I need ZIP files help.

[Glenn (Gravitywell) Reach]

Hi everyone.  When I got my old computer PKZIP was a free software.  It no longer is and I don't have anything on my new computer that will allow me to access ZIP files.  Is there a free program out there that will do the job.  I tried a couple that were "free" only to find you could only use the program for a couple of uses, then you had to buy it! GRRRRRR   Dang I hate sneaky, underhanded advertising!  Any help would be appreciated.

[Richard Grogan]

I had to buy it. Good luck!

[Steve Helmick]

I don't know much about the zip file thing, but I've gotten some that Adobe Reader got undressed alright.  Steve

[dave siegler]

http://www.7-zip.org/
http://www.softinstitute.com/ipeg.html
http://zipgenius.com/

I can vouch for 7 zip

[Bob Reeves]

Isn't WinZIP still free?

[Richard Grogan]

Isn't WinZIP still free?

No Bob, it isn't. I had it for free forever,or so I thought, too.Then they let you have 45day free trials,but had to buy after that time was up. I had them send a disk,besides the download.Single end user. It's lookin like nothing for nothing these days!

[kenneth cook]

Best free software for me so far is winrar been using it for a really long time and it works great.

[Glenn (Gravitywell) Reach]

thanks for all the help fellows....I have found what I need.  Thanks.

[jim ivey]

Call microsoft tech support and bitch! Tell them you had winzip when you transfered your old files, now it dont work and i bet they'll reinstall it for ya. make sure you get microsoft 1-800-microsoft thats the #. Thats what i do, they usually fix anything for me. Maybe just git rid of me? jim I

[Randy Powell]

I use EasyZip (a free program - stays free too) on my VirtualBox Win7 installation. But Linux uses other, more efficient compression programs.

[Bob Reeves]

I use EasyZip (a free program - stays free too) on my VirtualBox Win7 installation. But Linux uses other, more efficient compression programs.

Great plug for Linux but the compression algorithms are all the same depending on the method. Other than the user interface which is like stunt.... beauty is in the eye of the beholder or something like that...

[Randy Powell]

I can tell you that .bz is quite a bit faster and appears to use a more efficient algorithm that zip. The files are, on average, 20% smaller (depending on what you are compressing, a LOT smaller). For pictures, though, I'd go with .lha. Works really well with .jpgs but is less efficient with coding. It tends to be a matter of what you are doing. .zip is a good, all around compression program, but is almost unused outside of Windows. Not sure why except that a lot of linux, unix, BSD and other POSIX based systems programmer have a jones for all things Windows.

 

[jim gilmore]

First question is what version of windows ?
I have xp ans I do not think I have a zip progrsm nut I have not problems opening them.
I just right click and select extract..

[Geoff Goodworth]

Glenn, Jim's question is important.

In Win XP, you need to double click on a zip file and Windows will open it.

In Vista and Win7, the zip files appear as sub directories and you simply click on them to view their contents if you use a 2-pane Windows Explorer like you get from the Start (Win) key+e. Otherwise, it's just double click—again.

Cheers, Geoff