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by mullorg

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I've downloaded 2 large rar type files.

Both cannot be opened by winrar or win ace.

Can anyone sugest what might be the problem?

I'm runing vista home.....

Thank you

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by captbilly1eye

You can try to repair the RAR files using one of the many utilities available on-line.
Here's a good one:
http://tinyurl.com/3dur27

If you downloaded these RAR files from any of the peer-to-peer downloading services, such as Kazaa, BearShare, eMule, etc., it is common for compressed files to become corrupt beyond repair as they get passed around. And often, unusable copies are uploaded intentionally. You will have to look for other copies that are legit or intact.

by rahulsk81

Thanks
I have reinstalled WinRar
now it is working properly

by captbilly1eye

.... too bad you couldn't have started a new question thread. That way you could have given me a 'thumbs up'.
;-)

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