Various settings can be configured from this page which affect how Express Zip works. Click the Options button in the toolbar and select the General tab to open these settings. Default Compression Settings: - Default zip name: This is the name that Express Zip uses when it creates a new zip file.
- Default save location: This is where a new zip file will be saved. Click the Browse button to change this location.
- Compression Level: You can choose the Compression Level option and select from Fastest, Fast, Normal, Small, or Smallest. Be advised that these options vary in accordance with the amount of compression to be made, as well as the varying speed in which your compressed files will be processed. With the "Fastest" option equivalent to processing the compression in the fastest possible time but not the smallest possible compression size, and the "Smallest" option equivalent to compressing the file in the smallest possible size, yet will take more time to process.
Extract Destination: - Match the location of the archive file: If this option is selected, Express Zip will extract the files in the same directory as the archive.
- Custom: If this option is selected, you will have the option to choose a custom location for extraction.
Quick Zip: - Don't prompt me when using Quick Zip: If this option is checkmarked, Express Zip will use one of the two options below to determine how to zip the folder selected in the Quick Zip. Otherwise, Express Zip will ask you if you want the selected folder to be added to the current archive or if you want to create a new zip file.
- Always create a new zip file for Quick Zip items: If this option is selected, Express Zip will create a new zip file when a folder from the Quick Zip is selected.
- Always append Quick Zip items to the current zip file: If this option is selected, Express Zip will append the folder selected from the Quick Zip to the current zip file.
Ignore Files - Ignore hidden files: If this option is checkmarked, Express Zip will not show and/or archive hidden files or folders
- Ignore with these extensions: If this option is checkmarked, Express Zip will not show and/or archive files with certain extension type. For now, .db files are the only type that can be ignored
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