{"id":1850,"date":"2026-10-09T15:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T19:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/?p=1850"},"modified":"2026-08-31T23:05:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T03:05:37","slug":"rar-file-wont-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/rar-file-wont-open","title":{"rendered":"RAR File Won&#8217;t Open? The 5 Real Reasons and How to Fix Each"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You double-click a <code>.rar<\/code> and instead of files you get a shrug: \u201cWindows can\u2019t open this file\u201d, a password box you never expected, an \u201cunexpected end of archive\u201d error, or a demand for <code>name.part2.rar<\/code> that you don\u2019t have. Those are four different problems with four different fixes, and the internet\u2019s stock advice \u2014 \u201cinstall WinRAR\u201d \u2014 only solves one of them. Here\u2019s how to read the symptom, plus an honest account of which cases an online extractor can handle and which need software on your machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Quick answer:<\/strong> Read the error, not the file. <strong>\u201cNo app to open this\u201d<\/strong> = you need a RAR reader (Windows 11 24H2 has one; Mac never has). <strong>A password prompt<\/strong> = the archive is genuinely encrypted, and only the password opens it. <strong>\u201cCannot find volume\u201d<\/strong> = it\u2019s a split set, so put every part in one folder and start from the <em>first<\/em>. <strong>\u201cUnexpected end of archive\u201d \/ CRC failed<\/strong> = truncated or corrupt, so re-download. <strong>Nothing recognises it<\/strong> = it may not be a RAR at all. An online extractor like xconvert handles a single, complete, unencrypted <code>.rar<\/code>; password-protected and multi-part sets need a desktop tool.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jump to a section<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"#symptoms\">Match the error message to the cause<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#no-reader\">Reason 1: nothing on your device can read RAR<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#password\">Reason 2: the archive is encrypted<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#multipart\">Reason 3: it\u2019s one volume of a split set<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#corrupt\">Reason 4: the file is truncated or corrupt<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#not-rar\">Reason 5: it isn\u2019t actually a RAR<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#tool\">Extract a single complete RAR on xconvert<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#faq\">FAQ<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"symptoms\">Match the error message to the cause<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RAR failures are unusually well-signposted \u2014 the wording of the error narrows it down almost every time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>What you see<\/th><th>What\u2019s actually wrong<\/th><th>The fix<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>\u201cWindows can\u2019t open this file\u201d \/ \u201cSearch the Microsoft Store\u201d \/ nothing happens<\/td><td>No RAR reader on the device<\/td><td>Update to Windows 11 24H2, install 7-Zip or The Unarchiver, or extract online<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>A password box appears<\/td><td>The archive is AES-encrypted<\/td><td>Enter the password in a desktop tool; there is no bypass<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>The archive looks empty, or every filename is gibberish<\/td><td>Encrypted <em>headers<\/em> \u2014 the file list itself is encrypted<\/td><td>Same password, but the list only appears once it\u2019s accepted<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u201cCannot find <code>name.part2.rar<\/code>\u201d<\/td><td>Split multi-volume set with a missing or wrong starting part<\/td><td>Put <strong>all<\/strong> parts in one folder, open <code>.part1.rar<\/code> (or <code>.rar<\/code>)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u201cUnexpected end of archive\u201d<\/td><td>Truncated \u2014 the trailing index never arrived<\/td><td>Re-download; try Repair if it has a recovery record<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u201cCRC failed\u201d \/ \u201cChecksum error\u201d on one file<\/td><td>Bytes changed in transit or on disk<\/td><td>Re-download; extract the rest and replace the bad file<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Every tool says \u201cunknown format\u201d<\/td><td>It probably isn\u2019t a RAR at all<\/td><td>Check the file signature<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rar-tool-matrix.png\" alt=\"Comparison grid of Windows 11 File Explorer, WinRAR, The Unarchiver and the xconvert online extractor across plain RAR, password-protected, multi-part and no-install-needed cases\" class=\"wp-image-1849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rar-tool-matrix.png 1600w, https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rar-tool-matrix-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rar-tool-matrix-1024x410.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rar-tool-matrix-768x307.png 768w, https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rar-tool-matrix-1536x614.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"no-reader\">Reason 1: nothing on your device can read RAR<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By far the most common cause, and not a fault in your file. RAR is <strong>proprietary<\/strong>, so for most of computing history no operating system shipped a reader for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Windows.