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Re:Windows 11 calls a zip file a 'postcode file' in UK English by Strom on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @03:51PM (#36232541)
I've been using WinRAR for multiple decades and it works well. I'm not about to rearchive all my stuff with a new format so of course I still use it regularly. If I were a new computer user I might choose something else as I certainly experimented with various tools back in 2000. WinAce comes to mind as a decent competitor of the time.
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Re:Windows 11 calls a zip file a 'postcode file' in UK English by ErikGulliksen on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @04:24PM (#36233023)
I believe 7-Zip can open RAR archives.
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Re:Windows 11 calls a zip file a 'postcode file' in UK English by enlyth on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @05:05PM (#36233560)
7-Zip's GUI is very lacking, at least on Windows it doesn't have the basic feature of opening the folder where you extracted the files automatically
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Re:Windows 11 calls a zip file a 'postcode file' in UK English by jacooper on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @06:44PM (#36234694)
Use Peazip then.
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Re:Windows 11 calls a zip file a 'postcode file' in UK English by tredre3 on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @08:57PM (#36235793)
... Or just stick with WinRAR, which works better than both of those, and is still supported?
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Re:Windows 11 calls a zip file a 'postcode file' in UK English by jacooper on Thursday June 08, 2023 @12:49PM (#36244909)
And is closed source with an annoying pop up.
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Re:Windows 11 calls a zip file a 'postcode file' in UK English by vram22 on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @05:06PM (#36233570)
Was just going to mention 7-Zip after reading GP post, then read yours.

Yes. I've used 7-Zip some, earlier, and found it to be quite good. IIRC, from both command-line and GUI.

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Re:Windows 11 calls a zip file a 'postcode file' in UK English by vram22 on Saturday June 10, 2023 @02:24AM (#36268152)
And IIRC the command-line options were like tar; they could be typed without a leading hyphen.
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