CNET Editors' review
WinRAR is a lightweight, flexible, and easy-to-use archiving utility that can unpack most archive formats, as well as compress to both RAR and ZIP. Free to try for 40 days ($29 for single license), WinRAR is definitely top dog in the compression category.
WinRAR's interface is about as simple as it gets. Start creating (or add to) an archive by dragging and dropping your files into the interface or by browsing through the Folder Tree side panel (when enabled). From there, the most common functions are laid out in the form of colorful, mostly intuitive icons, which can all be customized by downloading themes from the company's Web site. Add files to, Extract, Test, Delete, or even Repair archives right from the main interface. Drop-down menus house the program's more advanced features, including self-extracting archives, archive locking, benchmarking, and autodeletion of temp files.
In our performance tests, both creating and unpacking archives was blazingly fast. Compression ratios varied depending on file type, but in general seemed on par with or slightly better than other archiving programs. Overall, WinRAR is a winner because of its speed, simple interface, flexibility with file formats, and powerful advanced features.
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 4.11 can create ZIP archives of practically any size; can create multivolume ZIP archives, which are also known as split ZIP files; adds the high precision file time support in ZIP archives; adds support for Unicode names stored in ZIP extra field data; supports "Synchronize archive contents" option; includes modifications of switch -ag behavior; includes changes in volume size input field and in "Predefined sizes" in "Define volume sizes" dialog; features new "Wipe files if password is ... See all new features
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All versions:
4.4 starsout of 123 votes
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Current version:
5.0 starsout of 6 votes
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"This helps with all my zip files"
Version: WinRAR (64-bit) 4.11
Pros
easy to use and it has multiple places to unzip files to include archives
Cons
I do not have any cons
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"Does just what it should"
Version: WinRAR (64-bit) 4.11
Pros
Fast, light, professional, no surprises
Cons
Oldish interface I guess?
Summary
There is no reason to use anything else. This does it quickly and loads / unloads just as quickly.
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"It's my favorite archive program."
Version: WinRAR (64-bit) 4.11
Pros
It uses about every format out there, and has lots of features to make backing up and archiving very easy.
Cons
Costs money, but you have to pay to get the best programs.
Summary
The 64 bit version is awesome of a 64 bit os!
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"Fast and multi options to extract files,repairs zips."
Version: WinRAR (64-bit) 4.11
Pros
Fast extraction with multiple options .Like the fact that it can extract to a separate folder for each zip.
Cons
None that I noticed in my uses of it so far.
Summary
Recommended
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"all in one compressor"
Version: WinRAR (64-bit) 4.11
Pros
safe guards your files and lets you add a password to them,
compress's data (i have had a 12 gig file compressed to 8 gigs)
simple and easy to understand menu,
opens multiple file types.Cons
really there is none i can see this program is perfect.
Summary
download it if you are skeptical install just for its simple menu and compression and encryption its just handy to have and real useful
say you have pictures of you're family at vacation etc etc, b4 sending them of to a cloud compress them and add a password to them so you know their safe that's what i think,
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"WinWar 64 bit"
Version: WinRAR (64-bit) 4.11
Pros
It does what it say's. Great Product.
Cons
None. Great Product.
Summary
Definately worth the money, Worth having. :)
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