Winrar // 7-ZIP

[gizbug]

Just starting using 7-zip 64, and seems to be a lot faster than winrar (which only comes in 32 bit)

Anyone else like 7-zip here?

 

[Noema]

I :heart: 7-Zip

 

[Lord Banshee]

7-Zip is the only zip program i use and tell others to use.

 

[Schadenfroh]

I have used 7-zip for years.

 

[SEAL62505]

I had been a winrar user for a LONG time. I finally switched over to 7-zip and it does work very well. I don't think I lost any functionality (at least that I know of). I only do basic stuff though.

 

[nova2]

plus it has a multi-threaded checkbox to boot. i love that.

edit: in newer versions you can specify how many threads (cpu cores) to use right in the GUI.

 

[LuDaCriS66]

Does it have a right click context menu to extract files? I don't think it had it the last time I tried it and it's probably the main reason I use winrar

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: LuDaCriS66
Does it have a right click context menu to extract files? I don't think it had it the last time I tried it and it's probably the main reason I use winrar

Sorta

I'll likely use WinRAR for small stuff due to the easy single right click choice.

But i'll see if 7-zip is faster for big stuff.

 

[LightningRider]

I use 7zip for everything. It's great.

 

[gizbug]

When I choose extract here, always tells me the rar file is corrupt.
Doesn't do this with winrar. Very strange

 

[Fayd]

question:

does 7-zip allow you to do multiple file archives?

 

[gizbug]

Yes. Be nice if the program worked right though. Always getting rar file is corrupt with 7zip.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: gizbug
Yes. Be nice if the program worked right though. Always getting rar file is corrupt with 7zip.

I've never had that problem, but I don't work with .rar that much. If these are files you're creating, you could unrar them with winrar, then compress them with the 7zip format. I think in some cases 7zip has more efficient compression, though not enough to matter that much.

 

[Modelworks]

winrar is multithreaded by default.
I asked the author why he didn't do a 64 bit version , his reply was that in his testing it made no difference in the speed.

 

[WobbleWobble]

Originally posted by: gizbug
When I choose extract here, always tells me the rar file is corrupt.
Doesn't do this with winrar. Very strange

I've had a similar issue. But it only has happened on a few archives, most RAR archives work fine with 7-Zip for me.

 

[fyleow]

..

 

[0roo0roo]

guess they added multithreading.
guess i'll reinstall

 

[WildHorse]

I much prefer 7-zip

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: gizbug
Yes. Be nice if the program worked right though. Always getting rar file is corrupt with 7zip.

Yup.

Not always here, but certainly seems to happen a bit.

Never happens in WinRAR.

IOW, no 7-zip being used here anymore.

 

[gizbug]

64bit 7zip faster than 32bit winrar?

 

[gizbug]

Again, when I click on a file and try to extract, says "file is corrupt." Guess you can't extract rar files to well with 7zip

 

[xtknight]

I think newer RAR files don't extract properly with 7-zip. I've never had luck with it.

 

[Brazen]

I 8===D 7-zip

 

[Brazen]

Originally posted by: fyleow
WinRAR has "extract to /file_name/" and "extract each archive to separate folder" in the context menu so I use it over 7-zip. 7-zip seems to have better unicode support though.

So does 7-zip, and a bunch more options.

 

[mulder]

Originally posted by: Brazen

Originally posted by: fyleow
WinRAR has "extract to /file_name/" and "extract each archive to separate folder" in the context menu so I use it over 7-zip. 7-zip seems to have better unicode support though.

So does 7-zip, and a bunch more options.

Yes, 7-zip has other options in the context menu. You do have to use the beta version, though, to get the "Add to 'filename'.zip" as the current release only adds to *.7z. But all the extract options are there in the normal release. Here is a screen shot of all the context menu options.

7-zip Options Screen Shot