Larry_Sweeney Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 I'm looking to download a program to open RAR files. Does anyone have a preference for a certain and why? Thank you in advance for your comments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry_Sweeney Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 Eric........................There are a lot of free ones "out there", but I don't which one. I'm researching but always looking for advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry_Sweeney Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 Eric.............I'm looking at WinRAR right now. They have a 32bit and a 64bit version. Is there or should there be a preference to which one? I'm running Windows 7 Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry_Sweeney Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 Quote Eric...........Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbuttery Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Larry: go with the 64-bit version hardly anything uses 32-bit anymore ... Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 I personally use 7-Zip. Not sure WinRAR is really necessary unless you're needing to create RAR files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry_Sweeney Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 Lew....................Thanks. Once I got reading on the site they recommended the 64 bit also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry_Sweeney Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 Michael................I downloaded the trial version of WinRAR. If I lose it after a certain time I'll probably go to something like 7-Zip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Alaskan_Son said: I personally use 7-Zip. Not sure WinRAR is really necessary unless you're needing to create RAR files. 1 hour ago, Larry_Sweeney said: Michael................I downloaded the trial version of WinRAR. If I lose it after a certain time I'll probably go to something like 7-Zip. I too use the Free 7-Zip (64bit since most computers use 64bit these days Control Panel>System will tell you... or Settings>System>About) https://www.7-zip.org/ just make sure you get a direct download of either , so you don't get any unnecessary addons... and watch for Checkboxes as you install , you like want to uncheck them so as not to get Add-Ons like the Google Toolbar or something... WinRar does expire but AFAIR it just nags you everytime you Open a file after the 30 days.... then lets you extract ... M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisb222 Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 In case any Mac users need this, the App Store has unRAR Free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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