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So I've got a lot of .sbm files I zip and unzip on a regular basis. I generally use winrar gui and do by hand. I looked for a utility in the menus, but I've had no luck. So I was wondering if there's a way to extract (retaining their directory structure, and their folder names) all at once.

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    So you're just looking to extract all of the archived files at once, retaining their directory structure? That is pretty basic to every archiving utility, generally the default action. Can you describe what command or menu sequence you're using and what result you're getting?
    – fixer1234
    Feb 18, 2015 at 7:04
  • I figured it out. I was insanely sleepy when I asked this. Should I close this? Or should I just post an answer? Feb 18, 2015 at 15:18
  • Posting an answer would be great except the question also needs work so that it can be found in a search by someone else with whatever the issue is, and it makes sense when they find it.
    – fixer1234
    Feb 18, 2015 at 15:27

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WinRAR has a right-click menu command called "extract each archive to separate folder". Select all zip files and right click on any one of them to get this option.

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  • So they won't have all their contents extract to one folder, right? Feb 17, 2015 at 23:06
  • For each archive, it creates a folder with the same name as the archive (without .zip) and extracts there.
    – Alex
    Feb 17, 2015 at 23:07
  • Wait, this requires that I go to each one individually, and I'm trying to automate this. Feb 17, 2015 at 23:09
  • OK, I just figured it out, I had to select extract archives to sub folders. Feb 17, 2015 at 23:13
  • How does one add "Extract each archive to separate folder" to 7-zip's context menu? Thanks. Oct 28, 2021 at 5:27
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Okay, so how one would do this is as followed: run the winrar GUI executable. Navigate to the collection of files. Select them all. Right click. Select extract to. Select Extract Archives to sub folders. Select OK.

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Go to the options tab and select "into their own folders". It will create a subdirectory with the same name of each input compressed file.

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