I'm looking for rar file opener

anniesassy · 10. Jun 2009, 01:03 AM

I have a registry program that I downloaded, but it is a .rar file. Does anyone know a good free program for rar and other types of unusual extensions?

mr6n8 · 10. Jun 2009, 01:27 AM

See Best Free File Archiver/Zip Utility

grannyGrump · 10. Jun 2009, 04:31 AM

The one that I've been using for several years is Universal Extractor (it gets mentioned in comments, but never got reviewed.)
http://legroom.net/software/uniextract

Tiny, fast, and no-frills.
It does not compress, it only extracts.
It can extract almost any archive format, plus BIN/CUE CDROM images, and *many* (not all) Inno and Windows Setup installers. (handy if you want to try to run the app as a no-install portable without all that automatic setup for start menu, etc. )

Bone-simple drag&drop interface, automatically creates a new target folder in the archive's directory, but you can browse to and select another target.
(won't work to drop a zip file on a shortcut though, you have to open the app first.)

Give it a try, it's a little treasure.

Jojo Yee · 10. Jun 2009, 05:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grannyGrump

The one that I've been using for several years is Universal Extractor (it gets mentioned in comments, but never got reviewed.)
http://legroom.net/software/uniextract

It's also listed under Best Free Portable Applications -- Best Free Portable File Archiver/Zip Utility.

EricPost · 15. Jun 2009, 08:14 AM

If you download Rar it will work to open files even after the trial period has ended. You can't make a rar file after the trial period, but if all you want to do is open them, rar will continue to work, you just click through the "buy now" button and it'll extract them.

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10. Jun 2009, 01:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
mr6n8 Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 424	See Best Free File Archiver/Zip Utility

10. Jun 2009, 04:31 AM	#3 (permalink)
grannyGrump Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 23	The one that I've been using for several years is Universal Extractor (it gets mentioned in comments, but never got reviewed.) http://legroom.net/software/uniextract Tiny, fast, and no-frills. It does not compress, it only extracts. It can extract almost any archive format, plus BIN/CUE CDROM images, and many (not all) Inno and Windows Setup installers. (handy if you want to try to run the app as a no-install portable without all that automatic setup for start menu, etc. ) Bone-simple drag&drop interface, automatically creates a new target folder in the archive's directory, but you can browse to and select another target. (won't work to drop a zip file on a shortcut though, you have to open the app first.) Give it a try, it's a little treasure.

15. Jun 2009, 08:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
EricPost Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2	If you download Rar it will work to open files even after the trial period has ended. You can't make a rar file after the trial period, but if all you want to do is open them, rar will continue to work, you just click through the "buy now" button and it'll extract them.