what File Compression program do you use?

Discussion in 'polls' started by lodore, Jan 22, 2007.

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what compression/decompression programs do you use?

  1. winrar

    144 vote(s)
    57.8%

  2. winzip

    37 vote(s)
    14.9%

  3. 7zip

    66 vote(s)
    26.5%

  4. pkZip

    3 vote(s)
    1.2%

  5. other (please name)

    50 vote(s)
    20.1%
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  1. pykko

    pykko Registered Member

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    winRAR as the first alternative and 7Zip sometimes.
     
    pykko, Jul 3, 2007
    #51
  2. Giwex

    Giwex Registered Member

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    IZarc, free of charge :thumb:
     
    Giwex, Jul 3, 2007
    #52
  3. farmerlee

    farmerlee Registered Member

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    WinRAR! I've used it for so many years my computer feels naked without it :)
     
    farmerlee, Jul 15, 2007
    #53
  4. Thiggy

    Thiggy Registered Member

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    Tired a few and settled on 7-Zip.
     
    Thiggy, Jul 16, 2007
    #54
  5. amix

    amix Registered Member

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    7z and tar.bz2
     
    amix, Jul 17, 2007
    #55
  6. aigle

    aigle Registered Member

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    IZArc
     
    aigle, Jul 20, 2007
    #56
  7. Longboard

    Longboard Registered Member

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    No one mentioned Iceows ??
    Free, useful, also have 7z and use the wnizip "create self extractor tool"

    http://www.iceows.com/
    http://www.iceows.com/HomePageUS.html

     
    Longboard, Jul 20, 2007
    #57
  8. gerardwil

    gerardwil Registered Member

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    PeaZip:
     
    gerardwil, Jul 21, 2007
    #58
  9. Bio-Hazard

    Bio-Hazard Registered Member

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    My first choice is Izarc and then 7-Zip.
     
    Bio-Hazard, Jul 29, 2007
    #59
  10. chrisretusn

    chrisretusn Registered Member

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    Info-ZIP's Zip and Unzip, gzip, bzip2 and IZArc.
     
    chrisretusn, Jul 29, 2007
    #60
  11. ASM

    ASM Registered Member

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    1) WinRar
    2) ZipGenius

    I think I am going to get Powerarchiver for my notebook:D, because my wife said it's got a beautiful interface.
     
    ASM, Jul 29, 2007
    #61
  12. ASM

    ASM Registered Member

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    Like Powerarchiver, its upgarde is free. So I have no complaint, it fulfill my need. :)
     
    ASM, Jul 29, 2007
    #62
  13. Cerxes

    Cerxes Registered Member

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    Northern Europe
    IZArc

    /C.
     
    Cerxes, Jul 29, 2007
    #63
  14. Chris12923

    Chris12923 Registered Member

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    Powerarchiver.

    Thanks,

    Chris
     
    Chris12923, Jul 29, 2007
    #64
  15. Kerodo

    Kerodo Registered Member

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    I use 7Zip here... for years...
     
    Kerodo, Aug 11, 2007
    #65
  16. Pedro

    Pedro Registered Member

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    Any Izarc users with DEP in "AlwaysOn"?
    It fails to open for me, the new version at least. Not usable.
     
    Pedro, Aug 11, 2007
    #66
  17. Xenophobe

    Xenophobe Registered Member

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    WinRAR or 7-Zip. (Using 7-Zip now :))
     
    Xenophobe, Dec 25, 2007
    #67
  18. Minimax2000

    Minimax2000 Registered Member

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    I am using WinRAR. Has the best SFX module so far. :thumb:
     
    Minimax2000, Jan 13, 2008
    #68
  19. Brian N

    Brian N Registered Member

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    Winrar has been around for ages, and once you buy a copy you get free upgrades for life. I bought my copy many many years ago, before 7zip came out, and when Winzip was popular which I never understood :)
     
    Brian N, Jan 14, 2008
    #69
  20. Eagle Creek

    Eagle Creek Global Moderator

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    Winrar :).
    But not for .ZIP, then I use Windows Explorer.
     
    Eagle Creek, Jan 14, 2008
    #70
  21. MikeNAS

    MikeNAS Registered Member

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    PeaZip.
     
    MikeNAS, Jan 15, 2008
    #71
  22. jpcummins

    jpcummins Registered Member

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    An older version of WinRar. No compression but do uncompress often. Good program never any problems.
     
    jpcummins, Jan 15, 2008
    #72
  23. cet

    cet Registered Member

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    I am using 7-zip for years.I don't have another zip program.
     
    cet, Jan 15, 2008
    #73
  24. Orionizer

    Orionizer Registered Member

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    Also use StuffIt (for those MAC users that don't know how to compress anything)
     
    Orionizer, Jan 31, 2008
    #74
  25. jfd15

    jfd15 Registered Member

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    IZarc works the best for me...7zip is ok also...I used ZipGenius for a while, but
    it had a few bugs.....

    if i ever wanted to do some serious compression id probably use something
    like Paq8o8, which is also free.....there's some webpage out there that lists
    the heavy duty compression/decompression programs...i think theis is it:

    http://cs.fit.edu/~mmahoney/compression/


    and then MaximumCompression.com has some interesting benchmarks here:

    http://www.maximumcompression.com/data/summary_mf.php

    this page compares the compression %'s for many of the popular programs
    like WinZip, WinRAR, 7Zip, StuffIt, etc..and many more that ive never heard
    of....i think MaximumCompression.com has this subject covered quite well...


    i dont think id ever pay for any comp/decomp software as i think all of the
    best stuff is free
     
    jfd15, Mar 1, 2008
    #75
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