To fine-tune ADC user interface and configure some facilities, use the setup dialog displayed on selecting the Options|Setup menu item (General tab):
Use the Auto-open last database option to allow ADC open (on start-up) the last database you have been working with during the last session. This is very convenient when you have just one database.
If the Save layout option is set, ADC saves its layout on exit and restores it on start-up: main window size, position and the size of columns in right (list) window, as well as the layout of Search and other windows (as Database information).
If the Display associated icons option is selected, ADC displays the small icon associated with the file in the right (list) window, according to its type. However, when it is selected, the refresh speed of the ADC window slows down.
By checking the Move to next file in properties option, you can configure ADC not to close the File properties dialog on pressing the OK button, but move to the next file in list instead.
Remember open/save path option allows ADC to keep the location, from where you opened your last database, as well as the location of your last-saved file. If the option is set, the open/save dialog will initially show this last directory (you’ll be able to change it, of course :-).
If the Search in compressed files option is enabled, ADC will also look in compressed files.
You can also enable Save comments in search results option in order to include comment field in search report. For more details regarding the two above-mentioned options you can also refer to Search topic.
The Sounds option allows you to configure ADC to enable/disable playing sounds on some events (e.g. when displaying the informative/warning/error messages; at the end of the search operation etc.).
Old-style toolbar option turns program toolbar in standard non-flat view.
If the Create database backup on save option is selected (recommended!), the program will always create the backup of your database before the save operation.
If the Minimize to tray option is set, the ADC window will disappear from Windows desktop when clicking the minimize button; the small icon (the same as on ADC caption) in the system tray (just near the system clock) will be created, though. Simply click on it (with any mouse button), and the program will be restored.
When No logo at startup option is enabled, the program doesn’t show the logo when it starts.
Gradient caption fill is enabled by default on Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0 systems, because Windows ME, Windows 2000 and Windows XP have such feature built-in. However, you may wish to turn this option off if you have any compatibility problems with ADC and software like Talisman or WindowBlinds.
Using the Auto-save database when idle option, you can tune ADC to save your database when the system is idle during some period. This period (in minutes, from 1 to 60) can be set in the small window at the right. The database will be saved with the current name; if there is no one yet, the name will be AUTOSAVE.CAT.
If you’d like to use another program instead of Windows Explorer (to open files from ADC window), select this program in the Program to use instead of explorer field (not just the name, but the complete file name with the full path); use the button on right to find the required executable. If this field is empty, ADC uses Windows Explorer (default). You can also use this option to customise the “look and feel” of Explorer window; we’d recommend you to set “explorer.exe /n, /e,” here.
You can also setup the external anti-virus program to use with ADC (we would recommend you to use the AntiViral Toolkit Pro by Eugene Kaspersky – definitely the best one available). Just fill the Anti-virus program field (use the button near it to select a full path), and now you’ve got an additional menu item in context menu (appearing when you click the right mouse button on the disk or folder in the left pane of ADC main window) – Scan for viruses. On selecting this item, the antivirus program will be executed for the given disk or folder; if the required disk is not inserted (if it is removable), or not mapped (if it is remote), you’ll see the notification telling you what disk to insert/map.
Use the Double-click on file option to configure ADC how to handle the mouse double-click: open this file (run if it is executable or load into the associated program), or show its properties.
Count folder sizes option enables displaying for each folder total size of files located inside this folder (when this option is disabled – word “folder” is displayed in “Size” field in all dialogs.
If Count sub-folders option is enabled – the size of each folder will include not only total size of all internal files but total size of all internal folders too.
Show size in KB(MB) option enables displaying size of files not in bytes (by default) but in Kbytes (1024 bytes) or Mbytes (1024 Kbytes) or even in Gbytes (1024 Mbytes) depending on the actual size – so the size of the file as big as 1 234 567 890 bytes will be displayed like: “1,23 GB”.