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IDEA: Why do unzip apps have to be so complicated?
wr975:
Don't forget you can add it to the context menu, just like winrar does, on folder options -> file types.
-jgpaiva (September 28, 2006, 04:55 AM)
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That easy? I've never tried it. .... And you're right. Thanks. :)
Now with right-click working I really started to like this idea/script. I didn't think I'd ever use it (just a script experiment), but now I don't want to miss it anymore.
I updated the script a bit (better handling for folders/subfolders with one file) + commented it.
jsmallberry:
wr975: I've tried your solution, it works great! The only problem is, I don't use WinRAR anymore, because it is not free. I don't understand why WinRAR is so popular when there are so many freeware apps. Anyway, I use IZArc. I tried your app on an older computer that I haven't changed to IZArc yet, but still had WinRAR and I'm very pleased. I tried to point the ini to IZArc (with the proper command line switches), but it didn't work. I'll work on it a little more, but if we can't get it to work on other archivers, then I may have to switch back to WinRAR, I like the script so much.
PS. When I mention zip files, I do mean any archive files (sorry). Old habits die hard.
lanux128: Thanks for the tip for ExtractNow, every once in a while I need to extract a SIT file, I didn't think there was a free app for Windows. I've always had to use my wife's Mac.
kimmchii: Thanks for your input, but that's my point of the post. I could handle extracting the files/folders, but it took more than one input from me. My motto is, computers should work for us, not we work for computers.
Thank everyone for his/her input and interest, especially wr975 for the solution.
lanux128:
wr975, cool script. 8) but a gui would be nice. nothing spectacular, just a drag-drop area with the settings visible below it. just in case, someone decides not delete the zip file after extracting.
jsmallberry, glad to be of help. :Thmbsup:
f0dder:
jsmallberry: WinRAR is popular because it's been around for a while, it has a good compression/speed ratio, it isn't very expensive (not everybody's a freeloader :P), and it has very good commandline support ans OS features (saves NTFS alternate streams and security info) - plus unrar is free & has source code available.
You should be able to use the free unrar for your purposes.
lanux128:
yeah, i agree with f0dder.. even in dc's in-house review, WinRar came out tops.
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