I don't/have never used a trial version so I don't know if this will help, I use is
v3.3. If you can't get WinRAR to run then this is moot.
WinRAR has a repair archive feature, I've never had to use it but you may want to
try it.
WinRAR also has command line mode you could try.

Why not contact them and see if they will help. Mention you're situation and
possibly so they do not lose a potential customer they will help.


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"lanman" wrote in message
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Help Please;
I have been using Winrar 3.2 trial version to unpack some
downloaded files and successfully for the past 8 weeks. But
suddenly both the Winrar directory and the directory containing
all my files unpacked with Winrar have become corrupted! The
nature of the corruption is directory names looking like
this "@$@$_¶¸$.LC" and obviously not accessible.
Question is - is this the cause of a virus, if so
which one. Or is it a problem with Winrar.
Thanks