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old3eyes

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#1176346 15-Nov-2014 15:48

Zeon: 7zip is the best - winrar isn't open-source?

No but it seems free to use..

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#1176348 15-Nov-2014 16:01

Use Windows, no real need for a third party App

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#1176351 15-Nov-2014 16:12

I'd pay for Winrar rather than use 7zip, it's the best software I spent $29 on 10 years ago, all upgrades have been free in that time.

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#1176477 15-Nov-2014 21:46

Another +1 for winrar. I used the free version of it for years back when I used windows. Just had to click out of an annoying pop-up reminding you its an evaluation version every time I used it..

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#1176486 15-Nov-2014 21:56

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#1176588 15-Nov-2014 23:16

Andib:

You do get a message if you run the WinRar though. But, if you just use right-click menu then you never see anything about the trial period.

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#1176592 15-Nov-2014 23:37

7zip is great, and open source. Can extract basically any format. Its like the VLC of compressed files

You just rightclick a file and do extract here or whatever

Why buy winzip or winrar?

But if you're just unzipping something use windows

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#1176596 15-Nov-2014 23:49

Regs: windows can create and open zip files as part of the operating system since vista/7

But not 7z, rar, tarballs, gzip, iso, deb, rpm. Or anything but zip.

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#1176597 16-Nov-2014 00:13

ckc:
Regs: windows can create and open zip files as part of the operating system since vista/7

But not 7z, rar, tarballs, gzip, iso, deb, rpm. Or anything but zip.

Also, if you need to do it, 7-Zip can open exe files, as well as Flash files (swf, flv). It's a handy utility to have and goes way beyond the built-in zip file manager in Windows.

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#1176598 16-Nov-2014 00:16

I use winrar myself, got a free code once when they were running some promo, and just never updated it. Works well 7 zip though is good too.

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#1176602 16-Nov-2014 02:54

Regs: windows can create and open zip files as part of the operating system since vista/7

Since XP even. You just right click, new, compressed folder, waa laa. Or double click to open the zipped file.

I have WinRar on here to open the odd compressed rar file however I usually compress everything in to a .cab file using lzx 21. Force of habit from old days of fiddling with Microsoft cab files. Except HeleCABCompressor does lzx support for I think about as higher compression as you can get.

I might check out 7zip too.

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