Comments on: IZArc – The best freeware ZIP utility available?

By: smackmyb

smackmyb — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:21:34 +0000

I´m using ZipGenius. It´s also free for commercial use and has a nice GUI.

By: Cyrus

Cyrus — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:35:29 +0000

I also have been using izarc at work for year, however, I changed to 7-Zip. The major reason is that it didn’t support sub-folder with Simplified Chinese character.
For example:

Zip File
|-Simplified Chinese Name1
|—Simplified Chinese Name2

It will failed to extract the folder. How come it said it support unicode

By: Fred

Fred — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:12:24 +0000

I have been deploying izarc at work for years and it works great. I especially like the fact that it’s default file creation type is common .zip. 7zip and other compression tools force you to use their less common file type.

By: Andreas Erson

Andreas Erson — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:37:59 +0000

Lukas:
Not sure if this applies in your case but the WinRAR license text states:

“Home users may use their single computer usage license on all computers which are in property of the license owner.

Business users require one license per computer RAR is installed on.”

Good to know if you’re a home user.

By: Lukas Beeler

Lukas Beeler — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:50:57 +0000

I’ve bought two WinRAR licenses a while back, and it still serves me well. I’d prefer if they offered a per-user licensing model, because right now i can only use it on my work laptop and on my desktop. That isn’t all that nice.

Then again, i often use Windows’s integrated Zip functionality on servers and client machines. Many of our customers still have (expired) trials of WinZIP installed, even though the could just use the ZIP-Functionality in XP and up.

By: eraH

eraH — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:18:54 +0000

I like IZArc’s interface better that 7zip. Plus, its free for commercial use, which a lot of other free archivers aren’t.