Winrar in general

Hello all,

This is not specific to a Winrar version, just to Winrar in general.  I
never seem to be able to get the bloody bastard to decompress files...
always get a "Unknown method in 'my filename'" and "No files to extract".

What's the deal with this bleepin' counter-intuitive abomination
program?  Thanks.

On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 23:03:56 -0400, Hiking
<removethishiking2000@gmx.net> wrote:

>What's the deal with this bleepin' counter-intuitive abomination
>program?

What version of WinRAR are you using?
(See "Help" => "About WinRAR")

Version 3.30 is the latest; version 3.40 is in beta 5 fase...

"H.D." <hdesmet@easynet.be> wrote in message news:41338276.550280849@news.ea
synet.be...
| On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 23:03:56 -0400, Hiking
| <removethishiking2000@gmx.net> wrote:
|
| >What's the deal with this bleepin' counter-intuitive abomination
| >program?
|
| What version of WinRAR are you using?
| (See "Help" => "About WinRAR")
|
| Version 3.30 is the latest; version 3.40 is in beta 5 fase...


Sounds like a Really Old version perhaps.

TRY Version 3.40 beta 6
Website: http://www.rarlabs.com/
Windows & Dos Download:  http://www.rarlabs.com/rar/wrar34b6.exe

Hiking wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> This is not specific to a Winrar version, just to Winrar in general.  I
> never seem to be able to get the bloody bastard to decompress files...
> always get a "Unknown method in 'my filename'" and "No files to extract".
>
> What's the deal with this bleepin' counter-intuitive abomination
> program?  Thanks.
>

Thank you for your kind assistance all.  It appears that the problem was
just that simple.  I had dloaded within the last few months what I
thought was one of the latest versions (I dloaded version 2.8,
actually), and as such never thought nor believed that the problem I was
experiencing trying to open these .rar archives was due to an antiquated
version, since I seem to remember having some of the same problems at
least a year ago.  I seem to recall cursing this Winrar for years now...
somehow never had the most up-to-date version, and apparently everyone
else was continually compressing their files with the latest version.
Good grief!

On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 03:30:36 -0400, Hiking
<removethishiking2000@gmx.net> wrote:
[snip]

>least a year ago.  I seem to recall cursing this Winrar for years now...
>somehow never had the most up-to-date version, and apparently everyone
>else was continually compressing their files with the latest version.

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