The supported archives are: Zip (including the new Zipx), Rar/Rar5, and 7zip.

It parses the archives' contents and adds all the files from inside the archives to the catalog.

In addition to common file attributes, WinCatalog 2023 can process and grab more info for the following types of files: By default, it skips system folders such as $Recycle.Bin and others but you can turn this option off in the program's options. WinCatalog adds every file found on your disks to the catalog while preserving the original tree hierarchy of the nested folders and remembering the files' attributes: path, size, dates of creation and modification, etc. In the next section below you can also find what types of files are suported by WinCatalog and what information about these files can be stored in your catalog automatically.Īll types of files are indexed, including extracting additional information from various types of files (archives, photos, images, video, music, e-books, PDF, hmtl, txt) On the screenshot below you can see how it works for digital photographs, for other types of files it works similarly. The thumbnail preview is also shown for pictures, and the preview will be shown even if the original disk or file is unavailable at the moment. For example, for a picture it displays the general properties, file details, and info grabbed from Exif tags. The set of the displayed properties depends on an item type. When you select a file or a group of files you can immediately see the most important properties in the right panel. You can read more about location below on this page.Īfter adding a disk or folder you can see the complete tree structure on the left and the contents of the selected folder in the middle panel. For example, on the picture the location is 'CD Wallet 1, page 5'. When you add a disk or a folder to the catalog you can assign a disk number that is automatically incremented with every new disk and a physical location.ĭisk location is an attribute that helps you in finding disks where they are physically stored.

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