Docs: Reference 7z requirement on Windows (#35943)

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@ -1326,6 +1326,7 @@ Required:
* Microsoft Visual Studio
* Python
* Git
* 7z
Optional:
* Intel Fortran (needed for some packages)
@ -1391,6 +1392,13 @@ as the project providing Git support on Windows. This is additionally the recomm
for installing Git on Windows, a link to which can be found above. Spack requires the
utilities vendored by this project.
"""
7zip
"""
A tool for extracting ``.xz`` files is required for extracting source tarballs. The latest 7zip
can be located at https://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/.
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Step 2: Install and setup Spack
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