How to extract winrar from archive. View the contents of the archive, extract and delete files from the archive. How to extract a file from a ZIP archive: general principles

Now let's do the opposite operation - extract files, or documents, a program, a game - in general, we don't care what's there!

The only thing that cannot be done is to extract files from a damaged WinRAR archive.

Open any WinRAR archive. I'll take the old version of my site, which is stored in the WinRAR archive just in case - anything can happen with technology!

We do not need to extract the entire archive, but only certain files. This suggests that when the archive was created, it was created from a folder.

We find our folder that we want to extract from the archive, my folder is SAMSUNG_SCX-4200. Clicking on a line turns it blue. Next, click the extract button at the top.

A new window opens where you need to specify the path where our folder will be extracted.

I specified the path to drive "D". Let's look - here is our extracted folder from the archive - SAMSUNG_SCX-4200.

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How to extract the archive?

Each of us has had to deal with an archive at least once. Creating an archive by placing the necessary files there is very convenient, because it compresses the size of the final folder and everything is archived in one place. Creating an archive is easy, opening it is even easier.

How to extract files from an archive using WinRaR

Before extracting a file from an archive using WinRaR, you must open it in this graphical shell. There are several ways to do this:

• Double-click or simply click on the archive file in the WinRaR window.
• Launch WinRaR, but first specify the archive name on the command line as a parameter.
• Now you need to drag the archive onto the WinRaR icon. But first, make sure that no other archive is open in the WinRaR window, otherwise it may happen that the archive we need will be added to the already open one.

When you have reached the contents of the archive, select the files that you are going to extract. This can be done using the left mouse button. If the files are out of order, hold down Ctrl and select the necessary files and documents. After that, press Alt+E or the "Extract" button, which is located at the top of the WinRaR window. A window will appear in front of your eyes, showing extraction statistics. If you change your mind about extracting files from the archive, simply click the "Cancel" button. This method is suitable for those who use the Windows operating system.

Sometimes people confuse the program and the archiving option. Remember, WinRaR archives both RAR and RAR files. and Zip. The 7-Zip archiver program comes separately and is used as an analogue or replacement for WinRaR and, of course, has its own characteristics.

Very often, people who don’t know make a small mistake - when they receive it, they don’t extract files from it, but simply go into the archive, if there is a handler program, and run everything from there. It’s good if it’s some kind of photo or video, but what if there’s a program or html files there?

With this launch method (without extracting from the archive), there is a possibility that the file you launch will not be able to work correctly! This happens when this file needs other files that are in the archive to function properly. And when you run such a file from the archive, only one is extracted! So it turns out that the system simply won’t find other files and will throw an error or refuse to start it at all.

So how to extract files from an archive?

Firstly, I would like to note that archives come in different extensions. There are also various programs that work with archives. Which program should I choose to extract the archive?

In fact, we have only two programs, the most common in RuNet. This and . Well, there is also a third archiver - this is . I don’t consider it to be full-fledged, since the two programs given above are superior to it in all respects.

I have already given a series of articles on this topic, so just use the search on the site.

How to extract files from an archive, or rather, which program is better to use?

For extracting files from the archive I advise everyone to use the Win RAR program, since it works with almost all types of archives, plus its rar archives are considered the most reliable.

This is a paid program, but if you go to the Yandex.ru search engine and type the phrase there - “ download Win RAR for free"- you can easily find sites that offer to download this archiver immediately with a key (be sure to pay attention to whether the key is included or not). or you can just buy the program, the price is about 30 bucks, maybe even less.

If you already have this program installed, then you won’t have to do this!

After installing the program, links to it should appear in your context menu. That is, select any file in Explorer (Go to any drive via “”), or in Total Commander, right-click on it, and you should see the following menu:

If you don’t see these items in the context menu, then go to the program, settings item

Okay, now let's start extracting. But first you will need some kind of archive. If you don’t have it at hand, I suggest downloading the archive from here (it weighs only 2 megabytes).

How extract files from archive, users who have never used archivers may ask. Or they came across an archive that they don’t know what to do with.

Archive, what is it for. An archive is needed to pack multiple files into one archived file. It's like several items placed in one package. For example, it is convenient to transfer such an archive to another person than to send each file separately, be it documents or music files, photographs. The archive also makes it possible to compress the size of files when archiving. You can also create an archive with a password so that only the recipient who knows the password to the archive can view the contents.

Today I'll tell you how extract files from the archive. Very often, when downloading files from the Internet, we receive archived files. If you do not have an archiver installed, download the WinRAR archiver from the Internet and install it on your computer. In the future you will have to work with this program more than once.

An example of how to visually recognize an archive created by the WinRAR program can be seen in the picture:

So, to unpack the archive, you need to right-click on the archive itself and select “Extract files” from the menu.

Next, in the “Path and Extraction Options” window that appears, select which folder to unzip into and click “OK.”

I chose, as you can see in the picture, to extract the archive to the desktop. And after extracting the archive, a regular folder with the same name as the archive will appear on the desktop.

If you happen to download a file that has a rar extension in order to view it or use the compressed data in the file, you will have to decompress its contents. The archive file format is usually called a RAR file, a file format that stores and supports data compression, error recovery, and a glue file. Typically, you can find programs that can install and extract huge files saved in .rar format for archiving and downloading from the Internet. So, to use or manage these files, you need to unzip or extract them. A successor to ZIP file technology, RAR is better at compressing files into small files that can later be restored to their original sizes, thereby making it easy to use.

In addition, you can store multiple files in RAR format. However, the only problem with such files is that they are worthless unless they are extracted. So let's see how you can actually use RAR files.

Extracting RAR files

Using 7zip

Download the 7zip program from the Internet and save it on your computer desktop.

Follow the instructions and install the program. Although there are other commercial applications such as WinZip that can be used to decompress and extract rar files, 7zip is the best application for opening and accessing numerous file formats such as .rar, .tar, .zip and others. Next, you can use software to compress the files into various formats.

Go to your .rar file and right click on the tab.

A drop-down list will appear. Select 7zip and click on the “Extract files” button.

Select the file location where you want to extract the .rar file and click on the “OK” button.

Wait and watch as 7zip extracts all the data from the file into a new folder with the same name as it was used to extract the file.

Your .rar file in uncompressed form. Open the file and access the data stored in it.

Using WinRAR

Download a trial version of WinRAR from the Internet. From the list of versions that is displayed, click on the top selection labeled “WinRAR 5.11”.

You will see “Trial” located on the right side of the line. Click on the button and select “Save file”. The software will be downloaded directly to your computer at its default download location.

Find the downloaded software on your computer and double-click on “WinRAR 5.11”.

When prompted, click on the “Run” button and install the software into your default programs. If you have Windows 7 installed on your computer, click on the “Continue” button and follow the instructions to complete the installation procedure.

Find the RAR file you want to extract and paste it on your computer's desktop to shorten the entire process.

The software will start extracting files to the same location where your RAR file is located.

Once the extraction process is complete, the file is ready to be opened and used.

With these simple steps on how to extract RAR files, you can simplify the task of viewing and using compressed data and information within a few seconds. Enjoy!