▷ Why install winrar in windows 10

Surely we have all run out of space on our hard drives sometime. Or we may have had the need to email many attachments by. Having a program to compress our files can save us from more than one embarrassment. In this article we show you the reasons why you should install WinRAR on Windows 10.

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What a compression program does is take the files and process them to find redundancy in their structure. In this way, it creates a file with a mathematically speaking different format or internal structure that will also be smaller and take up less disk space.

Everyone has ever seen in the options of a file the action of "send to Zip compressed folder". This is the option that Windows brings from the factory, the WinZip application allows you to compress the files. Although it is also a viable option, WinRAR has much higher compression rates and many more interesting options.

Install WinRAR on Windows 10

To install WinRAR in Windows 10 we will only have to go to the official website of the company and download the version that suits us best. We will be able to choose between the latest version available in beta (not definitive) or the previous versions that will already be definitive and will be free of errors.

Next, we will run the downloaded file to install WinRAR. We will only have to install it and do nothing else.

Is WinRAR paid?

If we have ever used WinRAR before, we will have noticed that we have not had to pay anything to use it, but after 40 days of use, a window will appear every time we open something with it, indicating that the test version has ended, and invites us to buy a license. Obviously WinRAR is a paid software, but the company allows us to continue using it normally after that trial period.

Why if it is paid we do not have to pay? And the answer is to get a bigger audience, and more users. Companies must always pay for the licenses of the products they use and WinRAR is no exception. With so many private users, even if they do not pay a license, companies are almost forced to have this software to deal with all the files that come to them in this format. This is where the true benefits are obtained.

In short, despite being paid, for us WinRAR is almost as free as WinZip and much better. Do not worry if you have WinRAR on your computer and you have not paid anything, it is not illegal.

Compression rates

WinRAR allows higher compression rates than WinZip. Logically, there are file formats that allow greater compressions than others. A clear example are text-based files like notepad, Word files or even Windows.dll files.

On the contrary, there are other files than JPG images or MP3 audio files that are already compressed formats and we will not obtain great savings on disk.

In the following image you will see the difference in weight between a WinZip tablet and a WinRAR.

Another important detail that WinRAR implements is the possibility of deleting the files that it has compressed after the action. This avoids having redundant files or having to go to the "free up disk space" option or going crazy looking for where the files were and what they were.

Compress in ZIP with WinRAR

WinRAR, in addition to creating its own tablets in.RAR format, is also capable of compressing them in ZIP, eliminating the need to use WinZip.

This is ideal for sharing files with someone who does not have WinRAR on their computer. Thus ensuring compatibility between our files and yours.

Unzip other formats

WinRAR not only works with its own.RAR extension files . It is also capable of reading and decompressing files of a wide variety of formats from other compression applications.

This ensures compatibility between them and not having the need to install other specific applications for certain formats.

File browser

The program has a file browser as if it were Windows Explorer. And it also shows files that Windows itself hides from us so it offers greater transparency and the possibility of not having to browse folders to search for our files. This with WinZip or other programs is impossible.

Security

One of the most important sections is security. With WinRAR we can put a password to the files that we create, both in.RAR and in.ZIP.

We will only have to go to the "Advanced" tab on the file creation screen to select "Set password".

In the same way we can create a recovery record or add a verification of authenticity of the files we create. In this way we can recover a compressed file if it is corrupted.

You see, that are enough reasons to have a very useful program on our team.

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This is your chance to install WinRAR on your computer. Experience great improvements compared to ZIP of a lifetime and explore all the options that WinRAR brings you. Has this article been useful to you?