How To Extract A Tgz File In Windows From The Command Line

You must be logged in to an administrative account in order to launch an app as an administrator.

You must be logged in to an administrative account in order to launch an app as an administrator.

You can find the path to a file by navigating to the file in File Explorer. Right-click the address bar at the top and click Copy Address. You can then paste it into the Command Prompt.

The entire command should look something like tar -xvzf C:\user\username\Downloads\archive. tgz -C C:\user\username\Documents