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doctorpanglossyesterday at 12:00 AM5 repliesview on HN

Why doesn't Windows ship with an unarchiving utility?


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jccalhounyesterday at 1:33 AM

In October of 2023 Windows 11 was updated to use libarchive https://www.techspot.com/news/100663-windows-11-extends-supp...

jchwyesterday at 12:20 AM

Windows has shipped with "ZIP folders" and the ability to create and extract ZIP files since the late 90s/early 2000s I believe (not sure exactly what version.) As of the latest versions of Windows 11, Windows ships with libarchive-based archive extraction, which should let you extract many archives natively (including 7-zip and RAR) via the UI as well as the CLI (via BSD TAR, which also ships with Windows these days.)

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joreyesterday at 12:05 AM

I think that at least since win10 there is zip embedded in windows, it’s just not 7z

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Suppaflyyesterday at 1:48 AM

It does, but it's annoying because it treats things as folders, which I suppose is nice if you just want to look inside the zip, but a pain if you just want to extract something in a normal way like you'd do with any other unzipping utility.

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FirmwareBurneryesterday at 12:05 AM

It does ship with one, right click on zip file -> extract all. Why are you posting incorrect information that would have been clarified to you by a 3 second google search beforehand?

It didn't ship in the distant past due to anti-competitive reasons but it is there now.

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