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A self-extracting archive is an archive that doesn't require any special application to extract its contents.

Unlike "normal" archives, which need a special application to be packed, unpacked or modified, a self-extracting archive is an application that contains both the archived data, and the logic to extract it.

The biggest advantage of this approach is the lack of need to download additional software to unpack the data.

However, such archives may be a security threat, because the user can't really know what is inside of it until he runs the application, which may potentially contain dangerous code.

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Auto- Drag and Drop 7z File to be added to self extracting zip, custom config.txt

I am creating a program that will allow its users to drag and drop a 7z file into it. After that it will then use the "custom" 7zS.sfx and config.txt files embedded within the app to create the self extracting zip. So far I have created the custom…
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C# Sign an exe programmatically

I have an application that builds a self extracting zip file. Is there a way to sign the self extracting zip file in code?
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How to create self-extracted exe C# .net 4.0

I want to make single exe file that will extract a Folder with a lot of stuff inside. I want this exe to work on computers with .net 4.0 I was trying to decompress embedded zip archive with the folder, but it is not simple with .net 4.0
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Winzip Self Extracting exe would end abruptly without showing "All Done" in cmd

I have got a batch script that ends with the following: TITLE ALL DONE. You can close this window ECHO. ECHO ALL DONE. You can close this window ECHO. Pause EXIT it works fine when i run just the bat file (see below) All Done! You can close this…
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Python reads data from webpages

I have a list of a bunch of IP addresses. I am wondering if it is possible to use python to determine the country name of the IP addresses by extracting the information from this website (http://www.whatip.com/ip-lookup). Please see the screenshot…
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how to build a self-extracting JAR in Java

I am trying to build an installer for a Java application and would like to build a JAR which extracts itself. The JAR will be built using Maven assembly and will have a main class specified in the manifest. I want the main class to extract the…
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Self Extract ZIP?

I need help creating a self extracting zip file that does not display anything. I just need it to extract the files to a given place in the background. Everything I have found displays a dialog, but I need it to just run in the background.
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Rubyzip - possible to set extraction folder?

My problem is that I need to set the root extraction folder for a zip-file I'm generating by using Rubyzip. The zip-file will be opened in Windows as self-extractable. Is this option available in Rubyzip? Or is this a value that is stored in the…
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Bash - Self extracting script error

I am working on creating self extracting shell script on Open SuSE. I am referencing this link. My code is shown below - #!/bin/bash function die () { echo "Error!"; exit 1 ; } echo Extracting... # Script…
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I keep getting "Access Denied" when I try to install 7zip from the installer executatble I have downloaded

I am trying to install 7-Zip if its already not installed in my Win7 systems using a Perl script. # Check if 7-Zip is installed or Not. if (!(-e "C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip")){ print "\n 7-Zip is not installed. Downloading ... \n" …
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About generate self-extracting exe with Winrar

I have to admit that I have been blocked by this problem a couple of days. It was started with that I was looking for a tool to generate an installation exe that could pack some programs developed by me and some third-part programs developed by…
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Automate Self-Extractor

I am a little new to programming so please bear with me. I create a lot of self-extractors that I upload to a ftp site which my clients then download (with the self-extractor putting the files I zipped up to the right spot). I am trying to…
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How to create a self extracting installer (exe) with FinalBuilder

To manually create a self-extracting executable, I use IExpress which is built in to Windows (edit: its from the IE Adminstration Kit). I'm looking for a way to automate this using FinalBuilder, our builder of choice. Is there a way to do this? …
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Winrar Sfx get Icon from executable

i don't know if it is right to ask here but I have a really quick question. I have an executable file which already has an icon and I plan to use winrar sfx to create a mini installer for it. My question is: is there a way for Winrar sfx to copy the…
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Create a self extracting file using VB.NET and DotNetZip or IonicZip Libraries

Well I'm very newbie with these libraries, where can I found information about the thing that I want to do? Thanks :)
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