About WinRARWinRAR is a shareware file archiver and data compression utility by Eugene Roshal. Pocket RAR, a version of the file archiver for the Pocket PC platform, is available as freeware. It is one of the few applications that are able to create RAR archives natively, as the encoding method is held to be proprietary.WinRAR Features. Complete support for RAR and ZIP archives, and unpacking of CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, 7Z and Z archives. Optional archive encryption using AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) with a key of 128 bits. Files and archives up to 8.589 billion (10^12) gigabytes in size are supported.
The number of archived files is unlimited for all practical purposes. The ability to create self-extracting and multi-volume(split) archives. Data redundancy is provided via recovery records and recovery volumes, allowing to reconstruct even damaged archives. WinRAR supports advanced NTFS file system options and Unicode in file names. WinRAR can be tested for free for up to 40 days and provides free unlimited upgrades.Updates.
WinRAR is a 32-bit Windows version of RAR Archiver. How do I extract files with WinRAR?In order to extract a file using Win RAR in the shell mode you must first open the required archive in the tool. This may be achieved in one of several ways: double-click or press Enter on the archive name in the Windows shell (Explorer or Desktop). If the app was associated with archives during installation (the default installation option), an archive will be opened in the app.
You also may associate the tool for PC with archives after installation using the Integration settings dialog; double-click or press Enter on the archive name in the WinRAR window.How do I handle RAR files?It provides complete support for RAR files, so you may both create and unpack them. If you installed the program on your computer and downloaded a RAR file from the Internet, you may double click on the RAR file icon to open it in Win RAR, select all files, press the 'Extract To' button, enter a destination path and press 'OK'.What is the maximum file and archive size limitation?The size of a RAR or ZIP archive, as well as the size of any single file within a RAR archive, is limited to 8,589,934,591 GB (9,223,372,036,854,775,807 bytes). Note that to create archives larger than 4 GB, you need to use NTFS, as older file systems do not support such large files.I get an error like 'CRC failed in file name. The file is corrupt'!File data are corrupt. Archive may be damaged after creation.
In this case it is sometimes possible to repair it if it has the recovery record. It also could have been broken while creating, due to hardware failures (usually caused by an over-clocked CPU or unreliable memory).Note: 40 days trial version.Also Available.