WinRAR has been my favorite file compression and archiving software. It has a feature that enables archive creators to lock RAR and SFX executable archive files. When the archive file is locked, the file can’t be modified and is protected from any content changes.

However, WinRAR locking algorithm is not foolproof. If you would like to freely modify the content of the locked archive files, there is exactly a way to unlock the protected WinRAR archive files. WinRAR Unlock is a lightweight Windows utility that allows you to easily unlock the protected WinRAR archive files including SFX executable files, just by patching a few bytes.
This utility is portable and requires no installation on your computer. To use WinRAR Unlock, launch the application from the downloaded zip file and browse for the protected archive file that you wish to unlock. Click the “Start” button to unlock WinRAR archive files. That’s all.
Since this tool is portable, you can bring it together with you in your pendrive.
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December 2nd, 2008 at 5:03 pm
This is cool. I got a few protected ZIP file that I forget the password. I will download this and try if it really works.
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December 2nd, 2008 at 10:36 pm
SaleSg > Well, this nifty utility is used to unlock protected WinRAR archives , and not password-protected archive files.
December 11th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
This didn’t work. It ultimately corrupted the newly changed file. This tool needs to be updated for latest version created rar files.