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Subject: question on zip progs: not really OT

Faery_Light opened this issue on Feb 25, 2007 · 15 posts
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Faery_Light ( ) posted Sun, 25 February 2007 at 10:25 PM · edited Fri, 17 January 2025 at 9:25 PM

I'm wondering if some of you might know a bit about zip programs. I need to change from the one I've got so when I upload my freebies or retail stuff people can open them. I have the evaluation copy of Winzip V. 11 and it's causing problems. So off to their site I went and found what is wrong. It isn't always compatible with other zip programs. So if you download a Winzip file and use something else you get the corrupt message. I found three files, Freezip, Powerarchiver and one other, gotta find where it went, I lost it. Anyhow...does anyone use any of these or what do you use? I need one that's compatible with other software. Any help appreciated. Thanks.


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svdl ( ) posted Sun, 25 February 2007 at 10:30 PM

I use WinZip v9 and v10. Both will open your files just fine.

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Faery_Light ( ) posted Sun, 25 February 2007 at 10:32 PM

hi; guess I need to find my old V.9 or v.10 and install it. V.11 is not compatible with other zip software. If not for poor eyesight, I'd have read the fineprint...sigh. Thanks for reply.


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bazze ( ) posted Tue, 27 February 2007 at 2:34 AM

WinRar is free and works just fine with zip files...

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pearce ( ) posted Tue, 27 February 2007 at 8:45 AM · edited Tue, 27 February 2007 at 8:49 AM

Attached Link: http://www.stuffit.com/win/expander/

There's also Stuffit (Mac or PC). The file expander is free. Does zip, tar, rar etc.

Isn't the free Winrar a "trial" version?

EDIT: there's also the opensource 7-Zip
http://www.7-zip.org/

bazze ( ) posted Tue, 27 February 2007 at 9:04 AM

yepp it is a trial but without time limit though..just some annoying reminder messages..

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pearce ( ) posted Tue, 27 February 2007 at 9:07 AM

Ah right :)

I needed to unrar something recently and didn't bother with Winrar because of that "trial" thing, and got Stuffit expander instead.

kawecki ( ) posted Tue, 27 February 2007 at 11:27 AM

I only use WinRar, it is easy to use, friendly interface, you can open zip, rar, ace, gz, tar, iso and Poser's (pzz,crz,ppz,....)!!!! You also can look/open what is inside zips.
And if you want to compress something you can do it into multiple volumes (.rar.part1, .rar.part2, part3.....), excellent for backups that don't fit in only one CD.
And I hate Winzip!!!!

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Faery_Light ( ) posted Tue, 27 February 2007 at 12:07 PM

Yes, I have that too but it doesn't let you pack in zip format. which is what I need for my products here. And the latest Winzip wasn't made compatible with most other zip programs. That has caused a lot of confusion. so I'm going back to the older Winzip I still have a copy of. And This other,Powerarchiver, is a good one but after a period I'll have to buy at &20.oo but it looks worth it. Thanks for all the replies.


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Unicornst ( ) posted Tue, 27 February 2007 at 4:17 PM · edited Tue, 27 February 2007 at 4:18 PM

Attached Link: EasyZip

**This is the one I use all the time. Never gives me any problems and it's totally free. Plus it has the added advantage of remembering the last file you unzipped something to. Also, very easy to zip things in. Just right-click on whatever you want to zip and tell it to. Then let it do it's thing and you have it. **

kawecki ( ) posted Tue, 27 February 2007 at 5:41 PM

Quote - Yes, I have that too but it doesn't let you pack in zip format.

But I always pack in zip format!, rar compress a little more but is much slower than zip.
You only need to select in which format you want to compress, check the zip option.

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TerraDreamer ( ) posted Wed, 28 February 2007 at 2:09 PM

Corel now owns WinZip.  Is it any wonder it's suddenly become a POS?

Faery_Light ( ) posted Wed, 28 February 2007 at 2:28 PM

kawecki, You can pack in zip format with winrar? Well, then I don't need anything else. :) Thank you all for your replies.


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kawecki ( ) posted Wed, 28 February 2007 at 3:07 PM

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You can choose the compression options too and many more things that almost never use.

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svdl ( ) posted Wed, 28 February 2007 at 4:31 PM

Corel owns WinZip? Heck, then i'tll probably go the way of Quattro - FUBAR.

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