Have you ever experienced a time when someone sent you a compressed file (.tar, .rar, .7z, etc) and realized that you don’t have the application to open it? I know some of you don’t know how to open a .RAR file or never even heard of a program called WinRAR to extract RAR files.
Anyway, usually you have 2 choices when a scenario like above happens:
- Ask your friend/client to re-send you the file on a zip format (which you can simply double click on Windows to open it)
- Download the required program (WinRAR, 7-Zip, etc) to open and extract the files
Well, not anymore! If you don’t want to clutter your Windows with unnecessary once-off program, simply go to WobZip to get your file extracted.
At this time, WobZip supports extracting compressed file in this format: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZHCHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS.
WobZip is still in beta, so don’t be scared if you encounter any bugs.
I made a test of uploading a 2 Mb RAR file, containing 3 of my wallpaper files.
Simply browse for the compressed file and click on the upload button, err I mean, wobzip! button.
If the compressed file is password protected, you need to enter the password as well so that it can be opened & extracted.
Afterwards, the list of files inside the compressed archive will be displayed, and you can either download selected files one by one, or download the whole lot of them as a ZIP file.
Easy, eh? Now every time my friend asks me how to open a RAR file or anything, I’ll simply forward them to WobZip to extract the files online, instead.
This also comes in handy if we need to extract a file to someone else’s computer but he/she doesn’t have the program to extract it. I’ll simply go online (who doesn’t have an internet connection nowadays?) and extract the files there.
Thanks to yorke who introduced me to WobZip.
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That’s funny I just ran into this problem. Thanks for giving everyone the heads up!
Blah, nice, but 7-Zip owns!
[if we need to extract a file to someone else’s computer but he/she doesn’t have the program to extract it.]
This is the only use for this, though I would gladly install 7-Zip onto their PC and teach them how to use it. XD
Michael,
I always use winrar program…
But nice find…
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Oh..that’s good info! everybody can tell me what’s your favorite compress software ?
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i always liked zip format as it opens by windows defaults ..
but what i liked most on this service is the ability to get certain files from compressed files hosted online . and that is really cool and save some time
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Thanks for sharing this application
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Nice Review i will try this aps thanks for sharing
Well not everyone wants you to install software in their computers (myself included), hence why you can use this online service so that you don’t have to install WinRar, 7-zip or whatever in your friend’s computer
GENIUS! I am SO needing a program like this – I hate WinRar, and it bothers me that I have to install it on every new computer I buy! Not anymore!
I still don’t even understand why people don’t just use WinZip for everything. What’s so much better about WinRar anyways?
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I heard that it’s giving a better compression than a zip file.
But again, with hard drive size and internet speed nowadays, why bother?
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Thanks for sharing it. I did remember to have broken rar files in the past. It’s kinda annoying because you can’t extract working files out of a corrupted rar
great! this is what i’ve been looking for to extract my .tar.gz file. and it supported so many extension, from .zip to .tar, .gz. wow!
to Feabionsu, winrar is better than winzip because winrar could extract both .rar and .zip file, but winzip couldn’t extract .rar.
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Actually, I use 7-zip on all my systems. That is what wobzip uses at its backend so with 7-zip installed I don’t have to worry about any archives ever as it opens almost all of them without any problems.
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