7-Zip

When I was helping my mother set up her new notebook computer, one of the first things I had to find was a good zipping program. Now I could have gone down the path of WinZip or WinRAR, but I didn’t. Instead I loaded up a freeware program that is just as good (if not better) than those two. Got a zipping problem? 7-zip is your perfect solution.

What does 7-Zip have to offer? Here is what the developers of the program have to say about it:

7-Zip is a file archiver with the high compression ratio. The program supports 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, LZH, CHM, GZIP, BZIP2, Z, TAR, CPIO, RPM, and DEB formats. Compression ratio in the new 7z format is 30-50 percent better than ratio in ZIP format.

Some of the features include:

• Highest compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression

• 7-Zip is free software distributed under the GNU LGPL
• Supported formats: 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM, and DEB
• For ZIP and GZIP formats 7-Zip provides compression ratio that is 2-10 percent better than ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
• Self-extracting capability for 7z format
• Integration with Windows Shell, Powerful File Manager
• Powerful command line version, Plugin for FAR Manager
• Localizations for 47 languages

Have any questions about the program? Just check out the FAQ featured on its Web site.

If you are tired of some of the old traditional zipping programs out there, then you need to check out 7-Zip. If I hadn’t already paid for my version of WinRAR, I would use 7-Zip hands down. It is fast, reliable, and free.

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