Extracting .exe file using powershell

Question 1

I am trying to extract .exe file using powershell without any other tools.

I tried to use System.IO.Compression.ZipFile, but that works only for .zip files..

$zip_file = Get-Item ("C:\Users\00WORK\gs\gs.exe")
$destination = Get-Item ("C:\Users\tuna")
[System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory($zip_file,$destination)

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$zip_file = Get-Item ("C:\Users\00WORK\gs\gs.exe")

$destination = Get-Item ("C:\Users\tuna")

[System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory($zip_file,$destination)

Also tried this, but without any success

start-process C:\Users\Downloads\gs.exe -Argumentlist "/a"

1 2	start-process C:\Users\Downloads\gs.exe -Argumentlist "/a"

Tried also this but once again without any succes

$shell = new-object -com shell.application
$zip = $shell.NameSpace(“C:\Users\00WORK\gs\gs.exe”)
foreach($item in $zip.items())
{
$shell.Namespace(“C:\Users\tuna”).copyhere($item)
}

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$shell = new-object -com shell.application

$zip = $shell.NameSpace(“C:\Users\00WORK\gs\gs.exe”)

foreach($item in $zip.items())

{

$shell.Namespace(“C:\Users\tuna”).copyhere($item)

}

Thanks for help.

Question 2

If you have tried

start-process C:\Setup.exe -Argumentlist "/a"

1 2	start-process C:\Setup.exe -Argumentlist "/a"

Then it is not possible using powershell, this command is completely dependant on how the file was packaged, if all else fails I personally would use a utility like 7-Zip, but as you said you would not like to use utilities.

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