Is WinZip worthwhile nowadays?

wklee · Mar 3, 2016

I haven't used it for a Long time.. I visited their website and it is up to v20 with a Standard and a Pro version now. It does support cloud storage, which may be useful.

I've come across issues with regard to .exe files like Canon updates that need a CD to install. Otherwise, Canon charges for the disk when the downloaded updater could be used if it can be unpacked.

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Patco · Mar 3, 2016

wklee said:
I haven't used it for a Long time.. I visited their website and it is up to v20 with a Standard and a Pro version now. It does support cloud storage, which may be useful.

I've come across issues with regard to .exe files like Canon updates that need a CD to install. Otherwise, Canon charges for the disk when the downloaded updater could be used if it can be unpacked.

edispics · Mar 3, 2016

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wklee · Mar 3, 2016

Patco said:
wklee said:

I haven't used it for a Long time.. I visited their website and it is up to v20 with a Standard and a Pro version now. It does support cloud storage, which may be useful.

I've come across issues with regard to .exe files like Canon updates that need a CD to install. Otherwise, Canon charges for the disk when the downloaded updater could be used if it can be unpacked.

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Gesture · Mar 3, 2016

You can download the "Installer CD" for a camera. There's a link where you enter your camera's serial # and the download precedes. I've done that for my EOS-M on different computers.

Here's an example. Scan down to EOS Digital Solutions Disk:

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Pictus · Mar 3, 2016

Even better to use with a full feature file manager like the cross platform open source Double Commander.

mfait · Mar 3, 2016

Patco said:
wklee said:

I haven't used it for a Long time.. I visited their website and it is up to v20 with a Standard and a Pro version now. It does support cloud storage, which may be useful.

I've come across issues with regard to .exe files like Canon updates that need a CD to install. Otherwise, Canon charges for the disk when the downloaded updater could be used if it can be unpacked.

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Never buy version 1.0 of anything.

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I haven't used WinZip since buying WinRAR many years ago. At the moment, I mostly use 7-Zip , and consider it to be one of the best compression utilities available. And it's free!

Totally agree. 7-zip is the way to go.

Regarding WinZip: I used to purchase it on a maintenance plan until version 17.5, when I noticed that the installation file was significantly larger that the previous version. During installation I decided to read the EULA (the first time I ever read one carefully) and it appeared that it was going to install additional software from Corel that I did not care about. I was not happy about this and wrote to them to tell them. They sent me an alternate link for the package that only contained the WinZip utility. I was not happy about them trying to sneak in additional software, for a paying customer, that they would try to charge for later, and cancelled my annual upgrade assurance plan. I still have version 17.5 installed alongside 7-zip.

This is about the time I discovered 7-zip, and wish I had found it sooner. I would have save me a bit of money.

7-zip is much more lightweight than WinZip, being a bout a 5MB installation compared to about 150MB for WinZip 17.5 (probably much bigger now for more recent versions). Sure it had additional features, but I did not care about having it Zip2Send for e-mails, resizing images, or converting files to pdf. I had other programs that were better at doing these functions.

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I've never come across a downloadable installer/updater that needed to be unpacked before using, but 7-Zip will open pretty much any package that can be unpacked.

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brn · Mar 3, 2016

Others have suggested 7-zip and I agree. However, I'm not a fan of it's user interface. It's less intuitive and integrates poorly, compared to the competition. If you can get past that, it works very well.

Robert Zanatta · Mar 4, 2016

WinRAR for doing everything.

7Zip if just doing zip files.

CAcreeks · Mar 4, 2016

Robert Zanatta said:
WinRAR for doing everything.

Why do you recommend a piece of software that (a) costs money after a 40 day trial, and (b) is proprietary and not commonly used?

Is it that great?

7Zip if just doing zip files. 7zip does many other types of archiving and compression including 7z said:
Others have suggested 7-zip and I agree. However, I'm not a fan of it's user interface. It's less intuitive and integrates poorly, compared to the competition. If you can get past that, it works very well.

