7zip: Unzip and delete context menu. Registry entry and .bat file for windows context menu "unzip and delete" command. instead of needing to unzip, then delete an archive manually

unzip_and_delete.bat

@echo off

set output_dir=%~n1
IF EXIST "%output_dir%\" (
	echo "%output_dir%\" already exists, gonna increment the name
	set "n=0"
	:loop
	set /a n+=1
	set "output_dir=%output_dir%_%n%"
	if exist "%output_dir%" echo "%output_dir%" already exists & goto :loop
)

"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" x %1 -o"%output_dir%\"

IF %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 IF EXIST "%output_dir%\" (
	echo "%output_dir%\" was created
	del %1
) else (
	Echo An error was found & pause
)

Unzip_and_delete.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Unzip and delete]
"icon"="C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Unzip and delete\command]
@="\"<PATH TO>\\unzip_and_delete.bat\" \"%1\""

I noticed an unfortunate side effect that I'm not entirely sure if others have encountered, but if you attempt to unzip and delete a file that has an & in the name you'll wind up with a truncated directory nameand Windows will be unable to delete the directory.

Fortunately, you can use 7-Zip itself as a File Manager and it seems to have the ability to allow you to rename the folder, and then you can delete it or use it appropriately.

I'm sure there's probably a way to add some additional logic to prevent or fix this from happening with escaping characters, but hopefully someone smarter than myself will be able to identify what is required to do this.

Just a heads up here and to anyone else that may see this - thank you! At the moment I need to be careful when batch unzip/deleting large amounts of files and identifying if they have a & before processing.