Unzip the rar file. An alternative method of unpacking using Freearc. WinZip is one of the most famous and oldest archivers
Or unpack it, you will need - . The two most popular programs that can unpack compressed files, are called WinRAR and 7z.
After WinRAR installations or 7z, packed archive files will change the label. Click right click mouse on , and you will see “Extract” or “Extract” in the context menu, as well as “Extract to current folder" IN English version The unpacking of these programs is called “Extract” and “Extract to”.
If you click “Extract to current folder”, the archive will be unpacked directly into the folder where it is located. Thus, all files and folders that the archive contains will be located in the folder where the archive was recorded. In some WinRAR versions called "Save to current folder".
If you click “Extract”, the program will give you a choice of the path where you want it. You can create an empty one and unpack the archive there so as not to lose files or mix them with other similar files that are already recorded on the .
There is another way to extract files. This method is convenient because if you need to unpack not the entire archive, but only part of it, it is better to use this technique. You simply open the archive like any other file and drag and drop necessary files to any folder convenient for you, as you drag and drop regular files from folder to folder on your computer.
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If the archive cannot be unpacked, it is most likely damaged from the inside.
There are SFX archives. They are unpacked only to a specific path and do not have an “Extract to current folder” button.
Zipped files not only take up less space, but also make it easy to send via e-mail any number of files in one click. When you receive such an archive of files by mail, it is not always clear what to do with it next.
Instructions
So, you have a file in a format unknown to you, but they assure you that it is an archive and you need to unpack it to get to the contents. To unpack such a file you need to download it to your computer and install special program, which can handle files. Such programs are called “archivers”. They are different, but perform the same tasks, so you can choose any of them: WinZip, WinRar, 7Zip.
Archived files take up much less space on your computer's hard drive and consume less traffic when transmitted over the Internet. But, unfortunately, not all programs can read files from archives. Therefore, to work with files, you must first unzip them. Let's find out how to unpack an archive using WinRAR.
There are two options for unpacking archives: without confirmation and into a specified folder.
Unpacking an archive without confirmation involves extracting files to the same directory where the archive itself is located.
First of all, we need to select the archive from which we are going to unpack the files. After that, call up the context menu by right-clicking and select “Extract without confirmation.”
The unpacking process is performed, after which we can observe the files extracted from the archive in the same folder where the archive itself is located.
Unpack to a specified folder
The process of unpacking the archive into the specified folder is more complex. It involves unzipping files to that location on your hard drive or removable media, which will be specified by the user himself.
For this type of unzipping, call the context menu in the same way as in the first case, only select the “Extract to specified folder” item.
After this, a window appears in front of us where we have the opportunity to manually specify the directory where the unpacked files will be stored. Here we can additionally specify some other settings. For example, set a renaming rule if the names match. But, most often, these parameters are left by default.
After all settings are completed, click on the “OK” button. The files are unpacked into the folder that we specified.
As you can see, there are two ways to unzip files using the WinRAR program. One of them is absolutely elementary. The other option is more complex, but still, even when using it, users should not have any particular difficulties.
Hello to all readers of my blog, in touch with you as always Yuri Vatsenko and today I will have a post for beginners, namely, how to unzip rar file. It just seems like it simple task, but believe me, there are many subtleties and nuances here.
Agree that we are constantly faced with ordinary archives, in which, as a rule, files are packed so that they weigh little. Such files are very easy to transfer, so if you are interested in how to make an archive or how to unzip such an archive, then read this post, I am sure you will like it.
Well, since you are reading these lines, then this topic is probably very interesting to you, but it is not very surprising, because every person who plans to conduct their activities on the Internet must have basic knowledge.
In their early posts I told you about how you can clear the cache on your computer, but today the topic will be a little different, but still useful. Of course, many bloggers and webmasters will say that this topic too simple, but I'm sure a lot of people read me, some of whom are complete newbies.
