Windows command line built-in compression/decompression tool?

Posted by Will Marcouiller on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Will Marcouiller
Published on 2010-06-03T16:11:19Z Indexed on 2010/06/03 16:14 UTC
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I need to write a batch file to unzip files to their current folder from a given root folder.

Folder 0
    |----- Folder 1
    |          |----- File1.zip
    |          |----- File2.zip
    |          |----- File3.zip
    |
    |----- Folder 2
    |          |----- File4.zip
    |       
    |----- Folder 3
               |----- File5.zip
               |----- FileN.zip

So, I wish that my batch file is launched like so:

ocd.bat /d="Folder 0"

Then, make it iterate from within the batch file through all of the subfolders to unzip the files exactly where the .zip files are located.

So here's my question:

Does the Windows (from XP at least) have a command line for its embedded zip tool? Otherwise, shall I stick to another third-party util?

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