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A Good Free Zip Unzip Utility Please just got vista looking for utlity

#1 Sark

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Posted 13 July 2008 - 04:47 PM

I need a free zip unzip utility. Something not too technical. Thanks

#2 grizparker

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Posted 13 July 2008 - 06:13 PM

7-zip is a great utility. Just be sure to zip files as ".zip" instead of ".7z" for greater compatibility. It's as easy as right clicking on a file, and selecting to zip.

Also, check out these...link to zip utilities.

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Posted 13 July 2008 - 07:03 PM

Windows Vista comes with a zip utility built-in. It's not too technical, simple point-and-click. Keep in mind this only works on ZIP files not RAR or .7Z files, those require their own programs.

Here's a link on how to do it: Windows Vista Help: Compress and Uncompress Files

#4 starfireone

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Posted 13 July 2008 - 09:13 PM

Freezip works for me. Did I mention that it was free?

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Posted 13 July 2008 - 09:23 PM

WinRAR works best you can do quite a lot of things with it It can be technical at time if you try to make some files but around most of the zipped files that u see on the net is RAR and windows Zip

#6 snooker

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Posted 13 July 2008 - 10:37 PM

Dialga, on Jul 13 2008, 10:23 PM, said:

WinRAR works best you can do quite a lot of things with it It can be technical at time if you try to make some files but around most of the zipped files that u see on the net is RAR and windows Zip

I also like to use winrar but its not free

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Posted 14 July 2008 - 12:42 AM

I've used WinZIP, WinRAR, and 7-zip. I rarely come across RAR and 7Z files. The built-in Windows utility works best for me. If you do more advanced tasks with ZIP files a different application with more features would be best.

#8 pcmaddeanp

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Posted 17 July 2008 - 10:09 AM

Hey,
I use ALZIP.
These tools (ALTOOLS) are great.
ALZIP will open and extract ZIP, RAR, 7ZIP, and many many more.
I really recommend ALZIP.
Hope this helps :huh:

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#9 DippyGirl

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Posted 17 July 2008 - 10:55 AM

CAM Unzip

#10 lhamil64

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Posted 17 July 2008 - 11:05 AM

I use 7-zip. Although you rarely come across .7z files, it can extract Windows ZIP files, RAR files, tar files etc.
http://7-zip.org/

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Posted 17 July 2008 - 12:22 PM

I like to use Ken Ward's Free Zip utility:

http://www.trans4mind.com/personal_development/zipper/

Although, like others have said, both XP and Vista have the ability to Zip and Unzip files.

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