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How To Make A Self-Extracting File With WinRAR & Split It So It Can Be Uploaded To The Forum
1) Open WinRAR
2) Click Add
3) Pick a name for the file, make sure the archive format is RAR, the compression method is Best, open the Split to volumes, bytes menu and pick the first one on the list, the Update mode should be set to Add and replace files, under Archiving options, checkmark: Create SFX archive
4) Add the file or files like normal and when you have everything ready, click OK to create your file
5) Part 1 of the file will have a .exe entension, but in order to upload it to the forum, you need to change it to a .rar extension because the forum doesn't allow .exe file uploads (at least not right now)
6) Upload the pieces like normal and make sure that you tell people that they need to change part 1 to a .exe in order for it to work. If they do it correctly, anybody can extract the files with or without WinRAR.
This is how to do it with WinRAR. You can split files with WinZip but they don't stay as zip files. They change to .z01, .z02, .z03, etc, and the last piece has the zip extension. The thing is, even though you can make self-extracting zip files with WinZip, you can't split them. With WinRAR you can make self-extracting rar files and split them which allows us to upload them to the forum. I hope these instructions are clear enough for people that couldn't figure it out before. Good Luck!
1) Open WinRAR
2) Click Add
3) Pick a name for the file, make sure the archive format is RAR, the compression method is Best, open the Split to volumes, bytes menu and pick the first one on the list, the Update mode should be set to Add and replace files, under Archiving options, checkmark: Create SFX archive
4) Add the file or files like normal and when you have everything ready, click OK to create your file
5) Part 1 of the file will have a .exe entension, but in order to upload it to the forum, you need to change it to a .rar extension because the forum doesn't allow .exe file uploads (at least not right now)
6) Upload the pieces like normal and make sure that you tell people that they need to change part 1 to a .exe in order for it to work. If they do it correctly, anybody can extract the files with or without WinRAR.
This is how to do it with WinRAR. You can split files with WinZip but they don't stay as zip files. They change to .z01, .z02, .z03, etc, and the last piece has the zip extension. The thing is, even though you can make self-extracting zip files with WinZip, you can't split them. With WinRAR you can make self-extracting rar files and split them which allows us to upload them to the forum. I hope these instructions are clear enough for people that couldn't figure it out before. Good Luck!
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