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26 Mar 2005, 05:18 (Ref:1262107)
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what is an rar file
hi guys a friend has sent me a file with an attachment that I need to get something working on my comp.
the file is called an rar file but I have no idea what an rar file even is. so firstly what is it ? secondly when I went to open it I get a message saying there is no program associted to open the file and that I should add it in my control panel. so off to the control panle i went and found everything I need to do to open the file but it goves me a choice of what to open the file with. anyone have any clues as to what program I should use to open it ??? CHEERS Marcus P.S sorry if this is in the wrong place 
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26 Mar 2005, 09:47 (Ref:1262162)
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its a compressed archive (like a .zip) you need a program called winrar to open it http://www.rarlabs.com
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26 Mar 2005, 11:54 (Ref:1262240)
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excellent thanks wens
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26 Mar 2005, 12:06 (Ref:1262247)
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I'm surprised they've used that format to compress it, .zip files used in WinZip can be opened in a lot more programs, but still. Hopefully you've got everything up and running okay now.
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26 Mar 2005, 12:20 (Ref:1262254)
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I think .rar's compresion is better, or atleast when you go to compress a file there are more compression options
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26 Mar 2005, 13:44 (Ref:1262301)
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You can also just compress a folder containing many files in RAR format. Winzip just lets you compress individual files.
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26 Mar 2005, 18:31 (Ref:1262436)
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30 Mar 2005, 12:12 (Ref:1265189)
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google for winace, it's a pretty handy tool and supports all of the commonly found compressed formats including bz2.
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31 Mar 2005, 13:47 (Ref:1266237)
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Who remembers arj ... oooh and the days before we had WINeverything... arj x -a -r !!! ARGGGGGG countless hours explaining to friends on the phone how to do this...
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