WinRAR registration

[admin]

About a year or two ago, WinRAR apparently gave out free registration keys as a promo of some sort. These were all over the place, given out by online magazines and various websites/blogs.

I've attached both these files, WinRAR v3.5.1 installer, as well as the registration "key" file, inside a single ZIP file.

Instructions:

• Install WinRAR from installers
• Double-click the "rarreg.key" file, and allow it to write the key data to your registry.

Many of the attachments used on digitalFAQ.com, both the site guides and the forum, are archived inside RAR files.

[lordsmurf]

It appears that this promo is pre-Vista (and therefore also pre-7). The second step -- "Double-click the "rarreg.key" file, and allow it to write the key data to your registry." -- only works on Windows XP.

For Vista and Windows 7 users, WinRAR will remain in demo/trial mode, with the nag screen.

Most serious video users should probably be using Windows XP anyway, as it continues to remain the strongest OS for a majority of the video tools -- freeware or payware -- currently in use and popular amongst consumers, hobbyists and professionals alike.

If anybody has information on how the key could be installed on a Vista or Win7 system, please post a reply.

Just wanted to note this.

[NJRoadfan]

According to the help file, the key file should be stored in "%APPDATA%\WinRAR", since access to C:\Program Files is restricted in Vista/7. %APPDATA% is a system path, on Vista/7 machines it points to "C:\Users\<your user name>\AppData\Roaming".