WinRAR Help

• About WinRAR
  • What is WinRAR
  • WinRAR limitations
  • Console RAR version
  • Acknowledgments
• Quick start for novices
  • Shell and command line modes
  • How to extract files
    • How to extract files using WinRAR shell mode
    • How to extract files using command line
    • How to extract files in Explorer or Desktop
  • How to archive files
    • How to archive files using WinRAR shell mode
    • How to archive files using command line
    • How to archive files in Explorer or Desktop
• Archive types and parameters
  • RAR versus ZIP
  • Support of other archive formats
  • Solid archives
  • Volumes (split archives)
  • Recovery volumes
  • Self-extracting (SFX) archives
  • Encryption
  • Archive comment
  • Protecting archives from damage
  • Locking archives
  • How to choose optimal archiving settings
• WinRAR interface
  • Introduction
    • Introduction to WinRAR interface
    • File management and archive management modes
    • Selecting files
    • Themes
  • Wizard
    • Using WinRAR Wizard
    • Wizard: Choose the operation
    • Wizard: Choose the archive to unpack
    • Wizard: Choose the archive to create or update
    • Wizard: Choose a folder for unpacked files
    • Wizard: Archiving options
  • Viewing files
    • Viewing files
    • Internal viewer
  • File and archive management commands
    • Add to archive
    • Extract to the specified folder
    • Test files
    • View file
    • Delete files
    • Rename file
    • Print file
    • Show archive information
    • Extract without confirmation
    • Add archive comment
    • Protect archive from damage
    • Lock archive
    • Scan archive for viruses
    • Convert archives
    • Repair archive
    • Convert archive to SFX
    • Find files
    • Show information
    • Generate report
    • Benchmark and hardware test
  • WinRAR menus
    • File menu
    • Commands menu
    • Tools menu
    • Favorites menu
    • Options menu
    • Help menu
• Integration with Windows shell
  • How to open an archive from Windows shell
  • Using context menus
  • Drag and drop support
• Command line mode
  • Command line syntax
  • Commands
    • Alphabetic commands list
    • "A" - Add to an archive
    • "C" - Add an archive comment
    • "CH" - Change archive parameters
    • "CV" - Convert archives
    • "CW" - Write an archive comment to file
    • "D" - Delete from an archive
    • "E" - Extract from an archive ignoring paths
    • "F" - Freshen files within an archive
    • "I" - Find string in archives
    • "K" - Lock an archive
    • "M" - Move files and folders to an archive
    • "R" - Repair a damaged archive
    • "RC" - Reconstruct missing volumes
    • "RN" - Rename archived files
    • "RR[N]" - Add data recovery record
    • "RV[N]" - Create recovery volumes
    • "S[name]" - Convert an archive to a self-extracting type
    • "S-" - Remove SFX module
    • "T" - Test archived files
    • "U" - Update files within an archive
    • "X" - Extract files from an archive with full paths
  • Switches
    • Alphabetic switches list
    • "-ac" - clear "Archive" attribute
    • "-ad" - append archive name to destination path
    • "-af<type>" - specify archive format
    • "-ag[format]" - generate archive name using the current date and time
    • "-ai" - ignore file attributes
    • "-ao" - add files with "Archive" attribute set
    • "-ap<path>" - set path inside archive
    • "-as" - synchronize archive contents
    • "-av" - apply authenticity verification
    • "-av-" - disable adding authenticity verification
    • "-cfg-" - ignore default profile and environment variable
    • "-cl" - convert file names to lower case
    • "-cp<name>" - select a compression profile
    • "-cu" - convert file names to upper case
    • "-df" - delete files after archiving
    • "-dh" - open shared files
    • "-dr" - delete files to Recycle Bin
    • "-ds" - do not sort archiving files
    • "-dw" - wipe files after archiving
    • "-ed" - do not add empty folders
    • "-en" - do not add "end of archive" block
    • "-ep" - exclude paths from names
    • "-ep1" - exclude base folder from names
    • "-ep2" - expand paths to full
    • "-ep3" - expand paths to full including the drive letter
    • "-e[+]<attr>" - set file exclude and include attributes
    • "-f" - freshen files
    • "-hp[pwd]" - encrypt both file data and headers
    • "-iadm" - request administrative access for SFX archive
    • "-ibck" - run WinRAR in background
    • "-ieml[.][addr]" - send archive by email
    • "-iicon<name>" - specify SFX icon
    • "-iimg<name>" - specify SFX logo
    • "-ilog[name]" - write errors to file
    • "-inul" - disable error messages
    • "-ioff" - turn PC off
    • "-k" - lock archive
    • "-kb" - keep broken extracted files
    • "-m<n>" - set compression method
    • "-mc<par>" - set advanced compression parameters
    • "-md<n>" - select dictionary size
    • "-ms[list]" - specify file types to store
    • "-mt<threads>" - set the number of threads
    • "-n<file>" - include only the specified file
    • "-n@<listfile>" - include files listed in the specified list file
    • "-oc" - set NTFS "Compressed" attribute
    • "-or" - rename files automatically
    • "-os" - save NTFS streams
    • "-ow" - process file security information
    • "-o[+|-]" - set the overwrite mode
    • "-p[pwd]" - set password
    • "-r" - recurse subfolders
    • "-r-" - disable recursion
    • "-r0" - recurse subfolders for wildcard names only
    • "-ri<p>[:<s>]" - Set priority and sleep time
    • "-rr[N]" - add data recovery record
    • "-rv[N]" - create recovery volumes
    • "-s" - create solid archive
    • "-s<n>" - create solid groups using file count
    • "-sc<charset>[objects] - specify the character set
    • "-se" - create solid groups using extension
    • "-sl<size>" - process files with size less than specified
    • "-sm<size>" - process files with size more than specified
    • "-sv" - create independent solid volumes
    • "-sv-" - create dependent solid volumes
    • "-s-" - disable solid archiving
    • "-sfx[name]" - create self-extracting archive
    • "-t" - test files after archiving
    • "-ta<date>" - process files modified after the specified date
    • "-tb<date>" - process files modified before the specified date
    • "-tk" - keep original archive time
    • "-tl" - set archive time to newest file
    • "-tn<time>" - process files newer than the specified time
    • "-to<time>" - process files older than the specified time
    • "-ts<m,c,a>[N]" - save or restore file time (modification, creation, access)
    • "-u" - update files
    • "-v<n>[k|b|f|m|M|g|G]" - create volumes
    • "-vd" - erase disk contents before creating volume
    • "-ver[n]" - file version control
    • "-vn" - use the old style volume naming scheme
    • "-vp" - pause before each volume
    • "-x<file>" - exclude specified file
    • "-x@<listfile>" - exclude files listed in the specified list file
    • "-y" - assume Yes on all queries
    • "-z<file>" - read archive comment from file
    • "--" - stop switches scanning
  • WinRAR exit codes
    • List of WinRAR exit codes
• Configuration settings
  • General settings dialog
  • Compression settings dialog
  • Paths settings dialog
  • File list settings dialog
  • Viewer settings dialog
  • Security settings dialog
  • Integration settings dialog
  • Compression profiles
  • RAR environment variable
  • Registry variables
  • Optimizing files sorting - rarfiles.lst file
• Self-extracting modules
  • GUI RAR and ZIP SFX modules (Default.SFX and Zip.SFX)
  • GUI SFX modules: setup commands
  • GUI SFX modules: command line options
  • Console RAR SFX module (WinCon.SFX)
  • DOS SFX module (Dos.SFX)
• Frequently asked questions and hints
  • List of frequently asked questions
  • Hints
• License and purchasing information
  • WinRAR license
  • Purchasing information