1-12-11 - HELP/SOS * I am still lost about rar software. I have several designs that I can't open. What is a girl to do? LOL ;< TIA ;D

i use RAR extract FROG. i'm not very savvy on a computer but my daughter said that i would be able to use it with no problems..and she was right!

Zip files and rar files are compressed files. Puts things together and makes a smaller size file. You need a program to extract those files. I use 7zip-found through earlier discussions here. You can do a search for those and read more, if you want. &zip installs, and it's easy to use.
I right click on the highlighted rar file, a menu opens, I choose 7zip, then there are choices of what to do, I opt for "extract here". The files appear in the window, then I delete what I don't want, plus the original rar file.
Jo

iF YOU HAVE WINZIP YOU CAN OPEN THEM WITH IT.***

I don't know how it works but if I add .zip to the end of the file name it changes to a regular zip file and I can open it....most of the time.

I use JZip... it's free Monica. Just google it.

have a look at
answers.cuteembroidery.com/5825394/semi-new-this-still-understand-alot.html

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by mad14kt 12 Jan 2011

Thanks, I will look ;D *2U

rar - is a "zip file" Trying going to this site and it is a free download - even though I had windows it would not allow me to open a rar file until I downloaded from this site. Good luck.

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by mad14kt 12 Jan 2011

Thanks ;D *2U

If you have windows, just right click on the rar file and it will give you options to unzip it.

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by mad14kt 12 Jan 2011

Thanks ;D *2U

Rar is something like zip: a condensed format and you can 'unrar' just as you can 'unzip'. If you google 'rar' you'll find free software to open those files; in most cases the same programme can unzip as well.

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by mad14kt 12 Jan 2011

Thanks ;D *2U