You can run ExpressZip from the command line. Any or all options can be used and repeated as needed. No prompts occur when using command line options. The following options are available:zip: Archive files/folders into a zip. - -a "archive-path" the path of the resulting archive.
- -f "files/folders" one or more folder/file paths to add to the archive. Must enclosed in quotes and separated by spaces.
- -o this option overwrites any existing archives.
- -p "password" adds encryption to the archive with this password.
- -cx, -cf, -cn, -cs, -ct a compression level respectively: fastest, fast, normal, small, smallest.
Example: "C:\Program Files\NCH Software\expresszip.exe" zip -a "C:\MyDocuments\archive.zip" -f "C:\MyDocuments\Music" "C:\MyDocuments\Pictures\sample.jpg" -cn -o extract: Extract files from any of the archives supported by ExpressZip. - -a "archive-path" the path of the archive to extract.
- -d "output-directory" the directory to extract the files to.
- -o when specified, will overwrite any existing file when extracting.
- -p "password" password to the archive if applicable.
- -m when specified, will make a new folder in the output directory with the name of the archive.
Example: "C:\Program Files\NCH Software\expresszip.exe" extract -a "C:\MyDocuments\archive.zip" -d "C:\MyDocuments" -m convert: Convert any of the archives supported by ExpressZip to a zip archive. - -a "archive-path" the path of the archive to convert from.
- -d "output-directory" the output directory to convert the archive to (the name will be the same as the input archive, the extension will be .zip).
- -o this option overwrites any existing archives.
- -p "password" password to the archive if applicable.
Example: "C:\Program Files\NCH Software\expresszip.exe" convert -a "C:\MyDocuments\archive.rar" -d "C:\MyDocuments" encrypt: Add encryption to a zip archive. - -a "archive-path" the path of the archive to encrypt.
- -p "password" the password to add to the archive.
Example: "C:\Program Files\NCH Software\expresszip.exe" encrypt -a "C:\MyDocuments\archive.zip" -p "myPassword" decrypt: Remove encryption from a zip archive. - -a "archive-path" the path of the archive to remove encryption from.
- -p "password" the password to the encrypt archive.
Example: "C:\Program Files\NCH Software\expresszip.exe" decrypt -a "C:\MyDocuments\archive.zip" -p "archivePassword" |