Unpacking archives

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DarkMan72
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Unpacking archives

Post by DarkMan72 »

Hello everyone.

In many of free file explorers, it is possible to unpack an archive using a shortcut (like Alt+F6 in Total Commander), with an option to unpack to the same or the opposite pane. Is it possible to get that option in xplorer2 lite?

Thanks a lot in advance,
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Post by nikos »

xplorer2 doesn't have a wide choise of unpackers but if you install something like 7-zip then you get a lot of commands in the right-click context menu with options to unpack archives
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Post by DarkMan72 »

Hi Nikos,

Yes, I am aware of that - as a matter of fact, I've been using Windows' standard unpacking utility. However, being a "keyboard" man, ;-), I was looking for a way to unpack files with a keyboard shortcut. ;-)
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one way to do this in xplorer2 is to assign an external user command to 7-zip executable with the required command line options to unpack the selection ($N) then assign a keyboard shortcut to it or/and a toolbar icon. But for this you need the professional version see Customize menu