Self-Extractor Settings

Use the Advanced button in the Create New Archive dialog to open the Self-Extractor Settings dialog. In this dialog, you can specify the parameters of the self-extracting archive.

Dialog Box Layout

The options are arranged in four groups. Each option is described in detail on the Dialog Box Options page.

Directory to extract files to

The Extract to directory (the > button inserts a variable such as $(Temp) or $(ProgFiles)) and Allow user to change the directory.

After extraction is finished

Execute command or open document sets what is run or opened after extraction. Remove extracted files deletes the extracted files when that program finishes; it is available only when Extract to is $(Temp). The Wait For button, available only when Remove extracted files is checked, names a different program the Self-Extractor waits for before it removes the files, which is useful when the started program launches another one and exits (see Waiting for Another Application).

Interface

Texts opens the Self-Extractor Texts dialog, Language selects the language of the self-extractor, and Change Icon opens the Windows icon picker, where you choose the icon of the self-extracting archive from an ICO file or a Win32 executable or DLL. The current icon is shown next to the button.

Confirmations and other options

Start extraction automatically (which also enables Hide main self-extractor's dialog box and does not let the user change the target directory), Automatically create target directory, Show operation summary dialog box, Overwrite files automatically, and Requires administrative privileges.

Contents

Menu Commands
Dialog Box Options
Self-Extractor Texts Dialog
Waiting for Another Application

See Also

Self-Extractor
Creating Self-Extracting Archive