Well, I hope you won’t be picky, so let’s figure out why we need archives and why we need them at all. Look, files that have the extension: Rar And Zip these are archives that have one simple function, namely to reduce the weight of the file.
For example, you need to transfer a file that takes up 2.5 Gigabytes. How to write it to a flash drive when its capacity is only 2 Gigabytes? Very simple, it can be compressed in Rar or Zip format. This is one example, the second is that if you need to send photos to your friend by email and in order not to add them one by one, you can add them to a folder. Then, make this folder an archive and only then, in one file, send everything.
First of all, let's figure out how to make such an archive, although this is done very simply. We take any file, for example, I will take the Word document of this post and place it in special folder, which I’ll call “ blogger». 
Go ahead, click on the folder with my file, right-click and select: “ win rar" – « add to archive".
After this, a new window opens and there we just need to confirm by clicking on the “OK” button. 
Now, let's figure out how to do the opposite when we have an archive and how to open it correctly. Everything is, in fact, as simple as shelling pears, but you still need to make an effort.
Take our archive, right-click on it with your mouse, then Win rar – extract files – extract to current folder. Look at the picture below and everything will become clear to you. 
If there are a lot of files in the archive, then this will take some time, but since I only have one document, everything happens in seconds. As you can see, everything is very simple, understandable and accessible, but what a surprise I was that some of my friends don’t know this. But now they will definitely know, and I am pleased that they will read my post, into which I tried to put my little knowledge.
True, there is another method of unzipping, which I will also tell you. Look, for example, a friend sent you an archive with important documents by mail. As an example, I will show everything on my archive, but everything will be extremely clear to you.
Double click on this archive to open it, and we see the following window. 
Next, at the top we see a button: extract files, click on it and see the following window. 
In this window we can unzip files to any location, to any folder on our computer.
But, I want to tell you right away so that you don’t make a big mistake. If you have a lot of files in your archive, then before you unzip it, you will need to place this archive in the desired folder. Why is that? Look, for example, you (like me now) have an archive on your desktop. Now, if you unzip a file that contains 30-100 photos, what will happen? It’s simple, it won’t be clear what’s on your desktop, so I’m telling you to unzip files only in those folders that are intended for this.
Well, friends, is this knowledge useful? I think they are useful, because all of us moneymakers are busy people and we constantly need to send something, edit, correct, and so on.
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Files with the .ZIP extension are one of the most common types of archives. Thanks to this, in most operating systems already provided standard means extract zip. So there is no need to search and install additional programs. Right-click on the archive and select “Extract All”. A special wizard will then open in which you will need to specify the location where the files from the contents of the archive will go. If you don't change anything, this location will be the current folder.
There is also an option “Show extracted files”. If you leave a checkbox next to it, then after extraction an explorer window will open with all the extracted contents. 
By the way, it is not necessary to extract files from the archive - you can open it like a regular folder and launch the necessary documents directly from there.
Unlike the previous case, RAR will require the installation of third-party programs.
For example, one of such reliable programs as 7-Zip does an excellent job with such archives (and it also supports many other types: 7z, Zip, tar, etc.). You can download this application from the official website and it is completely free.
The program itself is quite simple to use. To unpack the archive, right-click on it and in the “7-Zip” menu section, click on one of the following items: 
- Unpack here – extraction will begin immediately, into the same directory as the archive;
- Unpack to “folder name” – extraction will begin in a folder created here with the same name as the archive. It is best to use this option.
The last two options are the most optimal and do not force a large number actions from the user: just clicked and everything was unpacked. When you select the first option, a window with extraction parameters will appear. 
In this window you can specify the appropriate folder into which the unpacking will take place. Here you can immediately select an option such as “No paths”, in which case all files will be extracted in a solid heap, without the folders in which they were located. When you select “Overwrite”, you can activate the ability to edit files in the archive. But with standard settings, the application will make a request when it is launched.
