Select "Configuration..." from the "Options"
menu to activate the Configuration dialog box. This dialog box
contains tabs that control most IZArc settings. Click
on any tab title for further information on its content.
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The View tab controls
the appearance of the main IZArc window. |
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The Toolbar tab
controls the appearance of the IZArc Toolbar. |
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The Folders tab
offers choices for start-up, add, CheckOut, extract and temporary
folders. |
View tab:
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Show Toolbar -
Shows/Hides toolbar. |
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Show Grid Lines -
Display grid lines to separate rows and columns in the main
window |
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Show Status bar -
Shows/Hides status bar. |
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Full Row Select - This
option allows you to click anywhere on the file's row of
information in order to select it. |
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Flat Scroll bars -
Displays flat scroll bars. |
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Colored Captions -
Displays some captions (ReadMe.txt, Setup.exe, Install.exe, etc.)
in different colors. |
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Show Action Messages -
Show action messages. (i.e. after compressing shows how many files
are compressed, after extraction -how many files are
extracted) |
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Columns
- Select the columns that
you want to appear in the file listing. |
Toolbar tab:
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Show Toolbar Captions -
Shows/Hides toolbar captions. |
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Show Tool tips -
Displays Toolbar hints. |
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Flat Toolbar Buttons -
Displays flat toolbar buttons. |
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Toolbar Image - Enables
you to select custom images for the toolbar buttons. |
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Sample - Previews the
selected Skin. |
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Select
Buttons - Enables you to select toolbar buttons. |
Folders tab:
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Temp
Folder - This entry
specifies the location for temporary files created by IZArc. If you
run out of disk space during an operation, change the Temp Folder
to specify a drive and folder with sufficient free space. |
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Start-up
Folder - Unless you
start IZArc
by double clicking on an archive, IZArc will optionally
change to a folder of your choice when it starts up. Files in
this folder are automatically displayed in the Open archive and New
archive dialog boxes. The following choices control which
folder is used. |
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System Default -
IZArc does
not change folders, so the system default folder is in effect.
Usually this is the folder containing IZArc.exe. |
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Last Open Archive -
IZArc
changes to the folder containing the last open archive during your
last IZArc
session, unless it is on your A: or B: drive. |
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Folder - IZArc always changes to
the specified folder. |
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Default Add
Folder - These
selections determine the default folder when the Add dialog box is
opened. |
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Open Archive Folder -
IZArc lists
the name of the folder containing the open archive in the Extract
to field. (i.e. if the archive C:\Tools\SysTools.zip is open,
IZArc will
list C:\Tools. |
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Last Add Folder -
IZArc uses
the folder you used during the last Add operation, unless it is on
your A: or B: drive. This value is saved when you exit
IZArc so
you can use it during your next IZArc session. |
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Folder - IZArc always uses the
specified folder. This value is saved when you exit
IZArc so
you can use it during your next IZArc session. |
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Default
Extract Folder -
These selections determine the default folder that IZArc automatically
lists in the Extract to field in the Extract dialog box. You
can, of course, type over this default folder name or select a
different folder from the folder list. |
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Open Archive Folder -
IZArc lists
the name of the folder containing the open archive in the Extract
to field. (i.e. if the archive C:\Tools\SysTools.zip is open,
IZArc will
list C:\Tools. |
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Open Archive Folder .\Archive
Name Folder - IZArc lists the name of
the folder containing the open archive plus the name of the open
archive as a folder in the Extract to field. (i.e. if the archive
C:\Tools\SysTools.zip is open, IZArc will list
C:\Tools\SysTools. |
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Last Extract Folder -
IZArc will
list the name of the folder you used during the last Extract
operation, unless it is on your A: or B: drive. This value is
saved when you exit IZArc so you can use it
during your next IZArc session. |
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Folder - IZArc always lists the
specified folder. This value is saved when you exit
IZArc so
you can use it during your next IZArc session. |
File
Associations tab:
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File
Extensions - check
boxes determine whether Windows will use IZArc to open archives
from My Computer, Windows Explorer, most e-mail programs, etc. |
IZArc
can associate itself with the following archive types: 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64,
BH, BZ2, BZA, CAB, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ, GZA, HA, JAR, LHA, LIB,
LZH, MBF, MIM, PAK, PK3, RAR, RPM, TAR, TAZ, TBZ, TGZ, TZ, UUE,
WAR, XXE, YZ1, Z, ZIP, ZOO
See the section titled
Windows Associations for more
information on associations.
Explorer enhancements tab:
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Context Menu
Commands - You can
use this list to enable or disable many of the IZArc Explorer context
menu entries individually. Check the appropriate check box to
include a command in the IZArc menu, or clear it
to remove the command from the menu (see Working with the Explorer Context
Menu for descriptions of the individual commands). |
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Default Archive Type
- Select the default archive type when you use "Add to
<archive name> from the Windows Explorer context menu. |
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Default Compression Type
- Select default compression type. |
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Default Method Type -
Select default method type |
Program
Locations tab:
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Default
Viewer - The program
specified as the default viewer is used when viewing a file that
does not have an association. If this field is empty NOTEPAD (the Windows Notepad program)
is used as default viewer. For additional information on
associations, see the section titled Windows Associations. |
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Optional Virus Scanner
- Select your virus scanner
here. It will be started if you select "Virus scan" at the "Action" menu. Choose your scanner from
the list or use the browse button to locate it. |
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Parameters -This field
should contain the appropriate parameters to run the virus scanner
(use %f for archive file
name). |
For example: to use AVG Anti-Virus
you have to select:
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Virus Scanner:
C:\Program
Files\AVG\AVG9\avgscan?.exe (replace '?' with 'x' or
'a') |
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Parameters:
/scan=%f /ext=* /arc
/clean |
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