AutoWinRarZip

AutoWinRarZip is a very simple application whose purpose is to automatically extract content from downloaded archives quickly and with little input from the user. It offers support for RAR and ZIP files.

It has few settings which can be figured out even by people with less experience in decompression tools.

The setup procedure takes little time to finish and includes standard options, so no special attention is necessary.

Once initialized, AutoWinRarZip creates an icon in the system tray area and will automatically decompress downloaded archives.

You can bring up the main application window and point out the source directory to monitor for downloaded archives, as well as pick a destination for extracted files. It is possible to add as many directories as you want.

You can ask AutoWinRarZip to delete the archive after a successful job and to create a folder for the archive's main directory. A progress bar is shown on the bottom part of the screen, along with currently processed file's size. There are no other notable options available in this tool.

Unfortunately, AutoWinRarZip has not been updated for a long time. Although it offers support for Windows 7, you have to create a "config.dat" (empty) file and save it to the program directory in order to stop the tool from popping up errors.

It has a good response time and quickly extracts files, without causing the OS to hang, crash or pop up error dialogs. Apart from the fact that it needs improvements when it comes to stability and interface look, AutoWinRarZip offers a simple solution to automatically decompress downloaded archives from monitored directories.