#Downloand winrar winzip archive

Once entered, the master password is valid until WinRAR is closed. You will need to enter the master password in password prompt dialog to access such compression profile after that. You can enter the master password to encrypt password data stored in Registry and protect it from unauthorized access.

Prompt proposing to set the master password is displayed when storing a password in compression profile. Organizer data is converted to a new format only when you save it and not immediately after installing WinRAR

#Downloand winrar winzip archive

It does not affect archive encryption formats and encrypted archives are compatible with previous WinRAR version. This WinRAR version uses a new data format for password organizer, so passwords stored in 'Organize passwords' dialog are not readable by older versions. Enter a valid and then empty master password to remove encryption from previously protected password records. Close WinRAR and open it again after specifying the master password if you wish to see how protection works. If entered password does not match the master password, it is treated as a usual password for archive operations. If saved passwords are protected with master password, you need to enter the master password and press 'OK' in password prompt to access them. Use 'Set master password' button in 'Organize passwords' dialog to encrypt saved password records and protect them from unauthorized access. If you already saved RAR format in the default compression profile in previous versions, WinRAR respects stored settings

This change affects only new clean installs.

If you prefer RAR 4.x format by default, use 'Create default.' button on 'Compression' page of WinRAR settings and set 'RAR4' in the displayed dialog. You can change it to RAR 4.x compatible format with 'RAR4' option in archiving dialog or -ma4 command line switch. WinRAR and command line RAR use RAR 5.0 archive format by default.