From: JohnG on
Hi, Is there a freeware RAR program available, preferably able to unzip
all the rest too.

Many thanks, JohnG
From: Man-wai Chang to The Door (33600bps) on
On 5/15/2010 17:10, JohnG wrote:
> Hi, Is there a freeware RAR program available, preferably able to unzip
> all the rest too.

7-zip decompresses RAR fine. And the 7z format is better than RAR.

http://www.7-zip.org



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From: s|b on
On Sat, 15 May 2010 18:38:52 +0800, Man-wai Chang to The Door (33600bps)
wrote:

> 7-zip decompresses RAR fine. And the 7z format is better than RAR.
>
> http://www.7-zip.org

+1

(And don't be afraid to install the beta version.)

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From: JohnG on
Thanks guys. That's just what I need.

JohnG

On 15/05/2010 14:14, s|b wrote:
> On Sat, 15 May 2010 18:38:52 +0800, Man-wai Chang to The Door (33600bps)
> wrote:
>
>> 7-zip decompresses RAR fine. And the 7z format is better than RAR.
>>
>> http://www.7-zip.org
>
> +1
>
> (And don't be afraid to install the beta version.)
>
From: LouB on
Yrrah wrote:
> JohnG <anonymous(a)yahoo.co.uk>:
>
>> Hi, Is there a freeware RAR program available, preferably able to unzip
>> all the rest too.
>
> I assume that you mean an unRAR program. There are many.
> 7Zip (mentioned already) is quite good, others may prefer:
>
> PeaZip
> http://peazip.sourceforge.net/
>
> or SimpyZip (not to be confused with the payware program)
> http://www.paehl.de/cms/simplyzip
>
> or iZArc
> http://www.izarc.org/
>
> or ZipGenius
> http://www.zipgenius.com/
>
> A number of free file managers can also decompress RAR archives, e.g.:
>
> FreeCommander
> http://www.freecommander.com/
> NexusFile
> http://xiles.net/programs/
>
>
> Yrrah
>
Peazip is working fine for me. Opens automagically whenever I d/l a zip
file in Win7.