Computer geeks needed

[riverpirate]

Does anyone out there know how to play CBR files? I downloaded some comic books ( yes im a geek ) and I cant get them to open. Cant seem to find any programs that will open a CBR file.

Help

[AlbinoRhino]

Just do a quick google search for "*.CBR File reader" or something to that extent and you should get a bunch of sites with various programs you can usually download for free to view that type of file. Anytime you see an odd file extension like that just do a quick search and see what comes up. That being said also be cautious of what programs you donwload.

[riverpirate]

i found a few and none of them work. plus im chicken to download stuff i dont know.

[RoyJackson]

Google is your friend:
http://www.serjtech.com/support/inde...&kbarticleid=4

I've use a version of Winrar to unzip files like this.

BTW, if files like this concern you (and they should!), scan them with your virus scanner before unzipping (or, if you prefer the term "uncompressing"). If your virus scanner cannot do this, try Avast Anti-Virus (free to home users) or Comodo Firewall/Anti-Virus (also free, great program but there is a learning curve).

[00gt1]

You need to change your file extension to .rar in order to unzip the file. If you can't seem to find the file extension to change go to control panel - folder options - view tab - uncheck hide extension for known file types. Now you just need to simply remove .cbr and rename is .rar. Good luck!!

[GuyMontag]

Hey RP.

Personally, I am like you and am cautious with downloading and installing randomly found software from the web.

Sourceforge is a community of software developers that I trust. I searched for cbr there and found a few readers.

Try these.
http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_...soft&words=cbr

[riverpirate]

Hey RP.

Personally, I am like you and am cautious with downloading and installing randomly found software from the web.

Sourceforge is a community of software developers that I trust. I searched for cbr there and found a few readers.

Try these.
http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_...soft&words=cbr

That work perfect ! Thanks !

[GuyMontag]

That work perfect ! Thanks !

Not a problem. Glad I could help!!
Enjoy your comics.

[mjfletcher]

Someone beat me to it already but I'll post this for reference anyway.

http://filext.com/file-extension/CBR

This is a renamed .RAR file and can be decompressed with any .RAR file utility. The CDisplay program displays the comic book images so it is useful to use for this particular .RAR archive type.

filext.com is a great site for unknown file types.