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user3309953
user3309953

Reputation: 171

How to extract WinZip Self-Extracting exe in silent mode

I have create a exe file using WinZip Self-Extractor. It extracts the file in UI mode, that is while dobule click the setup a new window opened that shows unzipping setupname.exe. I need to extract the same exe in silent mode which should not show unzipping UI info.

Is it possible to extract the exe using WinZip Self-Extractor in both UI mode and Silent mode? Please share the steps if available to do this.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 17894

Answers (4)

Pierre-Luc St-Laurent
Pierre-Luc St-Laurent

Reputation: 21

You can use the switch -info to see the /auto command in self-extrator.

For example :

myWinZipSelfExtract.exe -info

You get for example the prompt info with the command :

-win32 -le -overwrite -c ".\setup.exe"

Prompt info command

Upvotes: 1

user11573633
user11573633

Reputation: 1

I had a similar problem but found Powershells Expand-Archive command worked.

e.g. Expand-Archive C:\\path_to_exe.exe -DestinationPath C:\\path_to_extract_to -Force

Upvotes: 0

Cobertos
Cobertos

Reputation: 2253

For WinZip you can use the /auto flag followed by the directory you would like to unzip it to.

For example:

myWinZipSelfExtract.exe /auto C:\whereever\you\want

where myWinZipSelfExtract.exe is your self-extracting exe

Source: http://kb.winzip.com/kb/entry/115/

Upvotes: 3

Aishu
Aishu

Reputation: 413

This extracts the self-extracting exe file's content in silent mode.

Syntax: <self-extract-exe-name>.exe -unzipDir <Destination-Folder>

Example: Test.exe -unzipDir C:\my-files\test

Upvotes: -1

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