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with aliases -FilenameWithPathName, -FullPath, -Source, -File, -ZipFile and -Zip. The -FilePath parameter determines, which zip file(s) (or folders that might contain zip file(s)) is/are selected for content extraction, and in essence define the objects for Unzip-Silently.

By default the -FilePath parameter accepts plain filenames (then the current directory gets searched for the inputted filename) or 'FullPath' filenames, which include the path to the file as well (such as C:\Windows\archive.zip). If the -Include parameter is used, also paths to a folder may be entered as -FilePath parameter values – then all the zip files inside the first directory level of the specified folder (as indicated by the common command 'dir' for example) are added to the list of files to be processed. Furthermore, if the -Recurse parameter is used in adjunction with the -Include parameter in the command launching Unzip-Silently, the search for zip files under the directory, which is defined with the -FilePath parameter, is done recursively (i.e. the zip files are searched from every subfolder level).

To enter multiple zip files (or folders that might contain zip file(s) for content extraction, please separate each individual entity with a comma. If the filename or the directory name includes space characters, please enclose the whole string (the individual entity in question) in quotation marks (single or double). It's not mandatory to write -FilePath in the unzip command to invoke the -FilePath parameter, as is shown in the Examples below, since Unzip-Silently is trying to decipher the inputted queries as good as it is machinely possible within a 50 KB size limit. The -FilePath parameter also takes an array of strings and objects could be piped to this parameter, too. If no value for the -FilePath parameter is defined in the command launching Unzip-Silently, the user will be prompted to enter a -FilePath value.

with an alias -OutputFolder. Specifies the folder, under which the new folder(s) with the extracted zip file content is/are to be saved. For best results the -Output parameter value should be a valid file system path, which points to an existing directory (for example C:\Windows\). When creating new folders (under the defined -Output folder) Unzip-Silently tries to preserve pre-existing content rather than overwrite any folders (or files eventually), so if a folder seems to already exist, a similarly named folder with a (possibly higher) number is created instead inside the directory indicated by the -Output parameter. If no value for the -Output parameter is defined in the command launching Unzip-Silently, the zip files are unzipped to new folders, which are created to the same folder, where each zip file is located.

with aliases -IncludeZipFilesInTheFolderDefinedWithTheFilepathParameter, -IncludesFolders, -Folders and -Folder. If the -Include parameter is added to the command launching Unzip-Silently, also paths to a folder may be succesfully entered as -FilePath parameter values: all the zip files inside the first directory level of the specified folder (as indicated by the common command 'dir' for example) are added to the list of files to be processed.

If the -Recurse parameter is used in adjunction with the -Include parameter in the command launching Unzip-Silently, the search for zip files under the directory, which is defined with the -FilePath parameter is done recursively (i.e. the zip files are searched from every subfolder level).

with aliases -DeleteZip, -DeleteOriginal and -Delete. If the -Purge parameter is added to the command launching Unzip-Silently, the original zip file(s) is/are deleted after the contents of the zip file(s) has been extracted.