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My crappy evaluation period just ended for WinZip(the free version) and now I see I have 3 choices: 1) find another stupid trail program for opening .zip files 2) avoid downloading files in .zip format 3) find a good program to open them with that is free, and isn't a trail of the program. So I'm obviously most interested in option #3, can someone tell me/give link as to where such a program is?
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pretty sure Windows has integrated zip file opening
anyways, 7zip will work
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I'm running windows, and my comp came with WinZip and WinRaR trails versions both installed, so I can't use either of them anymore, although I just tried 7-zip, and its working great, thnx blabber
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you know you can just hit cancel when it says your trail is up with winrar...
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7-zip Freeware ftw lol good thing your useing it. I hate seeing winrar cause all i think about is how many people steal this shit.
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Winrar might as well be free.
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On August 18 2008 14:04 ulszz wrote: you know you can just hit cancel when it says your trail is up with winrar...
yeah seriously haha, I like how everytime I open something with winRAR it gives me this serious message: Please Purchase WinRAR license "Please not that winrar is not free software. After a 40 day trial period you must either buy a license or remove it from your computer."
Then they have a row of buttons saying
Buy Online How to Buy Close Help
Click close, problem solved, and remember: http://cristgaming.com/pirate.swf
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On August 18 2008 14:21 Hurricane wrote: Winrar might as well be free. I wonder if anyone actually buys it? I swear by how much .rar is used you'd think it was sharewear
http://cristgaming.com/pirate.swf dear god, i loved that lol even though i dont pirate shit, except tv shows but ionno if that counts. Although ive used the same xp, vista and office all one 3 computers illegal yes but atlest i bought my copy
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On August 18 2008 13:55 blabber wrote: pretty sure Windows has integrated zip file opening
... which sucks and is inconvenient. It only handles .zip I think.
7-Zip is a very good choice. It doesn't support .ace though... that's why I have a commandline unace.exe additionally. Fortunately, .ace is very rarely used.
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I use IZArc. Supports ridiculously many compresssions and feels pretty light
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all zip/unzipping programs are light
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For pretty much any widely used utility (including unzipping tools), you can find free and legit versions by googling for "site:sourceforge.net [StuffIWant]"... might not be the most polished, but it does give some quick options.
(EVERYTHING on sourceforge is open source. Which means free as in beer and as in speech - no nag screens, and you can download and compile the source yourself if you're paranoid about malware.)
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cracked windows came with cracked winrar and a shitload of cracked programs
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On August 18 2008 14:05 Mickey wrote: 7-Zip> All.
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On August 18 2008 14:05 Mickey wrote: 7-Zip> All. free open source open anything
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