hi,
i have multiple rar files however they were accidentally renamed what do i rename them to so they open as one big file rather than individually.
i have tried to name them r01 r02... and PART1 part2... but it still opens one rar file which i then get an error saying it has an unexpected end.

thanks.Is it only the filenames that have been renamed or also the extensions? Usually the filename is the same for all files and then you've got a .rar file and a number of files called .r01-.r??.
But if the extensions have been changed then the order of the files have been messed up and you will need to put them back in the correct order.
Unfortunately I don't know any other WAY than trial and error. This can be nearly impossible if there's a lot of files. Where did you get those files from? Can you get another copy of them?Deerpark i know the order of the files its just the extentions that have been changed
what can i rename them to?
the filenames are named different e.g filename1.rar filename2.rar
shall i rename them to something like this:
"filename.rar.r01"

Broni, i got the files of a cd and i no longer have the disk.

thanks for your help so far.

The first one in the archive should be filename.rar, then the following ones filename.r01, filename.r02, etc.thanks for your help.

But nothing seems to be working i THINK the files just may be bad.Maybe...but they will only unpack correctly with the original filenames...
And if even one of them is out of order the installation will fail.I've also SOMETIMES seen rar files with extensions that are .001, .002, etc.