Main Window - File View |
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The main window is where
everything happens in the program. From here you can extract files on
the fly or perhaps change program settings |
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General |
1. Shows the
List of Files to Extract. All files listed here will be extracted.
Dragging files or folders from explorer and onto this window will add
them to the list of files to extract |
2. Switches between
the File View and the History View |
3. Opens an e-mail
to the author of the program |
4. Open a Web
Browser that goes to the ExtractNow website |
5. Shows the
Settings Window where you can change all program settings |
6. Removes the
selected files from the List of Files to Extract control. Does not
physically remove them from your hardrive |
7.
Extracts all the files in the List of Files to Extract control |
8. Shows the
extraction progress of each individual file |
9. Shows the
extraction progress of all the files that were in he List of Files to
Extract control |
10. Basically this
is a status bar, that is used in History View |
Settings Window |
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Allows you to change the
program's extraction settings. |
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General |
1. After extraction
is complete, the history view will automatically be shown if this option is
selected. |
2. Adds explorer
right-click context menus for ZIP, ACE, and RAR files. (See Right-Click
Shell Integration) |
Favorite Folder |
3. If this option
is selected, all files that are extracted will be extracted to the path
selected. |
4. Enabled if the
Automatically Archives into Folder option is selected. Shows the
path to extract the archives to |
5. Will extract
files from each archive to the location where the archive is.
c:\windows\x.zip extracts into ->
c:\windows\ |
!= 4 || 5. If
neither option 4 or 5 is chosen, then the user is asked which folder to
extract the selected files into. More.. |
6. Extracts each
archive into their own folder.
c:\windows\x.zip extracts into ->
c:\windows\x\ |
7. Gives the option
to or not to automatically overwrite existing files when extracting
archives. Checked = overwrite files, Unchecked = do not overwrite files |
Misc. |
8. Shows these help
files |
9. Expands or
contracts the settings dialog to show or not show the File Masking Section |
Browse For Folder Window |
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Selects a folder for extraction
of archived contents into. |
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General |
1. Shows the full
path of the directory selected in the Directory Tree |
2. Directory
Tree that shows the hierarchy of the file system on the installed
computer. |
3. Allows the
creation of a specified folder under the directory selected in the
Directory Tree (See Create New Folder Window) |
4. Expands and
contracts the Extract Archives into their own Name Folder option |
5. Extract
Archives into their own Name Folder option (same option as the one in
the Settings Window). If selected, then it will
apply for all archives extracted.
c:\windows\x.zip is the archive name and if Ok were pressed then it
would extract the contents of
c:\windows\x.zip into -> c:\windows\x\ |
Create New Folder Window |
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Allows the user to create a new
folder |
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General |
1. Specifies the
folder name |
2. Directory to
create folder name in |
This example will create
the new folder of
c:\windows\my folder\ |