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What's a good, free alternative to WinZip?

I really like WinRAR and use it all the time. However my company is not going to buy it any time soon. Therefore I always have to click the annoying pop up away, every time I start it.

Is there a good replacement for WinRAR that is free?

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See superuser.com/questions/7399/… – heavyd Sep 8 '09 at 14:10
We must work in the same place. The company where I work does the same thing... – alex Sep 8 '09 at 14:11
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If you just use WinRAR from the shell context menus (right-click a file or directory) it doesn't prompt you about the expired demo. – Russ Warren Sep 8 '09 at 14:20
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@ Russ: we should not encourage illegal activities. the fact that the devolpers decided not to cripple the software in its functionality doesn't make it legal to use it without registration after the evaluation period has expired. remember: software worth using is worth paying for. – Molly7244 Sep 8 '09 at 14:33
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7-Zip

RAR compression is under a commercial license, and it's patented. Programs from third parties can only read/unpack RAR file(s).

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I still prefer Winrar though, it's much more usable and straight-forward. – kai Sep 8 '09 at 14:20
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I think 7-Zip can only unpack RAR files, not create them. Only the command-line RAR or WinRAR can create RAR archives, AFAIK. – Snark Sep 8 '09 at 14:21
imo WinRAR is the best out there, but 7z, while slightly less easy to use in the GUI, has just as good CLI capabilities, and generally archives things smaller, too. – Phoshi Sep 8 '09 at 14:48
@kai, whats more straight-forward than "right click -> Extract here" ? – Decio Lira Sep 8 '09 at 17:21
the interface is disgrace, that's why i go with Pea. you get 7zip PLUS a whole rake of functions and the user-friendliness 7zip is desperately lacking. – Molly7244 Sep 8 '09 at 17:36
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PeaZip - Open source file and archive manager:

  • Create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, ZIP

  • Extract 95 archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF and many more

  • Shell (Windows Explorer) integration

  • Nice GUI

  • Cross-platform (Linux, Windows x86 & x64)

A portable version is available.

Operating PeaZip Portable is as easy as dragging files. Drop a ZIP file on the interface and PeaZip goes into decompression mode. Drop a regular file and it opens the archiving screen. Well-labeled buttons and simple functions make both processes quick and painless. Adding files and folders is also quickly accomplished using function buttons and traditional file browse tools.

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We love IZArc

Please check their Feature List

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One solution! 7-Zip

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C'mon, don't post duplicate answers and if you do, give some additional info ;) – kai Sep 8 '09 at 14:19
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Being first to answer 7zip is like winning the jackpot :). We should have a default answer for every question: "try using 7-zip or vlc". – alex Sep 8 '09 at 14:23
ehh, sorry... I had 4 questions open that I was trying to respond to, I did not see it was already answered. – William Hilsum Sep 8 '09 at 14:25
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Most would agree it would be better to just delete any duplicate post and not leave it up for downvote smackdown. – Troggy♦ Sep 8 '09 at 15:20
He has 53K, I don't think he will miss a couple points. – AttackingHobo May 13 '11 at 8:46
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