Working with compressed files

Using the options dialog (see the User Interface and Scan options and Archives sections), you can configure ADC to get it working with the compressed files (ZIP, ARJ, RAR, ARC, CAB, ACE, LZH, TAR and JAR types are supported now).

Selecting the Analyse compressed files option will allow you to view the compressed file contents (see the File properties section for details). If you also want to browse inside the self-extracting executables, just enable the Analyse SFX archives. If the Search in compressed files option is set, you’ll be able to search for files in archives.

Please note that selecting the options Analyse compressed files, Analyse SFX archives and Extract file descriptions from archives will dramatically increase the disk scan time! With those options disabled, ADC can scan one-gigabyte hard drive in seconds, but when they’re enabled (and especially if some archives appears to be corrupted), the scan time may achieve 5 or even 10 minutes (depending on the speed of your system). Guess yourself how much time is required to understand is the particular executable file actually a self-extracting archive or not… However, the disk update operation will be still fast even with these options are enabled: ADC is smart enough not to analyse the same archive twice (if this archive is really the same, i.e. the file name, size and creation date/time match), and not to add the description if it is already there. So, you have to wait only once, when adding the disk for the first time.