Fix RAR after WinRAR Message No Files to Extract

“I downloaded a very important torrent file from internet and my bit-torrent program displayed download complete. However when I tried to extract the downloaded RAR file using WinRAR, I got an error message saying that there are no files to extract. Even after repetitive attempts, I got the same error message. The downloaded WinRAR file contains a minimum of 30 important files in it; additionally my friends who downloaded the RAR file from the same server had no issue with the RAR archive. How do I fix this WinRAR error? Can someone help me with this frustrating situation?”

RAR stands for Roshal Archive, these files are used to compress single or multiple files under single file extension on your desktop / laptop computer. WinRAR is among the most widely used compression software because it supports many features like data compression, file spanning and error recovery. WinRAR has excellent compression ratio, better compaction of files, reduced time for compression and many other. However even WinRAR files tend to get corrupt and display many error notifications like any other files, one common error is “WinRAR no files to extract”

The root cause of this error message is header corruption, every file in a computer even RAR file has header using which the operating system extracts / opens the respective file. And if header of RAR file is affected then it shows errors like “WinRAR error no files to extract”, “WinRAR message no files to extract”, “no files to extract rar file error”, etc. There are several reasons due to which you get error warnings as mentioned above due to header corruption and some of them are given below:

• Use of Improper Compression Tool: There are various methods to compress files into RAR format and using unreliable third party application to compress files might damage RAR file header
• Incomplete Download: Interruptions while downloading RAR file can lead to header corruption, CRC errors, etc that damage RAR file. Although you might get a message like download complete, but when you try to extract files from WinRAR file, it may display “WinRAR no files to extract” warning about RAR file corruption
• Using Unreliable Recovery Tool: Using inefficient file recovery software to recover your deleted or missing RAR archives from hard drive or external storage media may damage its file structure including header component and result in broken RAR file

Solution to overcome WinRAR errors:

Apart from the above mentioned causes, there are many other reasons such as interruptions while copying RAR files, changing file extension, partial download, CRC errors, RAR checksum error, virus / malware infection etc. But luckily this kind of RAR file errors and corruption can be fixed by utilizing a reliable WinRAR repair tool such as Yodot RAR Repair.

Yodot RAR Repair is a reliable and trustworthy utility to fix WinRAR errors that show up while extracting contents of WinRAR file. This software is specially developed and designed to repair errors displayed after RAR file corruption. It can repairs RAR files created using any latest versions of WinRAR software like WinRAR 2.00, WinRAR 2.90, WinRAR 3.50, WinRAR 3.70, WinRAR 3.80, WinRAR 3.90 and WinRAR 4.00. Adding to this, it has the ability to fix even password locked RAR archive files. Furthermore the software easily runs on all the latest versions of Windows operating system such as Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP and Windows Sever 2003 and 2008.

Fixing WinRAR error using the software:

• Download Yodot RAR Repair and install the software to your Windows desktop / laptop
• Run the repair application and stick to the on screen procedure
• Use “Browse” button to choose your corrupt / damaged RAR file
• Initialize the repair process by clicking on “Repair” button
• Monitor the repair process by looking at the progress bar
• After repair completion the tool shows all folders and files from the corrupt RAR archive
• At last, save the error free repaired RAR file to your desired destination location by making use of “Save” option

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