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Extracting multiple archives with WinRAR where some are missing parts

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#1 ·
I have a folder with a few thousand rar and zip files. Some are separated into multiple parts and others are not. My goal is to extract all of the files. The files are large and I expect this may take a several days. Complicating things is that for some of the archives with multiple parts, one of the parts is missing.

I've been extracting the files by highlighting several files in Windows Explorer, right click and select WinRAR > Extract files... and letting the extraction run overnight. The problem is that the process is halted when WinRAR encounters a missing part. When this happens, WinRAR prompts me to select the missing file.

My question is: Is there any kind of setting in WinRAR where I can tell it that if it encounters an archive with a missing part, to just skip trying to extract that archive and move to the next one?
 
#3 ·
That question seems to be about extracting as much of the archive as possible when parts are missing. That seems like a different problem than what I’m having? The Reddit community is in restricted mode and the last activity was a year ago, so I can’t post there. I’ll give 7zip a try. Thanks!
 
#2 ·
Try unpacking the archives with 7Zip 7-Zip

You can also try the suggestions in this link

If you continue to have problems,
Post your question in the WinRAR forum https://www.reddit.com/r/winRAR/