Compressor: Winrar practical skills big collection

Now a lot of compression software, but WinRAR has won everyone's favorite with its small and practical. However, this software has a lot of practical skills. Using them can make us really do more with less.

1. Make a self-extracting file

If you use WinRAR to compress files, your friends won't use WinRAR, but your data must be compressed before you can give it to him. . At this point, we can make the RAR archive into an EXE file. He can extract it by executing the generated EXE file.

(1) Direct generation method

For example, if we want to compress the C:\\total data.txt file into an EXE format file, we can start the “resource manager” and select C:\\ The general information.txt file, right click, select WinRAR → "Add to zip" command. Then in the "Compress file name and parameters" settings window, select the "Create self-extracting format compressed file" check box under "Compression Options". Click the "OK" button to compress the selected file into a self-extracting file.

(2) Conversion method

If we have a RAR archive on hand, we can also convert it to an EXE file via WinRAR: start WinRAR, and then locate the RAR archive folder. Next, select the RAR archive, then select "Tools" → "Convert compressed files to self-extracting format" or press Alt+X and click "OK" button to generate a self-extracting file.

We just send the generated EXE file to a friend by e-mail. After they receive it, just double-click it to extract the files in the archive to the current folder.

Note: If damage occurs and you cannot decompress it yourself, you can change the extension of this file from EXE to RAR. Double-click it to open it with WinRAR, and you can extract it yourself.

2. Think of WinRAR as a file manager

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

3. Repair damaged compressed files

If you open a compressed package, you will find It has been damaged. That can start WinRAR, locate the damaged compressed folder, select the file in it, and then select the "Repair" button on the toolbar (English version is Repair), after confirming WinRAR will start to repair this file, and will The repaired window pops up. We only need to choose the repaired ZIP file package or RAR compression package.

4.Automatically shut down after compression

Start the "Explorer" and select the file. Right-click, select WinRAR → Add to Compressed Package command, open the Compressed Package Name and Parameters window, the Advanced tab, and then select the Turn off computer power after completing operation check box. This way, the machine will automatically shut down after the data is backed up.
5. Encrypt and compress important files

Using WinRAR, you can encrypt and compress our important files: Select the "Set default password" command in the "File" menu in WinRAR, and then set your own password. (Appropriately lengthen the length of the password), and then compress the file to be encrypted. In this way, it can be encrypted and compressed in one go. It can also compress files while encrypting important files. It is indeed a good thing to do both. At the same time, a decompressor for the RAR compression format file is built into the Total Commander software. We only need to install the Windows Commander software on the machine to view the RAR file directly, but only if you enter the correct password before you can enter.

6. Free File Splitter

With WinRAR, you can easily split files and compress files while splitting them. It's quite simple to operate, just choose an option: start WinRAR compression software, and select the files you want to compress (you can choose multiple, you can also select the folder), then click the "Add" icon on the toolbar and pop up In the window, click the "Compress Volume Size, Bytes" drop-down list box, from which you can select or enter the split size. After clicking the "OK" button, WinRAR will generate a split compression package according to our split size.

7. Quick release of the compressed package file

We usually get a compressed package file always double click to open with its associated program, then click the "Unzip" button to decompress. In fact, in WinRAR, just open a zip file, the files contained in it will be displayed in the WinRAR window, just select them as in the "Resource Manager" and drag them to a folder. A quick decompression of these files is possible. It also helps us quickly extract files with folder information compression into a specific folder.

8.Generate ZIP Compressed Files

Although WinRAR is better than WinZIP in terms of compression speed and compression ratio, WinZIP is currently the most popular compression software. The generated ZIP compression format has become an industrial compression standard, so we sometimes have to use the ZIP compression format. (If you can't open it in another format, you have to resend it. It's not worth it!) However, WinRAR also has a built-in ZIP compressor. We only need to select the file, click the “Add” button on the toolbar, and select the ZIP file format to generate the ZIP file, which eliminates the trouble of starting WinZIP.

9. Change backup files

Sometimes you have to deal with a large number of files. After a long time, you don't know which files to back up. In fact, you can use the WinRAR function to easily back up files. And it can be guaranteed to be the latest! First compress all the files in the backup folder in a backup.rar file. In the future, select this backup folder in WinRAR, click the "Add" button on the toolbar, and note that the update mode is "Add new update file", so that all files under the backup folder are added to the backup. The rar file, in the future, as long as the same operation before going to work every day, then just open this file, you can ensure that your file is up to date.
10. Add a comment to your own compressed package

Use more compressed files, you will not know which files are available for a long time, let alone what is in the file, if you give yourself If you write a few comments in the compressed file, you can see what it does after you open it later. This function is provided in WinRAR. The specific method is: first open the corresponding RAR file with WinRAR, and then click the "Comment" button on the toolbar to enter your own comment content in the comment window (support Chinese input).

