# Winzip self extractor

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/winzip-self-extractor/898
**Category:** Discussion
**Created:** [July 8, 2008, 8:10am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/winzip-self-extractor/898 "2008-07-08T08:10:37Z")
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### Author: ![jkaeterle](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@jkaeterle](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/jkaeterle)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2008, 8:10am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/winzip-self-extractor/898/1 "2008-07-08T08:10:37Z")

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Does anyone have any experience using finalbuilder to create self extracting files with winzip?

thanks

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### Author: ![tate](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e19b73/32.png) [@tate](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/tate)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/winzip-self-extractor/898/2 "2008-07-09T01:45:56Z")

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Hi Jason,   
  
 The “7-zip create archive” action will allow you to create self extracting archives. For this though, you need to have 7-zip installed and use 7zip as the compression format.   
  
 .t8