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Registration of WinRAR and RAR
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How to register if you did not purchase a license
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How to register WinRAR on Windows
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How to register WinRAR on Windows multi-user license
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How to register WinRAR for U3
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How to register RAR for Linux
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How to register RAR for Mac OS X
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License key email received but attachment is missing (Outlook Express)
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License key email received but attachment is missing (Zone Alarm)
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License key email received but attachment is missing (Firewall or Server)
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Did not receive your license from BuyRAR.com
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Did not receive your license purchased through another web site
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How to keep your registration while upgrading to a newer version
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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 register RAR or WiNRAR if you purchased a single license and you're running Windows Vista
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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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If you use a traditional email program installed on your hard drive, save the attachment to your desktop.
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If you use a web-based email program like Gmail or Yahoo! then use the normal steps to save an attachment to your hard drive (often this is done by clicking on the file name and a download page will open; use the normal file save procedure you use for any other file). Make sure you choose the "Save as" option -- NOT open -- and save it to your desktop.
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Fast Method
: Double-click on the RARKEY.RAR file and if you get a message about "Thank you for support" then WinRAR has been properly registered. If you do not see this message, then close WinRAR and continue with the steps below
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Normal Method
: Right-click on the rarkey.rar file on your desktop and choose "Extract Here". A new file will appear on your desktop called rarreg.key -- this is your license key. DO NOT double-click on this file; Windows throws an erroneous error about the registry and this is not a registry file.
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Browse to the C:\Program Files\WinRAR folder by double-clicking on the Computer icon, then double-clicking on the C drive, and then Program Files, and at last WinRAR folder.
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Copy the rarreg.key file into the WinRAR folder either by right-clicking on the file and choosing Copy and then Pasting it into the WinRAR folder, or you can drag and drop the file into the folder
Confirming successful registration:
Any of these steps will help you confirm that WinRAR successfully sees the key file.
Click on Start, Programs, WinRAR, WinRAR to launch WinRAR
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The title of the WinRAR application would say (evaluation copy) when it is NOT licensed
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From inside WinRAR, click on Help, About WinRAR and the lower section of the panel should have a section that says Registered To. (unlicensed versions just say Trial Copy)
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How to register RAR and WinRAR if you purchased a multi-user license
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You will receive your key file in a single .RAR file attached to an email. You can complete the process in one of many fashions, making sure WinRAR is installed on the target machine before proceeding.
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You can take the rarkey.rar file to each machine you wish to register and double-click on it, and WinRAR should auto-register with a pop-up showing success to the effect "thank you for support".
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You can take the rarreg.key file from inside the .RAR file and just copy it straight to the C:\Program Files\WinRAR directory on any machine you wish to register
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You can put the key file into the C:\Program Files\WinRAR folder and validate it worked on a single machine, and then you can just copy the entire WinRAR folder to each machine you wish to register (WinRAR will create any missing registry entries when it runs for the first time on the machine -- you will have to create your own shortcuts, however.
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You can deploy the entire application with popular push agent software packages with the key file being applied before the package is created.
NOTE: There is no .MSI version of the installation.
If you need the specific steps, please read the details from a single key installation. Purchasing multiple keys is just a matter of repeating the single key process up to the number of licenses you purchased.
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How to register WinRAR for U3
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When you receive the registration key by email save it, for example to your desktop.
When you run WinRAR for U3, simply drag the license key file (rarreg.key) over the open WinRAR for U3 Window and drop it.
NOTE: Since we supply WinRAR for U3 as a special extra for our customers, the license is a regular RAR-license, that means that you can use your existing RAR-license with WinRAR for U3 and vice versa. (License terms apply!)
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How to register RAR for Linux
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This procedure is for the installation of the keyfile for a Linux machine.
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Extract the contents of the RAR file to a temp folder
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Copy the rarreg.key file to the home directory of the person you are registering for.
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Log in as the user and launch rar to validate that it is now registered.
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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.key 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.key /etc/
You may rename it to .rarreg.key or .rarregkey, if you wish, but rarreg.key 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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Start Outlook Express
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Click on Tools, and then Options
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Click on the Security tab
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Uncheck the option: "Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus"
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Click Ok
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Save the key file listed as part of the normal registration process above
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Return to the security tab and re-enable the option: "Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus"
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License key email received but attachment is missing (Zone Alarm)
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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)
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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.
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NOTE: There is no need to uninstall before performing these steps.
- Make sure you have a backup of your license key (rarreg.key)
- Download the latest version (release or beta) and save it to your hard drive
- Make sure WinRAR or RAR is not running on your machine anywhere
- Double-click on the downloaded installation file and proceed to install WinRAR or RAR over your existing installation (all settings, configurations and so forth are retained)
- WinRAR looks for the presence of your license key each time it launches and it will detect the key there during startup.
If you install WinRAR or RAR to a location other than where you had it installed previously, then simply copy the rarreg.key File to the new installation location.
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