{"id":2219,"date":"2016-06-26T11:40:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-26T09:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robinglauser.ch\/blog\/?p=2219"},"modified":"2016-06-26T11:40:21","modified_gmt":"2016-06-26T09:40:21","slug":"unpacking-archives-with-double-clicking-on-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robinglauser.ch\/blog\/2016\/06\/26\/unpacking-archives-with-double-clicking-on-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Unpacking archives with double clicking on Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"

Something that bothered me for a long time on Windows was the default action of 7-Zip to open the file manager when double clicking on a archive.<\/p>\n

In 99.999% of the case I use a archive I want to unpack it into a new folder in the same folder I am in. So by opening the manager by default I have to either right click on the file and look for the right option to extract it in a new folder or find the right action in the file manager.<\/p>\n

I looked up some solutions up online and exported the needed registry keys so you can just import the to make .7z, .rar and .zip files unpack on double click.<\/p>\n

Download .zip File with registry keys.<\/a><\/p>\n

Download the file above and unpack the .zip file for the last time by using either right click or by the file manager.<\/p>\n

Then double click on the .reg file to execute it, accept the warning and you should be done.<\/p>\n

Let me know if you have any problems or questions. I tested this on my Windows 10 machine without any problems.<\/p>\n

Source:\u00a07-zip & Windows 7: Make \u201cExtract to <folder>\u201d default on double-click<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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