WinRAR is a commercial file archiver and data compression utility. Versions are available for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X. The native compression format (RAR - Roshal Archive) is supported alongside ZIP, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, EXE, 7z and Z archives.
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Zip multiple folders indvidually, automatically
I have folders full of photos within category folders
eg
holidays
spain
france
italy
family
son
daugher
christmas
2010
2011
... except much longer ... there are about 100 folders.
I need ...
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WinRAR: Access is Denied when archiving
I am trying to backup an old drive from a WinXP machine in Windows 7 using WinRAR. I keep getting "Access is Denied" in a lot of the folders I'm trying to include. I don't really want to go changing ...
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Can I compress a RAR file again to reduce its size?
I had a 326 MB iso file that I compressed using WinRAR, with the best compression method. It got compressed to 144 MB.
I want to compress more and want it to be limited to something around 22 MB.
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Does WinRAR detect duplicate files?
I have a directory with subdirectories, and a lot of duplicate files in them. If I move everything to a single rar archive, will WinRAR detect the duplicate files, or will all of them be archived and ...
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.zip file created on Mac giving error in Windows 7 upon extracting
My friend compressed lots of photos into a zip archive using a MacBook, and uploaded it to Dropbox. I downloaded the zip and when I try to extract using WinRAR it gives this error, but extracts most ...
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Merging extracted files Into a working program
I downloaded 33 files (.rar) using uTorrent and extracted all of them using WinRAR. All are in one folder, appropriately named.
However, I have no idea how to merge them all into the one working ...
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How to extract data from a partially corrupt multi-part rar archive?
I downloaded a video that's 11 parts the other day. Today I tried to extract it but it tells me that part04 is corrupt. So I checked "keep broken files", but of course it only gave me the beginning of ...
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Why is the unzip with WinRAR so slow?
Why is the unzip so slow, if the processor is not 100% busy, disk I/O is not saturated, and there is enough memory?
I'm using Win7 x64, but this was just an example. (The package can be anything big ...
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How to crack Winrar password without any software [closed]
Anybody know how to crack the Winrar password without using any software. I forgot my password which is having more than 7 characters and have special symbols. So if I use any of the software it will ...
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is it true that winrar cannot delete files inside tar file?
Can you please confirm that winrar cannot manipulate files inside tar?
Which program can I use it to delete files inside tar without unarchiving it?
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How do I split a large WinRAR file using WinRAR?
I have a .rar file, (already compressed) and I need to split it. Can this be done through the WinRAR UI?
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Is there a way to force WinRAR to unrar everything into one directory, regardless of
Is there a way to force WinRAR to unrar everything into one directory, regardless of its "internal structure"?
For example, you have an archive which consists of
- root directory: root files
+ ...
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How to disable WinRAR warnings about unsaved modifications?
"Document.doc will be compressed only after closing the application using it. Modifications will be lost if you close WinRAR before that."
I just want to view the files, and find this annoying.
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How can I change the password prompt in a self-extracting WinRAR archive?
I create a password-protected self-extracting archive using WinRAR. When I open the archive the executable asks me for a password. How can I change "Enter password for the encrypted file." to a custom ...
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What does it mean for WinRAR to “check for SFX archives”?
I understand what are SFX archives, but what does WinRAR installer means when it asks "where to check for SFX archives" :
==Windows Vista Home Premium sp2
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How to repack a single rar part with a new or no password?
I want to change the password of a single rar part of which i know the password.
From my understanding, the rar file is the data container. The files in that container are encrypted with a passphrase.
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Can I remove a RAR file's (known) password without recompressing the archive?
Long title. Anyway, I haven't been able to find an answer to this question.
I know the password to the RAR file, I locked it myself, but now all I want to do is remove the password because it's too ...
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How to fix a corrupted .rar file?
I was wondering how to fix these corrupted files I've downloaded. They're in parts, and part 5 and 11 are corrupt. I can't extract the whole file.
I already tried to repair it using WinRAR repair.
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Possible to have WinRAR extract based on OS
We are trying to distribute an application using WinRAR. In Windows 7 the application needs to go to Program Files (x86); in XP it needs to be extracted to Program Files. Is there a way to make ...
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winrar how to remove that password? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
RAR Password recovery
Ok I "forgot" my WinRAR password.
So basically I was googling for a solution and found Winrar password recovery and winrar cracker.
Both of these ...
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How to extract corrupted RAR files
I try to extract a file from set of .RAR parts. I always get the following error:
Corrupted
so I tried many programs to extract the corrupted RAR files. I have 10 parts, each one 400MB big. The ...
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Use rar.exe to create an archive file, how to name it accord to the original file?
I have a file named windows tutorial.pdf and its size is 140M. I use the rar.exe command from WinRAR to archive it.
rar.exe a -v50m archive.rar "windows tutorial.pdf"
The upper code will create a ...
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Using WinRAR to compress a folder stucture
I am trying to zip up the following directory contents:
C:\Test\*.*
C:\Test\bin\*.*
I want to be able to zip up the Test directory and the bin subdirectory, however, I need the Test directory’s ...
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What is the reason for 7-zip / WinRAR to first unzip files to “temp” and then move them to destination?
What is the reason for 7-zip / WinRAR to first unzip files to "temp" and then move them to destination?
I do not see any advantage against just directly unzipping to destination. It is really ...
