[denaliman]

Can someone recommend a good winzip alternative for compressed and .rar files? Looking for something free and won't pester you like winzip.

THX.

 

[phaeton]

Best option out there s 7zip. Free and I find it has better compression then Zip or Rar.

It will open pretty well any kind of compression format. Even ISOs.

 

[mastercontrol]

I second the recommendation for 7-zip. it's all I use and it seems to support any compression format I throw at it. www.7-zip.org.

 

[classicsat]

I third 7-zip. That program is one of my essential PC installs.

I have not touched Win-Zip or PK-Zip since Windows XP.

 

[denaliman]

thanks guys. Will 7-zip automatically unzip downloads?

 

[753951]

Another nice feature of 7-Zip is that it comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Pick one that matches your OS. And, yes, browsers can use 7-Zip to automatically open downloads for all file extensions 7-Zip is registered for.

 

[Jake]

I have been using Zip Genius. It gets a 5-star rating at CNET. Its free. 8MB DL.

http://download.cnet.com/ZipGenius-Standard-Edition/3000-2250_4-10179818.html

 

[protovision]

thanks guys. Will 7-zip automatically unzip downloads?

Depends on what you mean by 'automatically'.

You can associate archives with 7zip it so that the file will decompress automatically when you double-click on it. Your browser or app might have settings to automatically decompress once a file is downloaded.