Double click on the zip file has to self-extract the file in the specified path

Question

I have filename.zip file and if double click the file it has to extract the file in the desired location("c:\\user\\username"). I have tried using the batch file but didnt give me the required result.

@echo on
@set nested=%nested%Z
set _dest=c:\user\username
if NOT EXIST %_dest% md %_dest%

So if i double click on zip file it has to execute batch file to place file in the destination folder path.How can i do that?

Answer 1

If I understand correctly, you simply want to extract a .zip archive to a previously defined directory c:\\user\\username , when the user clicks that .zip archive.

No, this is not possible.

A .zip file has no default extraction destination. Nor has is a way to execute scripts upon extraction. It is just a container for compressed data. When you click it, your OS runs a program configured to handle .zip files, allowing you to view the contents, extract the contents, etc - but what and how exactly, is up to the user that clicked the file.

What you effectively want to have is an installer . Here are some pointers for options to do that:

• Microsoft IExpress
• Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS)
• Quasi-installer using 7-zip self-extracting archive