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Old January 21st 14, 07:57 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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What's a good zip file handler for Win8? RAR files too.

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Old January 21st 14, 08:13 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On 01/21/2014 12:57 PM, Ed Cryer wrote:
What's a good zip file handler for Win8? RAR files too.

Ed




Win RAR
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Old January 21st 14, 08:35 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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philo has written on 1/21/2014 2:13 PM:
On 01/21/2014 12:57 PM, Ed Cryer wrote:
What's a good zip file handler for Win8? RAR files too.

Ed


Win RAR


7Z
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Old January 21st 14, 08:44 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 13:57:36 -0500, Ed Cryer
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What's a good zip file handler for Win8? RAR files too.

Ed


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Old January 21st 14, 09:41 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Ed Cryer said on 1/21/2014 1:57 PM:
What's a good zip file handler for Win8? RAR files too.

Ed


7-zip http://www.7-zip.org/

Not sure about others, but I've been editing some of the extensions in
..XPI format. They're zip files, and you can open them in 7zip extract
an item like an image, and when you save the change, 7zip asks you is
you want to update the zip since an external program change a file.
And it will put it back and the xpi file is still good. WinRar 4.x
did not do that. I read info that 7zip was the advised program to use
to do edits like that.

Since then I've only used 7zip. And it handles the tar.bz or whatever
they are from linux systems. A plus.


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Old January 21st 14, 10:02 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Juan Wei wrote:
philo has written on 1/21/2014 2:13 PM:
On 01/21/2014 12:57 PM, Ed Cryer wrote:
What's a good zip file handler for Win8? RAR files too.

Ed

Win RAR


7Z


Mainly for its skill as an Archive Manager, as well
as for its decompression capabilities. You can burrow
into lots of stuff with 7-ZIP. Decompressing a RAR
is just a bonus. I have this installed on *every*
Windows install here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7-zip

What 7-zip is missing, is the ability to handle the
twenty or thirty "packers" out there. I expect AV programs
have that, but 7-zip doesn't. This is an example of a packer,
and I don't know the names of the rest. When you get a download
off the net, the more packers of this type you find, the
higher the risk the download is "evil" :-) This forces me to
run stuff in a VM, just so I can get around the unpackers.
A packer has two purposes: (good) saves file size (bad)
obfuscates malware. Like when you want to know there's a toolbar
hiding in that download you just got, you don't want a packer
getting in the way of that determination.

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

To give an example of a custom packer, the Microsoft monthly
MRT download, it's packed with something I can't find a
reference to it. I can use 7-ZIP to examine it to the
"first level", but the biggest file in the download
is inaccessible to my tool collection.

Paul
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Old January 21st 14, 10:19 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 15:41:40 -0500, Big Al wrote:

7-zip http://www.7-zip.org/


+1

And it's _free_ too. No need for a cracked version of WinRAR...

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Old January 21st 14, 11:37 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Ed Cryer wrote:
What's a good zip file handler for Win8? RAR files too.

Ed


Thanks to all who helped.
I've used 7-zip under Win7 and XP, so I'm staying with it.

Ed

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Old January 22nd 14, 01:43 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On 1/21/2014 1:57 PM, Ed Cryer wrote:
What's a good zip file handler for Win8? RAR files too.

Ed

One of the easiest to use is the native Windows 8 zip utility.

Open the folder where the files that you wish to zip. With those files
highlighted go to share at the top of the window and select Share.
Select the Zip folder on the left to the toolbar and a Zipped file will
be created for the highlighter documents.

Like it has always been if you want to add files to the Zip file. Open
the Zip files and drag or copy & paste the new files to the opened Zip
file.
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Old January 22nd 14, 06:58 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 22:37:42 +0000, Ed Cryer wrote:

Ed Cryer wrote:
What's a good zip file handler for Win8? RAR files too.

Ed


Thanks to all who helped.
I've used 7-zip under Win7 and XP, so I'm staying with it.


