What is a RAR file?
RAR is the native format of the WinRAR archiver.
Like other archives, RAR files are data containers. They store one or several files in the compressed form.
After you download a RAR file from the Internet, you need to unpack its contents in order to use them.
Like other archives, RAR files are data containers. They store one or several files in the compressed form.
After you download a RAR file from the Internet, you need to unpack its contents in order to use them.
- Example 01: Add files to an archive
- How can I extract a volume to view the content?
- How can I split files to multivolume archives?
- How can I switch to the old extension based naming scheme (*.rar,*.r00 to *.r99)?
- How do I archive files with WinRAR?
- How do I extract files with WinRAR?
- How do I handle RAR files?
- How do I register WinRAR?
- I failed to extract files from a solid multivolume RAR archive because one archive volume was damaged (bad floppy diskette). Help me!
- I get an error like "CRC failed in file name. The file is corrupt"!
- I get an error like "Invalid or corrupt authenticity information"!
- I get an error like "Packed data CRC failed in volume name. The volume is corrupt"!
- I get an error like "Unknown method in filename"!
- I have forgotten my password, how can I recover it?
- RAR versus ZIP
- What is a RAR file?
- What is the difference between command line WinRAR and RAR?
- What is the maximum file and archive size limitation?
- What is the maximum number of files that can be added to an archive?
- What is the wizard interface?