<\/strong> Microsoft\u2019s support page states that <em>\u201cWindows 11, version 24H2 supports ZIP, RAR. 7z and TAR archive formats\u201d<\/em> \u2014 File Explorer\u2019s <strong>Extract All\u2026<\/strong> works on a <code>.rar<\/code> with nothing installed. <strong>Windows 10 and earlier never got this<\/strong>, so there a double-click keeps doing nothing until you install something. The free option is <strong>7-Zip<\/strong>, which lists RAR among the formats it can unpack (it reads RAR but cannot create one \u2014 that\u2019s RARLAB\u2019s licence, not a 7-Zip limitation).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mac.<\/strong> Apple\u2019s Mac User Guide for compressing and uncompressing files describes exactly one format: <code>.zip<\/code>. There\u2019s no built-in RAR handler and never has been, which is why Finder gives you nothing. The standard free fix is <strong>The Unarchiver<\/strong>, whose format list claims full RAR support <em>\u201cIncluding encryption and multiple volumes\u201d<\/em> \u2014 that phrase matters for reasons 2 and 3. <strong>Keka<\/strong> is the other common choice and also creates archives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chromebook, phone, locked-down work PC.<\/strong> When you can\u2019t install anything, <a href=\"#tool\">extract it online<\/a> \u2014 as long as the archive is a single, complete, unencrypted file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"password\">Reason 2: the archive is encrypted<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If a password box appears, the archive was encrypted when it was created. RAR 5.0 uses <strong>AES-256<\/strong>; RARLAB\u2019s format note says of the encryption algorithm version, <em>\u201cNow only 0 version (AES-256) is supported.\u201d<\/em> That\u2019s real cryptography, not a soft lock, with three consequences people get wrong:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>There is no bypass.<\/strong> No extractor, converter, or online tool opens an encrypted RAR without the password. Anything claiming otherwise is brute-forcing \u2014 quick against <code>1234<\/code>, hopeless against a decent password.<\/li><li><strong>Windows\u2019 built-in extractor won\u2019t do it at all.<\/strong> Microsoft is explicit that Windows 11 24H2 <em>\u201cdoes not support operations on encrypted archive files\u201d<\/em>, so even on a fully updated Windows 11 an encrypted <code>.rar<\/code> needs a third-party tool.<\/li><li><strong>Encrypted headers hide the file list too.<\/strong> RAR\u2019s <code>-hp<\/code> mode encrypts names, sizes and comments as well as data: <em>\u201cWithout a password it is impossible to view even the list of files.\u201d<\/em> An archive that shows as empty, or with gibberish names, is usually this \u2014 not corruption.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>And to be clear about xconvert:<\/strong> our RAR extractor runs <code>unrar<\/code> with no password argument, so an encrypted archive simply fails \u2014 we never prompt for one. Use a desktop tool that does: <strong>WinRAR<\/strong> or <strong>7-Zip<\/strong> on Windows, <strong>The Unarchiver<\/strong> or <strong>Keka<\/strong> on Mac. Type the password exactly, capitalisation included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One gotcha: a wrong password and a damaged archive produce a <em>single combined<\/em> error message. If you\u2019re sure the password is right and it still fails, you\u2019re probably in <a href=\"#corrupt\">reason 4<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"multipart\">Reason 3: it\u2019s one volume of a split set<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Big RARs are routinely split so they\u2019re easier to move. RARLAB\u2019s own manual documents both naming schemes: <em>\u201cRAR volumes have names like \u2018volname.partNNN.rar\u2019, where NNN is the volume number\u201d<\/em>, and older versions <em>\u201ccould use the another naming scheme, where the first volume file in a multi-volume set had .rar extension, followed by volumes with extensions from .r00 to .r99.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>RAR version<\/th><th>First part<\/th><th>Following parts<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>RAR 5.0 (modern)<\/td><td><code>name.part1.rar<\/code> \/ <code>name.part01.rar<\/code><\/td><td><code>name.part2.rar<\/code>, <code>name.part3.rar<\/code>, \u2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>RAR 4.x (legacy)<\/td><td><code>name.rar<\/code><\/td><td><code>name.r00<\/code>, <code>name.r01<\/code>, \u2026<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rule is equally blunt: <em>\u201cWhen extracting or testing a multi-volume archive you must use only the first volume name.\u201d<\/em> And the symptom is documented too \u2014 if a volume is missing from a hard disk, <em>\u201cRAR will abort with the error message: Cannot find &lt;volume name&gt;.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So the fix is mechanical: gather <strong>every<\/strong> part into <strong>one folder<\/strong>, open only the <strong>first<\/strong> volume, and let the tool pull in the rest. Never start from <code>.part2.rar<\/code> or <code>.r00<\/code> \u2014 a <code>.r05<\/code> isn\u2019t a standalone file, it\u2019s the middle of a stream, and files routinely straddle the boundary between volumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This one genuinely cannot be done online with xconvert.