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Rewired
29 Sep 2004, 8:48pm
Howdy,
I need a simple freeware utility to decompress files with the RAR file extension. Where should I get started with this? Thank you in advance.
-Michael
TheGr81
29 Sep 2004, 8:57pm
WinRAR (http://www.win-rar.com/index.php?aid=download&lang=eng) is free, and easy to use. :)
EDIT
Wrong link, and upon inspection I guess it's actually not free I think... Sorry!
Fixed the link... I think you can download a trial though.
a2jfreak
29 Sep 2004, 9:02pm
I've never had WinRAR quit working for me . . . maybe the newer versions do, though. If so, try www.sourceforge.net for an OS RAR (de)compressor like 7zip (http://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/)
Rewired
29 Sep 2004, 9:15pm
TheGr81,
Thank you very much. I D/Led this utility. It seems to be a free shareware, and I was able to decrompress my files. Thanks again.
-Michael
WinRAR is the ONLY Compression/DECompression utlity that does a good job, at least I havent found one yet for winblows.
Who really compresses with RAR anymore anyway... I mean really....
primesuspect
30 Sep 2004, 4:48am
I use and love WinACE. ACE is slightly better than RAR, and it will decompress all the formats I've ever come across, (including RAR).. It's so good, that I bought it. A bargain at $20
WinRAR is the ONLY Compression/DECompression utlity that does a good job, at least I havent found one yet for winblows.
I use WinRAR for all my compressed files.
It does a good job and Isn't loaded with a lot of useless functions. ;)
shwaip
30 Sep 2004, 3:04pm
Everyone who's anyone knows that LZIP (http://lzip.sourceforge.net/) is the way to go.
a2jfreak
30 Sep 2004, 3:32pm
Only use lossy codecs (like lzip) if it doesn't matter that some of the data will be lost.
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