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| Registration of WinRAR and RAR | |
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| How to register RAR or WinRAR if you haven't purchased yet | |
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The short answer is: you cannot register without purchase.
RAR and WinRAR are not free products. When you purchase a license from our online store, you will register your installed copy by following the instructions for your configuration outlined below. RAR is a one-time purchase that includes free upgrades, so if you like WinRAR and want to keep it, you should click on the Buy Online link and buy a license. |
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| How to install a single-user license key for RAR or WiNRAR on Windows | |
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You will receive an email after you make a purchase (can be up to 24 hours after your order is placed), and that email will contain an attachment that is your key file.
Please make a backup of this file in a safe place -- you'll need this file if you get a new hard drive, computer, or have any other system failure.
You must make sure that WinRAR is already installed on your computer before attempting this process -- if you don't have WinRAR installed, visit our downloads section, and download a copy, install it, and then return to complete this process.
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| How to install a multi-user license key for RAR or WiNRAR on Windows | |
| The steps for applying the license key to many machines is the same as a single-user license. Make sure you've installed WinRAR on the target machine and repeat the steps for single-user license key installation. | |
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| How to register RAR for Linux | |
This procedure is for the installation of the keyfile for a Linux machine.
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| How to register RAR for Mac OS X | |
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To register RAR on Mac OS X, please copy the file rarreg.txt to the users /home directory (for root into /root) or to one of the following directories:
/etc/ /usr/lib/ /usr/local/lib/ /usr/local/etc/ Use the following command (assumes you put the key in the same folder that you downloaded rar into): sudo cp rarreg.txt /etc/ You may rename it to .rarreg.txt or .rarregtxt, if you wish, but rarreg.txt is also ok. |
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| License key email received but attachment is missing (Outlook Express) | |
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If you're using Outlook Express, it's security settings will make it appear as though the attachment is not there. This is not the case, Outlook is "protecting" you from the attachment, and you need to change a setting to see your key file.
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| License key email received but attachment is missing (Zone Alarm) | |
| If you are running Zone Alarm on your computer, the default settings may quarantine certain types of attachments by default. You will need to change the configuration to allow your system to receive RAR files as attachemnts to emails. Once you have completed this change, if you cannot retrieve the file from the quarantine, contact us and request your license key be resent. | |
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| License key email received but attachment is missing (Firewall or Server) | |
| Corporations often have strict policies on their firewalls or email servers that severely limit the types of attachments that can get through. While these policies are somewhat pointless because they are easy to circumvent, it is highly probable that you have no influence over those policies. Please contact us with your order number and we can arrange to resend your license key with the attachment renamed to easily bypass these policies. | |
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| Did not receive your license from BuyRAR.com | |
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Under normal circumstances, the processing of the order and delivery of the license key takes less than three minutes. However, there are times when manual intervention is required or there are communication delays between our system and the key generation server in Europe. If it has been less than 24 hours, the order may still be processing and will be delivered automatically when the processing has completed.
Another issue is your email provider may have delivered the license key to your spam or suspect email folders, and it may get overlooked. Please be sure to check these areas to confirm the license key was not misfiled by your email provider. In other cases, email providers simply delete the email if they feel it is spam or meets other criteria. If you are known to have issues receiving certain types of files, please let us know so we can assist. If it has been longer than 24 hours, then please use the contact us link and send us a message with your order number, and we can arrange to resend your license key. Further, if you get your email from either MSN or Hotmail, then Microsoft has probably deleted this message and did not notify you or us of the delivery problem. If you use email from these providers, then send us a message with the contact us link providing your order number, and request the keys be sent in another format. Please report this problem to Microsoft so they can fix their overzealous filters (MSN and Hotmail are the only email systems we've encountered with this problem). When we receive your message, we'll resend your key during our next order processing. |
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| Did not receive your license purchased through another web site | |
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RAR and WinRAR are sold through many independent vendors throughout the world, so we are unable to take any specific action for a problem with a purchase made elsewhere. To follow up on an order problem from another site, use the Lost Key link to report the problem to the worldwide distribution office (located in Germany), and they can locate the site you ordered from, and provide additional assistance.
Provide as much detail as possible about your order so the information can be located quickly and the issue resolved. Information should include any order numbers, name, address, city, state or province, and postal codes. Additionally, the email address you used when placing the order can also be helpful in locating your order. |
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| How to keep your registration while upgrading to a newer version. | |
NOTE: There is no need to uninstall before performing these steps.
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| Page last updated: 24-Nov-2010 10:42 CST |
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