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Good free RAR program
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:47 pm
by dicecca112
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.
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:10 pm
by Dragon_Cooler
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:14 pm
by Zertz
Looked up on a few sites and there doesn't seem to be another choice really.
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:22 pm
by dicecca112
its not totally free. Its only free for 40days, then it bitches and bitches and bitches
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:22 pm
by Nandro
7-Zip is free and does rar and more
http://www.7-zip.org/
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:02 pm
by Alathald
Yeah I use 7zip for everything, has yet to fail me OR bitch...gotta love the open source community
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:37 pm
by DaddyRabbit
I'll throw up a 3rd for 7-Zip
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:50 pm
by Nandro
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.
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:06 pm
by dgood
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.
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:21 am
by elkmanwsu
7-zip also does 7z files which I think is another great way for compressing files that can be used by anybody.
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 6:35 am
by dicecca112
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
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:51 am
by Antonik
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.