Opening .rar files

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Opening .rar files

I have a "zipped"/ not extracted .rar file. The contents are just some clips audio and video that a friend sent me. When I go to open it I get the message "An error has occurred while while expanding the file '*.rar' (Format error). The error number is 17540. The file folder shows up though, only empty. Help?

G4 Powerbook

Posted on Aug 4, 2006 3:01 PM

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Answer 1

Ron JACKLE

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Sep 12, 2006 7:49 PM in response to pooritry

pooritry...

Is there a suffix on the end of the plugin file? If it is missing, Mac OS may not know what to do with it. (It is possible some utilities strip the suffix and you will have to add it in yourself.)

Perhaps the plugin needs installed? I hope whoever created the plugin can instruct you as to where to place it. Otherwise another wheel is a spinning.

...Ron

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Answer 2

Aug 4, 2006 3:08 PM in response to Adam D\'Alba

Get UnRarX
http://www.unrarx.com/

Cheers, Tom

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pooritry

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Sep 12, 2006 10:31 AM in response to Adam D\'Alba

I went to the UnRarX And it has been suspended,does anyone have any other suggestions for opening rar files?

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Sep 12, 2006 11:24 AM in response to pooritry

Versiontracker has several matches for OS X "unrar". Its UnRarX entry seems to be downloadable.

Dual 1.25 GHz G4 (among others) Mac OS X (10.3.9) Fink (obviously)

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pooritry

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Sep 12, 2006 12:40 PM in response to Daniel Macks

Thanx, I'll try that.

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pooritry

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Sep 12, 2006 12:51 PM in response to pooritry

It opened the file, but in text form. What I have here is studio plug-ins for music production in a rar file. UnRarX has opened it in text form. Can it also open it in any other form?

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pooritry

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Sep 15, 2006 10:31 PM in response to Ron JACKLE

Thanks for the advice!

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