Home | Forums | Article Search | Subscribe & Shop | Contact Us | Log Out Rarlab WinRAR 3.50 Email This Print This View My Personal Library Loading Zone November 2005 • Vol.5 Issue 11 Page(s) 75 in print issue Add To My Personal Library Rarlab WinRAR 3.50 Jump to first occurrence of: [WINRAR] WinRAR 3.50 $29 Rarlab www.rarlab.com 3 CPU’s WinRAR specializes in packing multiple files into one compressed file via an easy-to-use interface. There’s also a Wizard available to guide novices through compressing/extracting files. WinRAR also integrates itself into Windows; just right-click a file to access WinRAR commands. WinRAR now also supports interface themes to jazz up the utility’s appearance. WinRAR isn’t a crucial app to own, considering Windows’ built-in Zip features, but if you work with many file formats regularly, it’s a very good dedicated file-compression app to have. Because RAR files aren’t as familiar to many users, WinRAR can also create and open Zip files, plus CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, 7Z, and Z archives. It can also convert compressed files from one format to another. In my testing WinRAR consistently (but not dramatically) compressed files tighter than the popular PentaZip app: • A Word document and seven JPEGs, 988KB totalWinRAR, 729KB; PentaZip, 744KB • Paint Shop Pro 7 (577 files in 21 folders), 142MBWinRAR, 103MB; PentaZip, 116MB • Three MPEG-4 videos, 142MBWinRAR, 130MB; PentaZip, 132MB WinRAR can create self-extracting files, and it uses 128-bit AES encryption. To prevent spreading viruses, the app can work with your antivirus program to scan files before you compress/extract them. It can also automatically detect and work with more popular programs, such as Norton or McAfee, but if you’re using a less common AV program, you may need to manually configure WinRAR. This isn’t difficult (it does involve typing parameters), but it’s definitely not something novices would care to tackle. Unlike older file-compression apps that can only compress a limited number of files, WinRAR claims to support files and archives up to about 8,589 billion gigabytes in size, effectively making it possible to create compressed files of unlimited size. The app is available in 40 languages, and a 40-day free trial is available. by Wallace Wang  User Reviews Be the first to write a review of this product Want more information about a topic you found of interest while reading this article? Type a word or phrase that identifies the topic and click "Search" to find relevant articles from within our editorial database. Enter A Subject (key words or a phrase): ALL Words (‘digital’ AND ‘photography’) ANY Words (‘digital’ OR ‘photography’) Exact Match ('digital photography'- all words MUST appear together) Home      Copyright & Legal Information      Privacy Policy      Site Map      Contact Us Copyright © 2010 Sandhills Publishing Company U.S.A. All rights reserved.