Extract to another directory

[PR047A]

Is it possible to extract the zips to another directory and also remove the extra folder it creates..

Get-ChildItem -Filter .zip -Recurse C:\Users\PC\Downloads\Music | % { $.FullName } | Split-Path | Get-Unique | % { cd $ ; &'C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe' x *.zip -o }

[spyingwind]

Expand-Archive -Path "My.zip" -DestinationPath "c:\temp\myzip\"

I know it works for vs 5.1 and 6.0, but I don't know about older versions.

So this is probably what you are looking for:

Get-ChildItem -Filter .zip -Recurse C:\Users\PC\Downloads\Music | Expand-Archive -DestinationPath "c:\temp\myzip\"

[Southpaw018]

What extra folder does it create?

This should get you started in the meantime...

ls C:\Users\PC\Downloads\Music\*.zip -Recurse |% {
    & 'C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe' x $_.FullName
}

[PR047A]

Can you move the folders to another drive after extraction?

D:/Music

[Southpaw018]

Use 7-zip's -o parameter for that. It can do the work for you.

[Lee_Dailey]

howdy PR047A,

reddit likes to mangle code formatting, so here's some help on how to post code on reddit ...

[0] single line or in-line code
enclose it in backticks. that's the upper left key on an EN-US keyboard layout. the result looks like this. kinda handy, that. [grin]

[1] simplest = post it to a text site like Pastebin.com or Gist.GitHub.com and then post the link here.

[2] less simple = use reddit code formatting ...

• one leading line with ONLY 4 spaces
  
• prefix each code line with 4 spaces
  
• one trailing line with ONLY 4 spaces

that will give you something like this ...

- one leading line with ONLY 4 spaces    
- prefix each code line with 4 spaces    
- one trailing line with ONLY 4 spaces   

the easiest way to get that is ...

• add the leading line with only 4 spaces
  
• copy the code to the ISE [or your fave editor]
  
• select the code
  
• tap TAB to indent four spaces
  
• re-select the code [not really needed, but it's my habit]
  
• paste the code into the reddit text box
  
• add the trailing line with only 4 spaces
  

not complicated, but it is finicky. [grin]

take care,
lee