Winrar


  1. Posts : 88
    Windows 7 - Ultimate
       #1

    Winrar


    Hello,

    I was using winrar on win 7 but now I removed it and I can still access zipped Folder via "windows explorer" which is cool is it enough ? or do I need to reinstall winrar? Because now I can access the files without winrar so no need to unzip them anymore.

    Thanks
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  2. Posts : 5,807
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64 - Mac OS X 10.6.4 x64
       #2

    TheIceman6 said:
    Hello,

    I was using winrar on win 7 but now I removed it and I can still access zipped Folder via "windows explorer" which is cool is it enough ? or do I need to reinstall winrar? Because now I can access the files without winrar so no need to unzip them anymore.

    Thanks
    Windows Explorer has native support for .zips
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  3. Posts : 797
    Windows 7 Ultimate (x64)
       #3

    These days I prefer 7zip - it opens (and creates) all kinds of archives, there is a 64-bit version, and it's free. Windows on the other hand will open zip and cab files, but not rar, gz, bz2, etc.
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  4. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #4

    Hello The Iceman,

    If you cannot open a ZIP file, then the ZIP download option in the tutorial below will restore the default ZIP associations back in Windows 7 so that you should be able to afterwards.

    Default File Type Associations - Restore

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
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  5. Posts : 5,807
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64 - Mac OS X 10.6.4 x64
       #5

    unifex said:
    These days I prefer 7zip - it opens (and creates) all kinds of archives, there is a 64-bit version, and it's free. Windows on the other hand will open zip and cab files, but not rar, gz, bz2, etc.
    I am the same way...I have no clue why folks elect for WinRAR

    7zip is free (like you said), very minimalistic, and not bloated
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  6. Posts : 88
    Windows 7 - Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Zidane24 said:
    TheIceman6 said:
    Hello,

    I was using winrar on win 7 but now I removed it and I can still access zipped Folder via "windows explorer" which is cool is it enough ? or do I need to reinstall winrar? Because now I can access the files without winrar so no need to unzip them anymore.

    Thanks
    Windows Explorer has native support for .zips
    Thanks yeah I downloaded a .rar Folder and I couldn't access to it.

    I'll download 7zip as it's Free

    Thanks for your help.
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  7. Posts : 5,807
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64 - Mac OS X 10.6.4 x64
       #7

    TheIceman6 said:
    Zidane24 said:
    TheIceman6 said:
    Hello,

    I was using winrar on win 7 but now I removed it and I can still access zipped Folder via "windows explorer" which is cool is it enough ? or do I need to reinstall winrar? Because now I can access the files without winrar so no need to unzip them anymore.

    Thanks
    Windows Explorer has native support for .zips
    Thanks yeah I downloaded a .rar Folder and I couldn't access to it.

    I'll download a Free trial again :)


    Thanks for your help.
    Why not use 7zip...free, does everything that winrar does and more...
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  8. Posts : 2,606
    Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1
       #8

    I use 7Zip. I like it, although its interface isn't very Windows-ish (IMHO).

    As far as I know, it can't create RAR archives, although it can expand them. Its supported formats are 7z, zip, and tar. (Tar is for Tape ARchive, popular on Unix systems.)
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