[Bug-tar] Extracting Archives in Windows

[blackhole82]

I was wondering if somebody could help me with the syntax for extracting an 
archive with an absolute path name in Windows.  If I change to the directory 
where the file is I can extract it, but if I try to call the tar command with 
the path I always get an error.  I've tried tar -xf 
C:\Tcl\projects\failedDeliveryList\FailedDeliveries072309.tar, 
tar -xfC C:\Tcl\projects\failedDeliveryList\ FailedDeliveries072309.tar,
and tar --extract --file=FailedDeliveries072309.tar 
--directory=C:\Tcl\projects\failedDeliveryList\.  But nothing works.