This section provides a tutorial example on how to set passwords in RAR files using WinRAR.
To stop other people extract files out of your RAR files, you can set up a password
in a RAR file. Here is how:
1. Run WinRAR and navigate the directory where your files are located.
2. Select the files and/or directories that you want to add to a RAR file and select menu "Commands" >
"Add files to archive". The "Archive name and parameters" dialog box shows up.
3. Click the "Advanced" tab and click the "Set password" button. The "Archiving with password" dialog
box shows up.
4. Enter a password and click the OK button to close the "Archiving with password" dialog box.
5. Continue to finish adding the selected files to a RAR file.
6. Close WinRAR and run WinRAR again.
7. Navigate to the directory where the RAR is stored and double click on the RAR file.
The "Enter password" dialog box shows up.
8. Enter the same password you used when creating this RAR and click the OK button.
9. The files in the RAR file will be listed in the WinRAR window.
