Automatic unzipping for downloaded zip-archives

[ste-phil]

Description of the new feature / enhancement

Unzips any kind of archive that is downloaded to the Downloads folder. It also shows a notification with the current progress report during the process of unzipping. Should show a different notification after unzipping has finished and give you the option to open the folder in Windows Explorer and Visual Studio Code if it is installed (could also be extended to support any kind of software)

Features:

• Have a system tray icon with different options
  • Enable: Provides the option to quickly enable/disable the tool
  • Notification: Enables notifications during unzipping
  • Auto delete zip: Automatically deletes the zip after unzipping has been completed

Example of an implementation I currently have:

Scenario when this would be used?

I often download zip files from the internet and want to directly use them without having to go through the manual labor to open File Explorer, go to downloads, select the file, and unzip the file.

Since any kind of data is usually zipped to save on download size this happens very frequently. Use cases:

• browsing GitHub and seeing cool repos where I want to inspect pieces of code quickly. I usually press download as zip since that is quicker than cloning especially when I don't want to commit anything.
• sharing files between colleagues via gdrive/dropbox, etc is commonly downloaded as zip but then used as bare data on the computer itself.

Supporting information

No response

[xizha127]

I would love this as a part of powertoys

[pushp1997]

But in Windows these days you can directly double click open the zip files like a folder.