Extracting Multiple ZIP Archives

PowerArchiver contains a very useful Multi-Extract tool for extracting multiple archives at the same time. Select “Multi Extract” from the “Tools” menu and you will be presented with the Multi-Extract dialog box containing the following options:

• “Add Files”, “Add Folder” and “Remove” buttons - you can add and remove files and folders from the File List of archives to be extracted.

• Destination Directory options:
• Extract To - allows you to manually enter the destination directory for extraction (if the directory does not exist, it will be created when Multi-Extract is run), or browse for a desired directory using the standard browse feature.
• Extract to filename\subfolder - forces PowerArchiver to extract each archive into its own folder, based on file name.
• File's Current Folder - Extracts archives into each file's current folder.

• Options:
  • Overwrite existing files - overwrites files in the destination directory which have same file names as those in the archive, without prompting the user.
• Do not extract pathnames - when checked, PowerArchiver will not extract any path information from the archive. By default, this option is left unchecked.
• Open folder after extracting - opens folder, that you just extracted files into, in Windows Explorer.

After you have selected the desired options, click “Extract” to extract all archives listed.

You can multi-extract archives from within Windows Explorer even easier! Click here for more information.