Should I remove WinRAR 32-bit?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
11% remove it89% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #437
United States Rank #1,346
Reach 1.4521%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 13.74 days
405.36 days >
Average installed length: 212.98 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 5.01.0 |
100.00% |
|
Other programs by win.rar GmbH
WinRAR 5.01 32-bit
What is WinRAR 32-bit?
WinRAR is a file archiver and data compression utility that supports RAR, and ZIP and can unpack ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, EXE and 7z compressed archives. Version 5 uses the RAR5 archive format that cannot be managed by old versions of WinRAR. This format features a maximum 1GB dictionary (only in 64bit version), better multicore support, it removes multimedia, text and itanium binaries special compression algorithms.
Overview
A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. When installed, it will add a context menu handler to the Windows shell in order to provide quick access to the program. The main program executable is winrar.exe. The software installer includes 299 files and is usually about 4.86 MB (5,092,958 bytes).
Program details
URL: www.rarlab.com
Help link: www.rarlab.com/feedback.htm
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\WinRAR\
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\WinRAR\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 4.86 MB
Files installed by WinRAR 5.01 32-bit
| Program executable: | winrar.exe |
| Name: | WinRAR |
| WinRAR archiver |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\winrar\winrar.exe |
| MD5: | 746bd4ce1110823063e68bb61a24ea28 |
| WinRAR is a powerful archive manager. It can backup your data and reduce the size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files downloaded from Internet and create new archives in RAR and ZIP file format. |
Additional files:
-
unins000.exe - Inno Setup (Setup/Uninstall)
-
Ace32Loader.exe (by Alexander Roshal) - WinRAR (32 bit UnAceV2.Dll loader)
-
Rar.exe (by Alexander Roshal) - Command line RAR
-
RarExt.dll - WinRAR shell extension
-
RarExt64.dll
-
RarExtLoader.exe - 32 bit rarext.dll loader
-
uninstall.exe - Uninstall WinRAR
-
UnRAR.exe
-
7zxa.dll (by Igor Pavlov) - 7-Zip (7z Standalone Extracting Plugin)
-
lpk.dll
Behaviors exhibited
2 Context Menu Handlers
- RarExt64.dll added to Windows Explorer under the name 'WinRAR' with a class of {B41DB860-64E4-11D2-9906-E49FADC173CA}.
- RarExt.dll added to Windows Explorer under the name 'WinRAR' with a class of {B41DB860-8EE4-11D2-9906-E49FADC173CA}.
2 Scheduled Tasks
- WinRAR.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{FDFC2FB1-4D09-4265-99CD-251B93A39034}' (runs on registration).
- UnRAR.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{8FE242A8-3EC1-44B9-B206-024F577B94F6}' (runs on registration).
5 Windows Firewall Allowed Programs
- WinRAR.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe'.
- RarExtLoader.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\WinRAR\RarExtLoader.exe'.
- UnRAR.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\WinRAR\UnRAR.exe'.
- Rar.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\WinRAR\Rar.exe'.
- unins000.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\CDRipper\unins000.exe'.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| WinRAR.exe |
| Memory: | 7.41 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0271479483% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01770178% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00944617% | |
| Switches/sec: | 15 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 1.24 KB | |
| I/O writes/min: | 681 Bytes | |
How do I remove WinRAR 32-bit?
You can uninstall WinRAR 32-bit from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program WinRAR 5.01 (32-bit), click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove WinRAR 32-bit.
USER ACTIONS
 |
Uninstall it 11%
Keep it 89%
|
|
|
GLOBAL RANK
 #437
|
|
REACH
~1.45%
PC installation base
|
Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
57.18% |
|
| Windows 10 |
32.91% |
|
| Windows XP |
6.77% |
|
| Windows Vista |
3.13% |
|
| Windows Server 2003 |
0.02% |
|
Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
25.14% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
15.41% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
11.35% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
10.00% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
6.72% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
5.41% |
|
Geography
20.97% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
20.97% |
| Brazil |
9.31% |
| Italy |
5.83% |
| France |
5.33% |
| India |
3.97% |
| United Kingdom |
3.65% |
| MA |
3.51% |
| Germany |
2.58% |
| DZ |
2.32% |
| Netherlands |
2.29% |
| Canada |
2.06% |
| Egypt |
1.97% |
| Spain |
1.86% |
| Romania |
1.61% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
23.68% |
|
| Acer |
21.10% |
|
| Dell |
18.85% |
|
| ASUS |
10.75% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
5.78% |
|
| Toshiba |
5.71% |
|
| Samsung |
5.45% |
|
| Lenovo |
4.43% |
|
| Intel |
1.42% |
|
| American Megatrends |
1.31% |
|
| Sahara |
0.83% |
|
| MSI |
0.69% |
|
Common models |
| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
6.03% |
|
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
4.35% |
|
| ASUS All Series |
3.52% |
|
| Dell Inspiron 3521 |
3.10% |
|
| Dell Inspiron N5110 |
1.97% |
|
| HP 2000 Notebook PC |
1.90% |
|
About win.rar GmbH
Alexander Roshal's WinRAR is a file archiver and data compression utility and is available as a shareware for most Wndows versions.
Publisher URL: www.ralabs.com