RAR File

I've read the posts about opening a rar file. I guess I need to purchase or
download software in order to be able to do this? I an email from my cousin
with a bunch of pdf files in a .rar file. I can't open it. Windows tells me
to set the association so I went to that part of the control panel but .rar
doesn't show up in the listing of files to associate. Am I missing something?
If I do need to download software can anyone recommend one?
--
Judy

"Judy at Home" <> wrote in message
news:5D2882D8-7495-491F-85C8-...
> I've read the posts about opening a rar file. I guess I need to purchase
> or
> download software in order to be able to do this? I an email from my
> cousin
> with a bunch of pdf files in a .rar file. I can't open it. Windows tells
> me
> to set the association so I went to that part of the control panel but
> .rar
> doesn't show up in the listing of files to associate. Am I missing
> something?
> If I do need to download software can anyone recommend one?
> --
> Judy
>

A rar file, is a compressed ( packed ) file, much like a zip file in
windows. You need the winrar utility, to unpack a rar file. You can download
the trial version and use it to unpack your file.

http://www.rarlab.com/



--
Don

7zip is a free utility and works great in 32 or 64-bit versions
http://www.7-zip.org/

"Judy at Home" <> wrote in message
news:5D2882D8-7495-491F-85C8-...
> I've read the posts about opening a rar file. I guess I need to purchase
> or
> download software in order to be able to do this? I an email from my
> cousin
> with a bunch of pdf files in a .rar file. I can't open it. Windows tells
> me
> to set the association so I went to that part of the control panel but
> .rar
> doesn't show up in the listing of files to associate. Am I missing
> something?
> If I do need to download software can anyone recommend one?
> --
> Judy
>

=?Utf-8?B?SnVkeSBhdCBIb21l?= <>
wrote in news:5D2882D8-7495-491F-85C8-:

> I've read the posts about opening a rar file. I guess I need to
> purchase or download software in order to be able to do this? I an
> email from my cousin with a bunch of pdf files in a .rar file. I can't
> open it. Windows tells me to set the association so I went to that
> part of the control panel but .rar doesn't show up in the listing of
> files to associate. Am I missing something? If I do need to download
> software can anyone recommend one?

Note, if you do install WinRAR, install with the 'Advanced' option, and
deselct ALL file associations except for .rar files.

Otherwise, all compression extensions will be registered with WinRAR.

"DanS" <> wrote in message
news:Xns9A5C79713EA05thisnthatadelphianet@207.46.2 48.16...
>
> Note, if you do install WinRAR, install with the 'Advanced' option, and
> deselct ALL file associations except for .rar files.
>
> Otherwise, all compression extensions will be registered with WinRAR.

Good point. I do that too. Otherwise it even associates itself with .iso
files, IIRC.

ss.

On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 10:37:20 -0500, "Don"
<> wrote:


> "Judy at Home" <> wrote in message
> news:5D2882D8-7495-491F-85C8-...
> > I've read the posts about opening a rar file. I guess I need to purchase
> > or
> > download software in order to be able to do this? I an email from my
> > cousin
> > with a bunch of pdf files in a .rar file. I can't open it. Windows tells
> > me
> > to set the association so I went to that part of the control panel but
> > .rar
> > doesn't show up in the listing of files to associate. Am I missing
> > something?
> > If I do need to download software can anyone recommend one?
> > --
> > Judy
> >
>
> A rar file, is a compressed ( packed ) file, much like a zip file in
> windows. You need the winrar utility, to unpack a rar file. You can download
> the trial version and use it to unpack your file.


Or Judy might want to ask her cousin to resend it as the considerably
more common file type zip.

Someone who sends someone else a RAR file, without first ascertaining
that the recipient will have the knowledge and ability to open it is
rather strange.


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

Even more bizarre my last BIOS update came as a .zip file within a .rar
file. Go figure.

"Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 10:37:20 -0500, "Don"
> <> wrote:
>
>
>> "Judy at Home" <> wrote in message
>> news:5D2882D8-7495-491F-85C8-...
>> > I've read the posts about opening a rar file. I guess I need to
>> > purchase
>> > or
>> > download software in order to be able to do this? I an email from my
>> > cousin
>> > with a bunch of pdf files in a .rar file. I can't open it. Windows
>> > tells
>> > me
>> > to set the association so I went to that part of the control panel but
>> > .rar
>> > doesn't show up in the listing of files to associate. Am I missing
>> > something?
>> > If I do need to download software can anyone recommend one?
>> > --
>> > Judy
>> >
>>
>> A rar file, is a compressed ( packed ) file, much like a zip file in
>> windows. You need the winrar utility, to unpack a rar file. You can
>> download
>> the trial version and use it to unpack your file.
>
>
> Or Judy might want to ask her cousin to resend it as the considerably
> more common file type zip.
>
> Someone who sends someone else a RAR file, without first ascertaining
> that the recipient will have the knowledge and ability to open it is
> rather strange.
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 13:38:15 -0700, "John Barnes" <>
wrote:

> Even more bizarre my last BIOS update came as a .zip file within a .rar
> file. Go figure.


LOL! That's truly weird.




> "Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 10:37:20 -0500, "Don"
> > <> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> "Judy at Home" <> wrote in message
> >> news:5D2882D8-7495-491F-85C8-...
> >> > I've read the posts about opening a rar file. I guess I need to
> >> > purchase
> >> > or
> >> > download software in order to be able to do this? I an email from my
> >> > cousin
> >> > with a bunch of pdf files in a .rar file. I can't open it. Windows
> >> > tells
> >> > me
> >> > to set the association so I went to that part of the control panel but
> >> > .rar
> >> > doesn't show up in the listing of files to associate. Am I missing
> >> > something?
> >> > If I do need to download software can anyone recommend one?
> >> > --
> >> > Judy
> >> >
> >>
> >> A rar file, is a compressed ( packed ) file, much like a zip file in
> >> windows. You need the winrar utility, to unpack a rar file. You can
> >> download
> >> the trial version and use it to unpack your file.
> >
> >
> > Or Judy might want to ask her cousin to resend it as the considerably
> > more common file type zip.
> >
> > Someone who sends someone else a RAR file, without first ascertaining
> > that the recipient will have the knowledge and ability to open it is
> > rather strange.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

"Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 10:37:20 -0500, "Don"
> <> wrote:
>
>
>> "Judy at Home" <> wrote in message
>> news:5D2882D8-7495-491F-85C8-...
>> > I've read the posts about opening a rar file. I guess I need to
>> > purchase
>> > or
>> > download software in order to be able to do this? I an email from my
>> > cousin
>> > with a bunch of pdf files in a .rar file. I can't open it. Windows
>> > tells
>> > me
>> > to set the association so I went to that part of the control panel but
>> > .rar
>> > doesn't show up in the listing of files to associate. Am I missing
>> > something?
>> > If I do need to download software can anyone recommend one?
>> > --
>> > Judy
>> >
>>
>> A rar file, is a compressed ( packed ) file, much like a zip file in
>> windows. You need the winrar utility, to unpack a rar file. You can
>> download
>> the trial version and use it to unpack your file.
>
>
> Or Judy might want to ask her cousin to resend it as the considerably
> more common file type zip.
>
> Someone who sends someone else a RAR file, without first ascertaining
> that the recipient will have the knowledge and ability to open it is
> rather strange.
>
>
> --

Very true, that is odd!



--
Don

http://www.rarlabs.com/

Free program that will take care of your RAR files, and a lot more.

--

Dustin Harper

http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page


"Judy at Home" <> wrote in message
news:5D2882D8-7495-491F-85C8-...
> I've read the posts about opening a rar file. I guess I need to purchase
> or
> download software in order to be able to do this? I an email from my
> cousin
> with a bunch of pdf files in a .rar file. I can't open it. Windows tells
> me
> to set the association so I went to that part of the control panel but
> .rar
> doesn't show up in the listing of files to associate. Am I missing
> something?
> If I do need to download software can anyone recommend one?
> --
> Judy
>