Windows 11 adds native support for RAR, 7-Zip, Tar and other archive formats thanks to open-source library::undefined

  • Space Sloth@feddit.dk
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    1 year ago

    Still gonna use 7zip, the default Windows packing/unpacking interface is atrocious.

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      1 year ago

      Honestly though if they just added “extract to {archivename}\” as a right click option it would cover more than 90% of my usage.

      • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.one
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        1 year ago

        Literally the reason why 7 zip is the first thing I install on a windows machine.

        All the linux file managers I use have that context menu built in, so nothing else to install 😅 except that I also sometimes use 7zip file manager via WINE because I like a GUI

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        1 year ago

        Have you used Windows recently? This option currently exists as a right-click option in Windows 11.

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          1 year ago

          I only see the “Extract All…” option which has been there for years and isn’t what I want. If it just proceeded with the extraction and didn’t pop up a window asking where to put it then we’d be in business, but as currently implemented it’s an additional interaction to do the same thing.

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      1 year ago

      Which is an incredible effort, very few software have an interface more atrocious than 7zip.

      The UI is the main reason I actually paid for a WinRAR license.

      • Space Sloth@feddit.dk
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        1 year ago

        I don’t use the interface, that’s the thing. I just use the contextual menu - which is more than enough to operate it easily. If the windows version of it had the same, then I wouldn’t mind at all.