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How to open a large file with an .tar.xz extension?

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Mar 15, 2026106462 views
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I got a 1GB file with an .tar.xz extension. Apparently, inside this single file is PDF files and ebooks. How do I open this type of file and read these files? Does ExtractNow work? Any simple tools? Windows 7 64-bit. IE 8.

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7-zip has a nice, easy GUI that can let you extract (and many other) archives. XZ files are not associated by default, so after installing 7-zip, right-click your file and select 7-Zip->Open archive Then you can double-click the file in that to see …

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