Whenever I extract an archive using 7-Zip, it performs a two step operation. First it extracts the contents of the archives to a temporary folder, then Windows copies the files from the temporary folder to the target directory.
The second part of this operation can take some time, especially if there were a large number of small files in the archive. It seems like the operation could be sped up if 7-Zip just extracted the files directly to the target directory to start with. Is there a way to make it do this?
Answer
Doh! I really should have looked harder for an answer.
From the 7-Zip FAQ:
Why does drag-and-drop archive
extraction from 7-Zip to Explorer use
temp files?
7-Zip doesn't know folder path of drop
target. Only Windows Explorer knows
exact drop target. And Windows
Explorer needs files (drag source) as
decompressed files on disk. So 7-Zip
extracts files from archive to temp
folder and then 7-Zip notifies Windows
Explorer about paths of these temp
files. Then Windows Explorer copies
these files to drop target folder.
To avoid temp file usage, you can use
Extract command of 7-Zip or
drag-and-drop from 7-Zip to 7-Zip.
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