chiangrai Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Hi, What's the best free program for unzipping files on windows 7. I download some files that are compressed and just want a simple free program to un-zip them. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laislica Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 7zip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCor Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Windows 7 comes with the ability to compress and decompress .zip files. I usually install RARLab's WinRAR that can compress/decompress many other formats. The installer will install context-aware option in File Explorer that you can see when right-clicking files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiangrai Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 That's great RichCor, I've just got WinRar. Do they leave you it for free indefinitely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicog Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 +1 7Zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCor Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Many sites list WinRAR as shareware, but RARLabs usually tags it as, "WinRAR is a trial product, meaning you have the chance to thoroughly test it. The program can be used absolutely free of charge for 40 days!" "While archiving with the RAR format is proprietary, Rarlabs supply as copyrighted freeware the source code of the UnRAR unpacker, with a license allowing it to be used in any software, thus enabling others to produce software capable of unpacking, but not creating, RAR archives." "Pack (create) or validate (test) RAR and ZIP archives." "Unpack ACE, ARJ, BZ2, CAB, EXE, GZ, ISO, JAR, LZH, RAR, TAR, UUE, XZ, Z, ZIP, ZIPX, and 7z archives." WinZip "Shareware (30-day free evaluation)" "Creation of, addition to, and extraction from ZIP archives" "Decompression of following archive formats: .bz2, .rar, LHA/LZH (native in 11.2), 7z (12.0)" 7ZIP "GNU LGPLv2.1+ with unRAR restriction (RARLab license prevents .rar file creation)" [so... FREEware] "7-Zip supports 7z, ZIP, Gzip, bzip2, xz, tar and WIM" The utility also supports unpacking APM, ARJ, CHM, cpio, DEB, FLV, JAR, LHA/LZH, LZMA, MSLZ, Office Open XML, onepkg, RAR, RPM, smzip, SWF, XAR and Z archives and CramFS, DMG, FAT, HFS, ISO, MBR, NTFS, SquashFS, UDF and VHD disk images." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamKAheng Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I am using 7zip for years without any problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langsuan Man Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 That's great RichCor, I've just got WinRar. Do they leave you it for free indefinitely. Yes, it is free indefinitely, just a nag screen occasionally. Never could understand WinRar's business model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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