Do you use 7zip, or Winrar?

ShamrockRig · Jun 1, 2023

Winrar for sure, I even love the whole winrar isn't free popup and please buy even though they just allow you to close it and continue on, 10 years later, Same message xD

johnlgalt · Jun 1, 2023

hdmi said:
But can HashCheck do the checks on demand also from within a batchfile, and, if yes, can it cancel the hash calculation process on demand also from within a batchfile, WITHOUT having to kill the explorer.exe process?

I don't know, as I use it as a shell extension with my FM of choice. I can take a look, though, and see.

A Guy · Jun 2, 2023

A Guy

jseeley · Jun 2, 2023

I like to open an archive and look at the contents before I extract it. And when I extract from an open archive, 7Zip, extracts files loose. WinRAR creates a folder. For this reason alone, I prefer WinRAR.

James · Jun 4, 2023

asturias7 said:
This should most likely be in the Windows 11 News section, but since I don't have permission to put it there...

Windows 11 will unpack RAR/7z files staring this Fall, will create such archives in 2024

Microsoft has shed some light on the upcoming advanced archive format support in Windows 11. At Build 2023, the company announced native support for

winaero.com

ooo, I will 100% uninstall winrar when this comes available

pietcorus2 · Jun 5, 2023

Using them both...............very usefull !

kelper · Jun 5, 2023

As I have discovered to my cost, it's all too easy to write a flawed poll. You ask, 'do you use 7-zip or Winrar'. My answer would be yes.

I guess you meant to ask, which is your preferred program for opening compressed files? I have used many programs including Winzip, 7-zip, WinRar and the native Windows one. The only box I could check was 'other'!

James · Jun 5, 2023

kelper said:
As I have discovered to my cost, it's all too easy to write a flawed poll. You ask, 'do you use 7-zip or Winrar'. My answer would be yes.

I guess you meant to ask, which is your preferred program for opening compressed files? I have used many programs including Winzip, 7-zip, WinRar and the native Windows one. The only box I could check was 'other'!

Comma required, I didn't change it up until now as people seemed to understand. It is - to reiterate; what you currently use most. Do you think I should change it to which is your preferred program for opening compressed files? Thank you for pointing it out!

kelper · Jun 5, 2023

James said:
Comma required, I didn't change it up until now as people seemed to understand. It is - to reiterate; what you currently use most. Do you think I should change it to which is your preferred program for opening compressed files? Thank you for pointing it out!

No, don't change it. I wrote a poll on password managers but got so much flack I had to rewrite it. I was not upset and I learned a lot.
I must admit to being a language pedant. If I were doing it again I would post a query first and then do a poll. I think you can only have ten options for a response but you can allow multiple responses.