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How do .rar files work?

 
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Charlies_Innocence
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:36 am    Post subject: How do .rar files work? Reply with quote
Basically I'm trying to download episodes of a TV show (not Lost) from a Rapidshare site, so it's all in .rar files. And I just don't know how they work. I'm not sure how to open them, and get them to work in Vegas. Do you have to do something in particular, convert the file, or what?
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Rar files are zip files but you need a program to unzip it get it here: http://www.rarlab.com/rar/wrar380.exe
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ah, I see. Thanks, Paul.
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