The new native support for RAR files in Windows 11 will allow users to open and extract RAR files without having to install any additional software.

If you install multiple RAR extraction programs, your Windows Explorer context menu will display multiple extraction options when you right-click on a RAR file.

Earlier this year, we reported on Microsoft expanding its compression support in Windows 11 to include native RAR, 7-Zip, and other file formats that aren't your basic ZIP files.

Windows 11's upcoming update brings native RAR support, enhancing file sharing and backup capabilities without additional software.

On Windows 11, File Explorer offers file compression and decompression functionality, including for Zip, TAR, and RAR formats. The caveat is that this feature has limitations.

On Windows Installing a new program on Windows is pretty simple. Just head to the program's web site . Usually, this downloads an installer package, which you'll use to install the program itself.