In addition to using the context menu, you can also use the program window. To launch it, do double click by the archive icon. In the window itself, on top panel, click "Extract". 
IN Lately users liked it this application able to work with various RAR and ZIP. It is also free and the experience is quite similar to other applications. When the program is installed on the computer, three additional items will appear in the archive context menu:
- Extract Here – files will be extracted to the same folder as the archive;
Extract to “folder name” – extraction will occur in the folder with the specified name. 
As you can see, there are slight similarities with 7-Zip. Although the menu items are on English language, the program window has a Russian-language design. If you select the first item, the following window will open: 
To extract files, click on “Unzip” and select the appropriate folder.
This popular program often used to extract files from archives with rar extension. You can download the program directly from the official website of the developers. The main thing is to make sure that you are downloading the Russian version. The program is installed very simply, like most similar applications, so there shouldn't be any problems here.
WinRAR is paid program and she has a trial, free period use for 40 days. When this time is over, the program will continue to work and perform its functions, but now a window will pop up asking you to buy a license.
To unpack archives, you need to perform the same steps as in previous programs.
Right-click on the archive file and select one of the following options:
- Extract to current folder – all files will be unpacked to the same place as the archive;
Extract to “folder name” – files will be extracted to the specified folder, which will be automatically created in the same directory. 
Those who don’t really like to once again select a bunch of parameters can click on one of the last two options. But if you select the first one, a window with extraction options will open, where you can select the folder to unpack the files and a bunch of other options. 
- For example, in the “Update Mode” section, there are such parameters.
Extracting with replacing files - when unpacking, new files will replace similar ones with the same name that were already outside the archive. - Extracting and updating files has essentially the same effect, but only those files that are older than those in the archive will be replaced.
- Updating existing files only – existing files will be updated, and all the others will not even be retrieved. In the “Overwrite mode” section, you can set parameters for the program’s behavior when overwriting files.
In addition, using this window you can unpack damaged archives. After all, if you use standard settings, then the program will generate an error and unpacking will not be possible. But if you check the box next to “Keep on disk” corrupted files", then even damaged files will be pulled from the archive.
For example, in the case of music or video, they can be opened. Although this still depends on the extent of their damage in the archive.
You can also extract documents from archives through the main program window. Select everything you need and click on the “Extract” or “Wizard” button. 
In some cases, the WinRAR application can also be used to backup important information.
Just keep in mind this small feature: after installing the above applications, standard function to extract archives from ZIP extension may simply disappear from the context menu.
Extracting files from multi-volume archives
Such archives are used when packing very large volumes of information. For example, this is convenient when recording to disk, when everything in one archive simply does not fit on one disk. The files of a multi-volume archive have a serial number in their name. Depending on the program, it may take different kind: part1, z02, 003, 004 and further all the way to last file. To unpack such archives, you must have all the parts at once, and they must be located in one folder.
Now we will talk about how to unzip a “rar” file. We will describe for what purposes it was created and used this format. In addition, we will tell you in more detail about programs that can interact with it.
More about the extension
Before we look at how to unpack a “rar” file, we need to understand the definition this concept. The format received a name that is an abbreviation for the phrase Roshal ARchiv, in turn, it comes from the name of the developer Eugene Roshal. It was this man who became the creator of this type file archives. It should be noted that the "rar" file provides good level compression, allows you to set passwords for opening previously compressed data, in addition, it makes it possible to divide large materials into small volumes.
This type of archive was introduced by the WinRAR program, but currently many other applications work with the extension, some of which we will talk about in more detail below.
The question of how to unzip a “rar” file suggests two types of answers, because to achieve desired effect you can use full-fledged archivers or applications that exclusively decompress compressed materials. The second solution should be used if you rarely use this extension when working on a computer.
WinRAR
Of course, one of the earliest and most advanced archivers knows the answer to the question of how to unzip the “rar” file. Moreover, the application has versions for 64 and 32-bit Windows operating systems. In addition, there are special editions for many popular platforms. If we talk about the Windows operating system, the archiver is shareware for it.
