Windows 7 - Winrar

TheIceman6 · 01-06-2010

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

Zidane24 · 01-06-2010

Quote: Originally Posted by TheIceman6

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

unifex · 01-06-2010

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.

Brink · 01-06-2010

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

Zidane24 · 01-06-2010

Quote: Originally Posted by unifex

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

TheIceman6 · 01-06-2010

Quote: Originally Posted by Zidane24

Quote: Originally Posted by TheIceman6

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.

Zidane24 · 01-06-2010

Quote: Originally Posted by TheIceman6

Quote: Originally Posted by Zidane24

Quote: Originally Posted by TheIceman6

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...

bobkn · 01-06-2010

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.)

Windows 7 - Winrar

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