Author: Oscar Cronquist Article last updated on July 29, 2017

This vba macro lets you search for zip files in a folder. Then unzip those files to a folder you specify. It continues with sub folders until all zip files have been unzipped.

What happens when you execute the macro?

  1. Select a folder you want to search.
  2. Select a destination folder. This is where all unzipped files will be copied to.
  3. Macro unzips all zip files in folder and sub folders.
  4. Macro ends.

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VBA Code

Actually there are two macros. Run UnzipFiles to start unzipping files.

Sub UnzipFiles()
Dim myfolder
Dim destfolder

With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
    .Show
    myfolder = .SelectedItems(1) & "\"
End With

With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
    .Show
    destfolder = .SelectedItems(1) & "\"
End With

Call Recursive(myfolder, destfolder)

End Sub

Sub Recursive(FolderPath As Variant, destfolder As Variant)
Dim Value As String, Folders() As String
Dim Folder As Variant, a As Long
Dim SApp As Object

ReDim Folders(0)

If Right(FolderPath, 2) = "\\" Then Exit Sub
Value = Dir(FolderPath, &H1F)

Do Until Value = ""
    If Value = "." Or Value = ".." Then
    Else
        If GetAttr(FolderPath & Value) = 16 Or GetAttr(FolderPath & Value) = 48 Then
            Folders(UBound(Folders)) = Value
            ReDim Preserve Folders(UBound(Folders) + 1)
        Else
            If Right(Value, 4) = ".zip" Then
                Set SApp = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
                SApp.Namespace(destfolder).CopyHere _
                SApp.Namespace(FolderPath & Value).items
            End If
        End If
    End If
    Value = Dir
Loop

For Each Folder In Folders
    Call Recursive(FolderPath & Folder & "\", destfolder)
Next Folder

End Sub

Download excel *.xlsm file

Unzip files in folder and subfolders.xlsm

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