Extracting Zip files using PowerShell 3.0 on Windows 2008

Question

I’m using a script to extract data to multiple servers, I’ve tested it many times, however an issue has come up that has me stumped. When extracting the zip file, it wants to create a top level folder the same name as the zip file instead of just extracting
the contents.  Here is a sample of my script. What I need it to do is just extract the contents to the location I specify, but not create a folder with the same name as the zip file itself. Hopefully that makes sense.
 ( now the code I used is from a sample I found online, it’s been edited to fit my needs.
$Date
= Get-Date
#ERROR REPORTING ALL
Set-StrictMode
-Version latest
#STATIC VARIABLES
$search
= ""
$destSRC  
= "D:\Destination\DestinationUpdate"
$zips  
= "D:\Source\ZipSource"
#log start of script
Write-EventLog
-LogName OpsCenter
-Source ZIP
-EntryType Information
-EventId 3001
-Message "Start Extraction of Update files to
$destSRC @
$Date"
#FUNCTION GetZipFileItems
Function
GetZipFileItems
Param([string]$zip)
$split =
$split.Split(".")
$destSRC
= $destSRC
+ "\"
+ $split[0]
If (!(Test-Path
$destSRC))
Write-Host "Created folder :
$destSRC"
$strDest
= New-Item $destSRC
-Type Directory
$shell   =
New-Object -Com
Shell.Application
$zipItem
= $shell.NameSpace($zip)
$items   =
$zipItem.Items()
GetZipFileItemsRecursive
$items
#FUNCTION GetZipFileItemsRecursive
Function
GetZipFileItemsRecursive
Param([object]$items)
ForEach($item
In $items)
If ($item.GetFolder
-ne $Null)
GetZipFileItemsRecursive
$item.GetFolder.items()
$strItem
= [string]$item.Name
If ($strItem
-Like "*$search*")
If ((Test-Path ($destSRC
+ "\"
+ $strItem))
-eq $False)
Write-Host "Copied file :
$strItem from zip-file :
$zipFile to destination folder"
$shell.NameSpace($destSRC).CopyHere($item)
Else
Write-Host "File :
$strItem already exists in destination folder"
#FUNCTION GetZipFiles
Function
GetZipFiles
$zipFiles
= Get-ChildItem -Path
$zips -Recurse
-Filter "*.zip"
| % {
$_.DirectoryName
+ "\$_" }
ForEach ($zipFile
In $zipFiles)
$split =
$zipFile.Split("\")[-1]
Write-Host "Found zip-file :
$split"
GetZipFileItems
$zipFile
#RUN SCRIPT
GetZipFiles
#log end of script
Start-Sleep
-Seconds 2
$Date
= Get-Date
Write-EventLog
-LogName OpsCenter
-Source ZIP
-EntryType Information
-EventId 3001
-Message "Extracted all ZIP Update files to
$destSRC @
$Date"
Paul Arbogast

Answer 1

@jrv
I hate to hijack an old thread.
I have been playing with this for the past hour.
I have use this fine in an interactive console or the ISE.
But as soon as I place this into a script, and then run the script " .\script.ps1 "; nothing happens.
I obviously have some disconnect going on that I am not finding.
Brian Ehlert
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