Open in WinRAR

Easily open desired zipped files using Winrar

Open in WinRAR: An Edge Add-on for Easy Zip File Access

'Open in WinRAR' is an Edge add-on designed to simplify the process of opening and extracting zipped files of all formats. With the installation of this software extension and the presence of WinRAR on your computer, you can unzip files directly using WinRAR from the right-click context menu. It supports .zip, .rar, .7z, and .tar file formats, additionally offering the ability to convert .rar files to .zip.

Add-on stats

Users: 3,293
59
Rating: 3.90
(8)
Version: 1.0.1 (Last updated: 2020-10-19)
Creation date: 2020-10-19
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • downloads
  • downloads.open
Size: 937.19K

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Open your zipped files using WinRAR.

Want to open zipped files using your favorite desktop zip opener software? You can do so now after you install our software extension. You can unzip files with WinRAR free.

To begin using our software extension, here are the steps you need to do.

Ensure you have WinRAR installed on your computer.

Install our software extension "Open in WinRAR"

Once you install our software, please refresh all your existing Tabs/close the browser and restart the browser to let the extension load.

Choose the zip link you wish to unzip with WinRAR via the right click context menu button.

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User reviews

not able to open file only through extension.
by dinesh, 2021-11-11
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Open in WinRAR requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Open in WinRAR has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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