CODEWITHSUNDEEP
java
noobCoder
noobCoder

Reputation: 389

UnZip folder to Program File folder using Java

I'm currently trying to create a Java program that will unzip a folder into a certain folder within the Program Files Folder.

I'm using the 3rd party library Zip4j to unzip the folder. the following is the code i'm using. 

    String source = "C:\\Users\\chris\\Desktop\\New folder.zip";
    String destination = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Test Folder";
    String password = "password";

    try {
        ZipFile zipFile = new ZipFile(source);
        if (zipFile.isEncrypted()) {
            zipFile.setPassword(password);
        }
        zipFile.extractAll(destination);
    } catch (ZipException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

it works perfectly if I'm trying to unzip to a normal folder on the desktop. but once i try to unzip it to the program files i get the following Exception java.io.FileNotFoundException.

I assume that my program needs admin rights to be able access the folder within the Program Files folder. Does anyone know how to do this?

Error log:

Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Program Files (x86)\Test     Folder\New folder\New Text Document.txt (The system cannot find the path specified) at java.io.FileOutputStream.open0(Native Method) at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(FileOutputStream.java:270) at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:213) at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:162) at net.lingala.zip4j.unzip.UnzipEngine.getOutputStream(UnzipEngine.java:432) ... 7 more

Upvotes: 0

Views: 393

Answers (3)

mattyman
mattyman

Reputation: 351

Please try to check if the folder is accessible or exists. Also if you have permission to the folder. Then Try below code:

String source = "C:\\Users\\chris\\Desktop\\New folder.zip";
String destination = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Test Folder";
String password = "password";

try {
   ZipFile zipFile = new ZipFile(source);
   if (zipFile.isEncrypted()) {
       zipFile.setPassword(password);
   }
   File file = new File(destination);
   if (file.exists()) {
      zipFile.extractAll(destination);
   } else {
      System.out.println("Foolder not exists"+destination);
   }
} catch (ZipException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

Upvotes: 1

tak3shi
tak3shi

Reputation: 2405

You need admin rights to write to the program folder. Open the administrator command line and execute from there.

Check here how to enable admin rights from java code: [Run Java file as Administrator with full privileges

Upvotes: 1

noobCoder
noobCoder

Reputation: 389

Restarted my pc, and re-ran the code from cmd and it worked fine :)

Upvotes: 1

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