How to Extract a RAR Computer File. While downloading software applications for your business, you may encounter files that you cannot open.

If you chose "Shell Integration" when installing WinRAR, right-click the first RAR file and select "Extract Here." Doing so quickly extracts files to the same folder containing the RAR parts.

However, rar files are a little more complicated and require specialized programs in order to open them up and extract their contents.

The receiver must have WinRAR installed on their Windows computer, as other archiving tools or Windows 11's built-in extract option won't be able to recombine the files.