NewzToolz

Free RAR, PAR, and yEnc Decoders!

PAR Window Help Page

The PAR window can be opened by clicking the Apply PAR Files button on the main window.

Purpose: This window is for applying PAR files to fix files that you probably have downloaded from a newsgroup.

Instructions

Click the Select PAR File button and choose a .par, .par2, or .p01 file. You may also drag-and-drop a PAR file from your desktop onto this button to trigger it.

The program will first load in and examine the PAR files in the set. Then it will load and examine each of the protected files, such as RARs or AVIs. If any files need to be repaired, it will do the calculations necessary, fix the files, and then re-examine them.

Watch the status line at the bottom of the window to see when the process is complete.

Inside the NewzToolz folder you will see a program called par2.exe on Windows, and par2 on the Mac. NewzToolz will launch this program to do the heavy lifting. If you close NewzToolz in the middle of a large PAR job, the par program will still be running and you may want to kill it off. You can do that by using the Task Mananger on Windows, and the Activity Monitor on the Mac. If you are handy at the command line, you can also use the par program from there.