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Microsoft leans on open source to finally get around to supporting RAR, GZ and TAR files in Windows

Microsoft has signaled it will add native support for tar, 7-zip, rar, gz and"many other" archive file formats to Windows.open source project to pull this off.

The likes of WinRAR and 7-Zip have therefore become hardy perennials for Windows users confronted by compressed files in exotic formats.

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