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A question about WinZip

2004-12-01, 2:21 PM #1

Edward

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Hi!
I'm wondering something about WinZip 8.0. Is there some way I can, through the run command, ask it to open a ZIP file and extract and execute only one file from inside?

I know how to open a ZIP file from the run command. "C:\Program Files\WinZip\WINZIP32.EXE" H:\misc\ScreenSavers\cns!bnz.zip
How do I execute one file from inside? I run W2K, just so you know.

/Edward

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2004-12-01, 2:23 PM #2

MechWarrior

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Why not just use the Winzip program and just click and drag the file where you want it to go?

2004-12-01, 3:42 PM #3

Dj Yoshi

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Quote:

Originally posted by MechWarrior
Why not just use the Winzip program and just click and drag the file where you want it to go?

Because he doesn't want to. Obviously.

D E A T H

2004-12-01, 3:44 PM #4

Molgrew

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http://www.winzip.com/prodpagecl.htm ?

7-Zip has "Powerful command line version", though I don't know if it can extract certain archive content

2004-12-02, 1:02 PM #5

Edward

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OK... This WinZip add on did not have what I was looking for... It did not have Unpack AND Execute.
If any of you have Total Commander, then you would know what I want. Yes, I know I could just rumage through my folders to get to that zip file, double click on the file I want and hit "Unpack and Execute", but I was hoping I could do the same from the Quick Launch Bar.

/Edward

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2004-12-02, 1:18 PM #6

The MAZZTer

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Why not just keep it unzipped?

2004-12-02, 1:48 PM #7

Edward

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Takes more space then...
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2004-12-02, 3:32 PM #8

Brian

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Quote:

Originally posted by Edward
OK... This WinZip add on did not have what I was looking for... It did not have Unpack AND Execute.
If any of you have Total Commander, then you would know what I want. Yes, I know I could just rumage through my folders to get to that zip file, double click on the file I want and hit "Unpack and Execute", but I was hoping I could do the same from the Quick Launch Bar.

When I used to use winzip all you had to do was double-click the zip file, select which file you wanted to run, and double-click that. It would then extract everything to a temp directory and run that file.