C# zip/unzip with DotNet framework 4.5
add reference System.IO.Compression.FileSystem
public class ZipHelper { public static string UnZip(string inputFile) { string outDir = System.Environment.CurrentDirectory + "\\executor\\"; if (UnZip(inputFile, outDir)) return outDir; else return ""; } public static bool UnZip(string inputFile, string outputDir) { bool result = false; try { //ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(inputFile, outputDir); using (ZipInputStream s = new ZipInputStream(File.OpenRead(inputFile))) { ZipEntry theEntry; while ((theEntry = s.GetNextEntry()) != null) { Console.WriteLine(theEntry.Name); string directoryName = Path.GetDirectoryName(theEntry.Name); //string directoryName = outputDir; string fileName = Path.GetFileName(theEntry.Name); // create directory if (directoryName.Length > 0) { Directory.CreateDirectory(directoryName); } if (fileName != String.Empty) { using (FileStream streamWriter = File.Create(theEntry.Name)) { int size = 2048; byte[] data = new byte[2048]; while (true) { size = s.Read(data, 0, data.Length); if (size > 0) { streamWriter.Write(data, 0, size); streamWriter.Close(); } else { break; } } } } } } result = true; } catch { } return result; } //public static bool UnZip(string inputFile, string outputDir) //{ // bool result = false; // try // { // ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(inputFile, outputDir); // result = true; // } // catch // { // } // return result; //} }