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Should I remove WinRAR beta 1 32-bit?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
3% remove it97% keep it
Overall Sentiment
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How common is it?
Global Rank #15,951
United States Rank #27,899
Reach 0.0166%

Versions

VersionDistribution
4.01.1 100.00%

WinRAR 4.01 beta 1 32-bit

What is WinRAR beta 1 32-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 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

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 primary executable is named WinRAR.exe. The setup package generally installs about 9 files and is usually about 3.73 MB (3,912,630 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.rarlab.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\WinRAR\
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\WinRAR\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 3.73 MB

Program filesFiles installed by WinRAR 4.01 beta 1 32-bit

Program executable:WinRAR.exe
Name:WinRAR
WinRAR archiver
Path:C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe
MD5:a7598ce2221c3971df0ccf1121cd6e21
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
  • WinRAR.exe - WinRAR archiver

Program behaviorsBehaviors 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}.
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
  • WinRAR.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe'.

How do I remove WinRAR beta 1 32-bit?

You can uninstall WinRAR beta 1 32-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 beta 1 (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).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove WinRAR beta 1 32-bit.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 54%
Win 7 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 3%
Keep it 97%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#15,951

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 69.82%
Windows XP 13.72%
Windows 10 10.98%
Windows Vista 5.49%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate 42.64%
Windows 7 Home Premium 16.26%
Microsoft Windows XP 13.50%
Windows 7 Professional 6.44%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 4.29%
Windows 8.1 Pro 2.76%

Distribution by countryGeography

15.29% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 15.29%
  Iran 13.82%
  India 8.53%
  Italy 7.06%
  Egypt 6.47%
  United Kingdom 3.82%
  Thailand 3.24%
  Indonesia 2.06%
  Mexico 1.76%
  Israel 1.76%
  United Arab Emirates 1.76%
  Singapore 1.47%
  RS 1.47%
  Portugal 1.47%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 23.86%
Hewlett-Packard 19.80%
Acer 16.75%
GIGABYTE 14.72%
ASUS 9.14%
Intel 4.57%
Toshiba 4.06%
Lenovo 3.05%
American Megatrends 2.03%
Samsung 2.03%
Common models
Dell Inspiron N5010 3.82%
Gigabyte G41MT-S2P 3.05%
Dell Dell System Inspir... 2.29%
Gigabyte G31M-S2L 2.29%
LENOVO 20157 2.29%
HP 630 Notebook PC 2.29%

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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