How to open RAR File - Computers & Internet

Try next one manually solution in WinRAR:
<Open the file in WinRAR (download from internet if you don't have one).
<Press your right mouse-button.
<Click on "Repair archive", or press Alt+R.
<Click on Browse button and select a folder where you want to keep the repaired archive.
<There will be two options ("Treat the corrupt archive as RAR" and "Treat the corrupt archive as ZIP").
<Select any one of your choice (or see which one will work) and click on OK button.
<Go to the folder where you have kept the repaired archive and open it (Repaired archive will be named as rebuilt.*.rar or rebuilt.*.zip, where * is the name of original archive).

If the guide above isn't effective for your damaged .rar file, then...
http://tonyshorten.hubpages.com/question/233108/how-to-apply-winrar-repair-for-multi-part-archives - thread where is discussed the same issue with .rar file
http://www.filerepairforum.com/forum/archives/archives-aa/winrar/1490-rar-archive-error-message-in-header - open community for any experienced users
https://www.repairtoolbox.com/rarrepair.html RAR Repair Toolbox - gives you the guarantee of fast and quality restoration, but of course it costs money

RAR is the native format of WinRAR archiver. WinRAR tool is not only used to create RAR file but also used to repair corrupted RAR file or fix corruption from them. Whenever WinRAR fails to extract data from RAR archive, it means the archive is invalid or corrupted. You can repair the corrupted RAR archive by using the built-in repair feature of WinRAR application. All the required steps are shown below:
Solution #1
1) Open your WinRAR application.
2) Click on File tab and then click on Open archive. Or simply press Ctrl+O.
3) A new small window "Find archive" will be appeared.
4) Now locate your corrupt RAR file from the system directory and then click on Open.
5) Click on Tools tab and then click on Repair archive. Or simply press Ctrl+R.
6) Again a new small window "Repairing FileName.rar" will be appeared.
7) Now Browse the location where you want to save the new repaired archive.
8) The box "Treat the corrupt archive as RAR" is checked by default. But if it is not, then do check it.
9) Click on OK. The repairing process of selected archive will be started.
10) Once it is successfully completed click on Close.
Solution #2
RAR Viewer Tool - http://www.rar.viewertool.com/

Sounds like the rar file you got is corrupt.try downloading it again.

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Regards,
Waqar.

Damaged archive! Here I will tell you how to repair corrupt RAR with WinRAR in steps.

Any file that is a RAR file isnt a media file. Rar files are basically winzip files. You can use WINZIP 7 or WinRar to to open and extract Rar files. Go to www.Download.com tand search for WInRAR.Once you find it, download and isntall WinRAR> Use WinRAR to open and extract the RAR file you need.

mikeyaro,

• The .RAR file is not a multimedia file. Its a RAR archieved of compressed files and/or folders of WinRar format. To open these compressed files/folders you need the WinRar software, any other software which can expand these files.
• For a trial of WinRar click here
• Make download and try to open your .rar file.

Thanks
Iqbal