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Expand-Archive — A cmdlet in PowerShell is used to extract files from a compressed archive. More information: <https:

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Problem

How to use the Expand-Archive command: A cmdlet in PowerShell is used to extract files from a compressed archive. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.archive/expand-archive>.

Solution

Expand-Archive — A cmdlet in PowerShell is used to extract files from a compressed archive. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.archive/expand-archive>.

Extract a ZIP file to a folder:
Expand-Archive -Path {{path\to\example.zip}} -DestinationPath {{path\to\extracted_files}}


Overwrite existing files:
Expand-Archive -Path {{path\to\example.zip}} -DestinationPath {{path\to\extracted_files}} -Force


Preview without extracting:
Expand-Archive -Path {{path\to\example.zip}} -DestinationPath {{path\to\extracted_files}} -WhatIf

Code Snippets

Extract a ZIP file to a folder

Expand-Archive -Path {{path\to\example.zip}} -DestinationPath {{path\to\extracted_files}}

Overwrite existing files

Expand-Archive -Path {{path\to\example.zip}} -DestinationPath {{path\to\extracted_files}} -Force

Preview without extracting

Expand-Archive -Path {{path\to\example.zip}} -DestinationPath {{path\to\extracted_files}} -WhatIf

Context

tldr-pages: windows/Expand-Archive

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