OT? How To UnZip Via Command Line w/WinZip 11.1?

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Been beating my head against the wall all morning, but not
getting anywhere.

I have WinZip 11.1 and the corresponding Wzzip installed.

Seems like there sb a command line parameter to un-zip an
encrypted file, but the "-e" that keeps coming up via Google is
not doing it.

Can anybody point to a command line example that unzips using the
old version 11.1 of WinZip or wzzip?
 
Per (PeteCresswell):
Can anybody point to a command line example that unzips using the
old version 11.1 of WinZip or wzzip?
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Got it:

- Freebie app called "7zip".

- "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" e -pwhateverPW %1 -od:\Temp2
Unzips the file dropped on to the .CMD's icon into D:\Temp2
 
Been beating my head against the wall all morning, but not
getting anywhere.

I have WinZip 11.1 and the corresponding Wzzip installed.

Seems like there sb a command line parameter to un-zip an
encrypted file, but the "-e" that keeps coming up via Google is
not doing it.

Can anybody point to a command line example that unzips using the
old version 11.1 of WinZip or wzzip?
Click to expand...

In my even older version of Winzip, ver. 9, there's a separate command
line unzip program, WZUNZIP.EXE.
 
Per (PeteCresswell):
Got it:

- Freebie app called "7zip".

- "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" e -pwhateverPW %1 -od:\Temp2
Unzips the file dropped on to the .CMD's icon into D:\Temp2
Click to expand...

And if you want to do the whole directory, fire up a command line
window and paste this into it:

for %I in (*.zip) do "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" e
-pWhateverPW %I -oW:

That will extract all .ZIP files to W:

For reasons I don't understand, that syntax does not work when
invoked from a .BAT file. No error message, it just terminates.
 
Been beating my head against the wall all morning, but not
getting anywhere.

I have WinZip 11.1 and the corresponding Wzzip installed.

Seems like there sb a command line parameter to un-zip an
encrypted file, but the "-e" that keeps coming up via Google is
not doing it.

Can anybody point to a command line example that unzips using the
old version 11.1 of WinZip or wzzip?
Click to expand...

Get a copy of the old dos version of PKUNZIP and PKZIP.
be sure it's the one that will retain long file names.
 
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