How to unzip files and move those unzip files to another folder

Hello all,

i am very much new to Uipath development . Right now i have a task . my task is -

i have two folder . One is Unzip folder and another is Zip folder . In my Zip folder i have zip files . now i have to unzip those files and unzipped files must be move to another folder name Unzip. after that zipped files will be deleted .

Please suggest me or give me the steps how to do this thing. Many thanks in advance

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Hi @roysupriya21

use this activity for unzip, it works very well for me

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can you indicate which folder you want to unzip to

To delete files, make sure the attachment helps you

DeleteFile.zip (2,7,KB)

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thanks for your reply

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i have attached my zip folder and content of zip folder .

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@roysupriya21
1.Use for each …
Directory.GetFiles(ZipFilesFolderPath,“*.zip”)
2.Then use UnZip activity.
(Install this activity from manage packages…BalaReva.ZipUnzip.Activities)
In parameters pass ZipFile=Item.Tostring and your Extract folder path.
3.Then use delete file activity to delete zip files.
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I found Invoke Power Shell activity very useful when working with zipped files. The good thing is there is no need to install any packages as it is a part of CoreActivities. All you need to do is to:
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With the following parameters:


Properties:
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Can you provide the flow for this one? This did not work for me at all and I am trying to avoid installing packages.

@Mitchell_Binder,

Check this xaml, it will extract files from a zip and place it in a directory. then from that directory it will get all the files.

I think i have replied to you in another post

UnzipFilesAndGetFiles.xaml (8.2 KB)

Hi Mitchell,

Here you have the workflow utilizing Invoke Power Shell activity with 3 arguments:

  • in_strZipFilePath
  • in_strOutputFolder
  • out_bSuccess (optional)

This works for files in .zip format, it does not for other compression formats e.g. .7z

UnzipFile.xaml (7.0 KB)

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