Winrar's temp files

Discussion in 'Windows - Software discussion' started by person7, Nov 5, 2007.

  1. person7

    person7 Member

    Joined:
    Nov 5, 2007
    Messages:
    4
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    11
    In winrar if you double click a file it will extract and open, but I can't find the directory I put a file and it's kind of a big deal because it's 6 gigabytes. Anyone know where winrar puts it's temp files?
     
  2. dizzyduck

    dizzyduck Regular member

    Joined:
    Apr 12, 2004
    Messages:
    265
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    26
    By default I'm not sure. But do a search for the file. If you don't know the name of the file, do a search by size and date modified. Do a size search with minimum file size of 5GB. Should point you the way.
     
  3. person7

    person7 Member

    Joined:
    Nov 5, 2007
    Messages:
    4
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    11
    I tried and my windows explorer shut down. Winrar and the winrar site doesn't mention it.
     
  4. dizzyduck

    dizzyduck Regular member

    Joined:
    Apr 12, 2004
    Messages:
    265
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    26
    I'm not around my PC right now, but go to Program Files and see if WinRAR put them in the WinRAR install folder. If not, do you still have the RAR file?
     
  5. person7

    person7 Member

    Joined:
    Nov 5, 2007
    Messages:
    4
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    11
    No I deleted the rar file and they aren't in program files. I might've got the memory back but I'm not entirely sure.
     
  6. dizzyduck

    dizzyduck Regular member

    Joined:
    Apr 12, 2004
    Messages:
    265
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    26
    Jusst opened my WinRAR and by default mine goes to C:\Windows\Temp\ It should be there. If not open WinRAR and go to Options-Settings and go to the paths tab. that will tell you the default firectory
     
  7. person7

    person7 Member

    Joined:
    Nov 5, 2007
    Messages:
    4
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    11
    Found it thanks everyone.
     

Share This Page