Questions tagged [self-extracting]
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How do I make zip files that unzip cleanly on any OS with native tools?
If I make a zip file on OSX 10.6 with the OS native tool, and unarchive it on Windows 7, it's root directory will be doubly nested in another one with the same name, and it will contain all kinds of ...
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Winrar sfx command line add file details
I have a winrar command similar to this one to bundle some exes.
"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" a -sfx -iicon"logo.ico" -k -z"options_notepad.txt" "Export\notepadPack.exe" "notepad.exe"
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Create SFX on the command-line where the SFX extracts silently to a predefined path?
I use this command-line to create a self-extracting archive with 7z:
7z.exe a -sfx -y a.exe *.txt
This creates "a.exe" containing the specified text files and extracts them ALMOST silently (a ...
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Launching Script/Executable from SFX archive on Linux
I want to create a SFX installer on linux. I got source for p7Zip from here and able to build it in linux. Now I want to create SFX style archive which will launch some script or executable upon ...
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pdf extract selected chapter include the selected part of table of contents
If we create a pdf with table of contents we can show this in any pdf viewer eg. Adobe Reader, Firefox etc.
The problem is in some cases you only want a special number of pages of a pdf file include ...
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Encrypt filenames in WinRar SFX
I would like to encrypt the
Filenames
Codes
in WinRAR SFX.
Question: Is it possible to encrypt the above mentioned, but letting the user to run / extract without a password?
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How create Makeself self executable archive file in LINUX?
I want to create a self-executable archive using Makeself.
I referred to makeself.io but didn't understand anything from it.
What are the steps for making a Makeself self-executable archive?
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Tweaking sfx exe file not to be opened by WinRAR or any other extraction utility
Is it possible to change a .sfx.exe file to disguise its real identity and behave like a real PE?
Is there any other packager tool to make a standalone or autonomous exe that consists of, for example,...
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Creating 7zip SFX installer
I'm trying to create self extracting archive with gui, I'm using 7-Zip 9.20 on Windows 10, I just want the files in the 7z file to extract to the InstallPath directory, without running the file. I ...
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Automatically run a self extracting .exe with a /T command line switch?
I want to distribute a self extracting executable that will extract to a hard coded directory with no user prompting. Right now, I'm using iexpress to package up my files, but I can't figure out how ...
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Auto-untar/gunzip a multilayer tarball in Win XP/7
I review a disgusting ball of knowledge each day that I'd like to think up a way to organize more automatically. The structure looks like this - Parenthesis show the number of files of that type in ...