Documentation

	Settings - General
	Settings - Destination
	Settings - Post Extraction
	Settings - Explorer
	Settings - Drag & Drop
	Frequently Asked Questions

Settings - General

	Window / Minimize to System Tray
	Minimizes the program to the system tray in Windows. This option is also available via the system command menu in the main ExtractNow window.
	Window / Always Show On Top
	Ensures that the ExtractNow window is the topmost window of all currently visible windows within Windows.
	Window / Allow Multiple Instances
	By default, ExtractNow will only open up one window. If you double-click on files in Explorer they will show in the current instance of ExtractNow if there is no current instance then one will be created. This option allows you to open up more than one ExtractNow window.
	Startup / Automatically Extract Archives
	If you associate an archive file type with ExtractNow or choose to open an archive with ExtractNow straight from Windows Explorer, this option will automatically extract any archives that are opened with ExtractNow when the program is started.
	Startup / Check For Updates
	Checks to make sure that you have the latest version of ExtractNow on your computer. This option is also available via the system command menu in the main ExtractNow window. By default this option is turned off because it does not work in some situations with proxies.
	Startup / Minimize To System Tray
	Minimizes ExtractNow to the system tray once the program is started.
	File View / Show Default File Type Icons
	Changes the default icon that is used when representing archives within the program. Initially it is a green package icon stored inside the ExtractNow executable. If you enable this option, ExtractNow will use the file type icon that is associated in Windows to represent archives.

Settings - Destination

	Add Archive Folder Structure
	Adds the archive's file folder structure to the extraction destination path. An archive located at c:\myzips\t\thefile.zip with an initial destination of c:\myfiles\ will have a final destination of c:\myfiles\myzips\t\
	Add Containing Folder Name
	Adds the archive's containing/parent folder name to the extraction destination path. An archive located at c:\mymedia\nathan\mp3\thestuff.zip with an initial destination of c:\morestuff\ will have a final destination of c:\morestuff\mp3\
	Rename Single File in Archive After Archive
	If the archive contains only one file, ExtractNow will rename that file to the name of the archive. So an archive called MyArc.zip containing on file called \test\1029312.txt will result in a file being extracted and renamed to \test\MyArc.txt

Settings - Post Extraction

	Clear Extracted Archives
	This option will remove any archives that were successfully extracted from ExtractNow list of archives to extract.
	Open Destination Folder
	Open in Windows Explorer the folder where the archive is extracted to once the extraction is successfully completed.
	Close Program
	Closes ExtractNow after the extraction process is completed.
	Recycle Archives
	Sends the archive files to the recycling bin after they have been successfully extracted. If an archive has multiple volumes they are all sent to the recycling bin.
	Delete Archives
	Deletes the archive files permanently after they have been successfully extracted. If an archive has multiple volumes they are all deleted.
	Move Archives
	ExtractNow will move the archive volumes after extraction has been completed to the folder specified. This can be a full path such as "c:\backupvolumes\". You can also specify something like, "%destination%\%archive%\" which would move the volumes to the extraction destination in a folder with the file name of the archive.

Settings - Explorer

	Shell Context Menu Enable
	Enables or disables the use of context menus with Windows Explorer. This feature adds menu items to context menus in Explorer Enqueue, Extract Here,  and Extract to named folder. On folders there is a Search for archives option.
	Shell Context Menu - Group
	Turns on or off grouping of the ExtractNow Context Menu Items. You must close ExtractNow for the changes to take effect.
	Shell Context Menu - Enqueue
	Turns on or off the Enqueue option from the ExtractNow Context Menu. You must close ExtractNow for the changes to take effect.
	Shell Context Menu - Extract Here
	Turns on or off the Extract Here option from the ExtractNow Context Menu. You must close ExtractNow for the changes to take effect.
	Shell Context Menu - Extract To Folder
	Turns on or off the Extract to named folder option from the ExtractNow Context Menu. You must close ExtractNow for the changes to take effect.

Settings - Drag and Drop

	File Ignore Mask
	When you drag and drop a folder into ExtractNow, it will search that folder for archives. Here, you can specify an ignore mask. For example, if you did not want ExtractNow to search and automatically add ISO files when a folder is dropped you would set the ignore mask to be "*.iso". Mutiple masks are allowed in the format "*.iso;*.bin;*.sit;". This only works when ExtractNow is searching through a folder for archives.
	Automatically Extract Archives
	ExtractNow will automatically extract any archives that you drag and drop on to the main window.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does ExtractNow have spyware or malware?

No.

Does ExtractNow work on Windows 95, 98, ME?

It has been known to work on them, but it is not fully supported.

What archive types are supported?

zip (+jar,xpi), bzip2 (+bz2,tbz2,tbz), rar, arj, z, lzh (+lha), 7z, cab, nsis, lzma, lzma86, xz (+txz), ppmd, udf, xar, mub, hfs, dmg, compound (+msi,doc,xls,ppt), wim (+swm), iso, chm (+chm,chi,chq,chw,hxs,hxi,hxr,hxq,hxw,lit), split (+001), rpm, deb, cpio, tar, gzip (+gz,gzip,tgz,tpz), mslz, flv, swf, ntfs (+ntfs,img), fat (+fat,img), mbr, vhd, pe, elf, apm, macho, ace, sit

Will you release the source code?

No.

Why do I get an error when running on Windows 95?

Most likely you are running version 3.60 which requires you to download and install the latest version of Microsoft Internet Explorer and also Microsoft Active Accessibility.

How do I turn off the sounds when a file is extracted?

You can delete the wav files in the ExtractNow installation directory.

Why don't you support such and such archive type?

If you want a certain archive type not supported, contact the developer of such and such archive type to add support for their archive type into the LZMA SDK.

How can't I extract a SIT file?

ExtractNow only supports the older type of SIT archives.

What libraries do you use?

ExtractNow uses the following libraries: 7zip, UnACE, & StuffIt SDK.

I am running version 3.60 and cannot get it to uninstall!

This is already a known issue. What happens is that the uninstaller gets hung waiting for the ExtractNow process to remove all file type associations and other registry settings. What you can do to fix it is run the installer, wait for the uninstaller to hang and once it does press Control-Alt-Delete and shutdown the ExtractNow process.

Who made the icons that you use on ExtractNow?

Most of the icons are provided by FamFamFam

How do I contact you to complain about a broken archive I have?

Don't. Your archive is broken and there is nothing I can do about it. I have no way of finding out the password to any archives either.

What was ExtractNow written with?

ExtractNow was written on Windows 98/XP/Vista/7 in C

Where can I get other releases of ExtractNow?

http://www.extractnow.com/releases/