How to Extract RAR, ZIP, 7Z, TAR, GZIP and other Compressed Files

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Compression tools like 7Zip,Winzip, Winrar are commonly used to reduce the file size and to bind multiple file in one compressed file.

You can extract 7z, ZIP, RAR, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, GZIP, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z files by following the steps given below

Step-1

Download 7Zip and save somewhere in your computer (7Zip is free and open source utility).

Step-2

Double click on downloaded zZip setup file to install it

open commpressed files

Step-3

After completing installation run 7Zip. Got to Start Menu > 7Zip > 7-Zip File Manager

open commpressed files (1)

Step-4

Browse the file, select it and click on Extract button. (Supported files: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z)

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Step-5

Browse the path where you want to save the extracted content and choose other options if needed and click OK button

open commpressed files (4)

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Posted in: MS Windows, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP on October 2, 2009

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  1. trickYguY 2 October 2009 at 10:17 am #

    Feel free to ask if you still unable to extract your file

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  2. Naima 4 October 2009 at 2:23 pm #

    thanks for this informative post

    Reply
  3. Jonsson 12 October 2009 at 3:58 pm #

    Nice tips

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  4. mannee 15 November 2009 at 11:24 am #

    Does anybody know how to point windows to the Windows Compressed Folder util to open a RAR file?

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  5. mannee 15 November 2009 at 12:49 pm #

    Let me reword; Where do you point a RAR file TOO to open it with the Windows Compressed Files Util?

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    • trickYguY 15 November 2009 at 2:18 pm #

      Download 7zip utility to extract RAR as mentioned in Step-1, its free utility to extract compressed files of different formats.

      Reply
  6. Asho 99 25 December 2009 at 4:35 pm #

    I really want to appreciate your work. thanks trickYguY

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