2008-12-02_090330I probably use this at least 2 times a day.  It will decompress/compress any type of file .tar, .gz, .zip, .rar, .7z to name just a few of them.  I almost always use it via the context menu as it is easy to get to.  The application also will .zip a file at a higher compression then Windows can and is super lean and quick.  There are also a host of settings that you can play with when you are creating the compressed archive.  As I said this application is a must have.

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