Does ExtractNow have spyware or malware?

No. That would only cheap the software I've developed. I take pride in my work. The money that would be made if I were to add spyware to ExtractNow would be minimal anyways. So instead I just accept PayPal donations.

Does ExtractNow work on Windows 95, 98, ME?

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

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.

Will you release the source code?

Great artists never reveal the sources to their great works of art.

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

You can always e-mail me and find out why I don't support any archive types, but for the most part it is due to the lack of developer support for that archive type or the fact that the developer support (ie libraries, dlls, code examples, etc) is overcooked or undercooked. When looking at what archive types to support I try to stick to archive types that are solid and are easy to implement with little overhead. The best examples of developer support are the Zlib library and the UnRAR dll library.

How do I activate SIT support for ExtractNow?

For SIT support you must download SIT dll and save it to your ExtractNow directory. Unfortunately the makers of the StuffIt software development kit made their dll 960KB so I decided to include support for SIT archives as an optional download because it would have eaten up bandwidth at the time and also have made more people download something they probably will never use. SIT archive compatibility support is limited thanks to StuffIt's old software development kit.

What libraries do you use?

ExtractNow uses the following libraries. ZIP, JAR, GZ, TAR: ZLib. RAR: UnRAR. BIN, IMG, IMA, IMZ: WinImage SDK. ACE: UnACE. 7Z: LZMA SDK. LZH, LHA: UnLHA32. SIT: StuffIt SDK. Several of the libraries are dlls referenced by ExtractNow, some are compiled with the executable itself, keeping in mind that it is important to have the smallest footprint possible.

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. Although, if you believe that something is wrong with the functionality of ExtractNow you can go to my website via the link at the bottom of the page, and email me from my website's contact page.

Also please note that the following archive types have limited support: SIT, 7Z. If you're archive is not properly extracted that is because the libraries I use for the aforementioned archive types are limited.

What was ExtractNow written with?

ExtractNow was written on Windows 98, XP, & Vista in C