Alternative to Winrar

Greenlizard0 · 29 Aug 2007 at 22:48

I used to have this program when they gave it away for free briefly - and I loved it to bits. Are there any free alternatives out there? I particularly liked winrar's ability to add itself to a context menu.

marc_howarth · 29 Aug 2007 at 22:50

i'm using 7-zip atm, love it's simplicity

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MarcLister · 29 Aug 2007 at 23:10

marc_howarth said:
i'm using 7-zip atm, love it's simplicity

linkage

7-Zippity wuppity woo.

*Yeah I like 7-Zip.*

Greenlizard0 · 29 Aug 2007 at 23:12

Ok lads just installed it, it seems very nice. I do miss Winrar's ability to integrate itself on my context menu's though..

MarcLister · 29 Aug 2007 at 23:14

Greenlizard0 said:
Ok lads just installed it, it seems very nice. I do miss Winrar's ability to integrate itself on my context menu's though..

Open 7-Zip's exe. Then Tools>Options>Plugins>Options>Check "Integrate 7-Zip into shell context menu".

Cascaded box means its a mini-menu off the main context menu. I have mine off, I like a sleek single lined menu here.

Greenlizard0 · 29 Aug 2007 at 23:17

MarcLister said:
Open 7-Zip's exe. Then Tools>Options>Plugins>Options>Check "Integrate 7-Zip into shell context menu".

Cascaded box means its a mini-menu off the main context menu. I have mine off, I like a sleek single lined menu here.

Spot on, thanks!

MarcLister · 29 Aug 2007 at 23:18

Pleased to have been of service Senor Greenlizard0.

HangTime · 30 Aug 2007 at 00:28

I started using 7-zip (beta) last week, done a few tests and it definitely seems to be a better compressor than Winrar (10%+ smaller), although it is slower as well. Not too much of an issue on modern CPUs though.

MarcLister · 30 Aug 2007 at 00:32

HangTime - Is that the latest beta?

And are you using the .7Z file format and the Ultra compression level?

Sinque · 30 Aug 2007 at 07:35

Is this faster or slower than Winrar are extracting?

MarcLister · 30 Aug 2007 at 12:03

I think that depends on the file format (.7z or .zip) and compression level. I think its perhaps just a little bit slower but tbh I haven't use WinRar in ages.

z0mbi3 · 30 Aug 2007 at 12:05

iZarc is quite good.

chaosophy · 30 Aug 2007 at 13:17

Was a long time user of winrar but recently went to 7Zip when I found out it had an x64 release and was supposedly multicore aware. And I really like it.

Gizmowithatt · 30 Aug 2007 at 13:37

Zip genius

I use this Zip genius +its free & it works on Vista 64 http://www.zipgenius.it/eng/index.php