another alternative a user may select pkzip explore pkzip folder to create a folder shortcut under the current folder and display the contents of the zip file via this folder to extract individual files and or folders archived in a zip file a user opens the zip file in explorer as discussed above and invokes the extract dialog by selecting the extract menu item in the right click context menu the extract dialog appears fig7 allowing the user to manually specify a destination directory alternatively a user may select pkzip extract here to extract the contents of the archive into the directory where the zip archive resides to create a directory e g u201c test u201d under the directory where the zip archive resides and extract all files in that directory the user selects the u201c extract to u201d menu item alternatively files may be extracted using a drag and drop operation the user highlights the files and or folders he wishes to extract drags the files to a destination and drops the files in the enabled destination the files and or folders will be automatically extracted into the drop destination as the extraction process proceeds the progress is displayed in a progress dialog as shown in fig4.