Re: [Hampshire] [OT] RAR access on Windows?

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Author: Adam Trickett
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gpg: failed to create temporary file '/var/lib/lurker/.#lk0x5855b100.hantslug.org.uk.17452': Permission denied
gpg: keyblock resource '/var/lib/lurker/pubring.gpg': Permission denied
gpg: Signature made Thu Mar 8 20:36:56 2007 GMT
gpg: using DSA key 019AD0D8166C4BF0
gpg: Can't check signature: No public key
On Thursday 08 March 2007 20:08, Andy Random wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anybody know of a freeware application for Windows which will open
> rar files?
>
> Yes I know there are several shareware applications that will do it, but
> I'm looking for something that won't expire in xx days unless I pay for
> it.


Wikipedia says that 7zip for windows can decompress rar files without
expiring. It also says that the decoder is open source and available, though
not very up to date.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAR

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Adam Trickett
Overton, HANTS, UK

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