RXX files: what are they and how do I open them?
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.rxx file type #1: RAR compressed files from a multi-volume archive
An rxx file extension is associated with the WinRAR compression utility. An rxx file stores a part of multi-volume RAR archive.
Further details:
Characters xx represents a number from 01 to 99.
File extension rxx is a part file from a multi-volume compressed rar archive (you need all files together (e.g. rar, r01, r02, r03, r04, r05 etc. to decompres archive contents).
RAR is the native format of WinRAR archiver. Like other archives, rar files are data containers, they store one or several files in the compressed form.
After you downloaded RAR file from Internet, you need to unpack its contents in order to use it.
Some rar files can be parts of multi-volume sequences. In WinRAR you can split a huge archive to a few smaller files, which are called volumes.
They may have extensions rar (the first volume), r00, r01, r02 ..., or part1.rar (the first volume), part2.rar, part3.rar ..., or 001, 002, 003, ... etc.
If you need to unpack volumes, place all them to the same folder and start extraction from the first volume.
Open file with:
WinRAR
One of the oldest and most popular shareware file archiver and data compression utility
.rxx file type #2: Retrospect selector export data
Files with rxx file extension can also be found a selector export files for Retrospect backup and recovery software.
Further details:
The rxx file extension seems to be used for a special selector export files generated by Retrospect backup and recovery software.
Used as a backup settings, with defined folders and filters for backup.
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Retrospect
A backup and recovery suite