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Identify ENCRYPTED compressed files at the command line
I have directories with hundreds of RAR files. Currently I use Powershell 2.0 with a script that utilizes WinRAR's RAR utility to decompress the files. The issue is that a small number of the files ...
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Extract software from multiple archives with WinRAR
I downloaded some software that was split in five parts that I cannot extract using WinRAR.
Each part is around 110 MB. The file format of each part is .zip. I have extracted all the parts in a ...
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Maintain folder structure with WinRAR
Suppose my folder structure is:
A
-B
--C
---D
and in the D folder I have a file, say test.txt. How can I add this test.txt file to an archive so that the folder's hierarchy is also maintained in ...
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Permission Denied error when unzipping files
I'm trying to unzip some files in a folder under Program Files. I keep getting a "permission denied" error with WinRAR on Windows 7 Professional.
Any idea why?
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How to set password on already existing winrar archive and encrypt it also?
Not when creating new archive, but on existing archive. I would also like to know how to do that in other archiver.
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Password Strength Calculator
I'd like to know how much time does a password cracker would take to break my password that has setup on .rar archive.
For Example- If my password has a length of 13 characters which has:
4 Letters ...
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Setting WinRAR to exclude files with the exact filename I specify from being extracted from an archive
How can I configure WinRAR to exclude files with the exact filenames: thumbs.db or .DS_Store (ignoring case) from being extracted from an archive (all directory levels within an archive)?
Files with ...
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WinRAR context menu's “Extract here” does not work in Windows 7
I recently installed Windows 7 Ultimate on my laptop and I am the administrative user. I have also installed WinRAR.
Whenever I try to extract a RAR file using the 'Extract Here' option from the ...
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open extracted location after extracting
Is there a way in WinRar to quickly go to the containing folder of the extracted files directly after I have extracted them?
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is Winrar's “store” mode the same as tar?
The question kind of says it all. When archiving files with Winrar you get the option of different compression modes, one of which is "store".
I'm under the impression this does no actual compression ...
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Extract files in rar archive without having some previous files
I have a big rar archive which is split into 700mb parts. I only have part 5 and 6 and there is a 40mb file in there that I wanna extract using Winrar. I know the whole file is stored in part 5 ...
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Comparing zip/compression utilities [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Best compression applications for Windows?
I've used WinZip, WinRar, and 7zip for packaging and compression. I know the first two are payware, and the last is open ...
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rename/delete a folder from multipart rar file
I've a question: (I sent it in past)
I have multipart rar file.
Their contents are:
file.part01.rar:
myfolder (is a folder)
data.cab -->
file.part02.rar:
myfolder (is a folder)
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How to make Winrar look at XPI files as a RAR file?
I think it might be possible editing some settings on the registry. Can anyone tell me what I have to edit? So the shell methods will be the same for RAR and XPI files...
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How to create an executable RAR file?
Recently I downloaded on portable freeware software, which was in rar format,
which I could run with a double click and also could extract in some folder-> search for the exe file and then run it ..
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How can Nod32 be used with Winrar on-demand-scan?
There are some existing answers on the web saying "you don't need it", "you wouldn't want to", "just keep archive scan on". I know about live scan, but wish to be able to do on-demand scan through ...
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WinRAR, WinXP SP2: “Drag and drop operation failed”
WinRAR 3.93, WinXP SP2:
Whenever I start trying to drag and drop, it immediately fails (as soon as I click and start moving the mouse) with the message "Drag and drop operation failed".
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How efficient is using WinRAR to password protect a file?
I have a a file with important data that I want to password-protect. I basically want to be prompted for a password every time I try to open the file. I tried TrueCrypt but it doesn't seem to prompt ...
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How to determine total file space saved in a directory
I'm running on a Windows 7 computer and there is a directory that contains more than 10,000 compressed files (RAR, ZIP) with more added on a daily basis.
Is there any application or script available ...
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Decompress using Winrar, and now I have no disk space?
i have a hard drive, with 2 partitions.
drive C:, D:, and ofcourse my dvd-rom drive which is E:
i have a compressed file on my D: and its roughly 1.3 gigs, but when i try to decompress it to the ...
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config WinRAR to launch folder after extracting?
Is there a way to launch the folder extracted from WinRAR? Can I also configure WinRAR to only launch the folder when I extract from the GUI, and not from the Explorer right-click context menu?
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Command line alternative to rar.exe with complex switches
I am searching for a command line alternative to rar.exe from winrar which supports the multitude of options that rar.exe does, preferably one that is open source.
Specifically, I am searching for a ...
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How to change password on RAR archive w/o modifying arch. files attributes (modified/created)?
How do I change the password of an .RAR archive, without changing the date/time attributes of the files in the archive? Unfortunately you can't directly change the password of the archive with ...
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How to use RAR or ZIP to rename replaced files when extracting
I wish to extract files using RAR or ZIP but I need to be able to rename the files being replaced so that there is a copy of the previous version in case something goes wrong.
Couldn't see any ...
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where does WinRAR extract files to by default in Windows 7?
where does WinRAR extract files to by default in Windows 7?
Because I need to locate an .ISO I just extracted...
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Extracting only files that match specific number from many compressed files
I have over 500 rar files with lots of compressed ppt files in one directory. I would like to search each archive if archive has file prj_09hr23 in name and ppt extension.
What program should I use to ...
