"WinRAR" - RAR and ZIP File Compression Tool

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This chapter provides an introduction of WinRAR. Topics include installing WinRAR 3.42, adding files and sub directories to RAR/ZIP files, extracting files from RAR/ZIP files, setting passwords to RAR files, setting Windows Explorer context menu for WinZip, running WinRAR in command line windows.

What Is WinRAR?

Downloading and Installing WinRAR 3.42

Adding Files to a New RAR File

Extracting All Files from a RAR File

Setting Passwords in RAR Files

Creating Multi-Volume RAR Files

Setting Windows Explorer Context Menu

Compressing Files with ZIP Format

Running WinRAR in a Command Line Window

Conclusion:

• WinRAR displays normal files and RAR files together in a tree structure. This is very convenient to navigate through the file system and locate files.
• Context menu options are nice short cuts to create or extract RAR files.
• Password protection is a good feature to help you protect your privacy.
• WinRAR allows you compress files in ZIP format.
• Command line operation is very useful to archive files in automated scripts.
• Multi-volume support is also very useful to move files on diskettes.