import zipfile import ctypes src_path=r'C:\Users\rose\Desktop\files.zip' dest_path=r'c:\Users' class disable_file_system_redirection: _disable = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64DisableWow64FsRedirection _revert = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64RevertWow64FsRedirection def __enter__(self): self.old_value = ctypes.c_long() self.success = self._disable(ctypes.byref(self.old_value)) def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback): if self.success: self._revert(self.old_value) def filezip(src_path,dest_path): with disable_file_system_redirection(): with zipfile.ZipFile(src_path,"r") as zip_ref: zip_ref.extractall(dest_path) print 'file unzipped to ' +dest_path filezip(src_path,dest_path)