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Best WinRAR alternative on Windows 11 coz not working
It takes too much time to decompress or open .rar file on Windows 11 with WinRAR. And the pop-up ads is also annoying. Not sure if it's a technical issue or if the software itself is outdated. Either...
If WinRAR is not working on Windows 11, then you can use the command line tool for opening .rar file instead. In fact, Powershell is a very good WinRAR alternative on Windows 11. You can easily extract and compress .rar file with it.
Start-Process -FilePath "C:\path\to\unraar.exe" -ArgumentList "x `"archive.rar`" `"C:\output_folder\`""
You can also try with the free bulk_extractor command line tool, one of the best WinRAR alternatives for Windows 11/10 PC.
It is a high-performance digital forensics tool designed to scan disk images, files, and archives (including RAR) to extract structured information like emails, credit card numbers, URLs, and metadata, making it useful for cybersecurity investigations, law enforcement, and data recovery, though it's more complex than typical extraction tools and requires command-line usage.
bulk_extractor -R "archive.rar" -o "C:\output_folder\"