Unzipping ZIP Files with PowerShell 3.0 and 4.0

ZIP file support was introduced in PowerShell 5.0, but if you have installed the .NET Framework 4.5 and possibly want more control over the unzipping process, try this:

#requires -Version 2
# .NET Framework 4.5 required!

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem -ErrorAction Stop

$Source = 'C:\somezipfile.zip'
$Destination = 'C:\somefolder'
$Overwrite = $true
$ShowDestinationFolder = $true

if ((Test-Path $Destination) -eq $false) 
{
 $null = mkdir $Destination 
}

$Content = [IO.Compression.ZipFile]::OpenRead($Source).Entries
$Content | 
 ForEach-Object -Process {
    $FilePath = Join-Path -Path $Destination -ChildPath $_
                [IO.Compression.ZipFileExtensions]::ExtractToFile($_,$FilePath,$Overwrite)
            }
if ($ShowDestinationFolder) 
{
 explorer.exe $Destination 
}

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