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Step #3: Advanced Options

These advanced options allow you to customize the actions of your self-extractor. These are intended primarily for software distribution, and are all optional.

    Automatically extract to default path

    If this is selected, FreeExtractor will automatically extract the contents to the directory specified in the 'Default Extraction Path' variable below. If the Default Extraction Path variable is blank, FreeExtractor will extract the contents to the user's temporary directory (%temp%).

    Open Destination Folder in Windows Explorer When Completed

    Enabling this option will open an Windows Explorer folder of the destination directory when file extraction is finished.

    Default Extraction Path

    This is the default extraction directory presented to the user. If "Automatically extract to default path" (above) is selected, this is the path used. This should be a valid Windows directory path or name. It must not contain an invalid path characters (such as / \ : * ? " <> | ) in the name, or the user will encounter an error.

    Path variables are supported here.

    Execute when Completed

    You may execute a program after FreeExtractor has finished extracting the files. This is typically used for executing a setup program (e.g. for software distribution). Batch files (.BAT) are supported here as well.

    You may also specify a document here, which will be opened with the program associated with that file extension. The supported filetypes are: Word Documents (.DOC), Excel Documents (.XLS), Adobe Acrobat Documents (.PDF), PowerPoint Presentations (.PPT), text files (.TXT), Adobe Photoshop Documents (.PSD), HTML files (.HTM and .HTML), XML files and MP3s.

    Delete Extracted Files When Program Finishes

    If you specify a command to execute (above), you have the option of deleting the extracted files when the program finishes. This is useful for software installation (i.e. removing temporary setup files). However, due to operating system limitations, extracted files will not be deleted if you execute a 16-bit program.

    Note: If you specify a document above, FreeExtractor may not be able to delete the document because it may be in use.


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