How to extract WinZip Self-Extracting exe in silent mode

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user3309953 picture user3309953 · Apr 8, 2015 · Viewed 10.5k times · Source

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.

Answer

Coburn picture Coburn · Aug 28, 2015

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/

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