File Compression Program

rctneil · 26 Jan 2008 at 11:48

Hello,

I am looking for a program to compress files into at least the following formats:

.zip
.rar
.7z

Is there a program that can compress and decompress each of these but also adds shortcuts for each to the right clcik menu?

And one that is vista compatible - 64 bit one would be nice but not necessary and MUST be easy to use.

Regards,
Neil

bledd · 26 Jan 2008 at 11:55

7zip

it can't create rar's, but it can open them

awesome tool, meets all your criteria

press F9 when in the program to get two panes, extracts faster that way -from 1 pane to the other, instead of copying to temp files first like winrar

rctneil · 26 Jan 2008 at 11:56

I am using 7zip now but thats why i posted here to find one that does all that but CAN create rars.

bledd · 26 Jan 2008 at 12:01

wouldn't be suprised if winrar is the only one that can (legally)

i'd imagine if other software can, it won't be free as they'd have to pay rar labs for using the rar code..

7z files can be read by every program that can read a rar btw

Jimbeam3678 · 26 Jan 2008 at 13:26

Assume i'm missing something obvious , but why not just use winrar ??

rctneil · 26 Jan 2008 at 13:33

I would but i would rather not pay for it and I can't stand it's constant complaing saying "This is a paid for program" etc.

Jimbeam3678 · 26 Jan 2008 at 13:40

Ahhh right fair enough

RobH · 26 Jan 2008 at 13:42

I like Winrar a lot because it's the only program that I find easy to use and has a decent context menu. I do agree that the licensing for it is silly considering it's a utility, it should cover a household or a single user, not a single machine because most people use more than one machine.