Good free RAR program

Post by **dicecca112** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:47 pm

WinRar won't stop bugging me that this is an evaluation version, etc etc.

Just wanna be able to open and create RARs and ZIPs if it can do more great, if it only does those two fine.

Dragon_Cooler · Post by **Dragon_Cooler** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:10 pm

winrar is free
http://rarlabs.com/rar/wrar37b7.exe

HRMMM

Zertz · Post by **Zertz** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:14 pm

Looked up on a few sites and there doesn't seem to be another choice really.

Post by **dicecca112** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:22 pm

its not totally free. Its only free for 40days, then it bitches and bitches and bitches

Nandro · Post by **Nandro** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:22 pm

7-Zip is free and does rar and more http://www.7-zip.org/

Alathald · Post by **Alathald** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:02 pm

Nandro wrote:7-Zip is free and does rar and more http://www.7-zip.org/

Yeah I use 7zip for everything, has yet to fail me OR bitch...gotta love the open source community

DaddyRabbit · Post by **DaddyRabbit** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:37 pm

I'll throw up a 3rd for 7-Zip

Nandro · Post by **Nandro** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:50 pm

I have actually been using it myself lately and I can say it really isn't much different than winrar. The interface is a little more generic, but speed and functionality wise its right on par with it. For free it's a no brainer. I may even switch fully to it as it is a bit leaner and even though systems have a load of memory and disk space i always try to go lean, if nothing just to support the design.

dgood · Post by **dgood** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:06 pm

hmm winrar beta doesn't bug you for stuff. Either way its not as bad as winzip which'll count up all the days its been on your computer before you can go on to use it.

elkmanwsu · Post by **elkmanwsu** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:21 am

7-zip also does 7z files which I think is another great way for compressing files that can be used by anybody.

Post by **dicecca112** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 6:35 am

dgood wrote:hmm winrar beta doesn't bug you for stuff. Either way its not as bad as winzip which'll count up all the days its been on your computer before you can go on to use it.

well mine does everytime I open it. 7-zip seems to be working well though

Antonik · Post by **Antonik** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:51 am

dicecca112 wrote:
dgood wrote:hmm winrar beta doesn't bug you for stuff. Either way its not as bad as winzip which'll count up all the days its been on your computer before you can go on to use it.
well mine does everytime I open it. 7-zip seems to be working well though

i never open winrar directly, I right click, and extract...then nothing bothers you.