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August 15th, 2004, 10:06 PM
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What are \'rar\' files and how do I open them?
I've noticed that some mod files are in the 'rar' format. How do you open them after downloading?
I used the 'search function but could not find anything even slightly helpful.
Thanks in advance for any replies.
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Re: What are \'rar\' files and how do I open them?
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August 15th, 2004, 10:16 PM
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Re: What are \'rar\' files and how do I open them?
They are compressed with the RAR algorithm, which gives much smaller archive files than ZIP does. WinRar will open them. |
August 15th, 2004, 10:16 PM
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Re: What are \'rar\' files and how do I open them?
Try winrar:
www.rarlabs.com
It's shareware; not sure if any *free* programs can read them...
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Re: What are \'rar\' files and how do I open them?
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Ed Kolis said:
Try winrar:
www.rarlabs.com
It's shareware; not sure if any *free* programs can read them...
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There are "free" programs. It just depends on if your definition of "free" is a ton of spyware being installed on your PC and it being rather unreliable [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/mad.gif[/img]
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August 16th, 2004, 09:55 PM
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Re: What are \'rar\' files and how do I open them?
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There are "free" programs. It just depends on if your definition of "free" is a ton of spyware being installed on your PC and it being rather unreliable
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That's why I'm extremely careful about what I DL and where I DL it from.
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August 21st, 2004, 08:35 AM
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Re: What are \'rar\' files and how do I open them?
WinRAR is a great program. Far better than WinZip.
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Re: What are \'rar\' files and how do I open them?
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WinRAR is a great program. Far better than WinZip.
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95% of archiving programs are far better than WinZip. WinZip is just an extremely basic program, lacking any advanced features, as well as support for a lot of compression algorithms.  |
August 21st, 2004, 09:25 PM
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Re: What are \'rar\' files and how do I open them?
Oh yes, there are definitely free programs -- genuine 'free' not fake 'free' with the cost extracted in ad-hassles -- that handle .RAR files. Quickzip for example. I haven't bothered to compress any .RAR files with it so I don't know how it compares to the original in compression performance but it does extract them, and many other formats also.
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