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

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Author: James Ashburner
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [OT] RAR access on Windows?
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.
>
> Andy
>


It's not actually freeware, but WinRAR will do this. It does expire but
only nags you to buy it rather than cutting out the functionality. If
you're only extracting files you can right click and select "extract
here" or "extract to <filename>" and it won't bug you at all.

James