How to Make SFX Archive Using Winrar 3.90?

"Do you know that WinRAR can create a file to SFX Archive. But I have no idea on how to make a SFX Archive. Could you help me? " Don't worry. This guide will show the steps of making SFX Archive.

WinRARis a powerful tool allows you to create, manage and control archive files. It is completely supports rar and zip. What's more, it 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.

An SFX (SelF-eXtracting) archive is an archive, merged with an executable module, which is used to extract files from the archive when executed. Thus no external program is necessary to extract the contents of an SFX archive, it is enough to execute it.

Guide on How to Make SFX Archive Using Winrar 3.90.

Step 1: Download Winrar 3.9, then install it on your computer.

Step 2: On the file you want to make to SFX archive, right chlick. Select Add to archive....

Step 3: Archive name and prameters dialog box pops up. Form Archiving options, select the checkbox of Create SFX archive. Then click "OK".

Step 4: You file will be created to SFX archive just waiting for some minutes. How much will take depands on the size of you file.

Once you have finished all the steps above mentioned, there is a .exe file in the same folder with your original file. With WinRAR's help, you can make a SFX archive easily.