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Should I remove WinRAR beta 5 64-bit?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
3% remove it97% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #8,783
United States Rank #11,692
Reach 0.0440%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 29.78 days
345.48 days >
Average installed length: 181.52 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
5.00.5 100.00%

WinRAR 5.00 beta 5 64-bit

What is WinRAR beta 5 64-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.

About  (from win.rar GmbH)

WinRAR is a 32-bit / 64-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 ...  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). 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 13 files and is usually about 5.36 MB (5,622,814 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.rarlab.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\WinRAR\
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\WinRAR\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 5.36 MB

Program filesFiles installed by WinRAR 5.00 beta 5 64-bit

Program executable:winrar.exe
Name:WinRAR
WinRAR archiver
Path:C:\Program Files\winrar\winrar.exe
MD5:8cd1e4c237a7761ae9ac8781e0804998
Additional files:
  • Rar.exe (by Alexander Roshal) - WinRAR (Command line RAR)
  • RarExt.dll (by Alexander Roshal) - WinRAR shell extension
  • RarExt32.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 '{5FBBFF59-8299-4218-8FBA-FB36FA05B7D9}' (runs on registration).

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

WinRAR.exe
Total CPU:0.0003017756%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00009841%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00020337%
0.015104% average

How do I remove WinRAR beta 5 64-bit?

You can uninstall WinRAR beta 5 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 5.00 beta 5 (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 beta 5 64-bit.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 55%
Win 10 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 3%
Keep it 97%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#8,783

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 60.02%
Windows 10 39.40%
Windows Vista 0.35%
Windows Server 2003 0.12%
Windows XP 0.12%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 25.35%
Windows 7 Ultimate 23.26%
Windows 7 Professional 8.33%
Windows 8.1 Pro 7.29%
Windows 8 6.37%
Windows 8 Pro 5.79%

Distribution by countryGeography

31.10% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 31.10%
  Brazil 10.90%
  United Kingdom 6.24%
  India 5.33%
  Canada 3.86%
  Australia 3.41%
  Sweden 2.50%
  Saudi Arabia 2.27%
  Malaysia 1.70%
  Germany 1.48%
  Israel 1.36%
  Norway 1.25%
  Indonesia 1.14%
  Netherlands 1.14%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 22.84%
Dell 18.27%
Acer 17.29%
ASUS 15.66%
Samsung 6.20%
Lenovo 6.04%
Toshiba 5.87%
GIGABYTE 4.89%
Sony 1.79%
Intel 1.14%
Common models
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 5.86%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 4.14%
HP ProBook 4540s 3.10%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 2.76%
ASUS All Series 2.41%
Dell Inspiron N5110 2.07%

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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