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Should I remove WinRAR 32 bits?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
7% remove it93% keep it
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How common is it?
Global Rank #10,129
United States Rank #35,596
Reach 0.0354%

Versions

VersionDistribution
5.00.0 100.00%

WinRAR 5.00 32 bits

What is WinRAR 32 bits?

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.

About  (from win.rar GmbH)

WinRAR is a 32-bit Windows 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-extr...  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 10 files and is usually about 5.11 MB (5,353,015 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.rarlabs.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\WinRAR\
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\WinRAR\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 5.11 MB

Program filesFiles installed by WinRAR 5.00 32 bits

Program executable:winrar.exe
Name:WinRAR
WinRAR archiver
Path:C:\Program Files\winrar\winrar.exe
MD5:c269fbcdc49fb63b8bd4d15c4b6939c6
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
  • Nero.exe
  • PowerISO5.exe
  • Uninstal.exe
  • winrar_5-00_fr_9632_32.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}.
Scheduled Task
  • WinRAR.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{74894A2A-7731-418A-9510-A6A28A31AC24}' (runs on registration).
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
  • WinRAR.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe'.

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 5.00 (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) 48%
Win Vista (SP1) 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 7%
Keep it 93%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#10,129

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 62.18%
Windows 10 28.51%
Windows XP 7.02%
Windows Vista 2.29%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 19.97%
Windows 7 Ultimate 19.68%
Windows 7 Professional 18.82%
Windows 8.1 10.63%
Microsoft Windows XP 6.75%
Windows 8.1 Pro 4.17%

Distribution by countryGeography

45.25% of installs come from France
Which countries install it?
  France 45.25%
  MA 21.27%
  DZ 7.99%
  TN 7.84%
  United States 4.68%
  Belgium 4.37%
  Canada 3.02%
  Switzerland 1.06%
  SN 0.75%
  Spain 0.45%
  United Kingdom 0.45%
  Luxembourg 0.45%
  Germany 0.30%
  Italy 0.30%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 26.01%
Acer 21.30%
Dell 17.71%
ASUS 13.90%
Toshiba 6.05%
Samsung 5.16%
GIGABYTE 4.04%
Lenovo 2.24%
MSI 2.02%
Sahara 0.90%
American Megatrends 0.67%
Common models
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 3.95%
Dell Inspiron N5110 3.16%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 3.16%
ASUSTeK X550CC 2.77%
Dell Inspiron 3521 2.37%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 2.37%

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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