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Should I remove WinRAR beta 8 32-bit?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
4% remove it96% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #7,401
United States Rank #13,521
Reach 0.0569%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 13.27 days
391.40 days >
Average installed length: 205.65 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
5.00.8 100.00%

WinRAR 5.00 beta 8 32-bit

What is WinRAR beta 8 32-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 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

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 16 files and is usually about 4.6 MB (4,819,525 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.rarlabs.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\WinRAR\
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\WinRAR\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 4.6 MB

Program filesFiles installed by WinRAR 5.00 beta 8 32-bit

Program executable:winrar.exe
Name:WinRAR
WinRAR archiver
Path:C:\Program Files\winrar\winrar.exe
MD5:798cbb82bbbaec66db7ef9350ad66180
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

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}.

How do I remove WinRAR beta 8 32-bit?

You can uninstall WinRAR beta 8 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 5.00 beta 8 (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 8 32-bit.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 49%
Win Server 2003 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 4%
Keep it 96%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#7,401

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 62.03%
Windows 10 24.96%
Windows XP 9.98%
Windows Vista 2.94%
Windows Server 2003 0.09%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate 33.57%
Windows 7 Professional 12.80%
Windows 7 Home Premium 11.64%
Microsoft Windows XP 9.85%
Windows 8.1 Pro 4.57%
Windows 8 Pro 4.21%

Distribution by countryGeography

19.71% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 19.71%
  India 8.93%
  Egypt 6.45%
  IQ 6.26%
  MA 4.70%
  Italy 4.33%
  United Kingdom 3.96%
  DZ 3.13%
  Saudi Arabia 2.58%
  Brazil 2.12%
  Philippines 2.03%
  Romania 2.03%
  Canada 1.93%
  Indonesia 1.66%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 25.38%
Dell 22.92%
Acer 18.55%
GIGABYTE 9.55%
ASUS 7.23%
Lenovo 4.50%
Toshiba 4.09%
Samsung 3.55%
Intel 2.86%
American Megatrends 1.36%
Common models
Dell Inspiron 3521 5.56%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 4.68%
Dell Inspiron N5110 3.80%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 3.22%
Gigabyte G41MT-S2PT 2.92%
HP 620 2.92%

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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