WinRAR (32-bit) 3.92 Beta 1 Fileforum Pick

4.7 out of 5 stars 4.7 (1418 votes)

BETA (January 25, 2010)

Windows (All) / Shareware; $29.00 / 409,946 downloads

RAR is a general purpose archiving and compression program competing with/replacing programs such as PKZip, ARJ, and others. It offers significantly improved compression ratios, easier use and a cheaper price as well as supporting long file names, disk spanning, and self-extracting file creation.

You can also try RAR for Mac OS X, Linux, or FreeBSD.

  • Publisher

    Alexander Roshal

  • Homepage

    WinRAR

  • Uninstaller

    Yes

  • Latest Changes

    - If you start WinRAR command from Explorer context menu in multiple monitor configuration, the command dialog will be displayed on the same monitor as context menu. In previous versions it was always displayed on primary monitor

    - WinRAR "Compress and email..." context menu command adds the archive name to email subject. Previous versions left the subject blank

    - In RAR 3.91 -x switch could also exclude folders from archiving even if mask contained wilcard characters and did not contain a path

    - Bugs fixed

  • Other Versions

    WinRAR (64-bit)

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  1. 4 out of 5 stars
    x-ray

    Reviewing 3.92 Beta 1 (Jan 26, 2010)

    updater screen shot it is old...

    Find program have use sincs long time

  2. 5 out of 5 stars
    rhoadesb

    Reviewing 3.91 (Jan 22, 2010)

    I've been using Winrar for about 10 years. It was the best general archiver then and still is as far as I know.

    If you can't afford the shareware fee give 7-Zip a try. It's free, and it's 95-99% as good, and actually gives slightly better compression in many cases. For many people, buying Winrar when 7-Zip is free will not make sense.

  3. 5 out of 5 stars
    alanpalmer

    Reviewing 3.91 (Dec 15, 2009)

    Still the best archiver around in my opinion. The free programs like 7zip are nowhere near so fully-featured, and, unlike WinZip, you are not asked to pay out for upgrades.

  4. 5 out of 5 stars
    emanresU deriseD

    Reviewing 3.91 Beta 2 (Dec 3, 2009)

    Use "ICE ECC" for resiliency? I've never even heard of it. What good would using some obscure format do me when I'm making a file available to someone (e.g. email, FTP), and they can't open it? Am I going to tell them to download some obscure archiver they've never heard of? Even if I can make the "ICE ECC" a self-extractor, I'm not comfortable with that. People who know what they're doing want archives, not self-extracting archives.

    RAR is a very well-rounded archive format. Not the best compression for all types of data, but neither is 7-Zip. Not the fastest under all circumstances, but a very good trade-off regarding compression/speed/resources.

    I used PowerArchiver for a few months, and just recently switched back to WinRAR. It's like having crawled all that time, and I can finally walk again! It's just so much easier to use and so much more reliable...

  5. 5 out of 5 stars
    stisev

    Reviewing 3.91 Beta 2 (Dec 2, 2009)

    The best. A decent (free) alternativ is 7Zip, but WinRAR cruses all!

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