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Best file compressor?

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Slickone

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What supports the most file formats (incl RAR and ACE) but is still quick and easy to use. Power Archiver?
 
Originally posted by: Slickone
What supports the most file formats (incl RAR and ACE) but is still quick and easy to use. Power Archiver?
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Do you mind if it's free too?

UltimateZip

Edit: oops, it's actually adware now. Shame, it was really nice when it was free.
 
Basically I want want something that does everything as quick (not meaning actual de/compression speed) and easy as Winzip does, but supports at least ZIP, RAR and ACE.

From the screenshots of UltimateZip, it actually looks identical to Winzip, so seems it would work the same.

WinRAR's home page doesn't have any screenshots. How does it compare?
 
Also use WinRAR. The interface is not purty but it is very functional. WinACE is purtier but I still use WinRAR and even the RAR format even though ACE is a bit better. I bet if you do a google image search for WinRAR it comes up with some.
 
Another vote for winrar. Winace 2.4 is also a good choice and it now works with files compressed with winrar 3.0, but I still prefer Winrar
 
Does anyone else have a problem where WinRAR takes forever to start when you click on a RAR file associated with it? Zip files open quickly, but RAR files can take anywhere from 30 seconds to 2 minutes to open, and I can't figure out why.

I'm using the shareware version, but it's difficult to justify buying it if I can't expect better performance.
 
I've used winrar for a long time and it opens zip, rar, and ace archives.

I've never had any real problems with it either, I really like how simple it is (I hate how bloated winzip has become).

-Spy
 
i once benchmarked all the major compressors out there and posted them on a website
in it i compared many different kinds of file types being compressed
i found that winace was the best in many regards and had an intelligent algorithm
although bzip2 was the best well rounded IMHO

this was last year so things have prob changed
 
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