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Windows Nov 04, 2026

how do you open a tar.gz file on windows 11

downloaded something that came as .tar.gz. double clicking doesn't do anything useful. heard windows 11 can handle these now without 7zip?
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querry_73 Nov 05, 2026
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Windows 11 can do it on its own now. right-click > Extract All works on tar.gz in recent builds. older build? open a command prompt in that folder and run tar -xzf filename.tar.gz, tar has been built into windows for years. 7-Zip also works but on a .tar.gz it takes two extractions.
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