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This update came as part of Octobers optional KB5031455 Preview cumulative update.
Once your unit finds the new optional update, click theDownload and installbutton.
Password-encrypted files arent covered in this update, but that will come soon.
Reportedly, Microsoft enlistedthe open-source libarchive project, a library of file archive and file compression formats.
This new Windows support for this file format will be helpful to those using the Windows Subsystem for Linux.
Otherwise you could wait until Novembers Patch Tuesday, when there is a scheduled Windows 11 cumulative update.
