.rar files

Do you need a special program to unpack these files?
I downloaded some music, and it was in .rar format, but I have no idea how to decompress it.
Or am I just completely confused?
Anyone know anything about these kind of files?

 

Go to 7zip, download it, use it to extract the rar.

 

one time I downloaded some roars and an extracter and tried to extract them. It didnt work or something fucked up so now I just avoid rars.

 

.rar

Haha awesome.

 

7-zip will do it as stated above.

 

Best answer.

 

use winrar...it replaces winzip and does all same things as winzip...if you get a cracked version make sure its a corporate one and you shouldn't have any trouble at all

when I have .rars I just make sure they are all in the same area and right click the 1st file ...then choose to unrar it and it does all the others automatically

 

winrar is much better than 7zip +_+

 

7zip also does this.

There's loads of options for all of your file compression and extraction needs. I don't know anyone who uses Winzip any more.

 

cracked version of winrar, you don't even need that. If you can click past a notice that says it's an unregistered copy. it'll pack and unpack all kinds of stuff for ya. Great peice of software.

 

I'm going to pretend I didn't see that.

7zip FTW.

 

I'm a Winrar lover. It's always done the job well for me. Much better than even Winzip.

 

Well.. that's because it's better than Winzip =P
Winzip is quite old in comparison.
Winrar is slower but has much better compression than Winzip.
7zip is supposed to be faster and have better compression, but all the comparisons I've read, they've come pretty close. Any I've done myself, WinRar won. Plus, WinRar has a file type or two more it can open =P

But compression and multimedia don't go well together and that's all I ever really have interest in compressing, so that's all I'm looking at =P

 

Gotta say, though, I have come across filetypes that neither 7zip nor WinRAR could open. LHA files, for instance (these tend to be used in Japan, according to Wikipedia). For those, I use IZArc.

 

I don't think i've ever come across a LHA file...

 

I've only come across one, and that was when I was installing some freeware Japanese game. I think it was Silver Knights.

when I woke up this morning, I didn't think I'd be discussing obscure file compression types on a purple forum

 

Life works in mysterious ways!

 

Here's hoping that it isn't the most exciting thing that happens to ya

 

if theres a rar out there there is almost always a mp3 someone decompressed so that way i dont have to fuck with it.

 

i use Winrar for hacks. like FPS hacks and stuff, wall hacks aim bots