Introduction & Opening | Creating a RAR Archive
Un-RAR-ing / Un-ZIP-ing | Advanced Options

Un-RAR-ing / Un-Zip-ing:
If you receive a RAR file (or ZIP or ACE; WinRAR can handle them all), you will probably want to uncompress it to view the files contained inside. Decompressing is even easier than compressing!

Double-click the RAR file you wish to decompress. NOTE: If there is a series of RAR files (such as file.rar, file.001, file.002, etc.) click the main file.rar – this is the file that will initiate the rest of the decompression; more on multiple/split files later.

(NOTE: WinRAR may ask you to register the program upon opening the file. Simply click “Close.”)

A new WinRAR window will open showing the files contained in the compressed file. You can extract files (either individually or as a whole) in one of two ways.

Drag and Drop

Select the file(s) you wish to extract (in the WinRAR window), and simply drag them over to the location you with to extract them to (such as another Windows Explorer window that is open to a specific directory).

Extract To…

Select the file(s) you wish to extract, and click the “Extract To” button.

A new window will appear asking where you wish to extract the files to. Browse to the desired directory, and click “OK.”

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