Do you know of any other tool out there that would simply unpack the files? I will check out what you mentioned in your response.
Why, yes, of course! Akeeba Kickstart ???? The idea is that you already have a web server set up on your machine. Just put Kickstart and the archive in a folder under your server and run Kickstart. It will extract the archive. Just don't press the Run the Installation button.
Remember that Kickstart only extracts the backup archive. It does NOT restore the backup. The archive contains a copy of your files, a database dump and a restoration script called ANGIE. That's why there's the "Run the Installation" button. It takes you from Kickstart (which extracted the archive) to ANGIE (which restores the backup). If you don't press it you have just extracted the backup and that's all there is to it.
You should also check the advanced options at the bottom of Kickstart's page. You can even tell it which files and folders to skip extracting.
Instead of complaining why don't they consider helping with solutions/support?
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