
Why? Because every program that’s installed on your hard drive takes up space that could be used to store something else that you really do need. In my opinion it’s never a good idea to install a program you don’t really need.

Rick’s answer: Carla, if I were you I would skip installing 7-Zip and simply use the native Windows unzipping utility instead.ħ-Zip is in fact a powerful tool, but if all you’ll ever use it for is to unzip the zipped folders your boyfriend sends you then you simply don’t need it. If you recommend that I keep using 7-Zip I’ll download it and install it. Is there an advantage to using 7-Zip instead of the Windows tool? All I use it for is unzipping the photos my boyfriend sends to me.

I just bought a new Windows computer and I noticed that there’s an option to unzip folders on the right-click menu. On my old computer I used a program called 7-Zip to unzip those folders and extract the files.

Question from Carla: My boyfriend is currently working overseas and he sends me lots of photos in zipped folders.