I agree, the UI is not ideal. However after you get used to it, the application works very well.

Personally I like the command line zip -r to archive recursively, and unzip to unpack. Much easier than the 7-zip UI.
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Pictus · Mar 4, 2016

CAcreeks said:
I agree, the UI is not ideal. However after you get used to it, the application works very well.
Personally I like the command line zip -r to archive recursively, and unzip to unpack. Much easier than the 7-zip UI.

That is why I use a file manager like Double Commander, sooooooooooo much easier/practical...

It supports ZIP/RAR, 7-zip....

Richard Townsend · Mar 4, 2016

I threw out WinZip years ago when it started getting really bloated with a lot of stuff I didn't need.

I then used 7Zip for a while. It worked quite well but went for ages between stable releases, I wasn't sure that it was being maintained.

Recently I have switched to Bandizip which is also free, has a clear, straightforward interface and handles far more compression formats than I will ever need.

Patco · Mar 4, 2016

Richard Townsend said:
I threw out WinZip years ago when it started getting really bloated with a lot of stuff I didn't need.

I then used 7Zip for a while. It worked quite well but went for ages between stable releases, I wasn't sure that it was being maintained.

It was recently updated Dec. 31, 2015, so it is being maintained .

Richard Townsend said:
Recently I have switched to Bandizip which is also free, has a clear, straightforward interface and handles far more compression formats than I will ever need.

Richard Townsend · Mar 4, 2016

Patco said:
Richard Townsend said:

I threw out WinZip years ago when it started getting really bloated with a lot of stuff I didn't need.

I then used 7Zip for a while. It worked quite well but went for ages between stable releases, I wasn't sure that it was being maintained.

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It was recently updated Dec. 31, 2015, so it is being maintained .

Yes I was delighted when V15.12 was released in November 2015.
The previous stable release was V9.20 in November 2010.

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Member said:

Recently I have switched to Bandizip which is also free, has a clear, straightforward interface and handles far more compression formats than I will ever need.

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Robert Zanatta · Mar 4, 2016

I don't mind paying for software that I use.

wklee · Mar 4, 2016

Richard Townsend said:
Patco said:

Richard Townsend said:

I threw out WinZip years ago when it started getting really bloated with a lot of stuff I didn't need.

I then used 7Zip for a while. It worked quite well but went for ages between stable releases, I wasn't sure that it was being maintained.

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It was recently updated Dec. 31, 2015, so it is being maintained .

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Yes I was delighted when V15.12 was released in November 2015.
The previous stable release was V9.20 in November 2010.

Richard Townsend said:

Richard Townsend said:

Recently I have switched to Bandizip which is also free, has a clear, straightforward interface and handles far more compression formats than I will ever need.

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wklee · Mar 5, 2016

Even crazier is that the WinZip Self Extractor is a trail version and the costs US$50.00?

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CAcreeks · Mar 16, 2016

7-Zip can mount or read an ISO file (on disk, not on a CD or DVD). Windows 7 cannot do this without an externally installed program such as Virtual Clone Drive or Virtual CD-ROM.

Nice!

wklee · Mar 16, 2016

CAcreeks said:
7-Zip can mount an ISO file (on disk, not on a CD or DVD). Windows 7 cannot do this without an externally installed program such as Virtual Clone Drive or Virtual CD-ROM.

Nice!

Thanks for the Indo. I didn't know that!!

CAcreeks · Mar 16, 2016

wklee said:
Member said:

7-Zip can mount an ISO file (on disk, not on a CD or DVD). Windows 7 cannot do this without an externally installed program such as Virtual Clone Drive or Virtual CD-ROM.

Nice!

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Thanks for the Info. I didn't know that!!

I'd like to take back the "mount" word because although 7-Zip can open files in an ISO, it can't deal with links to other files. I had to extract the ISO in order to run applications on it.

Anyway, beats having to install a special program.

Evidently Windows 8 and 10 can mount an ISO directly.

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