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Deleting read only files from a multivolume rar achive
I have installed a multivolume archive that takes up a lot of space. I unpacked most of the files inside it one by one, and now I would like to delete them from the archives. When I try to do so, it ...
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How to split a big folder into multiple standalone archives using RAR or 7-Zip console?
Example: I want to add a 100 GB folder to archives of 10 GB each using RAR or 7-Zip console on Windows. But each archive must be independent/standalone and able to extract without the other archives. ...
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Auto sort photos and videos in folders based on date
I am using windows. I have a lot of photos and videos that I want to be sorted in the following structure based on the date of the photo and video taken.
year>month>photo.jpg
So an example ...
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Use 7zip to create archives for each subfolder and file
Under Windows environment, I have a folder contains both subfolders and isolated files. The structure is like this:
D:\main_folder
subfolder1
subfolder2
file1.dat
I want to use 7zip to make the ...
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How can I extract the password from an installer/self-extracting archive? [closed]
I have an installer/self-extracting archive. The executable file has an embedded ZIP archive into it (like many other installers). The ZIP archive is encrypted with a password.
The installer DOES NOT ...
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How can I preserve creation dates when packing/unpacking 7z files?
From my tests, when unpacking files from a .7z archive, 7-zip preserves the "last modified" date but sets the creation date to the time of the file extraction (unpacking).
Is there any way ...
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Extracting a PE32 Windows executable archive in Linux
Is it possible to extract a password protected Windows executable (.exe) in Linux?
This is the file's type:
file.exe: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
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7zip resume archiving after interruption ( command line )
I try to 7z the entire disk on windows, using 7zip. I do simple like this: 7z.exe a Z:\DriveBackupOct15.7z D:\
After a while process interrupted due to "System Error", because i accidently ...
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Can I password protect new files added to an archived 7zip file? When I add news files to an archive, they're not password protected
Currently I have a 7-zip archive that I made full of videos and pictures that are password protected. Now, I have more videos and pictures that I want to put in the archive, however when I do, they're ...
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How do I automatically make zip archives of every folder in a directory if the names are random?
I want to automatically save archives of Roblox versions. The Roblox versions folder path is "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Roblox\Versions". It normally only has 2 folders: one for Roblox,...
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How do I create an archive with custom absolute paths?
I have a simple web app on Debian that I would like to distribute soon. For its update mechanism, I was hoping to take advantage of an archive's full path capability (such as RAR) by essentially ...
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How to create password protected zip file in windows using cmd
I am looking to create a password protected zip file in Windows 10 using command prompt.
The closet I've got is this powershell script that creates a zip file without a password. I am then calling it ...
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Is it possible to extract a single folder from a corrupted zip archive
I have a 22gb zip file which was located In a flash drive, I moved this archive to desktop but I am unable to extract it, it says the archive is corrupted. I used WinRAR to repair it but it didn't ...
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What types of compressed archives does Microsoft Windows understand by default (Windows 10)
What file formats of compressed archives does Windows 10 natively know how to work with on fresh install?
There are many file formats for compressed archives. To name a few:
.tar.gz
.zip
.rar
.7z
etc
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Windows defender won't finish scanning archives
I recently run into an issue where Windows Defender wouldn't finish a full scan (it would scan files infinitely, reporting unrealistic number of files scanned). Now I think it's due to my RAR archives ...
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