WinRAR releases new version ‘thanks users for paying’

“Thanks to your recent payments, we were able to develop a new version. WinRAR officially launched version 7.23,” the WinRAR account posted on X on June 30.

WinRAR is popular on Windows thanks to its ability to compress data volumes for storage or sharing, and supports creating and opening many different compressed file formats.

This tool is associated with the “trial will never expire” myth. Despite constantly reminding users that “the 40-day trial period has ended”, the software still works normally because the features are locked, making users not think about buying a license.

Theo Dexertoafter many years of being one of the most famous “jokes” on the Internet, developer WinRAR chose to participate in the story with humor, turning the release of version 7.23 into a topic widely discussed by users on social networks.

The post quickly attracted 2.7 million views and thousands of comments, continuing a years-old joke related to the software.

In addition to the juggling act with the community, the developer also shared some information about the product. Accordingly, WinRAR 7.23 mainly fixes errors and offers some improvements. In response to the proposal to add the feature to automatically check and install updates, WinRAR said this feature is “being implemented”. They also confirmed that support for 32-bit Windows has ended with version 7.01.