A part1.exe file extension is related to first part of Split Multi-volume RAR compressed self-extracting file archive.

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PART1.EXE file extension - Split Multi-volume RAR compressed self-extracting file archive (part 1)

What is part1.exe file? How to open part1.exe files?

File type specification:

Archive and compressed file type icon Archive and compressed file type

Program executable file type icon Program executable file type

part1.exe file icon: part1.exe filetype icon

The part1.exe file extension is associated with WinRAR. Its the first part of a multi-volume compressed RAR archive. Its a self-extracting file archive. The extension is actually only exe, the .part(number) is added to the file name of the archive.

Some rar files can be parts of a multi-volume sequences. In WinRAR you can split a huge archive to a few smaller files, which are called volumes.

Older versions of WinRAR used either:

  • rar or exe (SFX) for first volume
  • r01, r02, r03 ....etc. for any additional volumes

Or:

  • rar or exe (SFX) for first volume
  • 001, 002, 003 ....etc. for any additional volumes

The newer versions of WinRAR are using:

  • rar or exe (SFX) for first volume
  • part1.rar, part2.rar, part3.rar ....etc. for any additional volumes

In order to unpack the multi-volume RAR archive, you need to place ALL of the split parts in the same directory and start extraction of the first volume. The program will automatically use all of the parts to extract the content of the archive.

The default software associated to open part1.exe file:

WinRAR icon

win.rar GmbH logoWinRAR  Microsoft Windows software

Company or developer:
win.rar GmbH

A file compression and archive utility. Along with WinZip and 7-Zip is one of the most common compression programs for Windows. Its native format is as the name implies RAR and uses rar file extension.

WinRAR is a powerful archive manager. It can backup your data and reduce the size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files downloaded from Internet and create new archives in RAR and ZIP file format.

WinRAR is also able to unpack CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, 7Z, Z archives. It consistently makes smaller archives than the competition, saving disk space and transmission costs. WinRAR offers a graphic interactive interface utilizing mouse and menus as well as the command line interface.

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Useful information about multi-volume archives

Help how to open:

The *.part1.exe file is only one part of RAR multi-volume archive. If you want to extract this file, you must have all parts of the RAR multi-volume archive and just execute the first SFX exe archive.

How to convert:

It is not possible to convert only one part of RAR multi-volume archive. Only complete RAR archive can be converted in to another archive or compression format. The easiest way how to convert complete RAR multi-volume archive is to decompress the RAR archive with the use of WinRAR and repack the content with another compression or archive application of your choice.

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Software that open part1.exe file - Split Multi-volume RAR compressed self-extracting file archive (part 1)

Programs supporting the exension part1.exe on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about WinRAR for open part1.exe file action.

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