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Help!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dave&#8217;s Answer: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The RAR files you have are indeed archives. In fact, the abbreviation stands for &#8220;Roshal Archive&#8221;, named after Russian software engineer, Eugene Roshal who created the archive format as an alternative to ZIP archives. Mostly I see these RAR files show up in the world of Bittorrent and torrent downloads, but I suppose there are other contexts within which they can be utilized.<\/p>\n<p>The format is definitely not supported in a stock Microsoft Windows computer, whether you&#8217;re running Windows 7, Win8 or an earlier version of Windows. In fact, as you&#8217;ll see, double-clicking on it produces a &#8220;open with what program?&#8221; dialog box, which isn&#8217;t really very helpful, all in all.<\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of different programs that can unpack a RAR archive file, but one that I like is the app StuffIt, which has been around for a really long time for both Mac and PC systems. The unpack utility is free, so it&#8217;s a good solution, even if it&#8217;s a bit of hoop-jumping to actually get the free version. (I actually recommend the Deluxe app which lets you create and manage archives and do a lot more with data management)<\/p>\n<p>But let&#8217;s start at the beginning. Here&#8217;s a file icon for a &#8220;.rar&#8221; file on my Windows 8 system:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/rar.jpg\" alt=\"rar\" width=\"126\" height=\"162\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-43067\" \/><\/p>\n<p><BR CLEAR=LEFT><\/p>\n<p>Double click it and you&#8217;ll find out that Windows OS has absolutely no idea what to do with files of this type:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/oprnrar.jpg\" alt=\"oprnrar\" width=\"387\" height=\"213\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-43068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/oprnrar.jpg 387w, https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/oprnrar-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><BR CLEAR=LEFT><\/p>\n<p>Alright. Instead of digging through the Windows App Store, just jump directly to Stuffit.com and scroll down to find the expander utility:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/expander.jpg\" alt=\"expander\" width=\"353\" height=\"201\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-43069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/expander.jpg 353w, https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/expander-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><BR CLEAR=LEFT><\/p>\n<p>Looks good. And it is a great little app. Simply click on &#8220;Windows&#8221; to proceed and you&#8217;ll have to decide whether to upgrade to the full Stuffit Deluxe version or just stick with the free Stuffit Expander 2011 Windows:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.askdavetaylor.com\/open_unpack_rar_archive_on_windows_pc_win7_win8.html\" target=\"_blank\">Steps Continued Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><font SIZE=\"2\"><\/p>\n<p>This post is excerpted with permission from Dave Taylor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:www.askdavetaylor.com\">Sign up for Dave&#8217;s emails<\/a> about free tech support and special offers on books, seminars, workshops and more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/rar150.jpg\" alt=\"rar150\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-43076\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of different programs that can unpack a RAR archive file, but one that 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