My stupid winwar software has gone to the dogs. granted, it was a free version. have downloaded several new versions, all which have ultimately resulted in going nowhere. all my rar files cannot be unzipped (whatever the lingo is) because that annoying yellow triangle with the exclamation mark comes up for each try.

 

What other good rar files beside winrar are good to use and free to boot? better yet, anyone know why this would happen and what can i do to fix it?

Because you downloaded the trial version, which only lasts for however many days.

 

The first alternative that comes to mind is 7zip.

Winrar keeps working after the trial period. :uhoh:

You just have to close the pop up window...

Wait, yellow triangle with an exclamation mark? That suggests some kind of error. There should be a box underneath it that describes the error. What does that say?

Message says: WinRar: Diagnostic message: unexpected end of archive.

 

What does that mean and what can I do to fix it.

 

7zip failed as well.

The file you wanted to extract is damaged, nothing wrong with the program. :)

it's happening with all of my newest files, though.

Did you download files that were divided into multiple parts?

You'll have to download them all, then extract the first and name the location of the other archives for the program to put them all together...

I suspected so!

Message says: WinRar: Diagnostic message: unexpected end of archive.

 

What does that mean and what can I do to fix it.

 

7zip failed as well.

 

That sounds like there is a part 2 missing, does the rar of the thing your trying to extract end with a ".part1"?