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Should I remove WinRAR 64-bit?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
6% remove it94% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #1,231
United States Rank #2,064
Reach 0.5589%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 22.36 days
659.64 days >
Average installed length: 346.59 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
4.20 (32 bits) 0.02%
4.01.0 99.98%

WinRAR 4.01 64-bit

What is WinRAR 64-bit?

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 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.

Overview

The most used version is 4.01.0, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. 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 47 files and is usually about 4.27 MB (4,475,585 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.rarlab.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\WinRAR\
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\WinRAR\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 4.27 MB

Program filesFiles installed by WinRAR 4.01 64-bit

Program executable:winrar.exe
Name:WinRAR
WinRAR archiver
Path:C:\Program Files\winrar\winrar.exe
MD5:8e7c0ad4bee9faf972632fcb43baa446
(From the publisher) “There is no better way to compress files for efficient and secure file transfer, faster e-mail transmission and well organized data storage. Over 500 million users world-wide make WinRAR the worlds's most popular...”
Additional files:
  • Rar.exe (by Alexander Roshal) - WinRAR (Command line RAR)
  • RarExt.dll (by Alexander Roshal) - WinRAR shell extension
  • RarExt32.dll
  • rarlng.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}.
  • RarExt32.dll added to Windows Explorer under the name 'WinRAR' with a class of {B41DB860-8EE4-11D2-9906-E49FADC173CA}.
Scheduled Task
  • WinRAR.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{C9C949A7-5156-4D6F-86B4-E1C7A5830300}' (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:35.62 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0018986279%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00163574%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00026289%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:880,515
8,062,084 average
I/O reads/min:2.62 KB
435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:1.29 KB
105.02 KB average

How do I remove WinRAR 64-bit?

You can uninstall WinRAR 64-bit 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 (64-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).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove WinRAR 64-bit.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 77%
Win 7 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 6%
Keep it 94%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#1,231

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 83.58%
Windows 10 15.53%
Windows Vista 0.84%
Windows XP 0.03%
Windows Server 2003 0.02%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 44.03%
Windows 7 Ultimate 22.45%
Windows 7 Professional 13.32%
Windows 10 Home 3.23%
Windows 8.1 Pro 2.65%
Windows 10 Pro 2.26%

Distribution by countryGeography

29.67% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 29.67%
  Germany 10.15%
  Italy 5.31%
  United Kingdom 3.95%
  Brazil 3.92%
  France 3.92%
  Canada 3.17%
  Spain 2.85%
  Iran 2.73%
  Australia 1.77%
  India 1.66%
  Netherlands 1.60%
  Turkey 1.60%
  Sweden 1.59%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 23.11%
Dell 18.78%
Acer 18.32%
ASUS 15.09%
GIGABYTE 8.05%
Toshiba 5.70%
Samsung 4.78%
Lenovo 3.51%
Intel 1.37%
Medion 0.73%
Alienware 0.55%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 10.61%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 4.86%
Dell Inspiron N5110 4.54%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 4.43%
Dell Dell System XPS L5... 2.93%
ASUSTeK K53SV 2.71%

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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