How get XP to open a tar.gz file

[Raster]

I got a file containing the text of a book, It is called "james.tar.gz".

How do i open it in XP? I have tried Winzip (which says it migt be able to
do it) and I have tries Power Archiver (which others thing can do it).

But I can't get the tar.gz file to open. How can I do that in XP?

 

[GTS]

XP has no built in support for gzip or tar files. There are a number of
free programs that can handle these. I occasionally use 7-Zip which you can
download from http://www.7-zip.org/

Note that first you will un(g)zip the file (gzip is a compression format
widely used on Unix), and then you untar the resulting file (tar bundles
files into an one archive, and is also most widely used on Unix systems)

 

[Kevin]

With an application that reads whatever kind of file a xxxxx.tar.gz is.

 

[Jeff]

Hi,

Try this program out, its very good and freeware.

http://www.izsoft.dir.bg

Jeff

 

[Brian]

Hmm.... Power Archiver should work.... maybe try WinRaR,
or update Power Archiver.

 

[Lawrence Abrams]

Winzip can read and open these types of files.