Pour one out for WinRAR because Microsoft just announced Windows 11 will natively support RAR and a bunch of other archive formats that Windows users have been waiting decades for. Microsoft says support for the new formats should roll out in a new work-in-progress build later this week.
We have added native support for additional archive formats, including tar, 7-zip, rar, gz and many others using the libarchive open-source project… You now can get improved performance of archive functionality during compression on Windows.
Who ever bought a winrar license? But seriously, winrar and apps like 7zip are packed with so many features, I am eager to see just how competitive this windows stunt will be in comparison.
Secondly, why is winrar, winzip et al still a thing? Windows has had compressed folders since XP. Its a nice feature to add, but I don’t see it making any bigger of an impact than XPS did in trying to dislodge PDFs.
WinRAR has been WinZip competator for the last decade and a half. Microsoft started integrating WinZip compression technology on windows 7 and 2008 Server
Who ever bought a winrar license? But seriously, winrar and apps like 7zip are packed with so many features, I am eager to see just how competitive this windows stunt will be in comparison.