I started a thread a week or so ago asking for some help Getting Poser 8 off the ground,It's still on the Tarmac but i realized something, In My old PC that had Poser 7, I had WinRar to use for unzipping the content and installing it into Poser 7 with no hassles what-so-ever, But, In My new PC, I did'nt have either Winzip or WinRar installed, I thought Windows 7 Pro was gonna handle all that and,Just like a Lazy baggage handler, It would take it out of the car, But would'nt take it to baggage check-in then onto the plane!
  Was This the Missing piece to the puzzle???,I'm Still Figuring out how to get Poser 8 up-and-running but trying to get the content in there was driving me nuts; Can you guys tell me if this is the case and also what unzipping utility software that you use??,Should I stick with WinRar??,Again, Many thanks for your help and input.

I've used both, but I've come down on the side of winzip, the latest versions of Winzip will open rar files.

Attached Link: http://www.7-zip.org/

7-zip is a good alternative and works well for rar and zip formats. It can also handle other less common compression algorithms.

It doesn't hurt to have them all, but Winzip is my favourite & has been for at least a decade.

tray izarc its vree and i think it is good.

http://www.izarc.org

I use an ancient copy of UltimateZip (free) in Windows... and unarchive all my rar files in Linux.

flyerx has the right idea.  7zip is the way to go.   

7zip

Izarc

Powerful, free, does it all.

Klebnor

I'll echo 7-zip, you don't have any nag screens.

With me it'll always be WinRAR.

Laurie

I think that Winrar can be set up to Unzip (there's a lot more options for zip  files), but I don't think that Unzip does that many different ones (but then  I'm still using Winzip 8...;)

I am a WinRar girl myself.

I used winrar for years, used winzip until I got tired of the nag screens, never got around to registering it, but when  I found 7 zip I found the one I'll use from now on. Has favorite folders, does every format under the sun and it's free with no nag screens.

Winrar here....

Corporate Winrar.

If it works I'll try anything! But I've been a winzip person for a long time.

WinRar works fine, it opens zip, rar, 7z, tar, gz, ace, arj, Poser's crz, ppz, ..., iso, bz2 and more.
I only had problems with some bz2.
7z I haven't experimented, yet..

LOL I may have to download winrar again. if it opens Poser compressed files. LOL

poser compressed files are basically zipped. anything that can open a Zip can open them.

oh ok. LOL

Poser files are not "zipped", are "gzipped" (*.gz)

Personally, I use both :)

Quote - Personally, I use both :)

So you go both ways? a bi-compressual?

 I ran into the same problem...bought the latest version of WinZip mainly for zipping Poser products.  Was afraid my old version wouldn't work with the new Win 7 64 bit system.  Wish I'd tried it first; this new version is a pain in the butt--don't like it at all.  Still have WinRar and will use that whenever possible.

Repeat after me...

7Zip is free and does everything that Winzip or WinRar will do. 

7Zip is free and does everything that Winzip or WinRar will do.

7Zip is free and does everything that Winzip or WinRar will do.

7Zip is free and does everything that Winzip or WinRar will do.

7Zip is free and does everything that Winzip or WinRar will do.

well... I got my Winrar from a magazine for free..... (fully Regged :) )

Izarc is free, does everything Winzip or Winrar will do, and has a better GUI than 7Zip (imho).

Klebnor