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7 zip: change to extract on double-click
How can change 7-zip so that when a zip file is double-clicked, it extracts that file?
I've associated zip files with 7-zip, but this results in it opening in archive folder on a double-click. I've tried all 3 executables in the 7-zip program files directory.
Running Windows 7, obviously
I've associated zip files with 7-zip, but this results in it opening in archive folder on a double-click. I've tried all 3 executables in the 7-zip program files directory.
Running Windows 7, obviously
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Here's a simple batch file you can use. There's no error checking or anything like that. It just passes the file name and location to 7z for extraction.
With your favourite text editor, save the following code as a .cmd file in a folder inside your path statement. C:\Windows is the easiest. If you use notepad, make sure it saves the file with .cmd and not .cmd.txt.
Verify the correct path to your 7zG.exe. Change it as needed. Be sure, though, you maintain the "" around the exe location.
Then right-click on a 7Zip archive and select "Open With" then select "Choose Program". Select "Browse". Then navigate to the folder where you save the cmd file and select it and click "Open". Be sure to check the box next to "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file."
With your favourite text editor, save the following code as a .cmd file in a folder inside your path statement. C:\Windows is the easiest. If you use notepad, make sure it saves the file with .cmd and not .cmd.txt.
@echo off
"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe" x "%~f1" -o"%~dp1%~n1"Verify the correct path to your 7zG.exe. Change it as needed. Be sure, though, you maintain the "" around the exe location.
Then right-click on a 7Zip archive and select "Open With" then select "Choose Program". Select "Browse". Then navigate to the folder where you save the cmd file and select it and click "Open". Be sure to check the box next to "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file."
hey ltam, does that work also for winzip files, if the path is changed to winzip ?
Winzip has it's own command line options. The simplest way would be to just associate the archives you want to extract on double-click with that cmd file and 7Zip will extract it.
Or you could try something like this:
This will execute 7Zip for all .7z files and winzip for all .zip files. With the variety of archive names, I think just associating them all with the simple batch file is the easiest. I believe 7Zip handles just about every archive out there.
Winzip has an add-on for command line functionality, but I've been able to pass commands to the executable without the module installed. I also think the command line add-on doesn't work with the evaluation version.
As for winrar, I haven't worked with it on a command-line at all, so I'd have to do some hunting for syntax and such.
Or you could try something like this:
@echo off
if /i %~x1 == .7z "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe" x "%~f1" -o"%~dp1%~n1"
if /i %~x1 == .zip "C:\Program Files\WinZip\WINZIP32.EXE" -e "%~f1" "%~dp1%~n1"This will execute 7Zip for all .7z files and winzip for all .zip files. With the variety of archive names, I think just associating them all with the simple batch file is the easiest. I believe 7Zip handles just about every archive out there.
Winzip has an add-on for command line functionality, but I've been able to pass commands to the executable without the module installed. I also think the command line add-on doesn't work with the evaluation version.
As for winrar, I haven't worked with it on a command-line at all, so I'd have to do some hunting for syntax and such.
tx for the info - appreciated!
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