What is a .rar file and how do you open it?

Answer 1

.rar is a compressed file and you can open it with WinRAR.

Answer 2

A .rar file is a compressed file like a .zip file. Several programs, such as 7zip, can open this file and extract the files. The official rar compressor is Winrar, which is not free, but there are many programs to uncompress rar files for free.

Answer 3

A rar file is a lot like a zip file. It holds many files inside. WinRAR is the best program. You can get a free trial at http://www.download.com or at http://www.winraronline.com. Also WInRAR can open both zip and rar files. The trial version only gives you the popup when you first startout but it is very small.

Answer 4

The .rar file is a compression file created by WinRAR software program. It is a very popular compression program and it competes with the equally popluar WinZip. To decompress a .rar file you need to use WinRAR or some other compatible program (e.g. the 7 Zip freeware.). To download all the programs mentioned above, go to:

http://www.filehippo.com/software/compression/

Answer 5

A .rar file is another form of a zipped file, but can hold more and compress smaller. the easies way to get it is go to www.downloads.com and download if for free.

Answer 6

a .rar file is a compressed file that contains a bunch of other files within that one file. in order to uncompress that .rar file, you need a program called winrar. that can be found at http://www.rarlab.com/

Answer 7

rar file is a type of compressed file, like .zip. You will need a program that can decompress it. Check out download.com and/or snapfiles.com. one free one I have used is called 7-zip and it handles 7 different compressed file types.

Answer 8

It's a compressed file. Use Winrar to open it...

http://www.download.com/3000-2250-10530598.html

The basic version is free. More advanced features require purchase. Hope this helps:-)

Answer 9

7 Zip
http://www.7-zip.org/

7-Zip is a file archiver with high compression ratio.
7-Zip is free software distributed under the GNU LGPL.
The main features of 7-Zip:
High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression
7-Zip is free software distributed under the GNU LGPL
Supported formats:
Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
Unpacking only: RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS
For ZIP and GZIP formats 7-Zip provides compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
Self-extracting capability for 7z format
Integration with Windows Shell
Powerful File Manager
Powerful command line version
Plugin for FAR Manager
Localizations for 63 languages


http://www.paehl.de/english.php

Simplyzip is a FREEWARE multi archiver. It does not write any entries to the registry or anywhere else. Version 1.1 has been rewritten from scratch.
Main Features:
Open: ZIP, CZIP, ACE, CAB, RAR, TAR, GZIP, LZH, BZ2, SQX, RS, UUE, XXE, BASE64, UCL, ARJ, ZLIB, ALIB, RPM, DEB, 7-ZIP
Create: 7z, ZIP, CZIP, Cab, LHA, TAR, TAR GZ TAR BZ2, ACE (optionale DLL), Deepfreezer, SQX, UCL, RS, ZIP-SFX/LHA-SFX, RAR-SFX, UUE/XXE, ZLIB and Base64.
Multi-ZIP
Backup to disk (e.g. CD)
ZIP-Rpair
Crypt files with:Rijndael AES/Twofish (both 256bit keysize) and Blowfish (448bit keysize) incl SFX creator and an ArcConverter
Optional: See ArcConvert below
Create RAR/ACE (new version) and LHA SFX (with optional files from my site)
Localisation: English, German, Italian, Spanish, portugues-br, Swedish and Thai
ZIPSFX now in English, German, French and Spanish (in the setup)
Standalone: After installation you can copy all files from Simplyzip folder (excepted the uninst.exe) and use it whereever you want
Optional Plugins (ArcConvert, ACE DLL, LFB Archiver, Unpacker and a short german manual)

Answer 10

It's a type of compressed file like zip you need an un-compressor like WinRar to open them.