How to unzip a file in Powershell?

Question

I have a .zip file and need to unpack its entire content using Powershell. I\'m doing this but it doesn\'t seem to work:

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Answer 1

In PowerShell v5+, there is an Expand-Archive command (as well as Compress-Archive) built in:

Expand-Archive c:\a.zip -DestinationPath c:\a