A few issues relating to self-extracting EXE’s are explained here: The Purpose of a Self-Extracting EXE The purpose of a self-extracting EXE is to provide something that will extract/unpackage files such that no other software is required to be installed on the computer where it is run. Common archive file formats, such as .zip, .tar, etc., all require some sort […]
This post pertains to using the Chilkat Self-Extracting EXE utility. The goal is to create a self-extracting EXE such that the files are unzipped into the directory where the EXE is located. To do this, the %CD% environment variable is used in a DOS command line. The intent is to use the -d option with “%CD%” so that the environment […]
The most common question regarding Chilkat self-extracting EXE’s is: How do I create a silent extractor that runs a “setup” program after extracting? Answer: Here is a sample command line that creates a silent self-extracting EXE: ChilkatZipSE -u unlockCode -a -sm -sp -nowait -r setup.exe -exe a.exe a.zip The “-r” option is used to specify the name of a setup […]