anyone stopped using winzip/winrar in favor of win xp's zip?

[Kaido]

I still use winzip, but I guess there's not really a point...win xp has zip built in. I don't do anything complex, just zip and unzip .zip files. is there any point to having winzip on there?

 

[Drakkon]

i use rars too often thus winrar is still there
at work no installs of winzip are around though in favor of xp zip isntead. Once we did a tutorial on how to zip your own files anyone who did have it uninstalled it

 

[episodic]

um no

 

[thawolfman]

Originally posted by: episodic
um no

:thumbsup: 😀

 

[biostud]

I still have winrar, but only use it for unpacking. I never pack stuff anymore.

 

[Lonyo]

I use WinRAR all the time as it tends to give better compression I've found.
When I play a game and finish it/get bored, I zip it up and delete the original directory to save some space.
HL2 save files can be shrunk to around 1/7th of original size when RARed up. UT2004 maps are also highly compressable.
Big space savings can be had.

 

[Megatomic]

I still use WinZip and WinRAR.

 

[Bateluer]

I use WinRar mainly.

 

[nageov3t]

I use winzip for zip files, and winrar for rar files.

I guess I could stop using winzip if I really had to, but there's no reason for me to stop using it.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
I use WinRar mainly.

 

[Gurck]

I still use winzip, I find Windows versions of programs to be lacking in various ways vs. their competition, even when said competition is free (ie. FireFox).

 

[MrChad]

I use XP's built-in tools except for large Zip files. If I'm dealing with large files I'll use WinRAR.

 

[Schadenfroh]

I quit using winrar in favor of the freeware, opensource,

7 Zip

works with:

7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB

 

[onelin]

I second the 7 zip vote 🙂 I am contemplating eliminating winrar entirely even though I rarely use it now... I love the extract files shell extension of 7 zip... I need to easily select where I want things extracted without opening up a program that's always going to have the wrong default directory

 

[clicknext]

I started using the zip function in windows way back when I was stupid enough to get WinME. But I still always use winrar for rar files, though.

 

[rh71]

I've stuck with powerarchiver throughout...

 

[alm4rr]

Originally posted by: Megatomic
I still use WinZip and WinRAR.

 

[ty1er]

yep, i still use winzip and winrar for my compression decompression needs.

For some resaon i just dont like opening a *.zip file and and haveing the interface as windows explorer.