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- PakExplorer Instructions
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-
- Most of the commands in PakExplorer are intuitive
- and self-explanatory. I'll go over them briefly,
- highlighting things which are different from the
- behavior in the win95 shell.
-
- Menu Commands
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-
- File Menu -
-
- Open Pak : opens an existing pak file
- New Pak : creates a new pak file
- Recover Unused Space:
-
- Eliminates all empty space from the pak file. Empty space is created when
- files are deleted or overwritten. The empty space is created because
- PakExplorer only deletes the directory entry, not the data. Using this
- mechanism prevents PakExplorer from having to re-sized the pak every time
- a file is deleted. It also allows files to be restored, since the data
- is not actually deleted. Recovering unused space permanently eliminates
- deleted files.
-
- Extract All : Extract all files, preserving path info, to the
- directory containing the pak file.
-
- Extract : Extract the currently select file(s) and folder(s).
- Delete : Delete the currently selected item(s).
- Rename : Rename the currently selected item. Files and folders
- in a pak use the 8.3 dos filename rules.
-
- New Folder :
-
- Create a new folder in the currently selected path. This will also create a
- zero-length file temporary file in the new folder, since pak files don't
- have empty folders. You can delete this file after adding files to the new
- directory.
-
- Restore Deleted Files:
-
- Opens the Restore dialog. In the restore dialog you are given a list of
- all files deleted DURING THE CURRENT SESSION OF PAKEXPLORER. These files
- can be restored to their original location only. Any file which is
- deleted, cut, or overwritten will appear in this dialog, but ONLY if this
- happened during the current session. Once you close PakExplorer, deleted
- files are LOST whether or not you recover unused space. If you don't
- recover the space, the data is still there, but the directory entry is GONE.
-
-
- Edit Menu
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-
- All these operations are pretty self-evident. I should point out that a Cut
- operation takes place immediately, unlike in windows explorer where the cut
- doesn't happen until the paste occurs. You can still restore the file,
- however.
-
- View Menu
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-
- The only operation I'll mention here is Options, which brings up the Options
- dialog. Its functions are described in the readme file. Note that if you
- change the states of the Shell Options, they won't take affect until you close
- and re-open PakExplorer. Also, PakExplorer currently won't remove shell
- entries if you de-select the Shell Options - you'll have to do that manually,
- as specified in the readme. If the options are de-selected, PakExplorer just
- won't try to add them each time you run it.
-
- Drag and Drop
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-
- Drag and drop is pretty self-explanatory, but let me mention a couple of
- things:
-
- At this point, you can only COPY files from explorer to PakExplorer.
- You can't perform a MOVE operation. This also applies to cutting files -
- you can choose Cut from the explorer menu, then paste it to PakExplorer.
- The file will be added to the pak, but it won't be deleted form explorer.
- I haven't found I way I consider satisfactory to do this yet.
-
- To move files within a pak, to another pak, or to the shell, hold down
- shift while dragging the file. To copy just drag without any key presses.
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