Willy@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoRemember when it was a big deal if you chose .zip, .rar, or 7z, etc? Now we all have so much bandwidth it doesn't matter.message-squaremessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1230
arrow-up1230message-squareRemember when it was a big deal if you chose .zip, .rar, or 7z, etc? Now we all have so much bandwidth it doesn't matter.Willy@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square78fedilink
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 months agoWindows opens RAR files right out the box. Just tested. And if you need a separate unzipper for whatever reason, 7-Zip opens all the things.
minus-squarekonalt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·4 months agoOnly WinRAR can create RAR files if I recall correctly. That’s the proprietary part.
minus-squaresik0fewl@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI removed mine after the 40 day trial period.
minus-squareSquigglyEmpire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoWindows now handles 7z files natively too (at least as of the upcoming Windows 11 24H2 version), I’m glad they’ve at least added some legit new features for File Explorer.
Windows opens RAR files right out the box. Just tested.
And if you need a separate unzipper for whatever reason, 7-Zip opens all the things.
Only WinRAR can create RAR files if I recall correctly. That’s the proprietary part.
But winRAR is free anyway
I removed mine after the 40 day trial period.
Windows now handles 7z files natively too (at least as of the upcoming Windows 11 24H2 version), I’m glad they’ve at least added some legit new features for File Explorer.