Program information 
- Softonic Rating:
- License:
- Evaluation
- Added:
- January 25, 2007
- Updated:
- September 25, 2007
- Publisher:
- Website
- File size:
- 1.2 MB
- Downloads:
- 113,801
“One of the best file compression packages”
Stealing the crown from WinZip, the previously undisputed king of file compression apps, WinRAR is a must-have in any modern-day PC toolkit. The application not only includes support for extracting virtually any kind of file compression format, it also boasts a no-nonsense approach to reducing file sizes.
Some will argue that the application isn’t as quick as WinZip at compressing files. However, for the small lag in time difference, you end up with a significantly smaller archived file at the end of the process with WinRAR. What’s more, the application allows you to save files into both ZIP and RAR formats, with a multitude of options for speeding up compression times, or reducing file sizes at the expense of a few more seconds.
Although many newcomers might be put off by the sheer range of features and settings within the program, the interface doesn’t take long to get accustomed to, and if you’re still really stuck there’s a simple wizard-based system that walks you through the process of extracting or compressing. All this adds up to make WinRAR a dependable utility that performs better than any other tool in its class.
Languages:
Spanish
WinRAR supports the following formats:
RAR, ZIP, CAB, ARJ, LZH, ACE, TAR, GZip, UUE, ISO, BZIP2, Z, 7-Zip
Recent changes in WinRAR:
- Archive names in rar.log error log file always include the full path
- WinRAR tray icon is compatible with high DPI display modes
- If you modified a file in archive with encrypted names using an external editor, WinRAR will not ask for archive password again when prompting to update a file
- Many bugs fixed
OS requirements for WinRAR:
- OS: Win95/98/98SE/Me/2000/NT/XP
- Seamless compression resulting in low file sizes
- Huge array of options and settings
- Intuitive Quick-Start feature
- Still not available as freeware
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From the publisher of WinRAR
WinRAR is a powerful archive manager. It can backup your data and reduce size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files downloaded from Internet and create new archives in RAR and ZIP file format.
WinRAR is ideal for multimedia files. WinRAR automatically recognizes and selects the best compression method. The special compression algorithm compresses multimedia files, executables and object libraries particularly well.
WinRAR is also ideal, if you are sending data through the web. Its 128 bit password encryption and its authenticated signature technology will give you the peace of mind you have been looking for.
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Posts about WinRAR in our blog
- First look at WinRAR 3.80 Beta by Elena Santos
- Maximum compression with WinRAR by Elena Santos
- The great software Easter egg hunt: Day 6 - WinRAR by James Thornton
- Preview images in compressed files by Nicholas Mead
- Six compression utilities compared by Cyril Roger
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Warning!
Do not attempt to get an RAR reader from a third party site. In other words don't type into google, .rar reader. I didn't want to buy the evaluation so i looked on another site offering the 'free... read more
Bye Bye WinZip, Hello WinRAR
Zip your files. Go on, try it. You’ll find that WinRAR compresses those huge files of yours a lot more than Winzip would. You can also extract almost any type of other file that has been compress... read more
I realized my mistake
So i decided to get the evaluation now because i needed to open a visual style in rar form. I must say this rar reader is safe and didn't bring up any viruses and very simple to use and also very ... read more
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