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Winzip. Looking for a real free download?
MikeCapon - 29/8/13 at 05:47 PM

As title really. I don't get sent many zipped files but I have a set of photos sent me for a job I'm supposed to be doing tonight and the 'free' trial of Winzip I had on my PC has expired and they actually want me to spend money and buy...

Any pointers to some 'permanent' winzip software??

Thanks in advance,

Mike

llionellis - 29/8/13 at 05:57 PM

I use 7ZIP http://www.7-zip.org/
Seems to work ok and best of all it's free.

mad4x4 - 29/8/13 at 05:59 PM

+1 for 7 Zip

MikeCapon - 29/8/13 at 06:14 PM

How good is this forum? Problem solved in minutes thanks to you guys...


Much appreciated.

Mike

britishtrident - 29/8/13 at 08:18 PM

Pea Zip is brilliant and 100% fully free it is also available for just a bout any operating system you could think off.

Windows "free downloads" are a murky mire.

snakebelly - 29/8/13 at 08:23 PM

Winrar from rarlabs havent found anything to touch it

liam.mccaffrey - 29/8/13 at 08:31 PM

another vote for winrar, also used 7zip

nick205 - 29/8/13 at 08:52 PM

7zip does it for me too!

Proby - 29/8/13 at 09:20 PM

Winrar for me, I have had many files that 7zip will not unzip (reports errors in files) but Winrar will.

dhutch - 30/8/13 at 05:22 AM

Doesnt Windows XP onwards support zip files natively?

mad4x4 - 30/8/13 at 05:55 AM

quote:
Originally posted by dhutch
Doesnt Windows XP onwards support zip files natively?



Badly as it compression is quite low ending up in big files


[Edited on 30/808/13 by mad4x4]

Peteff - 30/8/13 at 08:34 AM

Extract Now for rar files. Here.