Win rar

The first thing you need to understand is that .rar files are not multimedia files, so you usually can't play them right away. A RAR file is an archive, just like .zip or .tar, that can contain one or more compressed files. You can "extract" those files from the .rar archive and play them in your favorite music/video player.

Extracting And Playing RAR Files

The most popular software for extracting RAR files is WinRAR, a shareware application (see the bottom of this article for free alternatives). If you have WinRar installed, you can play .rar files by performing these steps :

1. Right-click the file in question.
2. Choose "Extract Here". This will put all the contents of the archive file in the same folder as the .rar file.
3. Locate the multimedia files created (.avi, .mpg, .mp3 or similar) and double-click to play.

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