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

There are a lot of compression software, but WinRAR has won everyone's love with its small size and practicality. However, this software has a lot of practical skills. Using them can make us really do more with less.

11.Connecting MP3 music clips with WinRAR

Do you have some small MP3 music clips on hand that you want to synthesize into a file? Just use WinRAR to get it: find several MP3 files in the "Explorer", put them in turn, select them with Ctrl or Shift, then right click the mouse and select the "Add to Compressed Package..." command. In the pop-up window, click the "Compression method" drop-down box, select "Storage" from it, and change the default compression file extension from .ZIP or .RAR to .MP3, and click "OK".

12. Installing WinRAR in Batches

It is very convenient to install WinRAR on a computer. Just follow the wizard and click the "Next" button step by step, but if you have to install it When WinRAR goes to many computers (such as all workstations in a certain room), it can be annoying to repeatedly ask for installation problems. In this case, you can run WinRAR installation and add the parameter: -s, so you can skip All questions are replaced with default values.

13. Relative path compression file

I don't know if you noticed it, there is a "Save full path info" in WinZip's "Add files" dialog box (WinZip 7.0 and previous versions are "Save Extra Folder Info" option, once selected, WinZip will be pushed into the ZIP file with the absolute path except the file, and will be released along with all file pressure information when it is released next time. We have some inconvenience. In WinRAR, we can click the "File" tab in the "Compressed File Names and Parameters" window, and then choose to compress the relative path or the absolute path or even the path, so that the user has a choice.

14. Customizing the WinRAR toolbar

There are a lot of buttons on the WinRAR toolbar. In fact, we can also customize it freely: start WinRAR, press Ctrl+S And select the "General" tab in the "Settings" dialog box that opens, click on the "Button" button, you can add the button on the toolbar and select the file and right click on the shortcut menu that appears in the shortcut menu. delete. After some setup, the current WinRAR is more considerate of your habits.

15. Easy to import and export settings

In the process of using WinRAR, it is inevitable to make necessary settings for WinRAR according to personal hobbies, and if you run WinRAR on other machines, you will find The style doesn't match your own. At this time, it has to be re-set, which is more troublesome. Select the corresponding command under "Options" → "Import and Export Settings" to save your settings as a registry REG file, or import it, and use it more personalized.
16.WinRAR can also collect wonderful

In IE we have encountered a website we like, you can add this website to your favorites. In fact, WinRAR can also achieve similar functions: open the folder to be added to the favorites, and then select "Favorites" → "Add to Favorites" (or press the shortcut key Ctrl + F) to add this folder to WinRAR Favorites. In the future, just click on the "Favorites" menu and select the folder you want to enter.

17.Set WinRAR associated file

If one day, we find that some compressed files are no longer associated with WinRAR, then you can start WinRAR, then select "Options" → "Settings" to open In the Settings dialog, click the General tab. Then select the corresponding associated file. Of course, in the face of such excellent compression software, clicking the "Select All" button is not bad!

18.Set the startup folder

If you have more compressed files in one of the folders, you must select that folder every time you start WinRAR. Is it very troublesome? ? In fact, you can set this folder as the startup folder. When you start WinRAR, it will open this folder. This will be more convenient: start WinRAR, press Ctrl+S, and click "Settings" in the "Settings" dialog box. The Paths tab, uncheck the "Restore to last working folder on startup" checkbox. Then click the "Browse" button in the "Startup Folder" and select the corresponding folder from the pop-up window.

19. Regenerate WinRAR shortcuts

In order to open a program quickly, we usually create a shortcut to the program on the desktop or in the start menu. Creating a shortcut in WinRAR is very simple. Just press Ctrl+S to open the "Settings" property dialog, then select the "Composite Options" tab. In the "Interface Settings" item, you can select the desktop, start menu, etc. Create WinRAR shortcuts, which will definitely be a lot easier to use.

20. Put temporary files on other partitions

Many software will generate temporary files. By default, they will be placed in many messy folders on the C drive. Over time, it will affect the system. performance. At the same time, sometimes when we want to find some files from the temporary folder (for file recovery), it is difficult to find due to the messy distribution. In WinRAR, we can set its temporary folder location by itself: select "Options → Settings", open the "Settings" window, click the "Path" tab, enter or click "after the folder for temporary file extraction" Browse the button selection and cancel the "Removable Disk Only" checkbox.

When we drag and drop files from the RAR archive to the folder, all files will be placed in this folder, and then copied from this folder to the folder we drag and drop.