Unzipper

Unzipper is an utility for automatically extracting ZIP and RAR files from a monitored folder, with advanced copy logic and much more.

Features

• Automatic Extraction: Monitors a folder for new ZIP and RAR files and extracts them automatically.
• Modern UI: Clean, card-like interface with material-inspired, visually appealing checkboxes and consistent button/input styling.
• Customizable Copying:
  • Copy all files of selected extensions after extraction.
  • Advanced priority-based copy logic (e.g., copy only the highest-priority file types if present).
  • Copy whole extracted folder to destination (new option, with a single checkbox).
• Immediate Stop Controls: Extraction and copying can be halted instantly with a stop button.
• Delete Options:
  • Delete archive after extraction.
  • Delete extracted folder after copying (now works correctly, including when copying the whole folder).
• Startup Option: Option to run Unzipper automatically at Windows startup.
• System Tray Support: Minimize to tray with a custom icon; restore or exit from the tray menu.
• Robust Error Handling: Clear log output for all actions and errors. <<<<<<< HEAD
• Config Persistence: Remembers all settings between sessions.

Download

A pre-built Windows executable (EXE) is provided for convenience. You can use it directly without installing Python or any dependencies.

• Download the latest version from the Releases section (or from this repository if provided).
• Simply unzip the file and double-click the EXE to run Unzipper on Windows.

Building as an EXE

• Use PyInstaller to build:

  pyinstaller --onefile --windowed --icon=icon.ico unzipper.py

• Make sure icon.ico is in the same directory as unzipper.py. =======
• Config Persistence: Remembers all settings between sessions, including the new copy-whole-folder option.
• Beautiful, Large Checkboxes: Modern, material-style checkboxes for all options.
• Automatic Monitoring: Monitoring starts automatically on app launch and restarts on any relevant setting change.

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How to Use

1. Select Folders:

   • Set the folder to monitor for new archives.
   • Set the destination folder for extracted/copied files.

2. Configure Copying:

   • Enable "Copy files" and specify extensions (e.g., jpg, png, ai).
   • Or enable "Copy files with logic" and enter priority logic (e.g., ai; png, esp; jpg).
   • Or enable "Copy whole extracted folder to destination" to copy the entire extracted folder after extraction.

3. Set Options:

   • Choose whether to delete archives after extraction or delete extracted folders after copying (works for both file and folder copy modes).
   • Enable "Run at startup" if desired.

4. Start Monitoring:

   • Monitoring now starts automatically when the app launches.
   • Use Stop Monitoring to pause.
   • Use Extract All Existing to process all current archives in the monitored folder.
   • Use Stop Extracting to halt extraction/copying immediately.

5. Minimize to Tray:

   • Click Minimize to Tray to hide the window and keep Unzipper running in the background.
   • Restore or exit via the tray icon menu.

6. Logs:

   • All actions and errors are shown in the log area at the bottom.

Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• PyInstaller
• pystray
• Pillow
• watchdog
• rarfile (optional, for RAR support)
• pywin32 and winshell (for startup shortcut)

Install all requirements with:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Notes

• For RAR extraction, you must have unrar.exe available (see log for instructions if missing).
• All settings are saved in unzipper_config.txt in the app directory.
• The tray icon and taskbar icon are set from icon.ico.

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