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What's the best rar password recovery tool for Windows 11
I have tried PowerShell + password dictionary automation. I have tested it myself. It is really suitable for people with strong hands-on ability to recover rar forgotten password. It does not require any third-party software to be installed. As long as you have WinRAR and PowerShell on your computer, it will be fine.
How to operate?
First prepare a dictionary file of your commonly used passwords, such as passlist.txt, with one password per line, for example:
pgsql
123456
password
abc123
mypass2020
Paste this script into PowerShell (remember to change the path):
powershell
$passwords = Get-Content "C:\passlist.txt"
foreach ($p in $passwords) {
& "C:\Program Files\WinRAR\rar.exe" x -p$p "C:\test\protected.rar" "C:\test\output" > $null
if (Test-Path "C:\test\output\filename you want to find.txt") {
Write-Host "Password found: $p"
break
}
}
It will run the passwords line by line, stop when it finds the right one, and tell you which password it is.
This method actually automates the manual input process. You don't have to keep staring at the password. It is the most commonly used command-line rar password recovery.
If you roughly remember the password range, this method is super suitable. You don't need to crack the algorithm. You can solve it by brute-forcing the password table. Most daily rar password recovery problems can be solved by it~