<\/strong> Our extractor processes <strong>one archive per job<\/strong>: each file you add is unpacked on its own, so it can\u2019t reach across to the sibling volumes it would need. Use <strong>WinRAR<\/strong> on Windows or <strong>The Unarchiver<\/strong> \/ <strong>Keka<\/strong> on Mac, both of which document multi-volume support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"corrupt\">Reason 4: the file is truncated or corrupt<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnexpected end of archive\u201d has a precise meaning: the archive\u2019s trailing structure \u2014 the part indexing what\u2019s inside \u2014 isn\u2019t there. Almost always the download stopped early, a transfer was interrupted, or the file came off failing storage. \u201cCRC failed\u201d is the neighbouring case: the whole file arrived, but some bytes are wrong, so the checksum RAR stored at pack time no longer matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What to do, in order:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Compare the byte count<\/strong> with the source page or the person who sent it. A short file is a truncated download, and nothing repairs data that never arrived. Most productive check, most often skipped.<\/li><li><strong>Re-download over a stable connection<\/strong>, ideally from a different mirror. Broken resumes and flaky Wi-Fi cause most of these.<\/li><li><strong>Try WinRAR\u2019s Repair command<\/strong>, which runs in two stages. RARLAB: with a recovery record, <em>\u201cif damaged data area is continuous and smaller than error correction code size in recovery record, chance of successful archive reconstruction is high.\u201d<\/em> Without one, the fallback stage means <em>\u201cit is impossible to recover files which fail checksum validation, it is still possible, however, to recover undamaged files, which were inaccessible due to the broken archive structure.\u201d<\/em> Repair rescues <em>good<\/em> files trapped behind a broken index; it can\u2019t invent missing bytes.<\/li><li><strong>Know the dead end.<\/strong> The fallback stage <em>\u201cis never efficient for archives with encrypted file headers, which can be repaired only if recovery record is present.\u201d<\/em> Encrypted headers plus no recovery record means get a fresh copy.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recovery records are optional and have to be added by whoever built the archive, so most RARs you download don\u2019t have one. That\u2019s not a defect in your extractor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"not-rar\">Reason 5: it isn\u2019t actually a RAR<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Occasionally the extension is simply wrong \u2014 a file gets renamed, a download is served under the wrong name, or a <code>.zip<\/code> \/ <code>.7z<\/code> \/ <code>.exe<\/code> self-extractor is passed off as a <code>.rar<\/code>. Every tool then reports \u201cunknown format\u201d, which reads like corruption but isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can settle it in seconds, because the format is self-identifying. RARLAB\u2019s format note gives the signature: <em>\u201cRAR 5.0 signature consists of 8 bytes: 0x52 0x61 0x72 0x21 0x1A 0x07 0x01 0x00\u201d<\/em>, and <em>\u201cthis is RAR 4.x 7 byte length signature: 0x52 0x61 0x72 0x21 0x1A 0x07 0x00\u201d<\/em>. Those first four bytes are ASCII for <code>Rar!<\/code>. Run <code>head -c 8 file.rar | xxd<\/code> on Mac or Linux, or <code>Format-Hex -Path file.rar -Count 8<\/code> in PowerShell. Starts with <code>50 4B<\/code> (<code>PK<\/code>)? It\u2019s a ZIP. <code>37 7A<\/code> (<code>7z<\/code>) is a 7z; <code>4D 5A<\/code> (<code>MZ<\/code>) is a Windows executable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If it\u2019s really a ZIP, rename the extension and it opens everywhere \u2014 see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/unzip-files-online\/\">how to unzip files online<\/a>. And if an unsolicited file turns out to be an <code>.exe<\/code> wearing a <code>.rar<\/code> name, don\u2019t run it: archive-shaped bait is a long-running malware delivery pattern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tool\">Extract a single complete RAR on xconvert<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If your archive is <strong>one file, complete, and not password-protected<\/strong> \u2014 most everyday RARs \u2014 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/extract-rar\">xconvert RAR extractor<\/a> opens it without installing anything, which is the point on a Chromebook, a phone, or a work laptop you don\u2019t have admin rights on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Open <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/extract-rar\">xconvert.com\/extract-rar<\/a> and click <strong>Upload<\/strong>, then choose <strong>From my Computer<\/strong>, <strong>From Google Drive<\/strong>, or <strong>From Dropbox<\/strong>. (The page\u2019s own step-by-step text still calls the button \u201c+ Add Files\u201d; the button itself says <strong>Upload<\/strong>.)<\/li><li>Add <strong>one<\/strong> <code>.rar<\/code>. Every file you add is unpacked as its own separate job, so this isn\u2019t the place for a <code>.part1<\/code>\/<code>.part2<\/code> set \u2014 see <a href=\"#multipart\">reason 3<\/a>.<\/li><li>Ignore <strong>Advanced Options<\/strong>. The panel is on the page, but on this one it is empty \u2014 a RAR extraction exposes no settings at all, so there is genuinely nothing in there to get wrong.<\/li><li>Click <strong>Extract<\/strong>.<\/li><li><strong>Download<\/strong> the contents \u2014 individual files, or everything at once as a single ZIP.