I am guessing that many of you are using either WinRAR or WinZip and have not purchased a license. In both cases if you are using the program for 30-60 days and have not bought and paid for a license then you are suppose to remove it from your system. Neither of them are FREE programs. This is in fact software piracy no matter how much you try to rationalize it and this website frowns on any form of software piracy.

We purchase licenses for all the software run however, If you are looking for an actual free program to extract RAR and ZIP files then I recommend you try TUGZIP. http://www.tugzip.com/.

We have evaluated it and it does not contain spyware or adware and is a reliable and useful product. Here is the description from the TUGZip help file.

TUGZip is a powerful award-winning freeware archiving utility for Windows® that provides support for a wide range of compressed, encoded and disc-image files, as well as many other very powerful features; all through an easy to use application interface and Windows Explorer integration.

Features Overview

• Supports ZIP, 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, BH, BZ2, CAB, CPIO, DEB, GCA, GZ, IMP, JAR, LHA (LZH), LIB, RAR, RPM, SQX, TAR, TGZ, TBZ, TAZ, YZ1 and ZOO archives.


• Supports BIN, C2D, IMG, ISO and NRG disc-images.


• Support for external plug-ins.


• Windows® shell integration, e.g. drag & drop, shell context menu and drop handlers.


• Create 7-ZIP, BH, BZ2, CAB, JAR, LHA (LZH), SQX, TAR, TGZ, YZ1 and ZIP archives.


• Support for the Deflate64 algorithm which allows you to create ZIP archives larger than 4GB.


• Script support which allows you to make automated backups.


• Basic features like: add, extract, delete, rename, run, view, checkout, install, test, comment, SFX, virus-scanning, disk-spanning and much more.


• Repair corrupted archives.


• Can extract multiple archives at once using Multi Extract.


• Encrypt archives using 6 different algorithms. Blowfish (128-bit), DES (56-bit), Triple DES (168-bit) and Rijndael (128-bit, 192-bit and 256-bit).


• Create self-extracting encrypted archives.


• Automatic updates using the "Web Update" function.

The ELUA is very simple and contains no hidden clauses.

TUGZip VERSION 3.2 END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

IMPORTANT-READ CAREFULLY:
This TUGZip End-User License Agreement ("EULA") is a legal agreement between
you (either an individual or a single entity) and the Author of the SOFTWARE
identified above.

1. GRANT OF LICENSE.
The Author grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable,
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computer as long as the terms of this agreement are respected.

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SOFTWARE in its unmodified form via electronic means (Internet, BBS's,
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SOFTWARE. However, any maintenance or updates provided by The Author
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if you fail to comply with the terms and conditions of this EULA. In such
event, you must destroy all copies of the SOFTWARE.

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Halo Maps/UXB Internet disclaimer:
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what brought this on dennis?

thanks
n00b out..

to keep the forums free of refrences to illegal things i bet

wow. i dont have to spend money on "zippers" ever again...

wow hey thanks this helps alot

sweet thx dennis . oh and u might wanna check out the post called will sum1 help me? i think i broke a rule there.

I noticed that when I was going to uninstall WinZip (I have a trial version) it said it would delete all Zip files. Did it mean the archives?

No. You misread the message. What it meant was that it would remove all files for the Winzip program.

Yay now I can take winrar off my comp... (ive been to lazy too.... no really... but they should make it unuseable after the trial deadline... ok enough "illegal" talk) so anyway this is awsome! i'll get it later... i'm gona get some things taken off my comp first... as I have too much crap on it lmao... thanks Dennis!

thx for the info dennis!!!!

thats what dennis is talking about, use his alternative or buy winrar

When you installed the software you agreed to use it for 30 days and then buy it. You agreed to it because you had to click "i Agree" before it would allow you to install it.

If you have not purchased a license then you are suppose to remove it. If you have not removed it, it is stealing. Plain and simple.

WinZip came with my computer but i like tugzip better. I wonder what all those compression modes do. Like is there something with better compression then rar cause tugzip can't make rar archives..well if it can i can't figure it out anyhow.

just uninstall winrar cause i noticed for me anyhow it auto makes winrar default and i was unable to change it. Also check the tugzip help file

Thats illegal.

just a question.

if it's illegal, why let you do it?

Its not illegal, its just a message that gets annoying after a while saying "Youre 40-day trial is up" or something like that

It is a violation of the license agreement you agreed to when you installed the software. If you did not purchase a license within the trial period then you are suppose to remove it and stop using it. If you don't then it is software piracy plain and simple. WINRAR is not free.

wow thats kind of stupid then, they should make it so it just doesnt work after 40 days

they wouldnt be locked, they would be in .rar format, and couldnt be opened till you got like winrar or tugzip etc

yea in can extract .zip but peopel use winrar aswell which windows cant do without an app

Read the license agreement. Just because it still works after 40 days does not mean you are not in violation of the End User License Agreement:

But are they of smaller filesize? .rar files are generally the best compression and you can change the modifications with WinRAR. Now, I will admit it is illegal to keep without paying for it, but noone really ever cares anymore. Online piracy is far too common. Now keeping it on the legal side, if you have Windows XP, you don't have to worry about .zip files. Those are already operable filetypes due to the pre-installed extraction wizard. =] .rar files are not, however, so either buy WinRAR, get the free alternative Dennis mentioned, or if you want to buy something worth it, get PowerArchiver.

I can't speak for the rest of the Internet but at this website discussions of and avocating software piracy is not allowed - it is the number one rule. I do care and if you don't then you are part of the problem. There are many open source alternatives if you can't spend the money to purchase a valid license. Tugzip is just one of them.

I kinda hate tug zip... I can't compress anything and I can't make .zip files like normal anymore..... >.< I uninstalled and guess what.... IT'S STILL SCREWED! T_T

I didn't say you had to speak for them, and I didn't say I don't care. Software piracy is just the major thing these days, whether we like it or not. But ending that topic, perhaps we could find a Wikipedia list or even create one showing various alternatives for WinZip and WinRAR, that even detail whether it's Freeware, Shareware, Try-Before-Buy, or Adware.

Hang on, here's one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_archivers That lists a comparison of all the file archivers, conveniently enough stating whether it's freeware or how much it costs to buy. In case you don't like the TUGZip option, or just want to find others for your own choice.

lol one of them is just called The Extractor rofl.

i love tugzip, while winzip full did come with my computer it did not for my brother. So when he needed an extractor i gave him tugzip which i started using as well. Rar compression is just anoying i have never noticed much difference between zip and rar compression. I use tugzip cause it can extract rar and just seen no reason to switch back to winzip.

Tugzipper lol thats what ill call tugzip from now on.

ppl....this tugzip thing can make exe files which extract the map for you! so you just open it and it extracts the file to the \maps directory automatically! pretty sick...

so yer, installed it, tried to open a RAR, GUESS WHAT.

didn't like it.

help? I've associated rar's with tugzip and this computer is running on 98.

tugzip screws up too much for me....so I use windows deafult thingy for .zip files, and tugzip for everything else (which there isn't much of)

And that is only relevant if you are a dishonest person. The fact is that if you do not purchase a license within the trial period you are suppose to remove the software. That is what YOU agreed to when you installed it and agreed to the End User License. Or are you saying that in addition to being a thief you are also a liar?

Lol, I bet if they made that program, they can figure out how to make it stop working after 40 days....

Someone just got Owned. =)

how did u make this?

Thank you Dennis!



black elite- i think he used a program called 'pivot stick animator'