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Up until very recently we couldn't even open zip files without a helper software. Unsure why microsoft doesn't add things like powertoys by default.
by system2 2y ago
Up until very recently we couldn't even open zip files without a helper software. Unsure why microsoft doesn't add things like powertoys by default.
- rezaprima 2y agoor reproduce something like ZipMagic (iirc, so defunct that its website is gone)
- bdowling 2y agoZip file support has been in Windows since 98 (via the Plus pack) or Me (2000). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_(file_format) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_(file_format)
- sumtechguy 2y agoThink they just added 7z and rar support very recently though. But zip has been in there for ages... I use it all the time.
- system2 2y agoI meant rar. Sorry heh
- okanat 2y agoYour first statement is already refuted by other commenters. For the second, the reason is offical software support, internationalization and accessibility. Microsoft provides certain guarantees for its officially released software. They don't want to provide those for Powertoys.
- Scharkenberg 2y ago25 years ago is not "recently".
- prettyStandard 2y agoIn technology years it's getting longer every year.
- delfinom 2y agoWindows could open zip files all the way back to the XP era....
- delfinom 2y agoWindows could open zip files all the way back to the XP era....