Developers Conference Microsoft assembly started this week. In addition to the new update coming this Wednesday as an optional update, Microsoft has announced several new features that coming to Windows 11 in the coming monthslike AI features in the Microsoft Store and the new Assistant Windows co-pilot also based on AI. In addition, the company also confirmed that the operating system will natively support other file formats. like rar and 7z.

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Members of the Windows Insider program will soon be able to begin testing native file support for RAR, 7z, TAR, GZ, and more, Microsoft says. The company says that support for these formats will be implemented using an open source library. liarchive.

With built-in support for these formats, users no longer need to install third-party file archivers such as WinRAR and 7-Zip to process them. Currently, Windows 11 natively supports compressing and extracting ZIP and CAB files. Currently, users can use the File Explorer context menu to compress and extract ZIP files. In the case of files in CAB format, you must use the command line tool makecab.exe.

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The RAR format is widely used by users who exchange large files divided into several parts. Others prefer the 7z format because of the high compression ratio.

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“We have added built-in support for additional archive formats including RAR, 7z, TAR, GZ and many more using the libarchive open source project. Now you can improve the performance of Windows compression archiving features.”
— Panos Panay, Director of Products, Windows and Devices

If plans don’t change, Windows Insiders will be able to test it in a new build of Windows 11 that will be available later this weekbut Microsoft didn’t say exactly when.

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