alternative to winzip?

JRjunior87 · Post by **JRjunior87** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:58 am

Hello!
Is there a free alternative to winzip that would work with zip files and ".rar" files?
My winzip does not work with rars...
Thank you very much!
JR

Amontilado · Post by **Amontilado** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 7:44 am

There is a program called WinRAR out there as shareware that I use along with others. Just head on over to Tucows (http://www.tucows.com) and dig around.

Steve

admiralross · Post by **admiralross** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:52 am

Amontilado wrote:There is a program called WinRAR out there as shareware that I use along with others. Just head on over to Tucows (http://www.tucows.com) and dig around.

I'd have to agree with you. However, zip is native XP. It's so easy to use. WinRAR is too but you have to pay. Me personally, I use WinRAR. Just wish RAR was native to XP or Vista.

MissDozer · Post by **MissDozer** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 12:42 pm

I'm sure this question was more spam, but some people might find this handy. It's a freeware file utility that handles zips and rars. I've used it for a year or so. It's called "Extract Now."

http://www.extractnow.com/

gswilder · Post by **gswilder** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:22 pm

7-zip is an excellent replacement and free. It has won numerous awards.

There is a lot of very good open source software out now, that rivals much of the commercial stuff. Openoffice.Org is great for an MicroSoft office replacement (word, excel, etc). Several excellent Anti-Spam and Antivirus software out.

Links below to some good free software. Also might want to bookmark Lifehacker or DIY for some good daily information.

http://liveslick.com/2007/09/08/top-10- ... ut-should/

jjposey · Post by **jjposey** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:57 am

http://www.download.com is a good place to find free or shareware software of many kinds.

hzjpmp · Post by **hzjpmp** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:13 am

I use ALZip - will handle 36 different file formats and is free.

http://www.altools.net/ALTools/ALZip/ta ... fault.aspx

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:55 am

google search Wizip Registration Code.

___H

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:57 am

or even Winzip Registration Code.

___H (who can not log in to this site at all for some mysterious reason)

bones1000 · Post by **bones1000** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:52 am

7-zip is great

goose · Post by **goose** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:19 pm

7-zip works for me.
Google on open source software and see where it leads you.....all kinds of good stuff for no or low cost (if it's shareware, please pay for it if you use it -- just my thing)......

cheers
goose

6PtStar · Post by **6PtStar** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 4:01 pm

Hey, I like AL ZIP. Them little eggs with eyes are cute. It seems to work good to.

Nodzy · Post by **Nodzy** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 6:43 am

JRjunior87 wrote:Hello!
Is there a free alternative to winzip that would work with zip files and ".rar" files?
My winzip does not work with rars...
Thank you very much!
JR

JRjunior87,
I've been through a bunch of zip utilities over the years, and WINZip is great. But, I now use ZipGenius on all the computers. It's FREE, and works very well. It does .rar files also. The link is...

http://www.zipgenius.it/eng/index.php

I hope you find it useful.

Nodzy

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