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Stealing the crown from WinZip, the previously undisputed king of file compression apps, WinRAR is a must-have in any modern-day PC toolkit. The application not only includes support for extracting virtually any kind of file compression format, it also boasts a no-nonsense approach to reducing file sizes.


Some will argue that the application isn't as quick as WinZip at compressing files. However, for the small lag in time difference, you end up with a significantly smaller archived file at the end of the process withWinRAR . Whats more, the application allows you to save files into both ZIP and RAR formats, with a multitude of options for speeding up compression times, or reducing file sizes at the expense of a few more seconds.

Although many newcomers might be put off by the sheer range of features and settings within the program, the interface doesn't take long to get accustomed to, and if you're still really stuck there's a simple wizard-based system that walks you through the process of extracting or compressing. All this adds up to makeWinRAR a dependable utility that performs better than any other tool in its class.

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