does anyone know of a free program that decompresses .rar files? I searched but only found free trials..

7-zip

Opensource.

thank you very much.

I use http://www.extractnow.com

yes.. the 7 zip didnt work.. so i used winRAR it works perfectly! great prog.. i wish it wasnt just a trial.. does anyone know of a prog that is free and is not just a trial?

didnt work? o it works. quite well. 7-zip also has the best compression ratio.

it works on other stuff.. i tested it.. but not the thing i was trying to do =)

well what were u trying to do?

I’m tellin’ ya, use ExtractNow —it’s free, and there’s no trial version thing and does the job

7-zip is opensource and im sure it does what you wanted, just didn’t know how to use it. it is a lil more complex then the others.

i’ve had the “trial” of winrar on my computer for nearly 2 years. it says “after 40 days either buy it or remove it”. There’s no loss in functionality after the “trial”

What illwon said.

maybe u have an older trial version..

u would have to since its 2 years old..

how long have you had the trial of winrar?
just keep it after the trial, if it stops, it stops… if it doesn’t which i doubt keep using it

and if anything just get a workaround from astalavista

i’ve had the “trial” of winrar on my computer for nearly 2 years. it says “after 40 days either buy it or remove it”. There’s no loss in functionality after the “trial”

yea, but the popup is annoying as hell, thats why u get a “workaround”  :mischeif:

click cancel on the popup… that simple
i’d only use the workaround if it didnt work anymore

yea, but the popup is still really annoying for me, and i use winrar a LOT, so u can see why id be frustrated