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Title: How to UnZIP multiple files at one time?
Post by: unclet on March 24, 2004, 07:27:44 am
I have a lot of ZIP files (4000+) which I would like to unzip at once time instead of clicking each one individually and selecting Extract.    Is there a way to select all files and extract to the same place?

Title: Re:How to UnZIP multiple files at one time?
Post by: Tiger-Heli on March 24, 2004, 07:42:17 am
I have a lot of ZIP files (4000+) which I would like to unzip at once time instead of clicking each one individually and selecting Extract.    Is there a way to select all files and extract to the same place?
http://www.filzip.com/en/index.html

Get and install Filzip.  It's freeware.  Enable the shell extensions.  Put all your zip files in the same directory (easier.)  Select all the files and right-click on them and select Filzip-Extract To.  Specify a destination directory, ensure "Same Directory" is selected, click ok and wait for it to finish.
Title: Re:How to UnZIP multiple files at one time?
Post by: unclet on March 24, 2004, 08:18:14 am
Thanks a lot.    What a big help.....
Title: Re:How to UnZIP multiple files at one time?
Post by: _Iz- on March 24, 2004, 01:05:47 pm
winzip can unzip multiple files at once...  select the files in windows explorer (ctrl + a    will select all files) then right-click in the selection. there should be some winzip options...  extract to here, extract to folder...  etc...
Title: Re:How to UnZIP multiple files at one time?
Post by: krick on March 24, 2004, 02:19:16 pm
Just curious...

It looks like you're unzipping all your ROM files.  Why?
Title: Re:How to UnZIP multiple files at one time?
Post by: CitznFish on March 24, 2004, 02:25:56 pm
winRAR does a great job of this as well...
Title: Re:How to UnZIP multiple files at one time?
Post by: Stingray on March 24, 2004, 02:31:13 pm
Just curious...

It looks like you're unzipping all your ROM files.  Why?

Wondering the same thing myself.

-S
Title: Re:How to UnZIP multiple files at one time?
Post by: Luxury on March 24, 2004, 02:41:28 pm
Side question:

How would you zip multiple files into seperate zip archives?  
Title: Re:How to UnZIP multiple files at one time?
Post by: CitznFish on March 24, 2004, 02:55:25 pm
winzip can unzip multiple files at once...  select the files in windows explorer (ctrl + a    will select all files) then right-click in the selection. there should be some winzip options...  extract to here, extract to folder...  etc...

Doesn't that open multiple sessions of winzip, which then you have to manually close?
Title: Re:How to UnZIP multiple files at one time?
Post by: _Iz- on March 24, 2004, 03:04:00 pm
winzip can unzip multiple files at once...  select the files in windows explorer (ctrl + a    will select all files) then right-click in the selection. there should be some winzip options...  extract to here, extract to folder...  etc...

Doesn't that open multiple sessions of winzip, which then you have to manually close?

No.
Title: Re:How to UnZIP multiple files at one time?
Post by: _Iz- on March 24, 2004, 03:07:32 pm
Side question:

How would you zip multiple files into seperate zip archives?  

WinRAR can do that...  Select all the files, right click, then select winrar -> add to archive. Then in winrar on the "files" tab check "put each file to separate archive"  you can even change the compression type to zip instead of rar if you desire...
Title: Re:How to UnZIP multiple files at one time?
Post by: Mario on March 24, 2004, 06:12:37 pm
As an FYI, there's also this:

http://www.winzip.com/wzcline.htm

I use it within batch scripts.

Mario
Title: Re:How to UnZIP multiple files at one time?
Post by: unclet on March 24, 2004, 10:06:15 pm
The Atari2600, 5200, 7800 and NES Roms are all zipped, but needto be unzipped to the BIN or NES file extensions instead.   Of course for Mame I keep everything Zipped.

In WinZip, I could not find out how to extract multiple files.   It kept opening separate WinZip windows for each ZIP file I wanted to open and I did have to close each one individually.

I did not think of looking into WinRAR.   Anyway, FilZip works great....
Title: Re:How to UnZIP multiple files at one time?
Post by: Stormy151 on March 25, 2004, 12:09:01 am
I use WinRAR, it's very good. :)