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When "test running" an archive from WarpZip, a directory is created on your hard drive to unzip the archive into for testing purposes. You will want to use a specific directory for these events so everything that you choose to leave unzipped after testing will be confined to one directory.

If you want to set \BIN\DOWNLOAD\ for example, as your base directory, then all testing will be done there. Notice that this is for testing only, not for general unzipping procedures.

• Select the directory you wish to use as the base for testing from the directory container
• Select the menu items, "Options" then "Set base directory..."
• Click "OK" when WarpZip asks you to make it the Base directory

See the Run item for more information on the use of the base directory.

Select a search directory

WarpZip's search function will always start with a listing of the directory so you would normally want this to be the directory you download from the internet into.

Set this by using the same procedure as mentioned for the "base" directory except you'll choose "Set search directory..." from the "Options" menu.

Select a repository

The repository would be any directory that you would like to store archives in after you have reviewed them. If you selected "Move file to repository" on the Unzip page of the settings notebook, archives will be moved to that particular directory once they've been extracted.

Set this by using the same procedure as mentioned for the "base" directory except you'll choose "Set repository..." from the "Options" menu.

Selecting a target directory

Every time you click in the directory container a directory is bound to change somewhere in WarpZip. Confused? Well it's really very simple.

Whenever another dialog is open on top of the main program window the directory container points it's change at the open dialog. You'll notice the "Target Directory" button will change it's text and color depending on whether another dialog is open or not. It will turn red and say that it's "Locked" while the search dialog is open for example. This means that the target directory in the main window is locked and will not change while using the directory container.

Whenever the main window is the only window open, any change in the directory container will change the target directory. To open a folder and not have the target directory change you can lock it out and peruse through the directories until you find what you are looking for, double click it to open it's folder and then unlock the target directory box again.

It is also possible to change your target directory while another window is open and the "Target Directory" is locked by using the "Target Directory" button to unlock it, make your change and then lock it again.