RAR vs. Winzip

Published on September 3, 2005 By jazzymjr In Personal Computing

Hi all,
I found a rainmeter that I liked, and tried to download it...discovered it is a RAR file, not winzip. I only have winzip. Is there anyway I could change the extension to winzip? Barring that, does anyone know if there is a winzip version of it? The rainmeter in question is SJOGRO Rocks.

Running Windows XP SP2

Thanks for any help!

MJ

Comments (Page 1)

gmoneykyo

on Sep 03, 2005

Just get WinRAR from www.rarlab.com It's absolutely free and it supports pretty much every type of compression under the sun

47songs

on Sep 03, 2005

It's free? Unless my eyes decieve me, I see a trial version which expires after the trial is over, but not a free version.

sgand

on Sep 03, 2005

I have the trial version, and I am currently on day 117 of my 30 day trial.

gmoneykyo

on Sep 03, 2005

me too
i am on some ridiculous day

Black Xero

on Sep 03, 2005

WinRAR is blower ... rocks every thing

Island Dog

on Sep 03, 2005

Get IZArc, it's free and it handles both formats

Link

47songs

on Sep 03, 2005

I had downloaded RAR about a year ago, and after the 30 days it stopped functioning. However, I just downloaded it again, and it's allowing me to have another trial version. Hmmm... Beats the heck out of me!?!

Thanks for the link, Island Dog. I'll try it out.

BlueDev

on Sep 03, 2005

I prefer TUGZip for my RAR files. Also free and handles many, many file types. Sorry, no link on me, but easy enough to find.

Lantec

on Sep 03, 2005

Try FreeCommander. It's an Explorer replacement that has built in zip, rar and several other compression methods. Plus dual Pane support, file sync. etc. Pretty good for Freeware.

jazzymjr

on Sep 03, 2005

Thanks, for all your suggestions. I remember downloading it a year or so ago, and it wanted to take control over all of my compressed files! Hoepfully, it won't this time.

tjesterb

on Sep 03, 2005

it wanted to take control over all of my compressed files! Hoepfully, it won't this time.

When you install, you should get a window asking what file types you want to associate with WinRAR. Select the ones you want associated, or de-select the ones you don't want it to handle, depending on how it's set up.

If for some reason you don't get that window, you can set you file associations by going to Start Menu>Control Panel>Folder Options select the File Types tab, them you can change your file associations to suit you.

Lantec

on Sep 03, 2005

Anybody know if Objectzip does rar files? If so, and if you have an Object Desktop subscription, you could just download it from SDC.

reindeer057

on Sep 03, 2005

I definately second IZarc.

joeKnowledge

on Sep 03, 2005

7Zip seems cool. I didn't want too many features though so i don't know if its the best. I just wanted to open a tar file.

Larry Lawrence

on Sep 03, 2005

My 2cents: try Quickzip, it's free & has been around awhile. Support for a wide range of formats and good shell integration.
http://www.quickzip.org/

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