• Octopus
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    452 years ago

    Well, good that Windows now has native RAR support.

    • @brsrklf@compuverse.uk
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      542 years ago

      Somehow Windows has always been and is still crap at managing archives. Ultra-slow, has trouble opening or extracting individual files inside the archive, etc.

      However, 7-zip has been doing all that perfectly forever now. Not sure why anyone would use WinRAR, paid for or not.

      • @XTornado@lemmy.ml
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        32 years ago

        Yeah maybe isn’t great but I admit that be able to use the open file window from a program and select a file inside a compressed file is nice.

      • @TORFdot0@lemmy.world
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        12 years ago

        WinRAR is an internet institution at this point. It’s like Amtrak, why would anyone ride the train when there are better cheaper and faster modes of transport? Don’t know but people do anyway

      • @kautau@lemmy.world
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        2 years ago

        Even 7Zip now though is insecure and outdated. Use NanaZip if you’re on windows, it’s a fork that is more secure and uses modern compression/encryption algorithms in addition to integrating better with current Windows APIs

        https://github.com/M2Team/NanaZip