"How to unpack an archive?" - this question is asked by people who have downloaded archived files from the Internet, be it music, photos or documents. Some users cannot open the archive file and do not know how to unpack the archive because they do not have an archiver program installed on their computer.
It is necessary
WinRAR or 7z program
Instructions
Step 1
In order to open the archive or unpack it, you need an archiver program. The two most popular programs that can decompress compressed files are called WinRAR and 7z.
After installing WinRAR or 7z, the packed archive files will change the shortcut. Right-click on the archive, and you will see in the context menu "Unpack" or "Extract", as well as "Extract to current folder". In the English version of these programs, unpacking archives is called “Extract” and “Extract to”.
If you click "Extract to current folder", the archive will be unpacked directly to the folder where it is located. Thus, all files and folders that the archive contains will be located in the folder where the archive was written. In some versions of WinRAR this button is called "Save to current folder".
If you click "Extract", the program will give you a choice of the path where you need to unpack the archive. You can create an empty new folder, and unpack the archive there so as not to lose files and mix them with other similar files that are already recorded on the computer.
There is another way to extract files. This method is convenient because if you need to unpack not the entire archive, but only a part of it, it is better to use this technique. You just open the archive like any other file, and drag the files you need to any folder convenient for you, just like you drag ordinary files from folder to folder on your computer.
