they open up in my winamp player? IT'S AN APPLICATION PROGRAM .........
2006-06-11 13:42:38 · 7 answers · asked by usergonewrong 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
In computing, RAR is a proprietary file format for data compression and archiving.
The RAR file format was developed by Eugene Roshal (hence the name RAR: Roshal Archive), who was born on March 10, 1972 in Russia and graduated from Chelyabinsk Technical University. He also developed programs for packing and unpacking RAR files, originally for DOS, and later ported to other platforms. The encoder (the main Windows version known as WinRAR) is distributed as shareware, but Roshal has released the decoder's source code under a license that allows free distribution and modification, on condition that it is not reverse-engineered to build a compatible encoder. The current developer is Alexander Roshal. The encoding method is held to be proprietary, but compatible programs for decompression are available for several platforms, such as the open-source 7-Zip.
The file extension is .rar. The MIME-Type is application/x-rar-compressed.
You must have your copy of Windows mistakenly configured to open up RAR files in Winamp. You can fix this by opening My Computer, selecting Tools -> Folder Options -> File Types, scrolling down to the RAR file extension, and deleting the association with Winamp. Next time you try to open a RAR file, Windows should prompt you to look up a program to use open the file, and probably point you to a website where you can download an appropriate program.
2006-06-11 13:48:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
RAR files are an a batch file compression format (like Zip) created by a developer named "Eugene Roshal." The acronym RAR standards for (R)oshal (AR)chive. Compressed archives are useful because they take multiple files and combine them all into one, smaller, file.
They are being used more these days because they create smaller files than the .ZIP format, but at the cost of slower file creation. These days, however, computers are so fast that the difference is more negligible.
They probably open in Winamp because Winamp or some plugin you have installed contains a feature that opens .RAR files and plays all the compressed Media files from within them.
You can download a shareware program called Winrar (http://www.rarlab.com) to decompress these files.
2006-06-11 20:51:18 · answer #2 · answered by Yossarian8 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
RAR is the native format of WinRAR archiver. Like other archives, RAR files are data containers, they store one or several files in the compressed form. After you downloaded RAR file from Internet, you need to unpack its contents in order to use it.
You have to download and install RAR.exe to open the files you download as RAR. click here below
http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
2006-06-11 20:48:12 · answer #3 · answered by chocolatelover21 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a way of compressing files you need win rar to open them download it. I like win rar myself easy to use and speeds up downloads saves space. it is going to winamp because you computer dosent have anywhere to send it
2006-06-11 20:47:09 · answer #4 · answered by jdhayman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
.RAR files are another type of file compression. Just do a search on download.com for winrar and that will open it.
2006-06-11 20:46:24 · answer #5 · answered by nighthawk_842003 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rar files are comptessed files and they can be anything
2006-06-11 20:45:23 · answer #6 · answered by riyan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they need extracted first ... get Winrar
they shouldn't be loading in winamp till you extract them
2006-06-11 20:45:24 · answer #7 · answered by webjnke1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