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7-zip & Windows 7: Make "Extract to <folder>" default on double-click

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Mar 15, 202641767 views
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I'm trying to find a way to make the action you can perform from the context menu, "Extract to " the default action when double-clicking the file instead of simply launching 7-zip. Is there a simple way to do this? In the alternative, I gather I could try passing parameters into the following: But …

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<folder_same_as_file_name>

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Fix for: 7-zip & Windows 7: Make "Extract to <folder>" default on double-click

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This thread has become a bit confusing because of contradicting answers (it took me quite some time to figure out which was the right solution) so I thought it might be a good idea to summarize the results from afrazier's and Justin Roettger's posts…

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