WinZip for free? : Othor Games

» Sun Dec 04, 2011 6:14 pm

Topic title says it all...

My WZ 15.5 ran out on me... and they no longer really support free Winzip...

And I just DL'd a bunch of crap that needs unzipped...

Thank you if you can help!

» Sun Dec 04, 2011 1:58 pm

http://www.7-zip.org/ The free alternative

» Sun Dec 04, 2011 9:23 am

http://www.7-zip.org/ The free alternative

Thi sis a good one or WinRAR hasa trial if you want another trial version of a program. 7Zip also has some of the best compression you can find.

» Sun Dec 04, 2011 9:04 am

7Zip or WinRar are free (technically the trial is free but I installed the trial years ago and it's still fully functional :shrug:).

» Sun Dec 04, 2011 12:22 pm

I pretty much only use 7Zip. It's not perfect, but it's great for being free and supports lots of different compression formats.

» Sun Dec 04, 2011 12:29 pm

WinRAR you can use past the evaluation date and it extracts pretty much everything. I haven't used WinZip for years...

Though .zip files Windows can extract without any programs.

» Sun Dec 04, 2011 9:58 pm

winrar does a free trial, mine still works even after expireing for some reason.

as for Winzip? I know of no legitimate ways of obtaining it for free.

» Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:16 am

winrar does a free trial, mine still works even after expireing for some reason.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagware

You're allowed to keep using it, it just pesters you to buy it.

» Sun Dec 04, 2011 2:12 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagware

You're allowed to keep using it, it just pesters you to buy it.

lol. thats silly, I'll never buy it if the only consequence I have to deal with is a close-able nag-window...

...I hope they don't read this and change their policy.

» Sun Dec 04, 2011 4:45 pm

I used to use winrar, but I find 7zip to be much better.

» Sun Dec 04, 2011 12:17 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagware

You're allowed to keep using it, it just pesters you to buy it.

For as long as I've used WinRAR (~8 years) I've never had any kind of popup or anything to nag me, not sure why :shrug:. It may be because I just save all compressed files to my desktop and use the right-click context window to extract them.

» Sun Dec 04, 2011 4:24 pm

For as long as I've used WinRAR (~8 years) I've never had any kind of popup or anything to nag me, not sure why :shrug:. It may be because I just save all compressed files to my desktop and use the right-click context window to extract them.

Yup, you won't be nagged so long as you only use the context menu and DON'T use the options that open the archive window. It's only when WinRAR's archive window is displayed that it'll nag you.

That said, I'm more for 7-zip these days.

» Sun Dec 04, 2011 12:41 pm

What I don't understand is why applications for unzipping isn't a standard thing that comes preloaded in computers, yea I know windows kinda does but it svcks and I find that it usually won't do what I want.

idk, I just thinks its rediculous how much they want you to pay for the programs, its literally taking my files hostage

» Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:29 am

What I don't understand is why applications for unzipping isn't a standard thing that comes preloaded in computers, yea I know windows kinda does but it svcks and I find that it usually won't do what I want.

idk, I just thinks its rediculous how much they want you to pay for the programs, its literally taking my files hostage

zip is. Rar isn't because Rar is a proprietary format. 7z isn't because it's not popular enough would be my guess.

» Sun Dec 04, 2011 6:34 pm

zip is. Rar isn't because Rar is a proprietary format. 7z isn't because it's not popular enough would be my guess.

7z doesn't have a lot of recovery contingency and isn't used for backup/recovery so it's not likely to ever catch on as an industry standard.

» Sun Dec 04, 2011 9:43 am

http://www.oldversion.com/WinZip.html

I've used WinZip for YEARS. If the latest version is locking out after X days/uses, just download an older version. I doubt it's improved enough to need the latest version.

Lots of other good utilities on that site if you don't might slightly old school versions of the package.

» Sun Dec 04, 2011 9:44 pm

a winzip trial version (a newer one i think) ends after 50 days but you can just uninstall it and if you keep the exe you can install it again

» Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:05 pm

WinRAR is free anyway, I think the 30 day trial resets whenever you close it :shrug:

» Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:49 am

Between 7-Zip and http://legroom.net/software/uniextract one doesn't need any other compression programs.

» Sun Dec 04, 2011 12:17 pm

Topic title says it all...

My WZ 15.5 ran out on me... and they no longer really support free Winzip...

And I just DL'd a bunch of crap that needs unzipped...

Thank you if you can help!

If you are only unzipping things, then you don't need any 3rd party program as modern Operating Systems have built in decompression for .zip

» Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:16 am

Yup, you won't be nagged so long as you only use the context menu and DON'T use the options that open the archive window. It's only when WinRAR's archive window is displayed that it'll nag you.

This.
Been using a trial version of WinRAR for years and years. Tempted to give 7z a try after reading all the comments though. Is it noticably better/different or just a matter of opinion?

» Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:05 pm

This.
Been using a trial version of WinRAR for years and years. Tempted to give 7z a try after reading all the comments though. Is it noticably better/different or just a matter of opinion?

It has the best compression out of any programs. I also prefer it to the alternatives. I say download it and give it a try, doesn't hurt anything.

» Sun Dec 04, 2011 3:27 pm

Well I just have both isntalled but primarly use WinRar :shrug:

» Sun Dec 04, 2011 5:44 pm

I believe I read a comparison that concluded 7zip actually being superior.

» Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:20 pm

I believe I read a comparison that concluded 7zip actually being superior.

For compression? 99% of the time I'm only extracting files, and I like the WinRAR interface better (although I usually use the context menu).