How To Open .ISO Files

Every once in a while you get stuck with a file that has the extension .iso.  You are usually stuck with an .iso file after you have burnt an image to be copied to a CD or copied a CD directly and saved it as .iso.

Some people would like to see the contents of the .iso file before they burn it to a CD, we are going to go through a step-by-step process on how to open .iso files.

There are a number of programs that you can use to open .iso files, but we will be talking about winrar because that is a program that almost every computer already has installed on their systems, making the opening of .iso files that much easier.

If you are installing winrar for the first time make sure that you let it associate with winrar files as well, that is to ensure that you can use winrar in the future to open .iso files.

If winrar is already installed and is not associated with .iso files nothing to fear we can still show you how to open .iso files with winrar.

If you already have winrar associated with .iso files it is just a matter of double clicking the .iso file and the .iso file will open with winrar.

If you do not have winrar installed to associate with .iso the method to use to open .iso files is to rightclick on the file and click open with.

If winrar comes on the list of applications that you can use to open that file than click it.  If not click on browse and find winrar and open the .iso file with winrar!

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