Contents • • • • • • Extracting from ZIP/RAR Archives ZIPs, RARs, and Archives Most content you download will be saved on your computer with a file extension of RAR, or ZIP. RARs and ZIPs are examples of types of files called 'archives.' Archives allow you to compress other types of files so they take up less space. Archives can contain multiple files within them. Downloading archives is quicker and easier than downloading many individual, larger files. But to get the files to work, you have to take them out of the archive and put them back into their original format.

Taking files out of an archive is called 'extracting.' The icon you have on a RAR or ZIP file will tell you whether you are ready to begin extracting from it.

Or whether you need to get another program to do so. Does the icon you have for a RAR or ZIP look like one of those that is not in the purple box?

Sep 27, 2009 Best Answer: You want an unzip tool ~ Winrar, Winzip, Jzip or 7zip. When you click on the file you want to open, a box pops up with the file in it. You want to click on Extract To: at the top of the box. You want to extract those files to your Sims 3/Mods/Packages folder. For The Sims 3: Island Paradise on the PC, a GameFAQs Answers question titled 'Sims 3 (Island Paradise) RAR and PACKAGE files won't Show up/Download?' How can the answer be improved? May 29, 2013 ♥ Read Me! I helped a friend of mine (ForEverYourSimmer) with downloading and installing Sims 3 CC with WinRAR.

Or does it your icon for a RAR or ZIP file look like any other type of icon not shown? If so, you will likely need to download a program like WinRAR to use RAR and ZIP files. Idm02 Drum Machine Reference Manual/ Download Last Version. If your icon looks like either of those in the purple box, you already have the program you need to open both ZIP and RAR files - WinRAR or 7Zip. Download and Install WinRAR If you do not have WinRAR or 7Zip and you are using Windows, we recommend you use WinRAR to extract from both RAR and ZIP archives. It is a simple, easy to use program with a small install.

You can have it running in just a few minutes. Though WinRAR says it's a trial, it's a trial that never really runs out. After the 40 day trial is complete, it will nag you with a message if you double-click on an archive and actually open the program. You can close that message and continue using the program.

If you just use Extract Here, it doesn't nag you at all. If you like WinRAR, you should purchase it and support its development, but it will not require that you pay for it. To download WinRAR, You will most likely want the top link to the Graphic and Command Line, Trial version. To install WinRAR, download the file to your computer by clicking on the link on the WinRAR site's download page. You can save it to your hard drive like you did the archive in Step 2. Once it has finished, double-click on the file to run the installer.

You should just be able to click next, next, next, etc. To install WinRAR. At the end, click Finish to complete the installation.

Extract the contents of the archive After you have WinRAR installed, you can then go extract the contents of the archive you downloaded. Go to your computer's Desktop and double-click on the Sims 2 Downloads folder you made before, and downloaded the file into. You should have one of the columns displaying the file type. See how it says WinRAR archive under Type for the file in the folder.

Note the RAR file extension? Because we have a RAR archive, we need to extract the contents of the RAR file. You would do the same thing if you have a ZIP file - WinRAR can open both. As a downloader, they will work basically the same for you. Right-click on the file and choose Extract Here. WinRAR will extract the contents of the file from the archive into the current folder.

You can also double-click on the file to open it in WinRAR and extract it that way. We recommend just using Extract Here as it's quite easy. And you can select multiple files at once to extract all their contents to that folder at once. You can delete archive files after you extract their contents. If you're on OS X Stuffit Expander is a nifty little program that, once installed, automatically decompresses all kinds of archive files including ZIPs and RARs as you download. You can get Stuffit Expander at its (free, but requires registration) or from other download sources such as.