Editing WinRAR (section)

===Operating systems support===
More recent versions do not support many older operating systems. Versions supporting older operating systems may still be available, but not maintained:
* RAR 2.50 is the last version to support MS-DOS and OS/2 on 16-bit [[x86]] CPUs ([[Intel 8086|8086]]-compatible).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://winworldpc.com/product/rar |title=RAR 2.50 – Stats, Downloads and Screenshots |website=WinWorld |access-date=14 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815101512/https://winworldpc.com/product/rar |archive-date=2017-08-15 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* RAR 3.93 is the last version to support [[MS-DOS]] and [[OS/2]] on [[IA-32]] CPUs ([[Intel 80386|80386]] equivalents and later). RAR for Pocket PC 3.93 is the last version for [[Windows Mobile]].<ref name=rar393>{{cite web |url=http://www.winrar.co.nz/download-winrar |title=Downloads for: WinRAR, RAR for Mac OS X, RAR for Linux, RAR for DOS & OS/2, RAR for FreeBSD, with 40 days free trial |website=Winrar.co.nz |access-date=15 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815101538/http://www.winrar.co.nz/download-winrar |archive-date=2017-08-15 |url-status=live }}</ref> It supports [[Long filename|file names longer than the MS-DOS standard]] of 8.3 characters, in a MS-DOS box (except under NT-based operating systems), and uses the [[EMX (programming environment)|RSX]] [[DOS Protected Mode Interface|DPMI]] extender.
* RAR 7.01 is the last version to support [[Linux]] and [[FreeBSD]] on [[32-bit computing|32-bit]] [[x86]] CPUs. The unrar application is available as source code and still supports 32bit environments (with a 2GB maximum dictionary size limitation).
* WinRAR 2.06 is the last version to support [[Windows 3.1]], [[Windows NT 3.1]], [[Windows NT 3.5]], [[Windows NT 3.51]] and [[Win32s]].
* WinRAR 3.80 is the last version to support [[Windows 95]], [[Windows NT 4.0]], [[Windows 98]] and [[Windows Me]].<ref name="releases" />
* WinRAR 4.11 is the last version to support [[Windows 2000]].<ref name=releases/>
* WinRAR 6.02 is the last version to support [[Windows XP]] (except the console version Rar.exe).<ref name=releases/>
* WinRAR 7.01 is the last version to support [[Windows Vista]] (and [[32-bit computing|32-bit]] Windows editions).<ref name="releases" />