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Offline punkyclownTopic starter

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.RAR files
« on: April 27, 2016, 12:53:03 AM »
Hi All, Can someone please explain what to use to extract, or load or run files with .rar extension.  Something I am
completely unfamiliar with.
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Offline amiman99

Re: .RAR files
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2016, 03:09:33 AM »
I use 7zip from here: http://www.7-zip.org/

Works great, opens almost everything.
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Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: .RAR files
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2016, 06:23:27 AM »
WinRAR.

I never understood why people need separate applications to use .zip files, the ability to open and save as .zip has been built into every OS since Windows XP.  ;)

But WinRAR is worth it.  Pro-tip:  It can also open Amiga .lha archives.  :D
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Re: .RAR files
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2016, 07:07:22 AM »
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But WinRAR is worth it.  Pro-tip:  It can also open Amiga .lha archives.  :D


So can 7-Zip. But I rather think the question implied "...on an Amiga". In which case xadmaster with my RAR plugin, or a fairly recent version of UnRAR (check Aminet) are the only options.
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Re: .RAR files
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2016, 04:06:27 PM »
Just a sidetrack FYI, if anyone still uses a Mac PPC like I do, here's a great little UnRAR (universal binary) program for OSX 10.5.8. :)

http://www.unrarx.com/
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Re: .RAR files
« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2016, 12:20:11 PM »
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I never understood why people need separate applications to use .zip files, the ability to open and save as .zip has been built into every OS since Windows XP.  ;)
7zip isn't just for zip files. It has it's own compression routines, and compresses better than rar and zip. It also handles a multitude of archive formats, and is open source.
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