How to use Winrar

mark_steps

Now im not the brightest button, but winrar is soooo hard to use lol

I have d.loaded a movie which was in RAR file so opened WinRar and hit add.

Out of the 40 or so parts to the file only the first 20 look the same. By that i mean the first 20 images in front of the name look like a pile of books. The rest look like the windows sign/image.
Also where it says type it has Winrar Archive for teh first 20 then the rest say file r 31, file r32 etc

It just wont play....any guides?

fwor

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fwor

And to the OP, take a look here:

http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/winrar_guide.cfm

It's a while since I last used it, but I recall I found it a bit confusing myself.

foreversomeday

Un-rar-ing the first numbered file will automatically un-rar the rest. Just right click and "Open" with winrar on the one which ends in .1

7-zip is great (I use it for most things) but it doesn't work for the numbered ones.

C_Ronaldo

ive used winrar before and i prefer 7 zip as its easier to use

Paul_Herring

Winrar only 'associates' (i.e. double clicking will open winrar automatically and they have the correct icon) a certain number of file extensions (the ones you see as books.) Those after won't, but opening one of the earlier ones should allow Winrar to open the ones that aren't associated.

IOW, it's am explorer display issue, not a Winrar one, and nothing to worry about anyway.

BillScarab

You don't want to click on add as that adds something to an archive. You need to extract it. Also as the discussion of piracy is against the Terms and Condtions of this site it's probably best if you don't mention that you've donwloaded a film in your post.

The easiest way to do it is to do what foreversomeday suggested.