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Should I remove WinRAR beta 7 64-bit?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
5% remove it95% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
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How common is it?
Global Rank #6,729
United States Rank #8,073
Reach 0.0648%

Versions

VersionDistribution
5.00.7 100.00%

WinRAR 5.00 beta 7 64-bit

What is WinRAR beta 7 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 11 files and is usually about 5.49 MB (5,756,662 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.rarlab.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\WinRAR\
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\WinRAR\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 5.49 MB

Program filesFiles installed by WinRAR 5.00 beta 7 64-bit

Program executable:winrar.exe
Name:WinRAR
WinRAR archiver
Path:C:\Program Files\winrar\winrar.exe
MD5:8c83fa5bedd0de86484914d80d45f04a
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 'WinRAR32' with a class of {B41DB860-8EE4-11D2-9906-E49FADC173CA}.
Scheduled Task
  • WinRAR.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{35782726-2BC9-45DA-934F-F18EBF09D180}' (runs on registration).

How do I remove WinRAR beta 7 64-bit?

You can uninstall WinRAR beta 7 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 7 (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 7 64-bit.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 54%
Win 10 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 5%
Keep it 95%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#6,729

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 57.17%
Windows 10 42.68%
Windows Vista 0.16%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 22.96%
Windows 7 Ultimate 20.06%
Windows 7 Professional 9.40%
Windows 8.1 8.46%
Windows 8 Pro 6.19%
Windows 8.1 Pro 6.19%

Distribution by countryGeography

38.50% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 38.50%
  United Kingdom 5.30%
  India 3.71%
  Canada 3.48%
  Australia 2.95%
  Romania 2.57%
  Brazil 2.27%
  Sweden 2.12%
  Israel 1.89%
  Italy 1.89%
  Malaysia 1.89%
  Germany 1.74%
  Saudi Arabia 1.74%
  France 1.66%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 23.13%
Dell 20.48%
ASUS 16.11%
Acer 15.19%
Samsung 5.75%
GIGABYTE 5.41%
Toshiba 5.29%
Lenovo 4.49%
Intel 1.61%
Alienware 1.50%
MSI 1.04%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 5.99%
ASUS All Series 5.73%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 4.95%
Dell Inspiron 3521 3.39%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 3.39%
Dell Inspiron N5110 2.86%

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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