winrar Vs 7zip

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: Scooby Doo
The only real problem I had with 7zip is you can't extract to "." folder (current folder) It doesn't like it, however winzip uses it.

Are you talking command line? Because the right click context menu gives you the option, and it seems to work ok.

 

[Scooby Doo]

No the gui. I don't use the right click much, other than to create a rar file.

 

[SonicIce]

Originally posted by: ShawnD1
I think WinRAR has a nicer file explorer thingy when you double click on a file.

I use 7-zip for everything, but I still have WinRAR installed because I really like the icons. The WinRAR icons stand out well because they're purple on a white background. I think 7-Zip's crappy icons were white; they look like ever other file icon.

theres some neat ones here if u wanna make one
http://www.7-zip.org/logos.html
but youre right the winrar one does stick out

 

[manko]

I use both as well, but I suppose you could easily get by with 7zip (or Winrar) alone. You might as well see if 7zip works well enough for you.