WinRAR is an advanced data compression utility that supports a wide array of format including RAR, ZIP, CAB, ARJ, LZH, ACE, TAR, GZip, UUE, ISO, BZIP2, Z and 7-Zip. It enables you to create, organize and manage archives in a comfortable and quick manner.
Rich feature lineup
- The complex compression algorithm it uses creates small archives, saving disk space and enabling faster file sharing. Audio and graphics files benefit from a special archiving algorithm, one that doesn’t make a compromise on quality. It includes Windows Explorer shortcuts for easy access and supports drag and drop as well.
- WinRAR also provides possibilities to split archives into several volumes; this way, a large archive is divided into other smaller ones, which makes the perfect way to share huge files.
Advanced security and ease of use
- In case you wish to secure your files, you can always protect your data with a password, while the ‘Repair’ function comes in handy whenever you try to fix a broken archive.
- Besides the fact that it does a great job when it comes to compressing files, WinRAR also integrates dedicated features that allow you to manipulate archives with a single click. You can backup the files you’re about to compress, you can test the archived files and you can even perform virus scans before decompressing, without putting the data stored on your computer at risk.
Fast and effective compression
- During our tests, the compression and decompression process worked amazingly fast, and that should happen in your case too, at least if your computer is able to handle the task.
- The only problems you could experience are strictly related to hardware resources, as working with 3 or 4 archives at the same time could be a bit overwhelming for slower computers.
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An overall great package
- All in all, WinRAR remains the industry-standard in the compression category. It allows you to handle the most popular compression formats using a single interface and at very high speeds provided by the complex engine hidden under the hood.
- WinRAR undoubtedly comes with one of the most advanced feature sets currently on the market and even though it’s not offered for free, it remains one of the leading compression tools that you can install on Windows.
What's New in Winrar Version 5.50:
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Version 5.50 beta 6
1. File association option for JAR files is off by default
in WinRAR installer unless you enabled it earlier in previous
WinRAR versions. You need to enable this option manually
if you wish to associate WinRAR with *.jar.
2. Unless "Allow absolute paths in symbolic links" extraction dialog
option or -ola command line switch are specified, WinRAR does not
allow to extract symbolic links with ".." in target if any of
link path components is an existing symbolic link itself.
It is done to prevent bypassing WinRAR security checks with
chains from several symbolic links.
3. Bugs fixed:
a) if "Add" command was used from inside of archive opened
in WinRAR interface, "file not found" error could be issued
for files which pathnames included spaces;
b) fixed crashes when unpacking corrupt RAR archives;
c) "rar a arc. filename" command created "arc." archive
with trailing dot instead of expected "arc" without any extension;
d) "New folder" button in extraction dialog selected a parent of
newly created folder instead of such folder itself;
e) "Checksum error" could be mistakenly reported for some valid
GZIP archives.
Instructions:
1. Unpack and install
2. Copy and paste rarreg.key Into Winrar Directory
3. Done.
