[Sir Richard]

Originally Posted by Socrates

If a PA user also owns WinRar, and has PA configured to use WinRar, then I assume 2012 will open WinRar files (as long as the user has the beta version of WR installed).

Correct?

Hi Socrates, If you are using the Latest Version of PA 2012 v13.03 it is capable of running WinRAR's Engine "rar.exe" v4.20.00 including prior versions.

If you wish to use the latest version of WinRAR V5.00 , then PowerArchiver 2013 v14 is compatible as well as prior versions.

So if you have a Demo of WinRAR , you will need to ensure it's a demo for v4.20.00 or prior for it to work with 2012. And if you want to test the latest Beta Version of WinRAR V5.00 then the new version of PowerArchiver currently in alpha testing v14.

As WinRAR are still developing version 5 and are treating this as a brand new engine from the ground up which has required the PA team to develop a new script in PA v14 to handle it. I doubt PA 2012 will ever be compatible with anything above V4.20.*

But I could be wrong.