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Eminent Demon Jun 22, 2018 @ 5:08pm

winrar not working correctly

This just started happening, and i tried uninstalling and reinstalling winrar, but have no luck. The problem is every time i download a zip file or any file and extract it, it always puts a (1) next to it, even if the file is brand new, and has no copies. Why is it doing this?

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noir_7 Jun 22, 2018 @ 5:12pm

when you extract it is the name the same as the winrar file?
do you have file extentions visable in windows explorer? if not it may be doing that to avoid confusion even though the icons would look different.

Eminent Demon Jun 22, 2018 @ 5:26pm

i think so, but when i download the file it automatically puts the (1) in it after it downloaded. No idea why :/ here is what it does.

https://imgur.com/a/L1QrZre

Last edited by Eminent Demon; Jun 22, 2018 @ 5:29pm

noir_7 Jun 22, 2018 @ 5:32pm

How many times have you downloaded that? refresh the folder you saved the file to and make sure theres not already another copy?

Last edited by noir_7; Jun 22, 2018 @ 5:33pm

Eminent Demon Jun 22, 2018 @ 5:32pm

Originally posted by noir_7:
its only going to do that if there is a file/folder with the same name in the same folder.

That's the problem though, there isn't. It's doing this with brand new files.

noir_7 Jun 22, 2018 @ 5:39pm

the issue isn't winrar, it happens when you download and save multiple copys of a file to the same location. each additional copy the number will automaticly go up one digit. ie (1) (2) (3) etc...

Eminent Demon Jun 22, 2018 @ 5:42pm

Originally posted by noir_7:
the issue isn't winrar, it happens when you download and save multiple copys of a file to the same location. each additional copy the number will automaticly go up one digit. ie (1) (2) (3) etc...

what is it then? its the first time i ever downloaded these files. It's doing this with every new file i download

noir_7 Jun 22, 2018 @ 5:50pm

Two ways to test it.
Download and save something to a different location, perhaps your desktop.
Use a different internet browser when you download a new file and see if you get different results.
Stuff you download doesn't need to be a big deal. Perhaps a couple pictures off of imgur.

Mikasa Ackerman Jun 22, 2018 @ 6:03pm

maybe buying winrar will fix it

Eminent Demon Jun 22, 2018 @ 6:07pm

Originally posted by noir_7:
Two ways to test it.
Download and save something to a different location, perhaps your desktop.
Use a different internet browser when you download a new file and see if you get different results.
Stuff you download doesn't need to be a big deal. Perhaps a couple pictures off of imgur.

on microsoft edge it does the same thing, it downloads it and when it asks me to extract, before i even extract it already has (1)

Eminent Demon Jun 22, 2018 @ 6:30pm

it appears to not do this if i save the file, for some reason. still annoying that it sarted adding the (1) to every thing else i extract :/

Last edited by Eminent Demon; Jun 22, 2018 @ 6:31pm

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The End Jun 22, 2018 @ 7:17pm

Originally posted by Crimson Tide:
winrar not working correctly ... This just started happening, and i tried uninstalling and reinstalling winrar, but have no luck. The problem is every time i download a zip file or any file and extract it, it always puts a (1) next to it, even if the file is brand new, and has no copies. Why is it doing this?

There is a ton of free pack/unpack programs out there, get one of those, 7-Zip is a good program imo.

Only thing Winrar does better is packing rarfiles (is anyone even using that anymore), because they are the only ones who is allowed to do that, all other pack/unpack tools unpack rarfiles just fine.

Last edited by The End; Jun 22, 2018 @ 7:19pm

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Eminent Demon Jun 22, 2018 @ 7:19pm

Originally posted by Rockon:
Originally posted by Crimson Tide:
winrar not working correctly ... This just started happening, and i tried uninstalling and reinstalling winrar, but have no luck. The problem is every time i download a zip file or any file and extract it, it always puts a (1) next to it, even if the file is brand new, and has no copies. Why is it doing this?

There is a ton of free pack/unpack programs out there, get one of those, 7-Zip is a good program imo.

Only thing Winrar does better is packing rarfiles (is anyone even using that anymore), because they are the only ones who is allowed to do that, all other pack/unpack tools unpack rarfiles just fine.

ill try 7zip, it just annoying seeing every file get a number one at the end even though i have no copy of that file

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