I still don't understand why anyone would still use WINrar when there is 7zip. It is better in every way and open source. I know the reason sadly is people being unwilling to change something that...
I still don't understand why anyone would still use WINrar when there is 7zip. It is better in every way and open source. I know the reason sadly is people being unwilling to change something that "just works", so hopefully this will convince some people
Years ago I had access to a computer that had a full version of WinRAR and I can tell you that at the time RAR had better compression than 7z for most data, and 7zip did not have the ability to...
Years ago I had access to a computer that had a full version of WinRAR and I can tell you that at the time RAR had better compression than 7z for most data, and 7zip did not have the ability to compress RAR archives.
I wouldn’t be at all surprised if things have changed since then, though.
This may have been true in the past, but it certainly isn't anymore. The compression capabilities were almost identical last time I bothered to compare them. I used winrar a decade ago and I'll...
This may have been true in the past, but it certainly isn't anymore. The compression capabilities were almost identical last time I bothered to compare them. I used winrar a decade ago and I'll never understand people still holding onto it. 7zip responds faster and has a more user friendly interface so without compression being a consideration it feels like people are avoiding 7zip just because they can't be bothered to look at something new.
This is an edge case, but WinRAR allows me to turn multiple folders into multiple separate archives. I use 7zip for everything else but this is the one thing I haven't worked out how to do with it.
This is an edge case, but WinRAR allows me to turn multiple folders into multiple separate archives. I use 7zip for everything else but this is the one thing I haven't worked out how to do with it.
What I mean is where you have Folder 1, Folder 2 and Folder 3 and you want to turn them into Folder 1.zip, Folder 2.zip and Folder 3.zip (each containing the respective folder's contents). WinRAR...
What I mean is where you have Folder 1, Folder 2 and Folder 3 and you want to turn them into Folder 1.zip, Folder 2.zip and Folder 3.zip (each containing the respective folder's contents). WinRAR has a bunch of options that make this easy, but I'm not sure if there's a way to do it in 7zip.
Whre I live, there is dominant OS Windows. I still don't understand why people don't use built-in ZIP. They can compress files directly from OS by right-clicking and when they have ZIP archive,...
Whre I live, there is dominant OS Windows. I still don't understand why people don't use built-in ZIP. They can compress files directly from OS by right-clicking and when they have ZIP archive, they can work with it seamlessly (as if it was normal folder).
I don't care about byte savings of one over the other, as people tend to compress photos, videos or documents, all of them are already compressed by their respective algorithms, so you don't really get that much smaller file out of it...
But hey, why should I care. I use another OS and I have all-in-one GUI program there, I can work with whatever they send me. Yet, I will never understand why they care to install a program that does what their OS already can do.
I honestly haven't touched a standalone compression/decompression utility in even longer than a decade unless it was because some specific app I wanted/needed came in that format.
I honestly haven't touched a standalone compression/decompression utility in even longer than a decade unless it was because some specific app I wanted/needed came in that format.
A WinRar zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-38831 was actively exploited to install malware when clicking on harmless files in an archive, allowing the hackers to breach online cryptocurrency trading accounts.
The vulnerability has been under active exploitation since April 2023, helping distribute various malware families, including DarkMe, GuLoader, and Remcos RAT.
Users of WinRAR are urged to upgrade to the latest version, version 6.23 at the time of this writing, as soon as possible to eliminate the risk of file spoofing and other recently-disclosed attacks.
I actually have a fully licensed copy of WinRAR that I got for free with an SD card I purchased 10+ years ago. I’ve shared the registration key with dozens of people and it just keeps working. I...
I actually have a fully licensed copy of WinRAR that I got for free with an SD card I purchased 10+ years ago. I’ve shared the registration key with dozens of people and it just keeps working.
I haven’t used it myself in many, many years because 7zip is free and way better. Guess now is a good time to uninstall it.
I still don't understand why anyone would still use WINrar when there is 7zip. It is better in every way and open source. I know the reason sadly is people being unwilling to change something that "just works", so hopefully this will convince some people
Years ago I had access to a computer that had a full version of WinRAR and I can tell you that at the time RAR had better compression than 7z for most data, and 7zip did not have the ability to compress RAR archives.
I wouldn’t be at all surprised if things have changed since then, though.
This may have been true in the past, but it certainly isn't anymore. The compression capabilities were almost identical last time I bothered to compare them. I used winrar a decade ago and I'll never understand people still holding onto it. 7zip responds faster and has a more user friendly interface so without compression being a consideration it feels like people are avoiding 7zip just because they can't be bothered to look at something new.
Good point, didn't know that
This is an edge case, but WinRAR allows me to turn multiple folders into multiple separate archives. I use 7zip for everything else but this is the one thing I haven't worked out how to do with it.
I have seen people make muliple part .7z archives but I don't know if you can do zips or rars.
What I mean is where you have Folder 1, Folder 2 and Folder 3 and you want to turn them into Folder 1.zip, Folder 2.zip and Folder 3.zip (each containing the respective folder's contents). WinRAR has a bunch of options that make this easy, but I'm not sure if there's a way to do it in 7zip.
Oh, I don't know. I wouldn't be surpised if they did though: 7zip is quite feature packed
Whre I live, there is dominant OS Windows. I still don't understand why people don't use built-in ZIP. They can compress files directly from OS by right-clicking and when they have ZIP archive, they can work with it seamlessly (as if it was normal folder).
I don't care about byte savings of one over the other, as people tend to compress photos, videos or documents, all of them are already compressed by their respective algorithms, so you don't really get that much smaller file out of it...
But hey, why should I care. I use another OS and I have all-in-one GUI program there, I can work with whatever they send me. Yet, I will never understand why they care to install a program that does what their OS already can do.
People still use WinRar in this day and age? I guess I've been living under a rock with 7zip for the last decade...
I honestly haven't touched a standalone compression/decompression utility in even longer than a decade unless it was because some specific app I wanted/needed came in that format.
I actually have a fully licensed copy of WinRAR that I got for free with an SD card I purchased 10+ years ago. I’ve shared the registration key with dozens of people and it just keeps working.
I haven’t used it myself in many, many years because 7zip is free and way better. Guess now is a good time to uninstall it.