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To use the
ZipFile
class in a .NET Framework app, you must add a reference to the
System.IO.Compression.FileSystem
assembly in your project. For information on how to add a reference to your project in Visual Studio, see
How to: Add or Remove References
.
The methods for manipulating zip archives and their files are spread across three classes:
ZipFile
,
ZipArchive
, and
ZipArchiveEntry
.
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Examples
This example shows how to create and extract a zip archive by using the
ZipFile
class. It compresses the contents of a folder into a zip archive, and then extracts that content to a new folder.
using System;
using System.IO.Compression;
class Program
static void Main(string[] args)
string startPath = @".\start";
string zipPath = @".\result.zip";
string extractPath = @".\extract";
ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory(startPath, zipPath);
ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(zipPath, extractPath);
Imports System.IO.Compression
Module Module1
Sub Main()
Dim startPath As String = ".\start"
Dim zipPath As String = ".\result.zip"
Dim extractPath As String = ".\extract"
ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory(startPath, zipPath)
ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(zipPath, extractPath)
End Sub
End Module
