I have a question about downloading

[flyatl 4]

When I try to download thing of off simtropolis, I have to use Winrar. Since Winrar is not free, is there a way to donload thing without Winrar?

Thanks

[Yuu Caa Sim 55]

I myself use UltimateZip (ultimatezip.com). It has a pay version, but I use the free version, which I think is the same except that it has a startup screen that takes a couple of seconds to go away. It also occaisionally locks up when exiting, but this might have been fixed in newer versions. However, it reads just about any archive type you can think of.

If you want open source, you can use 7-zip (7-zip.org).

[Merlin of Flyote 8]

Originally posted by: flydelta

When I try to download thing of off simtropolis, I have to use Winrar. Since Winrar is not free, is there a way to donload thing without Winrar?

Thanks

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I use Winzip, that has a free version.

[logiccosmic 0]

It says its good for only 40 days, but you can ignore it.

Mine is a year old I think

[Sam 163]

There are heaps of free unzipper programs, such as Zip Genius. Just go to one of the download archives like Tucows and you should find lots.

[jim 546 43]

i've used winrar for about 3 months now. just click the X buton on the purchase message and it'll work. (you'd think they've noticed this by now eh?)

[flyatl 4]

Thanks for your replies.

[flyatl 4]

So for ultimate-zip it asks me to choose credit check, real player,  emusic, etc... Which one should I use? And also for 7-zip, when i download it then can I download things from Simtroplis?

[Legosim 14]

I use the one windows has, its annoying to have to check off the boxes so i dont want to see my unzipped folder yet.

[bluemoose 223]

i just press the Extract all button on Windows Vista, is this wrong?????

works pretty well for me!!!???

[earwax_man 18]

I use winrar, the trial never runs out!

[City2TheMax 3]

I find it so funny that winrar keeps telling me the trial will run out, even though I've used for like 3 years or so. Maybe more.

[Cob92 360]

WinRAR has an unlimited trial period. Even though it keeps telling you to pay, there's nothing at all to make you do so, and apparently RarLab doesn't care enough to change that.

[doorknob60 11]

Yeah, WinRAR will last as long as you want it to, but I myself prefer 7-Zip since it's open source and it won't nag you to buy it. Also it has a native x64 version so if you have a 64 bit version of Windows it will run a bit faster. And it has a nice right click context menu, and it supports ZIP, RAR, 7z, tar, etc. Best freeware compression program for Windows IMO.

[flyatl 4]

So if I download 7-zip, will i be able to download from simtropolis?

[flyatl 4]

How do you use 7-zip

[flyatl 4]

How do I also use Winrar?

[Yuu Caa Sim 55]

You can always download from Simtropolis. An unzipper program is neccessary to open up the files.

As bluemoose says, Vista and XP have an unzipper which you can use to move the files from the zip file into your plugins folder. It works just like a standard folder.

To download Ultimatezip, go into the download tabs on thier website, and select the first link (ultimatezip 4.0.2 download from CNET)

7-zip should work just like winrar. You install it, then double click on any zipped file, and then move everything needed from the zip file into your plugins folder. You can also right click on any zipped file, hover over the 7-zip submenu, and then select "extract files..."

For winrar, I presume as others have said you can just close the dialog window that comes up saying that your trial has expired. I haven't used the program in a while though.

Also, please edit your posts instead of making another post if little time (less than a day or so) has passed and nobody has posted after your post.

[flyatl 4]

So how do I use ultimatezip? Thanks for helping me.

[tungston 19]

You can use Windows built in compressed folder to unzip files. Right click on the file and choose "Extract all", then choose where you want the files to be extracted.