String sourcefilename = FILETOBEUNCOMPRESSED; Filestream sourcefile = File.OpenRead(sourcefilename); Filestream destinationfile = File.Create(outputfilename); GZipStream compressionstream = new GZipStream(sourcefile, CompressionMode.Decompress); int sourcebyte = compressionstream.ReadByte(); while(sourcebyte != -1) { destinationfile.WriteByte((byte)sourcebyte); sourcebyte = compressionstream.ReadByte(); } //csharp/7607