If you have gotten email with an attachment that ends in. After scanning the file to verify that it does not contain a virus, rename the file by removing the. Select the files or folders that need to be extracted and continue as above.
Because disk quota is always a finite resource, you may find that you need to archive files to free up space for other files. Another reason to compress a file is to email a large file to someone whose mail space does not allow receiving a file as large as the uncompressed version. In both cases you can use WinRAR to compress files. You can see how much time it will take to compress, how far along progress is and you will be alerted to when it is completed.
Now, you can do a few things with extracting those files to access them again. You can simply extract them to where you are now, you can extract specific files in the archive or you can extract them to a folder. If you know the archive contains a lot of files or folders, extracting to its own folder or going through manually is the easiest way to wade through the archive.
As long as the archive is not password protected, you can simply drag and drop the files or folders you want to wherever you want on your computer. If you extra to a folder, it will simply fill the folder with everything from the archive in its uncompressed state.
From within the archive, you are working with you have a variety of options at your disposal, such as saving an archive copy, setting a password for it and moving files around.
This menu allows you to add files to the archive you opened, text files to make sure they open properly as well as set up various other options for the archive. Tools allow you to open the Wizard that will walk you through creating an archive on your own. You can also scan, convert and repair archives with issues here and create reports.
Favorites allows you to add archives to your favorites in WinRAR. This is not the most practical of tools within the program, but if you work with a lot of archives, this can be a way to keep them organized so you can find items much more quickly.
This is where you can access the help files for WinRAR should you need more detailed instructions on how to work with advanced archive options in the program. Open WinRAR after installing. Select a RAR file and click Open.
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Related Articles. Article Summary. Part 1. Go to the WinRAR installation site. This blue button is at the top of the page. Clicking this will take you to an advertisement. If you're on a bit version of Windows, you can click the click here link below the blue button.
Check your bit count before clicking the bit link. You'll see this at the top of the page. Doing so will prompt the WinRAR setup file to download to your computer. Depending on your browser, you may first have to confirm the download or select a save location. Double-click the setup file.
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