Make 7-Zip extract an archive directly to a directory
Problem
Whenever I extract an archive using 7-Zip, it performs a two step operation. First it extracts the contents of the archives to a temporary folder, then Windows copies the files from the temporary folder to the target directory. The second part of this operation can take some time, especially if there were a large number of small files in the archive. It seems like the operation could be sped up if 7-Zip just extracted the files directly to the target directory to start with. Is there a way to make it do this?
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Fix for: Make 7-Zip extract an archive directly to a directory
Doh! I really should have looked harder for an answer. From the 7-Zip FAQ: Why does drag-and-drop archive extraction from 7-Zip to Explorer use temp files? 7-Zip doesn't know folder path of drop target. Only Windows Explorer knows exact drop target. And Windows Explorer needs files (drag source) as decompressed files on disk. So 7-Zip extracts files from archive to temp folder and then 7-Zip notifies Windows Explorer about paths of these temp files. Then Windows Explorer copies these files to dā¦
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