On a stock Vista box we need to be able to extract files from a zip file
from a command line batch script. I can't seem to find a command for this.
I know unzipping is built in because we can just double click on it and get
access to the files.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
jim

Hi,

Don't know how useful this will be, but you may want to read this thread:
[url]http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=692917&SiteID=1[/url]

Basically, there is no command line to use. The unzipping is a function of
zipfldr.dll, so would use regsvr32.exe to invoke it, and as far as I know
there are no arguements you can add to it for unzipping via batch file.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
[url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]
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"Jim H" <jimh@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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> On a stock Vista box we need to be able to extract files from a zip file
> from a command line batch script. I can't seem to find a command for
> this. I know unzipping is built in because we can just double click on it
> and get access to the files.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> jim
>[/color]

Jim H <jimh@nospam.nospam> wrote:[color=blue]
>
> On a stock Vista box we need to be able to extract files from a zip file
> from a command line batch script. I can't seem to find a command for
> this. I know unzipping is built in because we can just double click on
> it and get access to the files.
>
> Any ideas?[/color]


I use the command line version of 7-Zip. Add it to a folder that you have
added to your PATH - I use C:\WINDOWS\~command - or you can just put it in
your system32 folder.

[url]http://www.7-zip.org/download.html[/url]

ss.