Make 7-Zip extract to folder when double-clicking archives. (based on http://superuser.com/a/447791)

7-zip-default-extract.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.001\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.001\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.001\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.7z\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.7z\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.7z\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.arj\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.arj\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.arj\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.bz2\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.bz2\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.bz2\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.bzip2\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.bzip2\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.bzip2\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.cab\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.cab\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.cab\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.cpio\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.cpio\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.cpio\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.deb\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.deb\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.deb\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.dmg\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.dmg\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.dmg\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.fat\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.fat\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.fat\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.gz\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.gz\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.gz\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.gzip\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.gzip\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.gzip\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.hfs\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.hfs\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.hfs\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.iso\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.iso\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.iso\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.lha\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.lha\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.lha\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.lzh\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.lzh\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.lzh\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.lzma\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.lzma\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.lzma\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.ntfs\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.ntfs\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.ntfs\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.rar\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.rar\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.rar\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.rpm\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.rpm\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.rpm\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.squashfs\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.squashfs\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.squashfs\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.swm\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.swm\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.swm\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.tar\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.tar\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.tar\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.taz\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.taz\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.taz\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.tbz\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.tbz\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.tbz\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.tbz2\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.tbz2\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.tbz2\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.tgz\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.tgz\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.tgz\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.tpz\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.tpz\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.tpz\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.txz\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.txz\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.txz\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.vhd\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.vhd\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.vhd\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.wim\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.wim\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.wim\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.xar\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.xar\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.xar\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.xz\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.xz\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.xz\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.z\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.z\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.z\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.zip\shell]
@="extract"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.zip\shell\extract]
@="Extract to Folder"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\7-Zip.zip\shell\extract\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip\\7zG.exe\" x \"%1\" -o*"

Interesting idea. What I was hoping Igor would implement is the behaviour of StuffIt Expander for Mac (that StuffIt eventually removed!) where Extract only creates an enclosing folder if the root of the archive contains multiple items.

Edit: http://telcontar.net/Software/7-ade/ — finally knocked something together to provide this functionality

Worked like a charm! Thx :)

It's been a while since I looked that up, maybe 7-Zips command line interface changed. Other than that, regedit must be run as administrator if you haven't done so already

Best time saver 👍

Thanks so much, this is exactly what I wanted it to do. No more navigating through right click menus to do the same thing always!!

Thank you, this is precisely what i needed. However, Is there a way to modify this so double-click always extracts to the Desktop? I would be most grateful.

Thank you, this is precisely what i needed. However, Is there a way to modify this so double-click always extracts to the Desktop? I would be most grateful.

Yes, that is possible by changing the -o* at the end of the lines. See the reference for details: https://sevenzip.osdn.jp/chm/cmdline/switches/output_dir.htm

Interesting idea. What I was hoping Igor would implement is the behaviour of StuffIt Expander for Mac (that StuffIt eventually removed!) where Extract only creates an enclosing folder if the root of the archive contains multiple items.

Edit: http://telcontar.net/Software/7-ade/ — finally knocked something together to provide this functionality

This is beautiful. Thank you so much for this.

Next step, open the newly created folder once extracted :)

I used the reg file and its awesome. Is there a way to remove the setting if I want?

@Xarishark Try removing the file associations in 7-Zip's settings. I haven't tried that out myself (I'm currently not on a Windows system), but it might do what you want? Alternatively, you can always run regedit and remove the individual keys manually