Ever tried PowerArchiver?

[GeekDrew]

I've been using PowerArchiver for quite a while now... it seems to do everything I need to it. It can handle every compression format that I can think of, has an easy-to-use interface (at least IMHO), integrates into the context menu, etc.

It's not free... but given this forum, that's never stopped anybody. I just live with the nag screen.

I hear people scream WinRAR all over the place... I've tried it several times, and have always found fault in it... though I can't recall why, at the moment.

 

[tami]

winrar for all.

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: tami
winrar for all.

Any reason other than product loyalty?

 

[icejunkie]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew

Originally posted by: tami
winrar for all.

Any reason other than product loyalty?

I just find it very very simple to use. Right click, extract here... or extract to folder or whatever... I don't even realize I have WinRAR installed to tell you the truth...

 

[imported_LoKe]

I've never had any problems with WinRAR, so I've never tried anything else. Well, someone suggested I give 9Zip a shot, it wasn't bad.

 

[Ronstang]

PowerArchiver was awesome....when it was FREEWARE. Once they started charging for it I stopped using it.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: icejunkie

Originally posted by: GeekDrew

Originally posted by: tami
winrar for all.

Any reason other than product loyalty?

I just find it very very simple to use. Right click, extract here... or extract to folder or whatever... I don't even realize I have WinRAR installed to tell you the truth...

Yep, that's what I love and no nag box like WinZip.

 

[Hyperblaze]

Originally posted by: Ronstang
PowerArchiver was awesome....when it was FREEWARE. Once they started charging for it I stopped using it.

aww...you mean you didn't like using it when the folks who created it wanted to start feeding their families with it? what a shame!

 

[Lonyo]

The one problem I have with WinRAR is it likes to extract everything to a temp dir first, which means I have to have enough space on one drive, and it wastes time copying from the temp drive to the actual location.

 

[EvilYoda]

never had a problem with WinRAR, the context menu integration is simple, don't see how it could get much better. most people seem to agree around here

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
The one problem I have with WinRAR is it likes to extract everything to a temp dir first, which means I have to have enough space on one drive, and it wastes time copying from the temp drive to the actual location.

It asks you where to extract to...

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: Hyperblaze

Originally posted by: Ronstang
PowerArchiver was awesome....when it was FREEWARE. Once they started charging for it I stopped using it.

aww...you mean you didn't like using it when the folks who created it wanted to start feeding their families with it? what a shame!

No...I already had software that I had legal licenses to so I just reverted back to them. It isn't like Powerarchiver did anything the others wouldn't do I simply liked the interface and switching back was no big deal and cost me no more money.

 

[GeekDrew]

I'm looking on the WinRAR website... I think that the reason I ditched WinRAR was because it didn't support Gzipped tar files -- it can open them, but not write them.

Can anyone prove me wrong?