad
Thank you very much!
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:32 am    Post subject:    Post Rating: 0 Reply with quote

I use 7-zip:

http://www.7-zip.org

I can use it for ZIP, RAR, ARJ, and lots more. I can even join and split files with it, so I don't use RJSplit anymore!

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:33 am    Post subject:    Post Rating: 0 Reply with quote

I use Winrar for everything now.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:35 am    Post subject:    Post Rating: 0 Reply with quote

nophankh wrote:
I use Winrar for everything now.

He's looking for "free". Winrar isn't free.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:07 am    Post subject:    Post Rating: 0 Reply with quote

Actually you can use WinRAR trial for 30 days (for free), and it'll just keep asking you to register after 30 days (you might lose some functions, but the main common functions are still usable)

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:54 pm    Post subject:    Post Rating: 0 Reply with quote

aj2005uk wrote:
Actually you can use WinRAR trial for 30 days (for free), and it'll just keep asking you to register after 30 days (you might lose some functions, but the main common functions are still usable)

Well then so is WinZip 11 - it supports RAR now. But that's beside the point - you should be un-installing the software if you decide not to purchase it after the 30-day window runs out. I'm myself a software developer, so I'm very much pro-developer when it comes to issues like this.

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:30 am    Post subject:    Post Rating: 0 Reply with quote

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aj2005uk wrote:
Actually you can use WinRAR trial for 30 days (for free), and it'll just keep asking you to register after 30 days (you might lose some functions, but the main common functions are still usable)

Well then so is WinZip 11 - it supports RAR now. But that's beside the point - you should be un-installing the software if you decide not to purchase it after the 30-day window runs out. I'm myself a software developer, so I'm very much pro-developer when it comes to issues like this.

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Then I urge you all to try 7-Zip... it's 100% free (and open-source).
And it's all in one, it can even detect files with .001 extension and will automatically join all files that come next to that extension. Can also uncompress a wide variety of archives (including RAR, even the windows CAB files and even self-extracting Installshield installers). Hahaha am I promoting it too much? Wub

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 5:41 am    Post subject:    Post Rating: 0 Reply with quote

There is a free unrar utility by Alexander Roshal. But I think .7z is better than .rar. I have started using the 7ZA utility by Igor Pavlov sometimes instead of the ancient pkzip 204g that I have always used.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 7:10 pm    Post subject:    Post Rating: 0 Reply with quote

try izarc if the above software suggestions dont work out or not to your liking.

http://www.izarc.org/

I tried winrar and winzip before and switched to this a while back since it was free and it handled all the compressed file types.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:45 pm    Post subject:    Post Rating: 0 Reply with quote

winrar is more mainstream, but 7z has better compression

there was a day where the people at rarsoft gave out winrar corp edition for free for an entire day, ask someone who has it ;)
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