PAR Buddy

The Internet also acts like a market where everyone can freely and quickly visit places of interest to purchase  digital copies of products. For more security, most files you download come under RAR archives, that can get damaged or corrupt due to malicious infiltrations or interrupted sessions. Dedicated to the files needed to fix such issues, PAR Buddy comes as a powerful processor and scheduler for PAR files.

On the aesthetic side of things, the application sports a fresh and pretty intuitive look that doesn't pose any accommodation problems. Stored in tabs, you find different process states, such as  monitors you set up, job queue, complete, incomplete, errors and an activity log.

There are a few methods through which you can set up a task. One of them takes you through a series of steps, with the first being to pick the file to keep under surveillance. You can add it to an existing job or set up a new one.

The job setup  screen is the same, regardless of the method used. This isn't an issue, because options are comprehensive, with actions like multiple combinations of checking, repairing, moving and unpacking, as well as several advanced settings, such as whether or not to delete source files or unwanted ones when the task is done.

On the other hand, you can take the time and manually set up a  monitor over a custom folder. A new window is brought up, with multiple tabs so you can manage general details, a built-in scheduler, folders to watch, various file filters, job options and actions, or a set of advanced options that target password protection or potentially malicious content.

Putting the process in motion mostly depends on the time settings you defined in the scheduler, with the possibility to trigger it anytime manually. A careful management considerably reduces required effort on your behalf. You can go through the settings menu in order to make work easier, with options to create a shortcut to QuickPar for file merging and splitting, as well as a custom file manager if you're not using the one Windows provides.

All things considered, we come to the conclusion that PAR Buddy comes with a powerful set of tools with which you can worry less about having to re-download files by fixing them in a few easy steps. The interface makes sure you don't have a hard dime accommodating, while the thorough but comprehensive methods to add trackers and handle files make the application worthwhile.