Winzip Expired

[popowich]

OK. My winzip evaluation expired.

Uninstall, reboot, reinstall used to get me 45 more days in the past.

Is there a good free WinZip alternative for Microsoft Windows?

-Raymond

[Raven]

I use Win Rar (http://www.win-rar.com/)been using it for years and never bought it.

OK. My winzip evaluation expired.

Uninstall, reboot, reinstall used to get me 45 more days in the past.

Is there a good free WinZip alternative for Microsoft Windows?

-Raymond

[Big Dan]

7-Zip is what I use exclusively. www.7-zip.org

[Kaos]

I keep meaning to try 7-zip. I own winzip and lost the registration number for it. Its driving me crazy I know I saved it in my email box but can't find it.

[esnagel]

I use 7-zip, too

[Big Dan]

I keep meaning to try 7-zip. I own winzip and lost the registration number for it. Its driving me crazy I know I saved it in my email box but can't find it.

Yeah, it's great. I'm not sure how WinZip works but with 7-Zip you can right click on a file an choose options for compressing or decompressing it right from the context menu without even opening a program. :)

Besides why pay for something when a something free works great? ;)

[popowich]

Installed, thanks!

-Raymond

[Yung Bro]

i use WinRAR, it is better than WinZip and 7-zip, crack for WinRar you can find in the internet

[yukon]

personally I've been preferring winrar over winzip for years, especially helpful for some of us "non-win" fools who are forced to use windows in certain instances, like work. But we all know its only needed as an SSH client :)

rarlabs.com if memory serves . . .

[popowich]

ARGH !!!


:comp26: :comp26: :comp26: :comp26: :comp26: :comp26:

How the frick do I get a .zip from my desktop uploaded with an FTP client.

Everything automatically goes into it.

I do not want XP to treat zip files as folders.

How do I turn that off?

-Raymond

[popowich]

This article on how to Disable zip file support in Windows XP (http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/03/18/turn-off-and-disable-windows-xp-built-in-zip-support-and-compressed-folders/) seems a little extreme.

There must be a clicky box option for this somewhere, right?

-Raymond

[popowich]

The WinRAR does what I wanted.

I guess in English all I wanted was "Please let me know what to install to cripple XP's ability to jerk around with my .zip files... they are files not folders dammit!" :laughing6:

-Raymond

[yukon]

pretty sure if you associate .zip files with winrar @ install (of winrar of course) it will basically "take over" this functionality from the OS.

[Raven]

It does. You have to click all you want win-rar to do at install. zip etc.

pretty sure if you associate .zip files with winrar @ install (of winrar of course) it will basically "take over" this functionality from the OS.