`Expand-Archive` and `tar`: decompress with PowerShell

Windows 10 and later include native support for ZIP (Expand-Archive) and tar/tar.gz (tar), without needing WinZip, 7-Zip or other tools. Cerewro automatically detects the format and chooses the right method.

Decompress ZIP file

Expand-Archive -Path "C:\downloads\project.zip" -DestinationPath "C:\projects\" -Force

Decompress tar.gz

tar -xzf C:\downloads\backup.tar.gz -C C:\extracted\

Create ZIP with PowerShell

Compress-Archive -Path "C:\data\*" -DestinationPath "C:\backup\data_$(Get-Date -f yyyyMMdd).zip"

Formats and commands table

Format	Compress	Decompress
.zip	Compress-Archive	Expand-Archive
.tar	tar -cf	tar -xf
.tar.gz	tar -czf	tar -xzf
.cab	makecab	expand

Expand-Archive and tar: decompress with PowerShell

Formats and commands table

`Expand-Archive` and `tar`: decompress with PowerShell