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

Manifest V2
Users: 3,285
-28
Rating: 3.90
(8)
Version: 1.0.1 (Last updated: 2020-10-19)
Creation date: 2020-10-19
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • downloads
  • downloads.open
Size: 937.19K
Full description: See detailed description

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 impact analysis details
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Risk likelihood

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

Risk likelihood analysis details
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