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When I use the context menu to extract compressed files on PCManFM, I would like it to automatically create a folder and put the extracted files in it, like it used to happen in Nautilus back when I was able to use it, instead of putting all the extracted files in the current folder, which can cause a mess. Is there any way?

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Raphael
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  • Workaround: Create new folder, move zip into it, click "Extract here". Move zip back if necessary. – wjandrea Dec 03 '16 at 01:12
  • You might want to try Nemo. It's a fork of Nautilus with some bugs fixed and older features added back – wjandrea Dec 03 '16 at 01:13

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I found a nice workaround by creating a desktop entry. Create a file in ~/.local/share/applications named extract.desktop with the following contents:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Extract to folder
Comment=Extract archive to a folder with the same name
Exec=file-roller -h %F
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=file-roller
StartupNotify=true
MimeType=text/plain;

Now in PCManFM, right click the archive > Open With...

From Other, select Extract to folder

Once you do this, when you right click any archive of the same type you will see the Extract to folder option in the menu.

Notes:

  • You will have to repeat the Open with... action once for each file type
  • You can right click and extract multiple archives in the same time
  • The action will appear in the start menu > Other. Clicking it will not do any harm
  • If you use other archive manager than the default File Roller, you will have to modify the desktop entry Exec and Iconentries. See details about entries here
Andrei Paduraru
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  • Works! I set this as the default app to open with so all i need is to double-click to extract into folder. Very satisfied, thanks! – krivar Nov 15 '21 at 18:26
  • Great answer. Somehow the pcmanfm devs say this is a file-roller thing, but the extract here part seems to be hardcoded anyway, so we're stuck with this solution. However; i needed the icon to be "org.gnome.FileRoller" to work for me properly (I looked in the fileroller.desktop entry which one to choose) so maybe you'll need to update if it shows a blank one. YMMV, just so you know. – Kay Urbach Oct 20 '23 at 18:09
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Another solution would be to create an action in PCmanFM-Qt. I used the script for extracting from the Manjaro Wiki and changed the line:

Exec=atool --extract-to=%d %f

to

Exec=file-roller -h %F

The first line is to extract here, and the second, extract to folder. You may also want to change the action's name.

From the Manjaro Wiki:

Creating custom actions

Before creating the actions (which are desktop files), first create its directory/folder by copy-pasting the below command in terminal:

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/file-manager/actions

“Extract” custom action

Create and edit the action file (extract.desktop) either by using file manager or by issuing these terminal commands one at a time (replace juffed with your text editor if it’s different):

touch ~/.local/share/file-manager/actions/extract.desktop

juffed ~/.local/share/file-manager/actions/extract.desktop

Paste the below content in extract.desktop:

[Desktop Entry] 
Type=Action 
Name[en]=Extract
Icon=package-x-generic
Profiles=profile-zero;

[X-Action-Profile profile-zero]
MimeTypes=application/x-7z-compressed;application/x-7z-compressed-tar;application/x-ace;application/x-alz;application/x-ar;application/x-arj;application/x-bzip;application/x-bzip-compressed-tar;application/x-bzip1;application/x-bzip1-compressed-tar;application/x-cabinet;application/x-cbr;application/x-cbz;application/x-cd-image;application/x-compress;application/x-compressed-tar;application/x-cpio;application/x-deb;application/x-ear;application/x-ms-dos-executable;application/x-gtar;application/x-gzip;application/x-gzpostscript;application/x-java-archive;application/x-lha;application/x-lhz;application/x-lzip;application/x-lzip-compressed-tar;application/x-lzma;application/x-lzma-compressed-tar;application/x-lzop;application/x-lzop-compressed-tar;application/x-rar;application/x-rar-compressed;application/x-rpm;application/x-rzip;application/x-tar;application/x-tarz;application/x-stuffit;application/x-war;application/x-xz;application/x-xz-compressed-tar;application/x-zip;application/x-zip-compressed;application/x-zoo;application/zip;multipart/x-zip;
Exec=atool --extract-to=%d %f 
Name[en]=Default profile
SelectionCount==1

This will uncompress the selected archive into the current directory. (You may need to change the icon in the above code if you don't have oxygen icons.)

https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title=PCmanFM-Qt&mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop

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