Vista - WinRAR Shell Integration Problem

dcghost · 05-19-2008

I am running WinRAR 3.71 with x64 Vista Ultimate. The program runs fine, however I am unable to get the shell integration to work. It was enabled and I reset it, right clicked on a rar file and it still was not showing me the options of WinRAR.

**BladedThesis** · 05-20-2008

WinRAR > Options > Settings > Integration > Select what you want.

**r2rX** · 05-20-2008

Try as BladedThesis said, or try uninstall and reinstall WinRAR.

r2rX

**johngalt** · 05-21-2008

Actually, run WinRAR with administrative privileges, and then do as BladedThesis suggested. It's why you should let the installer run WinRAR when you install it and set your options then - because the installer runs with admin level privileges, and thus, when it runs WinRAR as a child process, grants the same level of privileges to the program - allowing you to make modifications.

If that does not work then you may need to uninstall and re-install as r2rX suggested.

**JonMCC33** · 05-25-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by r2rX

Try as BladedThesis said, or try uninstall and reinstall WinRAR.

r2rX

I agree. It has worked fine in WinRAR 3.70 for both versions of Vista (32 and 64) without a problem.

**johngalt** · 05-27-2008

It has always worked for me as well, but just in case you do not set the shell integration during install, you'll need admin level privileges to do it afterward.

**dmex** · 05-27-2008

OK I ran into a problem with Winrar...

If I use the "split to volume, bytes" option and select "DVD+R 4481MB" it creates a file too big for NTFS making it completely undeletable .

Used boot-disks, safe-mode and DOS and its still there...Guess im going to format the drive tonight :<

05-19-2008	#1 (permalink)
dcghost Vista Ultimate x64 2 posts	WinRAR Shell Integration Problem I am running WinRAR 3.71 with x64 Vista Ultimate. The program runs fine, however I am unable to get the shell integration to work. It was enabled and I reset it, right clicked on a rar file and it still was not showing me the options of WinRAR.
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05-20-2008	#2 (permalink)
BladedThesis Vista Business x64; Arch Linux 26 posts	Re: WinRAR Shell Integration Problem WinRAR > Options > Settings > Integration > Select what you want.
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05-20-2008	#3 (permalink)
r2rX Vista Ultimate x86 SP1 36 posts	Re: WinRAR Shell Integration Problem Try as BladedThesis said, or try uninstall and reinstall WinRAR. r2rX
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05-21-2008	#4 (permalink)
johngalt Vista Ultimate x64 MAK, OpenSolaris 5, Gentoo 2008.1.... 3,848 posts	Re: WinRAR Shell Integration Problem Actually, run WinRAR with administrative privileges, and then do as BladedThesis suggested. It's why you should let the installer run WinRAR when you install it and set your options then - because the installer runs with admin level privileges, and thus, when it runs WinRAR as a child process, grants the same level of privileges to the program - allowing you to make modifications. If that does not work then you may need to uninstall and re-install as r2rX suggested.
My System Specs

05-25-2008	#5 (permalink)
JonMCC33 Vista Business x64 SP1 33 posts	Re: WinRAR Shell Integration Problem Quote: Originally Posted by r2rX Try as BladedThesis said, or try uninstall and reinstall WinRAR. r2rX I agree. It has worked fine in WinRAR 3.70 for both versions of Vista (32 and 64) without a problem.
My System Specs

05-27-2008	#6 (permalink)
johngalt Vista Ultimate x64 MAK, OpenSolaris 5, Gentoo 2008.1.... 3,848 posts	Re: WinRAR Shell Integration Problem It has always worked for me as well, but just in case you do not set the shell integration during install, you'll need admin level privileges to do it afterward.
My System Specs

05-27-2008	#7 (permalink)
dmex Windows Vista™ Ultimate 2,631 posts	Re: WinRAR Shell Integration Problem OK I ran into a problem with Winrar... If I use the "split to volume, bytes" option and select "DVD+R 4481MB" it creates a file too big for NTFS making it completely undeletable . Used boot-disks, safe-mode and DOS and its still there...Guess im going to format the drive tonight :<
My System Specs

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