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Convert chq to tar

  1. Download and install the latest version of Filestar.

  2. Right click on one or more Chq file(s) on your desktop and select Convert with Filestar.

  3. Type convert to tar in the search box.

  4. Press Convert.

Or let an AI agent do it: filestarcli -i file.chq -c "convert to tar" (how).

Let your AI agent convert CHQ to TAR

Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents can do this on your computer with Filestar. Your files stay on your machine.

Install Filestar and add it to your agents:

npm install -g filestar
filestarcli agent install

Or add it in one click:

Claude Code:

claude mcp add filestar -- npx -y [email protected] mcp

Then ask your agent:

“Convert the CHQ files in my Downloads folder to TAR”

Or run it yourself:

filestarcli -i file.chq -c "convert to tar"

Runs on your computer, so your files stay on it. Works on Windows, macOS and Linux. 50 free conversions with the npm install, no account needed.

Can my AI agent convert CHQ to TAR?

Yes. Install the Filestar CLI with npm install -g filestar and your agent can run filestarcli -i file.chq -c "convert to tar" on your computer, so your files stay on it.

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What is the difference between .chq and .tar?

Name
Help Combined Full-Text Search File
Consolidated Unix File Archive
Extension
.chq
.tar
Format
Binary
Binary
Category
Developer
Other
Developer
Microsoft
Jean-loup Gailly
Description
Microsoft Compiled HTML Help is a proprietary format for online help files, developed by Microsoft and first released in 1997 as a successor to the Microsoft WinHelp format. It was first introduced with the release of Windows 98, and is still supported and distributed through Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 platforms.
Tar archive created by tar, a Unix-based utility used to package files together; contains multiple files stored in an uncompressed format; commonly compressed into a .GZ file using GNU Zip compression.
MIME Type
application/x-chq-help-file
application/x-tar
Sample
sample.tar
Wikipedia
.tar on Wikipedia

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