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Chapter 1 Introduction and Quick Start

Chapter 1 Introduction and Quick Start 1.1 What is WxArc WxArc is a crossplatform archive manager built wit…

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Chapter 2 Interface Overview

Chapter 2 Interface Overview WxArc uses a singlewindow design: title bar, menu bar, toolbar, file table and s…

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Chapter 3 Opening and Browsing Archives

Chapter 3 Opening and Browsing Archives 3.1 Ways to open Toolbar Open button or "File → Open Archive" Ctrl…

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Chapter 4 Extracting

Chapter 4 Extracting 4.1 Scope The scope is not chosen in a dialog — it follows the file table selection: …

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Chapter 5 Compressing

Chapter 5 Compressing 5.1 Creating a new archive "File → New Archive" Ctrl+N, or the toolbar "Save" button …

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Chapter 6 Adding Files to an Archive

Chapter 6 Adding Files to an Archive 6.1 Writable formats Only ZIP, 7Z and the TAR family including compres…

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Chapter 7 Supported Formats

Chapter 7 Supported Formats 7.1 Extraction formats Common archive formats | Format | Notes | ||| | ZIP | …

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Chapter 8 Settings and Personalization

Chapter 8 Settings and Personalization "Options → Settings" Ctrl+, opens the settings dialog with three pages…

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Chapter 9 Shortcuts and Command Line

Chapter 9 Shortcuts and Command Line 9.1 Default shortcuts "Help → Keyboard Shortcuts" F1 shows the cheat s…

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Chapter 10 Configuration Files

Chapter 10 Configuration Files All WxArc user data lives in a single directory — no registry entries, no scat…

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Chapter 11 Troubleshooting

Chapter 11 Troubleshooting Opening and browsing Q: Opening an archive does nothing? Verify the format is su…

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