Usage ExtractNow is meant to be straightforward to use. Below is a description of each of the options in the settings dialog for ExtractNow. 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 yellow 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. 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 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. 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. 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.