There are numerous tools that can extract RAR file format on Microsoft Windows. These tools provide the same core functionality to extract and allow you to explore more options for RAR files. In this ...

Are you experiencing the Checksum error when trying to extract a RAR file using WinRAR? WinRAR is a popular file archiver tool for Windows with some great features ...

Windows 11 is finally getting native support for RAR files, ending the need for third-party apps like WinRAR. Microsoft has announced (h/t: The Verge) that Windows 11 will natively support RAR files.

Microsoft has announced that Windows 11 will soon include native support for RAR files. This development marks a significant change, as it eliminates the requirement for users to rely on third-party ...

What you are describing is most certainly not the default behavior of winrar. When you use winrar and give it a path it will write directly to that location. This is easily verified with filemon.