Extract files from an archive (zipped) file.
Syntax
Expand-Archive [-Path] String [-DestinationPath] String [-Force]
[-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [CommonParameters]
Expand-Archive [-DestinationPath] String -LiteralPath String [-Force]
[-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [CommonParameters]
key
-DestinationPath String
The path to the folder in which you want to save the extracted files.
-LiteralPath String[]
The path to an archive file..
Unlike the -Path parameter, the value of -LiteralPath is used exactly as it is typed.
No characters are interpreted as wildcards. If the path includes escape characters,
enclose each escape character in single quotation marks, to instruct PowerShell not to
interpret any characters as escape sequences.
-Path String[]
The path to the archive file.
-Force
Force the extraction of files from an archive file.
-Confirm
Prompt for confirmation before executing the command.
-WhatIf
Describe what would happen if you executed the command without actually executing the command.
CommonParameters:
-Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -WarningAction, -WarningVariable,
-OutBuffer -OutVariable.
Examples
Extract the contents of an archive:
C:\PS> Expand-Archive -LiteralPath C:\output\new.Zip -DestinationPath C:\Restored
Extract the contents of an archive in the current folder:
C:\PS> Expand-Archive -Path new.Zip -DestinationPath C:\Restored
“You go away for a long time and return a different person - you never come all the way back” ~ Paul Theroux
Related PowerShell Cmdlets:
Compress-Archive - Create a new archive/zipped file.