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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98
- Date added: February 17, 2008
- Total Downloads: 648,599
- Downloads last week: 12,234
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 77 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
RAR files are a popular compression format, and this free extractor offers reliable service with a skinnable interface.
Free RAR Extract Frog is oddly named, but it performs well in extracting RAR files. The interface is simply a large pane with a large illustration of a frog. However, you can change the graphic simply by dragging and dropping a JPEG or other graphics file into the pane. The interface includes four other tabs: About, Links, Thanks, and Appreciation. All but the Links tab offers obvious items related to the application itself. It holds links to freeware and wallpapers that have no clear relationship to this application.
For its primary function, this tool performed well in our tests. Extracting files was simple: we dragged and dropped a RAR file to the pane, and the tool automatically extracted it and saved it in the same folder as the original compressed file. RAR Extract Frog performed its chores quickly and efficiently.
This tool is simple to use, but it doesn't offer a lot of bells and whistles, so advanced users wanting a feature-laden application may want to give this program a pass. But users wanting a basic extraction tool will find RAR Extract Frog a friendly addition to their tool boxes.
Publisher's description
From Philipp Winterberg :Free RAR Extract Frog is a new skinable extraction tool for RAR-archives that supports spanned archives as well as the decompression of password protected files. It comes with short instructions in 45 languages. Start the extraction of a RAR file by drag 'n' drop, double click or shell integrated context menu. To speed the decompression process up, Free RAR Extract Frog has the option to define a default output folder or a default password or both. Change the program's skin by simply dropping a JPG image on the image above the short instructions. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
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This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
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User reviews of Free RAR Extract Frog 1
- Average user rating: 4.2 stars out of 77 votes
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Free RAR Extract Frog 1
"It does exactly what it's mean to!"
Pros: There's nothing sophisticated about this! You drag and drop and it unrars your files, joining them in a pretty quick space of time. And that's it! It's a perfect example of thhe notion that whatever exists as paid-for siftware has its just-as-good equivalents as free downloads.
Cons: One gripe is that you can't specify an output folder - it places your file in the same folder as the rar files you're extracting, which can be a pain sometimes.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Free RAR Extract Frog 1
"I love RarZilla, but this is even better!"
Pros: I love RarZilla, because it is fast and easy to use. This program uses the RarZilla engine with all its power and additionally has the great feature that it is skinable. Now I can use a picture of my girlfriend as skin. Yeah! :-)
Cons: It comes with three demo skins and it is easy to use any picture I like as skin, but I wouldn't mind if "Free RAR Extract Frog" came shipped with a lot more bonus skins already included. Ah, well...
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: Free RAR Extract Frog 1
Pros: Rar Extract Frog is one of the best mini applications that I have ever downloaded. It has a tiny and practical interface that with ONE drag-and-drop youâ??re set. You donâ??t need to click on menus or work with complicated settings. If you are from those that once in a while need to extract RAR files here and there, this is just right for you. It can quickly extract files bigger than 700MB without any part of it being corrupted. No downsides at all. No spywares and add-onâ??s at all.
Cons: Overall there are no downsides for this software. The window of this Rar Extract Frog comes with a couple of extra tabs with advertizing material, but those are not prompted when you launch it. So you actually donâ??t see them if you donâ??t click on them. If you do so, you will be directed to the company website or another website for donations. HARMLESS. Well, it is a freeware; theyâ??ve got to make some moneyâ?¦
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Free RAR Extract Frog 1
Pros: If you wan't to extract rar files this is simple and quick.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Free RAR Extract Frog 1
Pros: Simple and fun to use
Cons: I like everything, and we should donate something towards such a good program
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