WinRAR20 a top-secret trick.

　　1. Make self-extracting file

If you use WinRAR to compress files, and your friends do not use WinRAR, your data must be compressed before you can give it to him. At this point, we can make the RAR compression package into an EXE file. He simply executes the generated EXE file to decompress.

(1) Direct generation method

For example, we want to compress the C: Explorer data. txt file into an EXE format file, you can start the Explorer, select the C: Explorer data. txt file, right-click, select winrar→ "Add to Package" command. Then, in the Compress file name and Parameters Settings window, select the check box under Compression options in the Create a self-extracting compressed file. Click the OK button to compress the selected file into a self-extracting file.

(2) Conversion method

If we have a RAR compression pack on hand, that can also through the WinRAR, convert it to exe file: Start winrar, and then navigate to the RAR Compressed Package folder, select the RAR compression package, and then select the "tool" → "compressed file into the self-extracting format" or press the ALT+X key, click "OK button to generate the self-extracting file.

We just send the generated EXE file by e-mail to friends, they received, as long as the direct double-click can be compressed in the package of files extracted into the current folder.

Note: If there is damage, cannot self-extracting, that can be changed to the file extension from EXE to RAR, double-click can be used winrar open, and can extract their own.

2. Treat WinRAR as a file Manager

WinRAR is a compression and decompression tool, but it is also a fairly good file manager. As long as we type a folder in its address bar, all the files under it will be displayed, even the extensions of hidden files and files can be seen! We can copy, delete, move, and run these files just as we do in the Explorer!

　　3. Repair of damaged compressed files

If you open a compressed package, you find that it has been corrupted. That can start WinRAR, navigate to the Damaged compressed folder, select the file in it, and then select the "Repair" button on the toolbar (English version of repair), after the confirmation winrar will begin to repair the file, and will pop up the repair window. We simply choose to repair the ZIP package or RAR compression pack.

　　4. Automatic shutdown after compression

Start Explorer and select the file. Right-click, select winrar→ the Add to Package command, open the Compress package name and Parameters window, Advanced tab, and then select the power off computer after completing the Operation check box. This way, after the data is backed up, the machine shuts down automatically.

Using WinRAR, you can encrypt and compress our important files: in WinRAR, select the "Set default password" command under the "File" menu, then set your own password, pay attention to the length of the password appropriately, and then compress the files to be encrypted. This can be encrypted, compressed coherent, encryption of important documents at the same time can also compress files, is really a good thing to kill the birds. At the same time, in total Commander software built-in RAR compressed format files of the decompression device. As long as we install the Windows Commander software on the machine can directly view the RAR file, but only if you enter the correct password, you can enter.

　　6. Free File Separator

Using WinRAR, you can easily split files and compress files while splitting. The operation is quite simple, just select an option: Start winrar compression software and select the files you want to compress (you can select more than a folder), click the Add icon on the toolbar, and in the pop-up window, click the Compress volume size, byte drop-down list box, which Select or enter a split size. When you click the OK button, WinRAR will generate the split compression package according to our split size.

　　7. Quick release of compressed package files

We usually get a package file. Always double-click to open with its associated program, and then click the "Extract" button to decompress. In fact, as long as you open a cabinet file in WinRAR, the files contained in it will be displayed in the WinRAR window, and you can quickly decompress the files by dragging them to a folder as you select them in the Explorer. It also helps us quickly extract files with folder information compression into specific folders.

　　8. Generate Zip Compressed file

Although winrar from compression speed or compression rate than WinZip, but because WinZip is currently the most popular compression software, the resulting ZIP compression format has become an industrial compression standard, so we sometimes have to use the ZIP compression format, (If compressed into other formats, the other is not open, it will be again, but not cost-effective!) However, in the WinRAR also has a built-in zip compressor, we just select the file, click the "Add" button on the toolbar, and select the compressed package format Zip can be generated in zip format files, eliminating the trouble of starting WinZip.

　　9. Change backup file

Sometimes to deal with a large number of files, a long time does not know what files to back up, in fact, the use of WinRAR features can easily backup files, but also to ensure that the latest! First, compress all the files under the backup folder into a Backup.rar file. Later, select the backup folder in WinRAR, click the "Add" button on the toolbar, and note that the update mode is selected as "Add new update File". So all the files under the backup folder are added to the Backup.rar file, so as long as you do the same thing every day before work, you can keep your files up to date by opening the file.

　　10. Add a note to your own compressed package

Use a lot of compressed files, a long time will not know what files, not to mention what the contents of the file, if you write a few comments to their compressed files, later opened to see what it is the role of the WinRAR in the provision of such functions. The specific method is: first with WinRAR open the corresponding RAR file, and then click on the toolbar "annotation" button, in the Comment window to enter their own comments.

