ktickner6767 Posted December 27, 2007 Posted December 27, 2007 Hi guys, I'm new to installing add-on aircraft for the Third Wire series of flight sims. I downloaded an aircraft but it is in a format I have never seen before. It has a ".rar" file extension. Windows XP does not recognize this file extension and asks to find a program on the internet to open it. I conducted a quick search on the internet for a program that would recognize this kind of file but, everything I found was commercial software that required a purchase. Is there honestly no piece of free software out there that can open this file so I can install it? Quote
FastCargo Posted December 27, 2007 Posted December 27, 2007 7-zip will open and extract RAR files just fine...and it's freeware. http://www.7-zip.org/ FastCargo Quote
ktickner6767 Posted December 27, 2007 Author Posted December 27, 2007 7-zip will open and extract RAR files just fine...and it's freeware. http://www.7-zip.org/ FastCargo Thanks! I really appreciate your response to my question. Quote
Hans Topp Posted December 27, 2007 Posted December 27, 2007 The WINRAR and WINZIP as well open the .rar Quote
DoctorQuest Posted December 27, 2007 Posted December 27, 2007 7-zip has the advantage of also supporting 7z files which is a format used by some other sites for Thirdwire addons. Go with it and you've got all the bases covered. Quote
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