KingofLodis

So, I play a game called Oblivion, and I download a bunch of modifications for it.

When I unzip them, it puts the entire file into the directory that I designate, but that's not what I want.

Is there a way to make them extract to their designated folder right off the bat?

Here's what happens:
I choose the file where I want to extract the files. It extracts the files. However, it's in it's own folder, when I want it to go directly to that folder, and not create any new folders. Make sense?

Also, in it's sub folders, I want them to just go into the folders that they're designated to go into.

Here's an example:

On my HD:
Here are folders
Main Folder: DATA
Sub Folder: Meshes
Sub Folder: Textures

Here's what I want to extract:
"Blahblah"
Contains sub folder: Meshes > Meow
Contains sub folder: Textures > Meow

Here's how it extracts:
Into Main Folder (DATA) as File: Blah blah with the sub folders IN the new main folder blah blah.

HEre's what I want:
When I click extract, I pick Main Folder: DATA
It extracts Meshes > Meow into my HD Meshes folder.
And it extracts Textures > Meow into my HD Textures folder.
Automatically.

So I don't have to go around rearranging all the dang files into their designated folders.

TriggerFinger

Does your DATA folder have a parent folder? If yes, I suggest you back it up first (just to be safe). Then extract your files into that parent folder. Of course it may ask you if you want to overwrite certain files... that is the point you need to decide.

djaburg

Normally it will do that if the data was saved within a file. For example instead of copying everything from the my documents folder and adding to a zip file, you simply zip the my documents folder. If you/they have zipped the folder containing the files, then when you restore it, it will restore the folder as well, which is what sounds like is happening to you. I think if you open the zip file, then double click the folder inside of the, you should then be able to select the files in the folder and tell it to extract those.

KingofLodis

Even if I select specific files for it to extract it puts it into the parent folder, and idea how to stop it from doing that and just extract the files I want it to without the parent file?

TriggerFinger

Are you using any compression/archiving program to do this (i.e. Winzip, 7zip, etc.)? If you are using the one that came with Windows, try using Winzip or 7zip or WinRAR so you can just open the archive and see its contents first.

KingofLodis

I've been using WinRar, but it still does that thing I was telling you about .-.