Extract files faster with Windows Explorer double-clicks

Once you've set the default behaviour for double-clicking on files in Windows Explorer, you can extract files faster and easier without ever opening ALZip.

Extracting files with ALZip by double-clicking on archives offers two basic options:

Extract to My Default Folder (Single Action Extraction)

Double-click on an archive with this option selected to immediately extract the archive with no dialogs that require user input. This is Single Action Extraction and is the absolute fastest way to extract archives. Only the progress dialog is displayed. This is immediate and the fastest way to extract an archive. To use this option:

If a file exists and you are extracting to one of:

You are prompted with an overwrite dialog.

If a folder exists and you are extracting to one of:

Then you are not prompted with an overwrite dialog. Instead, ALZip creates a new numbered folder named "Filename(1)". See "Duplicate Files" under Setting Double-Click Preferences for more information.

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When using this option:

The available context menu items are:

These behave exactly as their counterparts in other areas of ALZip with the notable exception for duplicate files when a folder already exists. See here for more information.

The "Extract to My Default Folder" extracts to the folder that you selected in the preferences.

Related Topics

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