To open an archive, perform the following steps: Choose ArchiveOpen to display the Open dialog.Select the archive that you want to open.Click Open.File Roller automatically determines the archive type, and displays: The archive name in the window titlebarThe archive contents in the display areaThe total number of files in the archive, and the size of the archive when uncompressed, in the statusbarTo open another archive, choose ArchiveOpen again. File Roller opens each archive in a new window. To open another archive in the same window, you must first choose ArchiveClose to close the current archive, then choose ArchiveOpen.If you try to open an archive that was created in a format that File Roller does not recognize, the application displays an error message. See  for a list of supported formats.