RAR is far from the only format that is supported by the application; using the program you can work with various types archives. This application can even pack graphic, audio and video files with great efficiency. The program has a smart analyzer that can independently determine the technology, as well as the sequence of file compression.
Hamster
The Hamster application will also tell you how to unpack the rar file. It's about O free archiver, which uses the maximum capabilities of various multi-core processors. The application has a pleasant interface and support for the Russian language. The level of file compression can be adjusted by three functions: “Maximum”, “Optimal”, “Minimum”.
Thanks to integration into the Explorer menu, the user has fast access to all basic operations, including unpacking archives, as well as packing data without a password.
PeaZip
PeaZip is another rar file decompressor where Special attention devoted to processing various open formats. The application records a detailed log of work at the end of each operation. You can also save the project as plain text, which can be used in scripts. Also available: backup operations, acceleration of archiving, restoration and preservation of archives.
In addition, the application interface can be changed based on the user's wishes. You can even adjust the transparency. The application is portable. At the same time, the version for the Windows operating system is a separate and automated package that makes it possible to integrate the program’s capabilities directly into the Explorer menu.
Universal Extractor
You can also open “rar” files using Universal programs Extractor. At the same time, this application extracts materials from any type of archives, as well as installers and packages, such as " Windows Installer" You can decompress material regardless of compression method or source.
ExtractNow
You can open the “rar” file using the “ExtractNow” program, because unpacking archives is its the main task. The application supports unpacking multiple archives with one click. The program has an intuitive and easy to use user interface.
To extract files, you need to drag them to the main application window or right-click on necessary files in Windows Explorer. We are talking about powerful and reliable program, which will be useful to all users who manage a lot of compressed materials.
J7Z
Another application that will tell you how to extract a “rar” file is J7Z. A powerful and simple archiver that was created for Windows operating systems and has some new features. The application supports: quick update for an existing archive, backing up a directory for storing materials.
In addition, the program can unpack or create encrypted archives. You can improve the efficiency of your application by creating special archive profiles. The program requires the ". NET Framework", version 2.0.
Other programs
Among other applications that will help solve this problem, “PowerArchiver” should be noted. We are talking about a powerful archiver, which is complemented by a built-in browser, which allows you to upload files to the server or send archives via email.
The program supports hundreds various functions. Despite this, "PowerArchiver" is small in size and incredibly light and fast to use. Beginners will easily be able to master the operation of this program, as it has an intuitive and simple interface, and there is also an introductory tutorial.
Users can take advantage of all the benefits and versatility of this program. The application has a built-in browser. In addition, "PowerArchiver" can easily create multi-volume archives. This program has an improved information compression algorithm.
Among the features this decision It should be noted: full support multiple file formats, encoding materials using UUE and XXE technologies, recovery tool damaged archives"ZIP"; an add-on that allows you to simultaneously retrieve multiple projects; View content in various styles, for example as a web page.
The program has the ability to perform many powerful operations on materials. Among them: creating archives, checking them for viruses, writing comments on the produced files and full view compressed data, testing and making changes, renaming content. Support for changing the skin in the program interface.
There is a built-in text browser and graphic files. The drag-and-drop function is supported “from” or “to” Windows Explorer or to your desktop. Creation of self-extracting encrypted archives.
A special tool allows you to create a backup script and run automated backups.
Two options for viewing archives have been implemented. “Classic” involves displaying a list of files. With Explorer, materials are displayed in the same way as in Windows Explorer. Among other things, the user can convert archives from one format to another. If you apply free version, remember to register after the end probationary period(30 days).
Another program that we cannot ignore in this material is called “RarZilla”. It's about free and simple application, which is intended specifically for unpacking archives in the format we are interested in. Now you know how to unzip a “rar” file and what it is for.
