Q: How do I decompress a .zip or .tar.gz file?

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A: You can decompress files with the extension .zip or .tar.gz using WinZip, which is installed on all the openlab machines.

First, move the compressed file to the directory and folder that you would like the decompressed files to end up. Then right-click the compressed file, hightlight WinZip, and select Extract to Here. This will decompress the files and save the decompressed files to that same folder.