XYplorer Beta Club

Something is missing in this useful program : opening zip files

Can someone tell me if it will be included in a future release ?

Sincerely.

I'm just another fellow user, but I'm going to ask: Why would one expect a file manager to open zip files by itself? I wouldn't...You need to have a zip program to do that function...but don't let my comment or that little item cause you to not see just how great XY is for many things that NO other pgm can do!

gtaillandier wrote:Can someone tell me if it will be included in a future release ?

Yes. But future is a longish bit of time...

j_c_hallgren wrote:Why would one expect a file manager to open zip files by itself?

yes Xyplorer is a grea application, and i use it quite oftenfor somthings other file managers cantdo, BUT most others serious file managers can do that and even rarfiles suppport. just a comment....

Here is a simple way to create your own packer/unpacker within any file browser.
It requires you have within a system path command line versions of progs like zip.exe, rar.exe, 7z.exe etc...
I'll use unrar.exe in my example.
Create in the same dir as unrar.exe a batch file called UnRarHere.bat that contains the following command:
unrar.exe x %1
Put a shortcut of UnRarHere.bat in your C:\Documents and Settings\x\SendTo\ directory
Now you have access to unrar from your right-click/send to
Working on the command line arguments permits to create very useful functions.

Just FYI, WinRAR can add an "Extract here" menu by itself, along with stuff like "Extract each archive in its own directory" if you wanna extract more than one file at once