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CNET Editors' review
There are plenty of solid compression utilities to choose from, but this shareware powerhouse offers the features and ease of use that place it at the top of the compression category. WinRAR is easy to use, lightweight, and flexible.
An intuitive interface lets you mouse over icons to see their functions, and if you don't like their candy-coated appearance, you can always choose from several themes at the developer's site. The Folder Tree Panel makes sifting through your directories to find files easier than ever. But once you see the size savings of a RAR archive, with a compression ratio of 8 percent to 15 percent better than the ZIP format, you'll understand why so many users and developers are making the switch from other apps. With virus scans now integrated and minor interface tweaks for Vista, only the slightly slower decompression speed holds the app back.
Beyond its good looks and right-click readiness for basic compression and unzipping, WinRAR offers unpacking support for a large number of archive formats, including TAR, ACE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, and ZIP. WinRAR's advanced features are icing on the cake, with Unicode support for international formatting, embedded file comments, damaged archive repair, archive locking, self-extracting archives, and easy encryption. There's also the option to automatically delete temporary files and just-archived files. Anyone seeking an all-in-one archiving solution would be remiss to not check out WinRAR.
Publisher's Description
From RARLAB:
WinRAR is a 32-bit / 64-bit Windows version of RAR Archiver, the powerful archiver and archive manager. WinRAR's main features are very strong general and multimedia compression, solid compression, archive protection from damage, processing of ZIP and other non-RAR archives, scanning archives for viruses, programmable self-extracting archives(SFX), authenticity verification, NTFS and Unicode support, strong AES encryption, support of multivolume archives, command line and graphical interface, drag-and-drop facility, wizard interface, theme support, folder tree panel, multithread support and Windows x64 shell integration. WinRAR provides complete support for RAR and ZIP archives and is able to unpack and convert CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, Z, 7-Zip archives. WinRAR is available in over 40 languages.
What's new in this version: Version 3.93 fixes the bug in WinRAR 3.92 -xd:\path\folder switch could also exclude folders, which path does not match the path specified in the switch and only the folder name is the same as specified.
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Current version:
4.3 starsout of 242 votes
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"rapid response"
Version: WinRAR (32-bit) 3.93
Pros
This is a great tool, which is quite vital to me. Thx a lot
Cons
no illness
Summary
rapid rapid rapid rapid rapid
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"One of the BEST FILE COMPRESSION"
Version: WinRAR (32-bit) 3.93
Pros
Execellent interface, ease of use, many skins, and features.
Cons
A free trial version not freeware. But I was confuse there is a free version when you click in file compression and you will see winrar with no 32bit description.
Summary
Try and COMPRESS me.
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"User Interface could be clearer and plainer"
Version: WinRAR (32-bit) 3.93
Pros
User Interface could be clearer and plainer
Cons
User Interface could be clearer and plainer
Summary
User Interface could be clearer and plainer
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"It works all of the time!"
Version: WinRAR (32-bit) 3.93
Pros
perfect for making your own .rar file or opening a .rar file, supports many other file types aswell.
Cons
perfect for making your own .rar file or opening a .rar file, supports many other file types aswell.
Summary
It worked exacting as planned and I had not problem with it.
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"Simply Good! Many years down the road still a must have"
Version: WinRAR (32-bit) 3.93
Pros
Have not found yet come across an archive it does not open.
Reliable
SimpleCons
Nothing that bothers me, Some users might like a new stylish look by now for such a popular software.
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"It works all of the time!"
Version: WinRAR (32-bit) 3.93
Pros
User Interface could be clearer and plainer
Cons
I still think that the User Interface could be clearer and plainer. I often find that it is not obvious what boxes I should be ticking or fields that I should be filling in.
Summary
I still think that the User Interface could be clearer and plainer. I often find that it is not obvious what boxes I should be ticking or fields that I should be filling in.
Even though I use 7Zip,this actually does more.Unpacking rar movies is sooo simple with WinRar. -
"very handy. opens zip files with it"
Version: WinRAR (32-bit) 3.93
Pros
I have been using it for 5 months & most of the time, I use it to open zip files. Happily that it works.
Cons
it works without errors
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"perfct rate"
Version: WinRAR (32-bit) 3.93
Pros
best qoality
Cons
jublee and best
Summary
no chance bottom line
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"rar & zip both ok"
Version: WinRAR (32-bit) 3.93
Pros
It successfully opens the files all along.
Cons
no failed experience
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"outstanding app"
Version: WinRAR (32-bit) 3.93
Pros
It works smoothly each time I use it. Pleased. Glad. Very nice.
Cons
nothing to share now
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