Found this script and adapted it to your needs. Can you please try: $7zipPath = “$env:ProgramFiles\7-Zip\7z.exe” if (-not (Test-Path -Path $7zipPath -PathType Leaf)) { throw “7 zip file ‘$7zipPath’ not found” } Set-Alias Start-SevenZip $7zipPath $Source = “c:\BackupFrom\backMeUp.txt” $Target = “c:\BackupFolder\backup.zip” Start-SevenZip a -mx=9 $Target $Source
I have created step by step instructions on how to do this as I also was very confused about how to get this working. How to make a self extracting archive that runs your setup.exe with 7zip -sfx switch Here are the steps. Step 1 – Setup your installation folder To make this easy create … Read more
tar.gz file is just a tar file that’s been gzipped. Both tar and gzip are available for windows. If you like GUIs (Graphical user interface), 7zip can pack with both tar and gzip.
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 … Read more
From http://www.dotnetperls.com: 7z a secure.7z * -pSECRET Where: 7z : name and path of 7-Zip executable a : add to archive secure.7z : name of destination archive * : add all files from current directory to destination archive -pSECRET : specify the password “SECRET” To open : 7z x secure.7z Then provide the SECRET password … Read more
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