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Should I remove WinRAR 32 bits?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
5% remove it95% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
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How common is it?
Global Rank #10,175
United States Rank #39,787
Reach 0.0352%

Versions

VersionDistribution
4.01.0 100.00%

WinRAR 4.01 32 bits

What is WinRAR 32 bits?

WinRAR version 4 speeds up decompression by up to 30%. Windows 98, Windows Me, and Windows NT are no longer supported; the minimum Windows version required is Windows 2000. WinRAR is a shareware file archiver and data compression utility that is able to create RAR archives natively. WinRAR supports RAR (WinRAR native conversion format) and ZIP archives, and unpacking of ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, EXE, 7z, and Z archives.

About  (from win.rar GmbH)

WinRAR is a 32-bit Window version of RAR Archiver, the powerful archiver and archive manager. WinRAR's main features are very strong general and multimedia compression, solid compression, archive protection from damage, processing of ZIP and other non-RAR archives, scanning archives for viruses, programmable self-extra...  Read more

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 6 files and is usually about 3.87 MB (4,052,827 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.rarlab.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\WinRAR\
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\WinRAR\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 3.87 MB

Program filesFiles installed by WinRAR 4.01 32 bits

Program executable:winrar.exe
Name:WinRAR
WinRAR archiver
Path:C:\Program Files\winrar\winrar.exe
MD5:66e9f5121482a086cf77b8a40827e922
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:
  • Rar.exe (by Alexander Roshal) - WinRAR (Command line RAR)
  • RarExt.dll (by Alexander Roshal) - WinRAR shell extension
  • RarExt64.dll
  • Uninstall.exe - Uninstall WinRAR
  • UnRAR.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

2 Context Menu Handlers
  • RarExt.dll added to Windows Explorer under the name 'WinRAR32' with a class of {B41DB860-8EE4-11D2-9906-E49FADC173CA}.
  • RarExt64.dll added to Windows Explorer under the name 'WinRAR' with a class of {B41DB860-64E4-11D2-9906-E49FADC173CA}.
2 Scheduled Tasks
  • WinRAR.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{74894A2A-7731-418A-9510-A6A28A31AC24}' (runs on registration).
  • Uninstall.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{458CC297-ADAC-4CF4-B2A2-BA817B4A6D84}' (runs on registration).
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
  • WinRAR.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe'.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

winrar.exe
Memory:8.27 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0921102766%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.05615520%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.03595508%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:123,982
8,062,084 average
I/O reads/min:39.75 KB
435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:37.8 KB
105.02 KB average

How do I remove WinRAR 32 bits?

You can uninstall WinRAR 32 bits from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. 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.
  2. When you find the program WinRAR 4.01 (32 bits), 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).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove WinRAR 32 bits.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 65%
Win Vista 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 5%
Keep it 95%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#10,175

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 77.52%
Windows 10 8.93%
Windows XP 8.36%
Windows Vista 5.19%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 39.36%
Windows 7 Ultimate 17.80%
Windows 7 Professional 14.91%
Microsoft Windows XP 8.39%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 3.91%
Windows 10 Home 3.18%

Distribution by countryGeography

46.31% of installs come from France
Which countries install it?
  France 46.31%
  MA 18.88%
  DZ 8.85%
  TN 5.90%
  Canada 5.16%
  Belgium 3.54%
  United States 3.39%
  CI 1.18%
  Switzerland 0.88%
  Spain 0.88%
  Italy 0.59%
  MG 0.59%
  SN 0.59%
  Germany 0.29%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 32.83%
Acer 22.53%
Dell 16.31%
ASUS 11.37%
Toshiba 7.08%
Samsung 4.08%
GIGABYTE 2.58%
American Megatrends 1.29%
Lenovo 1.07%
Sony 0.86%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 6.44%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 4.41%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 3.39%
HP 620 2.37%
Dell Vostro 1015 2.03%
HP 630 Notebook PC 2.03%

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

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