How to Remove a WinRAR File Password
Many RAR Files downloaded From INTERNET contains Password,without That You are not Able to see the content Of that RAR file
Materials Needed:
- WinRAR
- compressed archive
- compressed archive
Step 1
Unlike
other compression utilities, WinRAR does not present a straightforward
way of removing password protection for its previously secured
archives. This is possibly done to ensure that only authorized users
with the correct password are accessing its contents. To remove the
password protection feature, double click on the file which will open
the archive.
Step 2
Depending
on how the file was compressed, the contents may or may not be
displayed to the user. The user will be prompted to input the password
into the message text box. Only a correct password will extract the
contents of the archive. A wrong password will open a window showing
the potential errors encountered during the extraction process.
Step 3
Once
extracted, the contents of the file can now be accessed by the user.
To remove the password protection, a new archive must be created.
Right click on the extracted file and choose the 'Add to Archive'
option from the context menu.
Step 4
The
Archive name and parameters window will be displayed to the user.
Click on the 'Advanced' tab and click the Set password button. Make
sure that both text boxes are empty. The check boxes for the 'Encrypt
file names' option can be activated without activating the password
protection feature. This will encrypt not only the file data but also
more sensitive areas like attributes, sizes, and other data blocks.
This may be used to prevent displaying of the list of files contained
in the archive.
Step 5
Click
on the 'OK' button twice. This will create a new archive with a RAR
format that is not protected by any password utility. The source
archive with password protection can now be deleted by the user if no
longer needed
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