Commercial file archiver and data compression utility. Versions are available for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X.
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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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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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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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Is it possible to create a RAR from specific selected files inside another RAR?
So I have one RAR and I want to create another RAR from only the (let's say 10K) files inside that compressed archive without uncompressing it.
Hope this makes sense and thank you all in advance!
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When compressing a file on command prompt with RAR command, how to stop the process without cancelling it?
I used the following command:
rar a -m2 file.rar *.xml \\myroute\
I want to stop the process on the file that have already been processed i.e. using Ctrl + C will cancel the process but not finish ...
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Zipping or Compressing files through command prompt
I want to zip or rar large number of files fast, doing it in windows talking lot of time, so I thought zipping using Windows Command Prompt can be faster.
Please suggest if it is possible doing it? ...
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Can't view files from within WinRar (Win7 x64)
I have an issue with WinRar (64 bit version) on Windows 7 (x64) that is similar to the one described in another open question on this website
Link to the same issue on this site (unanswered)
However, ...
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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 to make temp extraction directory for Winrar stick to same drive that .rar is residing in?
i'm using the latest version of winrar (regged version).
problem is, the settings only allow me to set the temp path to a certain drive (e.g. C:). i want it to be dynamic (i.e. if the .rar resides in ...
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Can we save and resume winrar jobs?
I'm trying to zip a 87 GB folder into multiple volumes, 1 GB each.
WinRar is able to do that, however the entire job takes about 20 hours.
Is there anyway to save and resume the state of the WinRar ...
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Rar only certain extensions?
I'm using RAR at cmd
How can I rar only *.cs && *.ashx ?
I tries with the @listfiles.lst file which contains the extensions but it doesn't work. ( it adds all files !)
any help ?
the ...
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rar files have same name how to join them
I am trying to download an Android game. The files I downloaded are called:
com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftKRHM.part01.rar
com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftKRHM.part02.rar
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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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Making WinRAR extract archives by default when double clicking RAR files?
With WinRAR installed, when you right-click on a .rar file in Windows, you can browse to WinRAR -> Extract to [archive name] in the context menu, and WinRAR will extract the archive to a folder in ...
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How to recover my .rar file password on windows OS?
I have a book about C++ Programming that two years ago solved all of its chapters exercises successfully. Then saved all of these source codes into a folder, added it to a .rar file by WinRAR tool ...
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Batch file to move/compress/delete files
I am trying to write a batch script that will run automatically daily to do the following:
Move files older than 2 days to from the main directory (Jason) to an archive directory.
Zip files in the ...
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Set default options for WinRar
Is there some method for setting the default extraction properties for WinRar? I want to make it so that I can open a rar file, press Alt-W and have it decompress to a default location and have it ...
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WinRAR Context menu and file type detection of Windows
So far I know Windows display context menu based on the file extension rather than the file type. I just tested with empty text file with mp3 extension with winamp and the result is below:
The same ...
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WinRar right click context menu issues
I have recently switched all be reluctantly to Windows 8 and when installing WinRar, the right click context menu features, (Extract here, add to, etc....) do not show up. I clicked the settings ...
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How to make 7-Zip faster
I normally use WinRAR over 7-Zip simply because it's faster and only a little less efficient with compression. I did a few tests on different filetypes and sizes comparing the 7-Zip and WinRAR default ...
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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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Problems with RAR -as switch
I'm having difficulty using the -as switch with rar.exe on windows. When I try to use it while updating an existing archive, or even a completely new one, it attempts to add a couple of records and ...
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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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No archives found
When I try to open a zip file from Winrar, some times I get an error "No Archive found". But when I open Winrar and navigate to the folder and double click on the zip file, it shows the contents ...
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Is extracting an ISO safe?
I downloaded the Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation ISO, but last time I tried to update I extracted it with WinRAR to the desktop. I got an error during the installation. Here are the reasons I can ...
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Is it possible to unrar a split RAR archive while simultaneously erasing the compressed version of each part?
I am interested in storing some very large mts video files (roughly 3+ GB each) and lets say it takes up about 100 GB. I will compress the entire collection into parts that fit onto a given set of ...
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Compressing multiple files into multiple archives?
I have a folder full of pdfs and I'm tired of Winraring each file separately. I don't want to put them all in one archive.
Isn't there a command line I can use to make Winrar compress a file with ...
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Copying a .exe file'contents to .txt and changing extension [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to send an .exe attachment via Google Mail
I want to send an exe file as a txt (literally write it as email content and send).
I tried opening a new txt file and ...
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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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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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WinRar Command to Compress(Zip) Every File in Folder with Another File
I have a text file that I want to be archived with each file in a particular folder.
For example, the folder has: File1,File2,File3,TextDoc1`
I want File1.zip (which includes File1+TextDoc1), ...
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winrar and “put authenticity verification”?
When should I check this checkbox ?
and If i'm about to open a rar , how can I see the authenticity ?
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How is it possible that Winrar can repair any volume with one .rev file?
I just learned about .rev files with Winrar -- that if you have a 10-part RAR volume, for example, plus one .rev (recovery) volume -- that .rev volume will be able to "fix" any -one- corrupted volume.
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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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Is there any ways to extend the search (find-in-files) capability of WinRAR?
WinRAR is good at searching for a string in text files(java, xml, txt etc.) within an archive and it supports multiple archive formats. (rar, 7zip, winzip etc)
Is there some way to extend this ...
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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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Unzip .rar from command-line with 7-zip
On windows command-line I can extract archives like this:
7za e somefile.zip
I know 7zip supports .rar in the gui but can it be done in commandline mode?
Thanks
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Does putting media files in archives help save space?
For example if you used WinRAR or Winzip on .mp3 or .wmv files would it save disk space? I thought the answer was no because the compression was already built into their encoding. But then I red this ...
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Auto Zip folders to RAR files
Essentially I host all my music on an FTP so friends and family can access it with ease, and I can access it from abroad etc. But the only issue is that each track needs to be downloaded manually.
I ...
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Disk backup with 7-Zip/WinRAR? [closed]
I'm thinking of doing a disk backup with 7-Zip or maybe WinRAR, and some MBR backup utility like this.
I do not need incremental/differential backup, only a "full" one, and I'd like it to be split ...
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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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Any Acrhive extracting program (winzip or winrar) from where i can copy file
I use winrar for extracting the files.
BUt i find one thing very annoying e,g i double click on the acthive to view the contents
then if i want to copy one file on desktop i can't do that.
there is ...
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How to associate a browser with winrar?
Every time I open an archived animated .gif it pops up in Internet Explorer. How do I make Firefox the default viewer for this type of files? Going to options, settings, then viewer tab and choosing ...
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WinRAR cannot find network path
I'm trying to write a simple backup script using rar.exe, the command line binary shipped with WinRAR. I want to fetch an entire folder from a network location and add it to a rar-file on my desktop ...
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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 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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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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Commandline to zip a file using WinRar
I looked for the answers in the list and did not find any matching.
What is the commandline to zip a file using Winrar, and then move it to a particular folder?
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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 ...
