creating batch script to unzip a file without additional zip tools

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I m trying to make a  bat script for windows 7 x64 to create a folder  unzip a file into that folder without having to use additional addons like 7zip or unzip  Been searching and it seemed like windows doesn t have builtins to allow unzip easily in command  Can I unzip expand files without additional addons

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Another approach to this issue could be to create a self extracting executable   exe  using something like winzip and use this as the install vector rather than the zip file   Similarly  you could use NSIS to create an executable installer and use that instead of the zip

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Try this    echo off setlocal cd  d   dp0 Call  UnZipFile  C  Temp    c  path to batch zip  exit  b   UnZipFile  lt ExtractTo gt   lt newzipfile gt  set vbs   temp    vbs  if exist  vbs  del  f  q  vbs   gt  vbs   echo Set fso   CreateObject  Scripting FileSystemObject    gt  gt  vbs  echo If NOT fso FolderExists  1  Then  gt  gt  vbs  echo fso CreateFolder  1   gt  gt  vbs  echo End If  gt  gt  vbs  echo set objShell   CreateObject  Shell Application    gt  gt  vbs  echo set FilesInZip objShell NameSpace  2  items  gt  gt  vbs  echo objShell NameSpace  1  CopyHere FilesInZip   gt  gt  vbs  echo Set fso   Nothing  gt  gt  vbs  echo Set objShell   Nothing cscript   nologo  vbs  if exist  vbs  del  f  q  vbs    Revision  To have it perform the unzip on each zip file creating a folder for each use    echo off setlocal cd  d   dp0 for   a in    zip  do       Call  UnZipFile  C  Temp    na    c  path to    nxa    exit  b   If you don t want it to create a folder for each zip  change  Call  UnZipFile  C  Temp    na    c  path to    nxa  to  Call  UnZipFile  C  Temp    c  path to    nxa

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If you have PowerShell 5 0 or higher  pre-installed with Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016    powershell Expand-Archive your zip -DestinationPath your destination

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Here is a quick and simple solution using PowerShell:

powershell.exe -nologo -noprofile -command "& { $shell = New-Object -COM Shell.Application; $target = $shell.NameSpace('C:\extractToThisDirectory'); $zip = $shell.NameSpace('C:\extractThis.zip'); $target.CopyHere($zip.Items(), 16); }"

This uses the built-in extract functionality of the Explorer and will also show the typical extract progress window. The second parameter 16 to CopyHere answers all questions with yes.

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Here s my overview about built-in zi unzip  compress decompress  capabilities in windows - How can I compress    zip   and uncompress    unzip   files and folders with batch file without using any external tools   To unzip file you can use this script    zipjs bat unzip -source C  myDir myZip zip -destination C  MyDir -keep yes -force no

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