How to extract WinZip Self-Extracting exe in silen

Question

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

Answer 1

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/

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

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