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Hello hashcat community if this is the wrong section let me know so i can put it in the right one.

i have this notepad which is i put it in winrar wayback 2015 with password
but i forgot it, ive been searching in google then i got here, ill try theĀ  onlinehashcrack but i dont know what algorithm should i choose or maybe not supported idk.
so can someone help me step by step on how to use hashcat to crack/open this winrar.
all help will highly appreciated.
Noice. Feel free to ask any questions but:
1) Download the hashcat binaries from the top of `hashcat.net` and extract the 7z
2) Use `rar2john` (google it) to extract the hash from the file
3) Create a file in the same folder that Hashcat is in and copy-paste the hash that rar2john gave you. It should start with: `YourFile.rar:$RAR...`
4) Download a wordlist like `rockyou` (google it) and put that file in the same folder as Hashcat, same as before.
5) Open command prompt and type `cd "C:/Path/To/Your/Hashcat/Folder/Here"`
6) Start Hashcat with this command: `hashcat -m 13000 YourHashFile.txt rockyou.txt -r rules/best64.rule`
7) Hope for the best \Smile

If it doesn't crack after step 6, try other wordlists like hashmob.net or some on weakpass.com but it's never guaranteed to crack, you just have to get lucky