just what i was looking for

does exactly what I want it to do! I wish there was a popup telling you the extraction finished/was successful, but it works regardless. I find it helpful to have an empty folder on my desktop labeled "extract" at all times and I use it as my destination for each .RAR extraction, so I always know where to find the files.

cdcharles about RAR Extractor - Unarchiver, v5.2.1