diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Archives/ArchiveFactory.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Archives/ArchiveFactory.cs
index b81e2c0e1..8bfc86cea 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Archives/ArchiveFactory.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Archives/ArchiveFactory.cs
@@ -122,10 +122,7 @@ public static void WriteToDirectory(
     )
     {
         using var archive = Open(sourceArchive);
-        foreach (var entry in archive.Entries)
-        {
-            entry.WriteToDirectory(destinationDirectory, options);
-        }
+        archive.WriteToDirectory(destinationDirectory, options);
     }
 
     private static T FindFactory<T>(FileInfo finfo)
diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Archives/IArchiveExtensions.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Archives/IArchiveExtensions.cs
index 4cba54638..337e4ccc5 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Archives/IArchiveExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Archives/IArchiveExtensions.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using SharpCompress.Common;
+using SharpCompress.Readers;
 
 namespace SharpCompress.Archives;
 
@@ -18,10 +19,8 @@ public static void WriteToDirectory(
         ExtractionOptions? options = null
     )
     {
-        foreach (var entry in archive.Entries.Where(x => !x.IsDirectory))
-        {
-            entry.WriteToDirectory(destinationDirectory, options);
-        }
+        using var reader = archive.ExtractAllEntries();
+        reader.WriteAllToDirectory(destinationDirectory, options);
     }
 
     /// <summary>