7Z Compressed files

LloydA111

Does anyone know of an application that is capable of opening .7z files? Another one of those annoying compressed files that no one seems to know how to open:suss: :doh: Thanks :-D

Lloyd J. Atkinson

Pascal 0

winrar can unzip them I remember doing it once

Ray Cassick

http://www.7-zip.org/[^] I hate it but it works.

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LloydA111

Thankyou :) But when I tried to install it it asked me to send them a text message (SMS) and I didnt fancy the idea of my phone number been put on some database at god knows where :laugh: :laugh:

Lloyd J. Atkinson

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LloydA111

Thanks!! :-D

Lloyd J. Atkinson

LloydA111

Thanks! :)

Lloyd J. Atkinson

Shog9 0

Ray Cassick wrote:

I hate it but it works.

Heh... I avoided it for years 'cause i'm a sucker for a flashy GUI and it's kinda... blah... But, it does work, consistently, and without much fuss about installation or supporting libs. I've started keeping it in my Citrix toolbox now, just so i always have a good tool handy for compressing files before sending them across the WAN.

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You're right. These facts that you've laid out totally contradict the wild ramblings that I pulled off the back of cornflakes packets.

Shog9 0

TugZip[^] also supports 7zip files. Has a few issues, but you might prefer the GUI to the official 7zip tool.

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You're right. These facts that you've laid out totally contradict the wild ramblings that I pulled off the back of cornflakes packets.

Lev Danielyan

I'm using Far Manager (that's a file manager from Eugene Roshal, the creator of Winrar), and it has a bunch of plug-ins for archives, including the 7Zip format. I'm not into much details, but AFAIR Far is using some king of virtual file system layer, so working with archives is very transparent.

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Abu Mami

Why do you hate it? 7-Zip has become my favorite, in fact, only zip program installed on my computer. The 7z format is often quite a bit smaller than a regular zip file. I ditched all the other archive program. 7-Zip doesn't have a real flashy GUI, but it's quite competent, works well, and I don't really use the GUI all that much anyhow. I also made a donation to register the program.

Henry Minute

See also this[^] which has IMO a slightly better interface than 7Zip. [mod] Although, if 7Zip is still the same as it was, you do get the source. So you can build your own interface. [/mod]

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Lloyd Atkinson wrote:

Does anyone know of an application that is capable of opening .7z files?

Yes, Google knows [^]. :-D

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Odd, 7z is quite common in my experience. Of course as you already know it's 7zip you need. Though whenever I publish a 7zip compressed file I always publish it as a self extracting executable, that's just common courtesy I believe.

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LloydA111

Is it? :laugh: Until now I thought it was uncommon :confused: but yeah a self extracting executable would be a nice idea for the idiots like me ;P :laugh:

Lloyd Atkinson

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http://www.7-zip.org[^] BTW - this is one of the definitive compression applications there are. There is nothing better. Get it and use it, you will love it.