Extracting .exe file using powershell

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I am trying to extract .exe file using powershell without any other tools.

I tried to use System.IO.Compression.ZipFile, but that works only for .zip files.. 

$zip_file = Get-Item ("C:\Users\00WORK\gs\gs.exe")
$destination = Get-Item ("C:\Users\tuna")
[System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory($zip_file,$destination)

Also tried this, but without any success

start-process C:\Users\Downloads\gs.exe -Argumentlist "/a"

Tried also this but once again without any succes

$shell = new-object -com shell.application
$zip = $shell.NameSpace(“C:\Users\00WORK\gs\gs.exe”)
foreach($item in $zip.items())
{
$shell.Namespace(“C:\Users\tuna”).copyhere($item)
}

Thanks for help.

unzip exe extract powershell
3 Answers

Yeah well powershell doesn't recognize all compression algorithms. I am trying to do this with an HP driver pack file which comes in a self extracting .exe file. Even if you change the filename to a .zip it will not extract the files and instead throws a New-Object exception error.

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