How to extract WinZip Self-Extracting exe in silent mode

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I have create a exe file using WinZip Self-Extractor. It extracts the file in UI mode, that is while dobule click the setup a new window opened that shows unzipping setupname.exe. I need to extract the same exe in silent mode which should not show unzipping UI info.

Is it possible to extract the exe using WinZip Self-Extractor in both UI mode and Silent mode? Please share the steps if available to do this.

What happens if you run your exe with the "/?" command? Are you shown a 'usage' dialog, or given a list of command-line options in a shell window? — jbudreau, Apr 08 '15 at 12:08

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 28 '15 at 04:34

For WinZip you can use the /auto flag followed by the directory you would like to unzip it to.

For example:

myWinZipSelfExtract.exe /auto C:\whereever\you\want

where myWinZipSelfExtract.exe is your self-extracting exe

Source: http://kb.winzip.com/kb/entry/115/

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 29 '19 at 14:57

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I had a similar problem but found Powershells Expand-Archive command worked.

e.g. Expand-Archive C:\\path_to_exe.exe -DestinationPath C:\\path_to_extract_to -Force

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answered May 29 '19 at 14:52

user11573633

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Weird ... "Expand-Archive : .exe is not a supported archive file format. .zip is the only supported archive file format." – Spechal Aug 23 '19 at 19:39
For me it worked only after changing the file extension of the archive from `exe` to `zip`. After renaming the file `Expand-Archive` extracted it without complaining. – Christoph Böhme Sep 17 '19 at 14:11

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 17 '15 at 20:49

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This extracts the self-extracting exe file's content in silent mode.

Syntax: <self-extract-exe-name>.exe -unzipDir <Destination-Folder>

Example: Test.exe -unzipDir C:\my-files\test

answered Jun 17 '15 at 20:49

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score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 26 '20 at 20:05

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You can use the switch -info to see the /auto command in self-extrator.

For example :

myWinZipSelfExtract.exe -info

You get for example the prompt info with the command :

-win32 -le -overwrite -c ".\setup.exe"

Prompt info command

answered Feb 26 '20 at 20:05

Pierre-Luc St-Laurent

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