How do I unrar a file?

Zaph · 25-08-2005 9:10pm #1

I downloaded a rar file and realised that I had nothing to open it with, so I downloaded unrar.exe. However, I can't find any instructions for its use, and when I click on it all that happens is a DOS box flashes up very quickly. I'm probably missing something very obvious, but if anyone can point me in the right direction I'd be grateful.

Goodshape · 25-08-2005 9:12pm

With WinRAR.

Aquos76 · 25-08-2005 9:15pm

Or here for a free trial.

Zaph · 25-08-2005 9:23pm

That's brilliant, thanks guys. It worked perfectly and is obviously much more straightforward than the first program I downloaded.

Zaph · 25-08-2005 9:53pm

Thanks Bedlam, I'll give that a go too and see which one I prefer.

parasite · 25-08-2005 10:29pm

zaph wrote:

I downloaded a rar file and realised that I had nothing to open it with, so I downloaded unrar.exe. However, I can't find any instructions for its use, and when I click on it all that happens is a DOS box flashes up very quickly. I'm probably missing something very obvious, but if anyone can point me in the right direction I'd be grateful.

run it at the command line

Ri_Nollaig · 25-08-2005 10:35pm

last time i remember winace http://www.winace.com/ does many formats including zip and rar

Zaph · 25-08-2005 10:51pm

parasite wrote:

run it at the command line

That was really my problem parasite, I'm not hugely technical so I've no idea what I should have been running at the command line that the first program I downloaded seemed to need. WinRAR worked great though, and I'll try the others recommended for comparison.

parasite · 25-08-2005 11:01pm

fair enough, like

How do I unrar a file?

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