WinRAR 3.6 beta 2

• Popularity:

  #2 in File Compression (out of 218 products)

• Editor's Rating:

  4.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  4.0 stars (out of 1086 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  59,061,093

• Requirements:

  Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP

• Limitations:

  40-day trial, some features disabled

• Date Added:

  April 27, 2006

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version WinRAR 3.71 WinRAR 3.7 WinRAR 3.62 WinRAR 3.61 WinRAR 3.6 WinRAR 3.6 beta 2 WinRAR 3.51 WinRAR 3.5 WinRAR 3.50 WinRAR 3.42 WinRAR 3.41 WinRAR 3.4 WinRAR 3.30 WinrAR 3.2 WinRAR 3.2 WinRAR 3.11 WinRAR 3.1 WinRAR 3.0 WinRAR 2.90 WinRAR 2.8 WinRAR (Windows 95/98/NT/2000) 2.71 WinRAR (Windows 95/98/NT/2000) 2.70 WinRAR 2.60 WinRAR 2.50 WinRAR 2.06 WinRAR 2.05 WinRAR 2.04 WinRAR 2.01 WinRAR 2.0

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Publisher's description of WinRAR 3.6 beta 2

From RARLAB:

WinRAR is a 32-bit Windows version of RAR Archiver, an archiver and archive manager. RAR files can usually compress content by 8 percent to 15 percent more than ZIP files can. WinRAR's main features include strong general and multimedia compression, the ability to process non-RAR archive formats, ZIP compression and decompression, support for long filenames, programmable self-extracting archives (SFX), repair of damaged archives, authenticity verification, embedded file comments, and encryption. Unicode is supported in archive filenames, allowing non-English filenames to be handled painlessly. You can manipulate the parameters of many archives at once and view a volume sequence as a single archive. WinRAR can convert other archive formats to RAR and search for specified text and files in archives.

WinRAR 3.60 beta 2 adds improved Unicode support in the folder tree panel, and fixes a bug with incorrect font in the volume size list in Japanese Windows 98.

Editor's review of WinRAR 3.6 beta 2

• 4.0 stars

We have seen the future of archiving, and it has candy-colored icons and a roar in its name. WinRAR is easy to use, lightweight, and flexible. If you want to further spruce up its already attractive appearance, you can download various themes from the developer's site. Once you see the size savings of a RAR archive (with its compression ratio of 8 percent to 15 percent better) over the established ZIP format, you might be prepared to forgive the markedly slower speeds, slightly anemic file management, and lack of virus-protection integration. Adding value to its good looks and right-click readiness for basic compression and unzipping, WinRAR offers unpacking support for a wide number of newer archive formats, including ACE, BZ2, JAR, and ISO. It even throws in ZIP archives for good measure. You'll also appreciate WinRAR's advanced features, such as better file-naming conventions for long archive names, Unicode support for international formatting, embedded file comments, repair of damaged archives, archive locking, self-extracting archives, and encryption. Anyone seeking an alternative compression program would do well to look at this one.

User reviews of WinRAR 3.6 beta 2

• Average user rating: 4.2 stars out of 1086 votes
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• 5 stars

  5 out of 6 people found this review helpful

  Version: WinRAR 3.6 beta 2

  "best archiver"

  by sassy19a on June 14, 2006

  Pros: Finally im tired of WInzip, it nv update its software to unzip RAR files. RAR is the solution for me now.

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• 4 stars

  7 out of 12 people found this review helpful

  Version: WinRAR 3.6 beta 2

  "Good compression ratio and easy to use."

  by GezaGabriel on July 26, 2006

  Pros: You don't have to uncheck a lot of checkboxes at install.

  Because the program has multilanguage support it can convince foreign - ok, so not English :) - people to vote on changing to WinRAR. With this help, many people may understand what are the differences between the special switches, like "solid" archive.

  As i see it won't obtain all the available memory - maybe not needed - but can use all the CPU time it may have.

  The shell extension won't eat plenty of system resources when you right-click on a file or directory, this is a very good point. It's also very easy to use and i found no bugs, yet.

  Splitting the files is very easy so you can share the files onto any sizes.

  SFX creating is easy, too. There are pre-defined sizes, like cd- or dvd-rom, floppy and zip-drive size. With little time you can create small installers with password protection which can help you to share your programs between your users.

  Compressing over 4GB. Winrar has very good compression ratio and after versions changed i found no bugs with - very early - earlier plan compressing. But even this is true for RAR, it's not always true for ZIP.

  Converting is possible. With settings, you can save a setting to use whenever you want (fe. best compressing fot special jobs). You can also set up testing so you'll never had bad surprises with damaged backups!

  NTFS file system support can come in hand, storing security settings will provide you very good infos when you have to make a backup from ashes. Because you can also set to switch off computer when compression is finished, you can create schedulded jobs with it (fe. every friday afternoon). This and storing other relevant informations makes the program very good for backup purposes.

  Cons: It can be very slow. Seems 7-zip is better with it's format than winrar.

  Stack overflow vulnerability in this beta 2 release at the SFX module and it's not replaced.

  Digital signs?

  I know that schedulding is a windows application but the program should give me an own interface for the settings (like another compression tool did...).

  If i have to compare compare the programs, right now i'd suggest this for home users, but the other for companies.

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• 4 stars

  13 out of 16 people found this review helpful

  Version: WinRAR 3.6 beta 2

  "Crucial addition to any downloader's repetoire."

  by JDreller on May 7, 2006

  Pros: This is one of those gotta-have programs for the downloaders of the world. It handles zip and rar files like a pro and has the most features of any other program like it. In essence, it is the BIG DADDY of this type of software and not to have WinRar for a downloader is like not having MS WORD for a writer or PHOTOSHOP for a graphic artist. I just wish it was free.

  Cons: I don't give 5 stars to programs that aren't free.

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• 5 stars

  4 out of 6 people found this review helpful

  Version: WinRAR 3.6 beta 2

  "Better than winzip"

  by zhangziyi on July 8, 2006

  Pros: I used to love using WInzip, but it never let you have this many options or even update it self like this does. RAR is the best solution for me now.Recommended

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• 4 stars

  4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

  Version: WinRAR 3.6 beta 2

  "Sure beats winzip."

  by Iceha on July 3, 2006

  Pros: This is a good program that can compress in either .rar or .zip files and can extract several different types of files. The bigger the file you are going to compress the smaller it smashes it down it. That is the rule of thumb.

  Cons: none. Except for a nag screen that appears after awhile when you open the program.

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