opening rar files

Hello,

Can Vista open a rar (archive) file? I can open zip files OK, but cant find
a way to open a rar file.

Thanks

KK

Hi,

No, you need a third party application to support opening .rar files.

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"KRK" <> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> Can Vista open a rar (archive) file? I can open zip files OK, but cant
> find a way to open a rar file.
>
> Thanks
>
> KK

KRK wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Can Vista open a rar (archive) file? I can open zip files OK, but cant
> find a way to open a rar file.
>
> Thanks
>
> KK

I would recommend you to use winrar from www.rarsoft.com
http://www.rarsoft.com/download.htm

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Opening rar files
http://www.hd720i.com/Opening-rar-files-328962.aspx

Yup, I agree, WinRAR is the best

"Rajoo Sharma" <> wrote in message
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> KRK wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Can Vista open a rar (archive) file? I can open zip files OK, but cant
>> find a way to open a rar file.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> KK
>
> I would recommend you to use winrar from www.rarsoft.com
> http://www.rarsoft.com/download.htm
>
> Sent via
> http://www.hd720i.com
>
> Opening rar files
> http://www.hd720i.com/Opening-rar-files-328962.aspx

On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 13:49:12 +0100, "KRK"
<> wrote:


> Can Vista open a rar (archive) file? I can open zip files OK, but cant find
> a way to open a rar file.


No version of Windows has a built-in way to do this. You need a
third-party program.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 13:49:12 +0100, "KRK"
> <> wrote:
>
>
>> Can Vista open a rar (archive) file? I can open zip files OK, but cant find
>> a way to open a rar file.
>
>
> No version of Windows has a built-in way to do this. You need a
> third-party program.
>

Or use a real operating system like Ubuntu that opens them right out of
the box. Get it at http://www.ubuntu.com/. It's free and comes with
access to thousands of free programs.

Alias

This message goes to Alias:
----------------------------------------------
Seriously man, stop nagging about Ubuntu. Are they paying you??? I think I
speak for most of us: IF WE WANTED UBUNTU, WE WOULD GET IT OURSELFS. AND
GUESS WHAT, I DON`T......

GET OUT OF THESE *MICROSOFT* *WINDOWS* NEWSGROUPS WITH ALL YOUR SAD REMARKS
ABOUT UBUNTU.

Thank you, bbye
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"Alias" <> wrote in message
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> Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
>> On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 13:49:12 +0100, "KRK"
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Can Vista open a rar (archive) file? I can open zip files OK, but cant
>>> find a way to open a rar file.
>>
>>
>> No version of Windows has a built-in way to do this. You need a
>> third-party program.
>>
>
> Or use a real operating system like Ubuntu that opens them right out of
> the box. Get it at http://www.ubuntu.com/. It's free and comes with access
> to thousands of free programs.
>
> Alias

On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 21:46:46 +0200, "DarkKnight" <n/a> wrote:

> This message goes to Alias:


This message goes to you, and to others like you who respond to trolls
like Alias.

Please do *not* respond to trolls. It does absolutely no good--it
doesn't stop them from posting, and if anything, a response of any
kind makes them happy and encourages them to continue trolling since
trolls troll because they *want* responses, and they see any kind of
response as encouraging.

And for the many of us who killfile trolls like Alias, your response
does nothing but let us see their messages you quoted, messages that
we would otherwise not see at all.

I recommend that you do the same thing--killfile Alias and all the
other trolls, so you won't even be tempted to respond to them.





> ----------------------------------------------
> Seriously man, stop nagging about Ubuntu. Are they paying you??? I think I
> speak for most of us: IF WE WANTED UBUNTU, WE WOULD GET IT OURSELFS. AND
> GUESS WHAT, I DON`T......
>
> GET OUT OF THESE *MICROSOFT* *WINDOWS* NEWSGROUPS WITH ALL YOUR SAD REMARKS
> ABOUT UBUNTU.
>
> Thank you, bbye
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> "Alias" <> wrote in message
> news:h5mn4b$luu$...
> > Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> >> On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 13:49:12 +0100, "KRK"
> >> <> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Can Vista open a rar (archive) file? I can open zip files OK, but cant
> >>> find a way to open a rar file.
> >>
> >>
> >> No version of Windows has a built-in way to do this. You need a
> >> third-party program.
> >>
> >
> > Or use a real operating system like Ubuntu that opens them right out of
> > the box. Get it at http://www.ubuntu.com/. It's free and comes with access
> > to thousands of free programs.
> >
> > Alias

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7Zip from Open Source is brilliant at opening almost all compressed
files. I use it on all systems and have done for several years with
never a problem.Another good thing...it's free!


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The bes tthing for RAR files is WinRAR.
RAR is taking over ZIP, it's more efficient and all professional soft
distributors are now supplying me with RAR's insetad o ZIP.
It lets you break larger e.g. 25GB RAR into smaller parts, download and
assemble simply by running the LAST RAR piece you got.

Use WinRAR, it's free for 40 days, you have to pay only a small fee to avoid
ads/nagging warning after 40 days, you can still use after 40 days but you
got to be mean & stingy person to not pay its creator a small fee so he
continues good work and Shareware concept won't die.