Comments on: Unzipping Shell Extension and Vista

Question: Unzipping Shell Extension and Vista

flatluigi — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:41:10 -0800

Where can I find an unzipping program for Vista that has a shell extension for Explorer?

I got a brand-new computer for graduation and it came with Vista x64. I've always used XP, so it's quite a change.

One of the things that I used to have that isn't working now that I've switched is Tugzip's shell extension. Basically, with it installed, I could right-click on a .rar or .zip or other package in Explorer and have a menu in which I could choose to extract the package in the folder. I've searched and I can't find a way to make it work, so now I'm looking for an alternative.

That said, I ask: Can anyone recommend a free unpackager that supports many different extensions like Tugzip and has such shell extension functionality?

(If anyone has a hack that could make Tugzip work, that might also work.)

By: jkaczor

jkaczor — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:47:51 -0800

7-Zip

By: jkaczor

jkaczor — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:48:48 -0800

Sigh - bad link, http://www.7-zip.org

By: mattoxic

mattoxic — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:49:46 -0800

winrar ?

By: lilkeith07

lilkeith07 — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:49:57 -0800

Ive been using ALZip on Vista x64 and works fine for me. It has kinda a cartoon-y look to it but it gets the job done.

By: iamabot

iamabot — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:59:46 -0800

2nding winrar.

By: ROU_Xenophobe

ROU_Xenophobe — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:06:52 -0800

IZarc claims to be vista-compatible.

By: demagogue

demagogue — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:11:24 -0800

2nding 7-Zip.

By: flatluigi

flatluigi — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:20:49 -0800

7-zip didn't do it, but ALZip seems fine. Thanks!

By: cnc

cnc — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:05:53 -0800

You may have to go into the 7-zip preferences to setup the shell extension.

By: jak68

jak68 — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:44:27 -0800

justzipit is fantastic.

By: mincus

mincus — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:31:45 -0800

I <3 7zip