Tips for using WinRAR

first, pay attention to the risk of self-extracting program

Believe that the use of WinRAR to bundle the Trojan article we have seen a lot. Here, we recommend that you get the executable attachment file, save them first. Then try right-clicking it, selecting the WinRAR menu, and if the "Open with WinRAR" command is available, this program is a self-extracting program. At this point you can change the file extension from EXE to RAR, double-click it can be opened with WinRAR, this will be a lot safer.

　　Second, let WinRAR "single-minded" work

When editing files in a compressed package, do not close the compressed Package window, or you cannot save changes to the file. Also, if you double-click to open another RAR compression pack at this time, WinRAR may automatically close the compressed package you are modifying the file, so you cannot update the changes, so it is recommended that you press the Ctrl+s key in the WinRAR window and cancel the "Reuse existing Windows" check box under the General tab.

　　Iii. file compression size my prophet.

Open the WinRAR window, select the file you want to compress, click the Info button on the toolbar, click the "estimate" button in the open window, and WinRAR will give you data such as the compression rate, the size of the packet, and the time it takes to compress the file, which is useful for compressing larger files or folders. You can also select the Auto start option if you want to automatically evaluate the file each time you click the Info button winrar.

　Four, quick Change drive

Quick Change Drive Press the Ctrl+d key, you can appear in the WinRAR window all the drive list, with the mouse to choose to quickly enter the appropriate drive.

　Five, the Batch establishment folder

If you are working, you often have to create many of the same folder structures (for example, when backing up data). That can get this tedious work done by WinRAR: In the Explorer, set up multiple folder structures (including subfolders under them), and then select and right-click the folders, select winrar→ to "Add to compressed Files", and in the Open Settings window, choose "under Compression options." Create the self-release format profile before the check box, and click the OK button. Then rename the generated EXE file to Folders.exe. In which folder to create the folder in the future, just copy the file to that folder, and then double-click Folders.exe, click the "Install" button.

　　Six, I set you to do not change

Start Notepad, in which you enter the following statement:

Registry Editor Version 5.00

[Hkey_local_machinesoftwarewinrarpolicy]

"Menu" =dword:00000000

"Settings" =dword:00000000

Save it as a Limitrar.reg file, and then double-click and import the reg file and import it into the registry. Start WinRAR, you will find that the menu is not available, and press the Ctrl+s key can not bring up the "Settings" and "Select toolbar button" window, relatively safe.

Small Tips

★ Change the above Statement 00000000 to 00000001, save as Unlim.reg. Double-click the import unlim.reg file to restore the menu and allow the Settings window to be used.

★ The menu item is set to 0/1 to prevent/allow WinRAR the main menu, and the settings item is set to 0/1 to prevent/allow the settings and select Toolbar Buttons dialog boxes.

★ If you use 9X/ME, please change the above Registry Editor Version 5.00 to regedit 4.

　Seven, quick decompression RAR compressed package designated files

If you want to extract the files specified in the RAR compressed package, after opening the RAR file, select the "options" → "file list" → "flat folder view." All files in this RAR compressed package are displayed (included in the appropriate folder). As long as the same as in the "explorer", click the appropriate button, such as name, size, type, modify time, path, etc., you can sort all the files in the RAR package, do a glance. After sorting by file type, use the CTRL or SHIFT key to select the specified file, and drag and drop the mouse to the folder to quickly decompress. Press the Ctrl+h key to cancel the Flat folder view mode.

Small Tips

First switch the RAR package to the Flat folder view mode, then click the Type button, where all types of files in the package are placed together (such as all. tmp files), select the first file, hold down the SHIFT key, click the last file, and then select the file. Press the DEL key to delete the same type of file in the RAR package.

Eight, Batch conversion compression package

If you have multiple compressed packages on hand and want to convert them to RAR packages, you can do this by putting them in a folder, such as C:compress. Select the C:compress folder in WinRAR. Click command → convert compressed file, check the delete original compressed file checkbox in the Open window, and click OK to convert it to a RAR compressed package. Through this method, Zip, CAB, ARJ, ACE, TAR, BZ2, UUE, GZ, LZH and other compressed packets can be converted into RAR format.

Nine, important documents, do NOT delete!

After the file is deleted in the RAR compressed package, winrar updates it automatically, and the deleted file is not found (not in the Recycle Bin). Therefore, if the package is really no longer modified or more important, select the compressed package (do not double-click to open it), and then press Alt+l to confirm that the "Prohibit modification of compressed files" check box is selected in the Open window and click the OK button to lock the compressed package so that the files cannot be modified or deleted. This command only supports RAR compressed files, and when you compress files, there is also a "Lock compressed Files" checkbox in the Settings window, and once selected, the resulting compressed package can no longer be modified, which is useful for backing up important data.