The best archive/zip utilities
For years I used WinZip as my primary program for opening archived files. I paid for a license back in the days of Windows 95. The company had the policy that once you paid, future updates were free so I went through a number of versions. Then WinZip got taken over and updates were no longer free. Also, Windows XP came with a built-in zip function that worked pretty well so I abandoned WinZip. However, formats such as RAR and GZIP that XP doesn’t recognize would show up sometimes so I needed a supplementary program. I have been using the free open source program 7-Zip to open some of the formats that Windows XP can’t handle. 7-Zip also has its own format that compresses better than the XP zip function. Another worthwhile free program is IZArc. IZArc handles more formats than 7-Zip if that is an important consideration. Both programs are on Tech Support Alert’s list of The 46 Best-ever Freeware Utilities where they are reviewed.
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