Stuffit 10 opens rar file to folder..... now at dead end....... anyone?

Stuffit Expander 10 opened a rar file but then after opening the created folder, I click on install and/or setup and stuffit seems to be the wrong program to open folder. I can't seem to choose anything that will open this file.
Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.

I've never seen a .rar with Mac software inside. It's mainly a Windows archive file format (even if Stuffit can decompress it). So, go back to whereever you downloaded it from and check the system requirements...if it doesn't say Mac (in any variety) you probably can't install it.
The primary archive formats you'll see for mac software are:
.dmg (disk image/OS X)
.img (disk image/classic)
.bin (bin hex/classic)
.hqx (stuffit/classic)
.sit (stuffit/both)
.sitx (stuffit/OS X)
For command-line/Terminal/X11 software (a lot of which is compile-yourself) you might also see:
.tar (tape archive...not actually compressed)
.bz2 (bzip 2, a unix-type zip file)
.gz (gzip, another unix-type zip file)
.tar.bz2
.tar.gz
For just plain documents, but not usually software you'll sometimes see .zip (from winzip, but it's a popular cross platform compression sceme).
But .rar? I know of it, but have never seen it on a Mac. Also, there's a vulnerability in the .rar compression scheme that can spit out a virus when being decompressed during a virus scan. The virus will not likely infect a Mac, but it can mean your files can become a carrier if you pass the affected one to a PC.
In summary, stay away from .rar's

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