Thread: Compress Funda

I have downloaded an application from internet. The extension of that file is RAR. Have tried to open it with several applications but nobody recognized the file type. Please tell me how can I open this file and which software is required to handle this file format.

RAR is basically one of a kind compression format which is widespread due to download rage. These files are basically used to compress several files and folders to make a compress file for better portability.

This format has got immense popularity in a few months. Its compression quality, security or file shredding capability is good. Hence it has become the second standard.

RAR file can be opened by WinRAR or 7Zip and can be extracted in the same fashion of acquired immense popularity regarding this format. Both WINRAR and 7ZIP can be downloaded from internet.WINRAR is basically a shareware application while 7ZIP comes for free. You also can google a bit for downloading free RAR handling software from net.

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