daveXtract brings macOS-style archive extraction to Windows. Double-click any archive → extract to folder → delete original → open folder. Simple as that.

Windows archive extraction sucks:

• Right-click → Extract → Choose folder → Navigate → Extract → Delete original → Open folder
• Too many clicks, too slow, too annoying
• macOS does it in one double-click

Double-click any archive and XTRACT will:

1. ✅ Extract to folder with same name
2. ✅ Handle folder collisions intelligently
3. ✅ Ask: delete archive + open folder?
4. ✅ Fast operation with 7-Zip backend

Download and install 7-Zip first.

Save xtract.bat to your computer (anywhere you want).

1. Right-click any .zip file → Open with → Choose another app
2. Click More apps → Look for another app on this PC
3. Browse to xtract.bat and select it
4. ✅ Check Always use this app to set as default

Done! Now double-click any archive to extract it.

Double-click any archive → automatically extracts to folder → choose what to do next:

• ENTER – delete archive and open folder
• DEL – delete archive only
• Any other key – exit without changes

After extraction, the script waits 2.5 seconds for your key press:

• If you press ENTER or DEL within the countdown → action happens immediately.
• If no key is pressed in that time → the script exits and leaves the archive untouched.

If target folder exists, choose:

• [O] Overwrite – replace all files
• [C] Cancel – abort operation
• [M] Merge – skip existing files
• [I] Increment – create numbered folder (e.g., Archive-01)
• [Z] 7-Zip – open in 7-Zip File Manager

• 7-Zip installed in default location (C:\Program Files\7-Zip\)

All 7-Zip supported formats: .zip, .rar, .7z, .tar, .gz, .bz2, .iso, .cab, and more.

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