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Coomnd to unzip a folder full of ZIP files?
« on: November 07, 2017, 10:14:23 AM »
On this PC I have downloaded a bunch of ZIP files.
On at a time. Forty ZIP files.
 My fingers are getting tired after doing only a dozen  ZIP folders.

Now I would like t o unzip thing with some kind of script or batch file. The PC has Windows XP, 7 and 10. Is there an easy way to tell Windows unzip on the files in the current directory? Or should I just use a third-[arty program, like 7-Zip ?

Oh, forgot to mention, the site where I got the stuff might not be a safe source. So far I found a few bits of malware that were caught by Aviva. I do not intend to run any executives, the material is mostly PDF, DOC and HTML stuff.

Any suggestions welcome.  :)


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Re: Coomnd to unzip a folder full of ZIP files?
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2017, 10:16:43 AM »
You have 3 OS's on that PC ? ?
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Re: Coomnd to unzip a folder full of ZIP files?
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2017, 10:49:43 AM »
You have 3 OS's on that PC ? ?
Yes, It has a 500 GB hard drive, which is more than  enough for three OS and lots of stuff I like to have at hand. I is an old refurbished dell 755 I got on eBay. I put in the 500 GB drive and installed the three OS on it.

Do you have any ideas about how to automate the ZIP extraction? Would Windows 10 do it faster, better or easier? It is rather slow in Windows XP. and I start to fall asleep.


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Re: Coomnd to unzip a folder full of ZIP files?
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2017, 02:09:02 PM »
With Zipware (free) you can select multiple Zip files in Windows Explorer, then right click the ensemble and select Zipware from the context menu & choose to unzip each archive to a separate folder named after the zip file, or all in the same folder, or somewhere else...

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Re: Coomnd to unzip a folder full of ZIP files?
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2017, 02:14:29 PM »
Salmon Trout,
Thanks, Zipware is what I need.
And it is free! Great! I can afford free.  :)

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Re: Coomnd to unzip a folder full of ZIP files?
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2017, 06:52:55 AM »
7-Zip also has a batch option to unzip multiple files.  My guess would be that most of the 3rd party archive tools have that ability.

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Re: Coomnd to unzip a folder full of ZIP files?
« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2017, 01:13:55 PM »
Thanks, I have used different zip programs before, but this is the first time I had to unzip forty folders at  one time.
The program Salmon gave does the job very well. Each zip folder had a lot of stuff inside, so I wanted to make sure it all went into the right place. The check it out, I have it do a set of five  at a time. That worked good, so then I had it do all the rest.

Thanks  for responding.


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Re: Coomnd to unzip a folder full of ZIP files?
« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2017, 02:04:16 PM »
If you have 7-Zip you can do the exactly same thing - extract each zip archive to a separate folder (which will be in the same folder as the archives), but you need to do 2 things

1. Make 7-Zip show its context menu when right clicking multiple zip archives:

a. Open 7-Zip
b. Choose Options
c. Choose the 7-Zip tab
d. Make sure "Integrate 7-Zip to shell context menu" is checked/ticked (it isn't in the picture)
e. Click OK




2. Use the correct context menu choice. Select one or more zip archive(s) in Windows Explorer and right click them and a 7-Zip entry is in the context menu. If you have only selected one archive, it offers to extract to a folder named for/after the archive;



If you selected more than one, the option to extract each to its own folder is rather baffingly named "Extract to "\".




« Last Edit: November 08, 2017, 02:16:02 PM by Salmon Trout »

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Re: Coomnd to unzip a folder full of ZIP files?
« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2017, 02:59:06 PM »
Salmon Trout,
Another thanks. Good Post
I did not know you could put 7-Zip into the shell menu
That makes the  thread of greater value to others.

So, for anybody who already has 7-Zip,  follow the steps shown by Salmon Trout above.
Make sure you find the place where it says:
"Integrate 7-Zip to shell context menu"
And you will be ready to go.

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Re: Coomnd to unzip a folder full of ZIP files?
« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2017, 03:44:27 PM »
You can also select that option when installing 7Zip....
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Re: Coomnd to unzip a folder full of ZIP files?
« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2017, 03:46:29 PM »
I have found that 7-Zip has an advantage over Zipware. If you select one or more zip archives, and then right-click and drag them into another different folder, when you let go the right mouse button, you get the context menu, and the 7-zip entry offers its options but applying to that destination folder. Zipware does not do this.