Now you can open any .tar.gz file on Windows without hunting for a "converter" or dual-booting Linux. Have a favorite tool for handling Linux archives on Windows? Let us know in the comments.
But what do you do when you right-click one in Windows and see no "Extract" option?
Use the native tar -xvzf filename.tar.gz in PowerShell. No installs, scriptable, and fast.
Now you can open any .tar.gz file on Windows without hunting for a "converter" or dual-booting Linux. Have a favorite tool for handling Linux archives on Windows? Let us know in the comments.
But what do you do when you right-click one in Windows and see no "Extract" option?
Use the native tar -xvzf filename.tar.gz in PowerShell. No installs, scriptable, and fast.