I've been using WinRAR for what seems like 15 years or so and it's one of
the first utilities I install on a new system. In the last year or two I
also have 7zip installed, which I run now and then just to remind me why I
stay with WinRAR. 7zip doesn't hold a candle to WinRAR...but if it meets
your needs then by all means you should use it.

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Old January 22nd 14, 06:59 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 15:41:40 -0500, Big Al wrote:


Ed Cryer said on 1/21/2014 1:57 PM:
What's a good zip file handler for Win8? RAR files too.

Ed


7-zip http://www.7-zip.org/

Not sure about others, but I've been editing some of the extensions in
.XPI format. They're zip files, and you can open them in 7zip extract
an item like an image, and when you save the change, 7zip asks you is
you want to update the zip since an external program change a file.
And it will put it back and the xpi file is still good. WinRar 4.x
did not do that. I read info that 7zip was the advised program to use
to do edits like that.


Actually, WinRAR _does_ offer to do that.

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Old January 22nd 14, 02:19 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Char Jackson wrote:
On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 22:37:42 +0000, Ed Cryer wrote:

Ed Cryer wrote:
What's a good zip file handler for Win8? RAR files too.

Ed


Thanks to all who helped.
I've used 7-zip under Win7 and XP, so I'm staying with it.


I've been using WinRAR for what seems like 15 years or so and it's one of
the first utilities I install on a new system. In the last year or two I
also have 7zip installed, which I run now and then just to remind me why I
stay with WinRAR. 7zip doesn't hold a candle to WinRAR...but if it meets
your needs then by all means you should use it.


I'll give it a try then, Char.

Ed

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Old January 22nd 14, 03:13 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Char Jackson said on 1/22/2014 12:59 AM:
On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 15:41:40 -0500, Big Al wrote:


Ed Cryer said on 1/21/2014 1:57 PM:
What's a good zip file handler for Win8? RAR files too.

Ed


7-zip http://www.7-zip.org/

Not sure about others, but I've been editing some of the extensions in
.XPI format. They're zip files, and you can open them in 7zip extract
an item like an image, and when you save the change, 7zip asks you is
you want to update the zip since an external program change a file.
And it will put it back and the xpi file is still good. WinRar 4.x
did not do that. I read info that 7zip was the advised program to use
to do edits like that.


Actually, WinRAR _does_ offer to do that.

Yes, it does, but for the application I was applying it to, the
resulting file was not rebuilt properly and some marker made the file
unworkable. As far as a zip file was concerned, it was still
readable, but from the application, it was not usable.

Minor technicality, but major bummer.
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Old January 22nd 14, 03:16 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Ed Cryer said on 1/22/2014 8:19 AM:
Char Jackson wrote:
On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 22:37:42 +0000, Ed Cryer
wrote:

Ed Cryer wrote:
What's a good zip file handler for Win8? RAR files too.

Ed

Thanks to all who helped.
I've used 7-zip under Win7 and XP, so I'm staying with it.


I've been using WinRAR for what seems like 15 years or so and it's one of
the first utilities I install on a new system. In the last year or two I
also have 7zip installed, which I run now and then just to remind me
why I
stay with WinRAR. 7zip doesn't hold a candle to WinRAR...but if it meets
your needs then by all means you should use it.


I'll give it a try then, Char.

Ed

As much as I use 7-zip, I agree with Char. Whatever works best, feels
best, for the $ invested. Usually my rule.


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Old January 22nd 14, 08:33 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 23:59:30 -0600, Char Jackson wrote:

Not sure about others, but I've been editing some of the extensions in
.XPI format. They're zip files, and you can open them in 7zip extract
an item like an image, and when you save the change, 7zip asks you is
you want to update the zip since an external program change a file.
And it will put it back and the xpi file is still good. WinRar 4.x
did not do that. I read info that 7zip was the advised program to use
to do edits like that.


Actually, WinRAR _does_ offer to do that.


Too bad it's not freeware.

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