Earlier this year, we reported on Microsoft expanding its compression support in Windows 11 to include native RAR, 7-Zip, and other file formats that aren't your basic ZIP files. For those that ...

7-Zip creates 7z-format compressed files with the .7z file extension by default but you can also create RAR files and open RAR files. Multiple directories and files can be found in each archive.

To open RAR files, you can use WinRAR, which is the software made by the company that invented RAR technology. To open .001 files, you need another program, such as HJSplit, 7-Zip or File Joiner.

In addition to RAR files, Windows 11 will also support other archive formats, including ZIP, 7-Zip, and tar. The new native support for RAR files is a welcome addition to Windows 11.

At the top, you will find three main options—Add, Convert, and Extract. Selecting the Add option allows you to archive files, ...

The Unarchiver app is free to use and can open a range of popular archive file formats, including rar, zip, 7-zip, Tar, and Gzip, in addition to older and more obscure ones. To extract a rar file ...

Handling Split Archives If you have split ZIP files, you can use RAR for Android or ZArchiver to combine them. Simply open the first part of the split archive and follow the extraction process.