I try to unzip a file via CMD.
So I install winzip (and its plugin to cmd), winrar and 7-zip.
But when I try to execute a command via the CMD:
7z e myzip.zip It gives the next error:
7z is not recognized as an internal or external command In addition, I added the folder of 7-z to the environment variables (Properties--> advanced --> Environment Variables --> user variable --> choose path, and add C:\Program Files\7-Zip
What can be the reason?
Doing the following in a command prompt works for me, also adding to my User environment variables worked fine as well:
set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files\7-Zip\ echo %PATH% 7z You should see as output (or something similar - as this is on my laptop running Windows 7):
C:\Users\Phillip>set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files\7-Zip\ C:\Users\Phillip>echo %PATH% C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Wi ndows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\ WirelessCommon\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\To ols\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Fil es (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad+ +;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon\;C:\Program Files\7-Zip\ C:\Users\Phillip>7z 7-Zip [64] 9.20 Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov 2010-11-18 Usage: 7z [...] [...] [] a: Add files to archive b: Benchmark d: Delete files from archive e: Extract files from archive (without using directory names) l: List contents of archive t: Test integrity of archive u: Update files to archive x: eXtract files with full paths -ai[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}: Include archives -ax[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}: eXclude archives -bd: Disable percentage indicator -i[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}: Include filenames -m{Parameters}: set compression Method -o{Directory}: set Output directory -p{Password}: set Password -r[-|0]: Recurse subdirectories -scs{UTF-8 | WIN | DOS}: set charset for list files -sfx[{name}]: Create SFX archive -si[{name}]: read data from stdin -slt: show technical information for l (List) command -so: write data to stdout -ssc[-]: set sensitive case mode -ssw: compress shared files -t{Type}: Set type of archive -u[-][p#][q#][r#][x#][y#][z#][!newArchiveName]: Update options -v{Size}[b|k|m|g]: Create volumes -w[{path}]: assign Work directory. Empty path means a temporary directory -x[r[-|0]]]{@listfile|!wildcard}: eXclude filenames -y: assume Yes on all queries Regarding Phil Street's post:
It may actually be installed in your 32-bit program folder instead of your default x64, if you're running 64-bit OS. Check to see where 7-zip is installed, and if it is in Program Files (x86) then try using this instead:
PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files (x86)\7-Zip make sure that your path is pointing to .exe file in C:\Program Files\7-Zip (may in bin directory)
no make sure you type 7z.exe first i.e.,
7z.exe 7z e myzip.zip if this doesnt work download the command line application for winzip and try the same above code replace 7z with the name of the command line application for more info visit the website http://www.compressionarchive.blogspot.in/
In Windows 10 I had to run the batch file as an administrator.