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johnq86
09-06-2006, 01:24 PM
by best i mean whick one can i use that will open all of the file types?i dont want to download winzip and winrar.
peat moss
09-06-2006, 01:40 PM
Winrar is one of the most popular , and with out it you'll never be able to open some of the files you D/L .
Melvinmeow
09-06-2006, 01:58 PM
winrar would be the most commonly used one. Can find it at www.rarsoft.com
suprafreak6
09-07-2006, 01:04 AM
i easily agree to the two above
zapjb
09-07-2006, 03:58 AM
Imo the best meeting your criteria is 7-Zip.
http://www.7-zip.org/

The main features of 7-Zip:
High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression
7-Zip is free software distributed under the GNU LGPL
Supported formats:
Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
Unpacking only: RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS
For ZIP and GZIP formats 7-Zip provides compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
Self-extracting capability for 7z format
Integration with Windows Shell
Powerful File Manager
Powerful command line version
Plugin for FAR Manager
Localizations for 63 languages
erRor67
09-07-2006, 04:34 AM
I like using winRar and 7-zip.

Funny how those two have already been mentioned. :)
peat moss
09-07-2006, 04:40 AM
@zAP , the weird thing is he did n't explain why no winzip or winrar ? Not going to get far using the windows zip utility . All I can think is I sent Johnq86 thru PM a winraw file of a Anti Virus program but mentioned he would need a compression utility to open . It was a Corp . version no hassles to register etc.

Sometimes you can lead a horse to water . :)
zapjb
09-07-2006, 08:23 AM
I like using winRar and 7-zip.

Funny how those two have already been mentioned. :)
I'm using this combo also.


@peat Ime 7-zip bests WinZip, WinRAR, IZArc & all the rest. The only reason I have WinRAR hanging around. Is I thought 7-zip didn't work on spanned rar files. I'm told this is false. But I've yet to test this. If this is true 7-zip will be by itself.
{I}{K}{E}
09-07-2006, 08:40 AM
7-Zip has the best compression but I prefer Winrar
Chewie
09-07-2006, 02:39 PM
by best i mean whick one can i use that will open all of the file types?i dont want to download winzip and winrar.
I only bother with WinRAR. It opens everything I need it to, and integrates properly into X64, too.
See attached screenie of what it handles:
http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/554/wrarwk8.jpg