Do you need a special program to be able to view RAR files on your pc?

Question

I've recently been sent a file, but it was in RAR format. Does anyone know if I need some sort of special program to be able to open it, because at the moment it my pc wont let me view the file. If so how do I get the program, where can I download it from? Thanks.

Answer 1

http://www.download.com/RarZilla-Free-Un...

Answer 2

7zip.  FREE

http://www.7-zip.org/

Answer 3

Winrar

Answer 4

WinRAR or 7-zip, WinRAR is just a trial though, n 7-zip is full version and free, so i'd recomend 7-zip.

just install it , then right click ona file choose 7-zip and "Extract All", hit okay n it does the rest. Pretty easy to use, and indespensable as many file downloads on the web are in rar, or zip formats.

Answer 5

7 zip or winrar will open it and you can get it from

http://www.download.com/7-Zip/3000-2250_...

this is the direct link to the download page.......its free

Answer 6

software

http://freevistafile.com/

Answer 7

use winrar..

www.win-rar.com

Answer 8

http://www.download.com/WinRAR/3000-2250...

Just install it as trial. Trial is for ever and ever. I use winrar trial already for over a year.

You need winrar to open RAR frmats

Answer 9

Winrar!

Great program, everyone should use it

http://www.rarlab.com/

Answer 10

the best program to view RAR files is Winrar, it is the program who created the RAR files and I recommend u use it, there are other programs that can Open RAR files like Winzip (only new versions) 7zip, Rarzilla,Winace, etc...

If u want to know what RAR files are I'll explain:

Rar files are compressed files, it means that u can put several files in one folder and compress them so they won't take so much place on the Hard disk, but some files can't be compressed very good, like mp3s, jpegs, exes, etc...

To download Winrar : http://www.rarlab.com/rar/wrar371.exe

winrar is trial

to download 7zip :  http://www.download.com/3000-2250_4-1078...

7zip if a freeware