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your file is uploaded over an encrypted connection, processed on our servers, and <strong>deleted automatically a few hours later<\/strong>. We can\u2019t recover, guess, or bypass an archive password, and we can\u2019t join split volumes \u2014 for either of those the desktop tools above are the right answer, and we\u2019d rather say so than waste your upload.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deciding what to archive <em>into<\/em> next time? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/zip-vs-rar-vs-7z\/\">ZIP vs RAR vs 7z<\/a> covers which format to pick, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/open-and-extract-a-rar-file\/\">how to open and extract a RAR file<\/a> is the plain step-by-step for when nothing has gone wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"faq\">FAQ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why does my RAR say \u201cthe archive is corrupt or the password is wrong\u201d?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because the tool genuinely can\u2019t tell those apart from the outside \u2014 a wrong password produces garbage that fails the checksum, which looks identical to damaged data. Test it this way: if the archive holds <strong>several<\/strong> files and <em>all<\/em> of them fail, suspect the password; if one file fails while the rest extract fine, suspect corruption in that region. Then re-check the byte size against the source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can I extract a <code>.part2.rar<\/code> on its own?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No. A <code>.part2.rar<\/code> (or <code>.r00<\/code>) is a slice of a continuous stream, not an independent archive. Put every part in one folder and start from <code>.part1.rar<\/code> or <code>.rar<\/code>. If a middle part is missing you can sometimes recover files that sit entirely inside the parts you have, but anything spanning the gap is gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Windows 11 opens my other RARs but not this one \u2014 why?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Almost certainly because this one is <strong>encrypted<\/strong>. Microsoft states that Windows 11 24H2\u2019s built-in archive support <em>\u201cdoes not support operations on encrypted archive files\u201d<\/em>, so a password-protected <code>.rar<\/code> fails in File Explorer while ordinary ones extract fine. Install 7-Zip or WinRAR for that file. A multi-volume set is the other possibility \u2014 the built-in handler isn\u2019t documented to support those either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My archive extracted but one file is missing or 0 bytes. What happened?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Usually a CRC failure the extractor skipped rather than aborted on: the structure was intact enough to list everything, but the bytes for that file were damaged. Extract again from a fresh download; if it fails at the same file every time, the copy at the source is itself damaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can an online extractor handle any RAR?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Any <em>single, complete, unencrypted<\/em> one \u2014 which is most of them. What no online extractor can sensibly do is prompt you for a password mid-job or reach across the volumes of a split set. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/extract-rar\">xconvert\u2019s extractor<\/a> processes one archive per job and passes no password, so those two cases belong on your desktop. Judge any online tool by whether it admits that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Last verified 2026-08-31.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/experience\/storage-filemanagement\/zip-and-unzip-files\">Microsoft Support \u2014 Zip and unzip files<\/a> \u2014 \u201cWindows 11, version 24H2 supports ZIP, RAR. 7z and TAR archive formats\u201d and \u201cit does not support operations on encrypted archive files\u201d.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rarlab.com\/technote.htm\">RARLAB \u2014 RAR 5.0 archive format technote<\/a> \u2014 AES-256 as the only supported encryption version, and the RAR 5.0 (8-byte) \/ RAR 4.x (7-byte) file signatures.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rarlab.com\/download.htm\">RARLAB \u2014 RAR for Linux download<\/a> \u2014 the <code>rar.txt<\/code> manual bundled with <code>rarlinux-x64-723.tar.gz<\/code> is the source for the volume naming schemes, \u201cyou must use only the first volume name\u201d, the \u201cCannot find &lt;volume name&gt;\u201d error, the two-stage <code>r<\/code> (repair) command and its recovery-record behaviour, and the <code>-hp<\/code> note that \u201cwithout a password it is impossible to view even the list of files\u201d.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7-zip.org\/\">7-Zip \u2014 supported formats<\/a> \u2014 RAR appears in the \u201cUnpacking only\u201d list.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theunarchiver.com\/\">The Unarchiver \u2014 format support<\/a> \u2014 \u201cRAR Full \u2026 Including encryption and multiple volumes.\u201d<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/guide\/mac-help\/zip-and-unzip-files-and-folders-on-mac-mchlp2528\/mac\">Apple \u2014 Zip and unzip files and folders on Mac<\/a> \u2014 Apple\u2019s guide documents <code>.zip<\/code> only; there is no built-in RAR handler.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAR file won&#8217;t open? 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