Next time you want to add or view, click the "Comment" button on the toolbar again. When you open this file later, its comment information will appear on the right side of the window, at a glance!

Now a lot of compression software, but winrar with its compact, practical win everyone's favorite. However, this software has a lot of practical skills. Using them, we can really do more with less.

　　11. Connect MP3 Music clips with WinRAR

Are there some small pieces of MP3 music on hand that you want to synthesize into a file? As long as the use of WinRAR can be done: In the Explorer, locate several MP3 files, put them in order, and select them with the CTRL or SHIFT key, then right-click, select "Add to Package ..." and click "Compress mode" drop-down box in the pop-up window to select "Save" from And the default compressed file extension by the. Zip or. rar to. MP3, click "OK".

　　12. Batch installation WinRAR

It is convenient to install WinRAR on a single computer, as long as you click the "Next" button one step at a time, but if you have to install WinRAR to many computers (such as all workstations in a computer room), it may be annoying to ask the installation question frequently, In this case you can run the WinRAR installation and add the parameters:-S so that you can skip all the problems and use the default values instead.

　　13. Relative path Compression file

I don't know if you've noticed, there is a "save full path info" option in WinZip's Add Files dialog box (WinZip 7.0 and previous version "Save Extra Folder Info"), and once selected, Then the WinZip will be pressed into the zip package along with the absolute path of the file except the letter, and the next release will be released together with all the file pressure information, sometimes it will bring us some inconvenience. In WinRAR, we can click the File tab in the compressed file name and Parameters window and choose whether to compress the relative path or the absolute path, or not even the path, so that the user has a choice.

　　14. Custom WinRAR Toolbar

There are a number of buttons on the WinRAR toolbar, but we can also freely customize it: Start the WinRAR, press the Ctrl+s key, and select the "General" tab in the Open Settings dialog box and click the "button" button to add and remove the buttons on the toolbar and the commands on the shortcut menu that appear when you select a file and right-click it. After some setup, now the WinRAR is more considerate of your use habits.

　　15. Easy to import and export settings

The process of using WinRAR, it is inevitable to winrar according to the personal hobby to carry out the necessary settings, and if to another machine after running WinRAR will find style and their own discrepancy, this time again to set up, more trouble. Select "Options" → "Import export settings" under the appropriate command to easily save your settings as a registry reg file, you can import, use more personalized.

　　16.WinRAR can also collect wonderful

In IE we encountered a favorite site, you can add this site to the favorites. In fact, WinRAR can also implement a similar function: Open the folder you want to add to favorites, and then select Favorites → add to Favorites (or press the shortcut key ctrl+f) to add this folder to the WinRAR favorites. Just click on the "Favorites" menu and select the folder you want to enter.

　　17. Set up WinRAR associated files

If one day, we find that some compressed files are no longer associated with the WinRAR, you can start the WinRAR, and then select "Options" → "settings", Open the Settings dialog box, click the "Comprehensive" tab. Then select the appropriate associated file. Of course, in the face of such excellent compression software, click the "All selected" button is also good!

　　18. Set Startup folder

If you have a folder with more compressed files, each start winrar you have to choose that folder, is not very troublesome? You can actually set this folder as a Startup folder, this folder is opened when you start WinRAR, which can be a lot easier: Start WinRAR, press ctrl+s, click the Path tab in the Settings dialog box, and cancel the restore to last working folder at startup check box. Click the browse button in the Startup folder to select the appropriate folder from the pop-up window.

　　19. Regenerate WinRAR shortcuts

In order to quickly open a program, we usually create a shortcut to the program on the desktop or in the Start menu. Creating shortcuts in WinRAR is very simple, you just press Ctrl+s to open the Settings Properties dialog box, and then select the "Integrated Options" tab, in the "Interface settings" item you can choose the desktop, Start menu and other places to create WinRAR shortcuts, so it will be more convenient to use.

　　20. Putting temporary files into other partitions

Many software will generate temporary files, by default they will be placed in the C disk of many cluttered folders, a long time, will affect system performance. At the same time, sometimes we want to find some files from the temporary folder (for file recovery), because the distribution is messy, difficult to find. In the WinRAR, we are free to set up its temporary folder location: Select "Options → settings", open the Settings window, click the "Path" tab, or click the "Browse" button to select, and cancel the "for removable disk only" option.

When we drag and drop files from the RAR compressed package into the folder, all files will be placed under this folder and copied from the folder to the folder we dragged.