er . . archiver program . ? I'm using XP Pro .. any good? .. . Not eh? . . :(

G

What do you use to unzip a zipped file?

OK . . click on a "single" Zip and it either happens automatically OR right click and I get the Extract option .. make a folder etc etc . . .

G

OK either click the first one and then "shift click" the last one to select them all.

or "control click each one to select them all and then right click to unzip should work.

"OK either click the first one and then "shift click" the last one to select them all." . .Yup I did this last night.

. . . closely followed by your " . . .or "control click each one to select them all and then right click to unzip should work. "

and yes it doesn't . .. .

I just don't wanna repeat 30 times something I could possibly do in one simply procedure . .. .

Grazie

Grazie,
I have WinZip 9 and XP Pro. I just rightclick the archive (freeloops15.zip) in Windows Explorer, select WinZip on the menu and then select Extract to "current folder\freeloops15" on the sub-menu. Then I rightclick freeloops16 etc etc. I've not bothered to find a way to automate it more than that. 30 rightclicks I can manage.
Tor

Implicit here is an advise to keep the loops in different folders.

EDIT: Great Clapton! Select them all first in Windows Explorer, then rightclick, select WinZip and select Extract to here using filenames for folders. Done.

Then send me airfare and I'll bring some decent software and do it for you.

"I have WinZip 9 " Good for you. Does this come with XP Pro? Yes or No? The rest of your advise I follow.

"I've not bothered to find a way to automate it more than that. 30 rightclicks I can manage. " . . and so can I . . so can I. I was just hoping that I could do what I wish.

"Implicit here is an advise to keep the loops in different folders. " . . yes, but I want to experiment with all 300 in one folder for reasons of my own. Implicit in my question was the same.

So, plain vanilla XP Pro can not batch unzip 30 zips? Yes or No?

G

I just tried the xp unzipper and you are right, it won't select more than 1 at a time.

Winzip should though although I haven't used it.

I've been using Winrar for about 10 years because it does everything.

At one time, it was the easiest way to put a large file on multiple floppies to transfer them to another PC.

Also there are about 12 different compression methods, including "cab" files that it can extract.

But still, winzip should get the job done.

And now it is bedtime on the west coast, so good luck.

Night! Sleep tight! . . Grazzzzzzzziie

I bought WinZip for money ($29)
Get it at this address. Silly money indeed.
Tor

>"I have WinZip 9 " Good for you. Does this come with XP Pro? Yes or No? The rest of your advise I follow.

WinZip is a separate program. It is $29 and can be had at www.winzip.com. Earlier versions of Windows didn't have a built-in zip decoder. As per the discussion, the stand-alone program has advantages.

With Winzip, I can select a range of zip files in windows explorer, then right click on the selected range and select options for winzip...

"extract to here" will extract all files in all the selected zips into the current directory

"extract to here using file names for folders" will create a directory for each of the zip files (the files for freeloops1 will be put in a folder called freeloops1).

I think maybe another choice would put them all in a directory you specify, but I didn't try that.

I also uninstalled Winzip on one of my XP machines, and, yes, with the built-in unzipper of XP you cannot select a group of files and extract them.

I'm not really adding much with this message, but thought I would try to expalin the WinZip thing in one message.

Get WinRAR (www.rarsoft.com) - the defacto compression standard. Highlight the entire Acid 300-30 series in Explorer and right click - choose "Extract each archive to separate folder". Done.

Cheers,

VP

I guess my answer of "use the command line un-zipper" wouldn't be usefull now, huh? :)

Ah! command lines . . pray tell me? Does this go in "Run" . . I remeber a time when we used to run progs from a DOS prompt? You remember? . . .Soooo.. Mr Friar .. pray tell .. I'm all ears . .

Grazie

If you are happy with the zip management in XP and you just need something for this specific case and don't want to purchase a commercial program such as WinRar or WinZip etc.
You can install the freeware 7-zip Windows program or
You can use the freeware 7-zip command line program, which will not alter your system configuration as it runs from a dos window.
After extracting the contents of the package copy the 7za.exe program into the folder where the zipped loop files are and:
Open notepad and write the following line:
7za x *.zip -oLoops
Save it under whatever name you wish with extension ".bat", in the same directory where the 7za.exe and the zips reside.
Double click the younameit.bat file and all zip files will be extracted into a new directory named Loops.
If you don't want that the program create the Loop folder for putting the extracted files in and you prefer to have all extracted files in the same working directory omit the "-oLoops" switch from the command line. (Of course you can also change the name Loops to whatever name you want).

Years ago in the days of "Dos" I started using "Norton Commander" as a file management, zip management tool.

I found it indispensible for deleting hidden and system files, editing config.sys etc. files and for looking inside zipped files etc. without extracting them.

Norton stopped supporting it in about 1999 and it started acting up.

Now I use Total Commander

http://www.ghisler.com/index.htm

which I found to be very similar and I could use the same shortcut keys.

If you try it and get some practice using the keyboard (it also works with the mouse) you will NEVER use windows explorer again.

Also it is only $25. and it unzips files all at once or just looks inside them or copies them all at once or whatever you like.

Give it a try.

EDIT It also has a dos command line which you can type dos commands at will.

The DOS command for running any program multiple times with wildcard filename arguments is:

for %i in (*.zip) do unzip %i

Just in case you have a command line unzip.exe hanging around. ;-)

~jr

I would of just done

pkunzip *.zip e:\loopsa~1\misc

that's where I keep all my non-specific loops/sfx. :)

note: to find out the 8 char verson of long filenames, do this

goto control panel-system-advanced (tab)-environment variables (button)

then, under system variables, add
var name: DIRCMD
var value: /x

then when you do DIR in dos command line the 8 letter names will appear along with the long names. :) (this is how i do it in win2k. I don't have XP but i'm sure it's simular).

I'm sorry - too tired and not reading correctly.

I thought you had WinZip 9 also - sorry for the unnecessary post.

It is a good program and worth the $29 - lifetime of free upgrades, added functionality - overall nice to have. Probably others out there - maybe even free, but this is what I use

Hi! - Is WinZip 9 a product you've bought OR is it part of Windoze? ... G

Winzip is a 3rd party app. I've used it for years long before Windows came with native unzip functionality.

Winzip is free if you don't mind the nag screen when you launch the program by any means.

I switched to Power Archiver (Google it) several years ago, it's just about the same as Winzip in terms of use (GUI etc.) but supports more formats such as .rar and the free/trial version only nags you if you launch the program from All Programs or any other shortcut such as Quick Launch but presents no nag screen from the right-click context menu.

MJ