WinRAR or WinZIP

basically winRAR is better bit it always depend on the content ...

if you want something zipped down to the very max go for 7zip ... but the tool is ugly and its not compatible to other apps ...

for general use ... go for WinACE or WinRAR they both are pretty much the same and support nearly any format

since there is WinRAR and WinACE WinZip become forgotten since those 2 have much better compressionratio and give full Zip support ...
I personally prefer WinACE ... its more "clear" and more "beautiful" but if there wouldn't be any WinACE WinRAR would do the job the same way

KillerKebab

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#24473

2004-02-25 20:52

I don't really like WinACE too much. On my computer if I open a zip archive from a website it sometimes opens it and then just leaves it for no reason. Grr.

NIKEMARINE

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#24474

2004-02-25 21:00

i use winrar

maddog1066

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#24475

2004-02-25 21:15

Interesting comments but I will stay with winRAR I think it ROCKS

tobebana

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#24476

2004-02-25 22:09

WinRAR by far

Anonymous

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#24477

2004-02-25 22:35

I don't really like WinACE too much. On my computer if I open a zip archive from a website it sometimes opens it and then just leaves it for no reason. Grr.

try using the latest 2.5.0.9 version its quite well know that WinACE had some trouble with registration ... even if you were registered (legally) user it unregistered you from time to time

since x.9 it just works flawlessly

XIII

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#24478

2004-02-26 06:59

Yeah! WinRAR rocks, so does winzip, but i like winrar better.

vicente

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#24479

2004-02-26 07:41

winrar all the way!

Soulsinger

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#24480

2005-03-24 16:19

i say winrar as well

technews

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#24481

2005-04-01 17:43

I use WinRAR for many years now..

it supports pretty much all the types and the compression ratio is pretty good...

I'm used to it and I won't change it easily

technews

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#24482

2005-04-01 17:44

by the way

WinRAR 3.50 Beta is out !

:)

Anonymous

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#24483

2005-04-01 18:35

I recently discovered http://www.tugzip.com/news.html

which is a very good program ...
supports nearly every format
including .bin and stuff
but most important it contains a WinRAR / winace like GUI with the support of 7Zip which is by far the best compression methode...

but most important ... ITS FREE !!

Dark Biene

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#24484

2005-04-01 18:55

i´m going to test it :-)

edit:
WINRAR KICKED
thanx for the tip! :hail:

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#24485

2005-04-01 23:18

:D its not 100% stable there are crashes from in special situation but up to now I was able to extract any archiv with this tool
the only thing I experienced in some rare cases is that the context menu extraction does not work but switching to the GUI extraction fixes this

Dark Biene

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#24486

2005-04-02 06:30

maybe u can give feedback for this tool to the people how made this nice tool

a freeware tool that´s better than winrar and winzip,
amazing :beer:

Anonymous

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#24487

2005-04-02 10:09

yes devs are quite active in support forums and 3.3 is on the way

you can also add full ACE and .rar support by copying the freeware cmd .exe into tugzip dir and activate em by the plugin options