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.
Thanks,
Saravana
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/
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
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