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Neil
2006-08-03
2013-04-25
  • Neil

    Neil - 2006-08-03

    Hi, i'm neophyte and i can't use the fonction to unrar archives, what can i do?
    i already read this page http://shellqueue.sourceforge.net/
    i put the files called "unrar.exe" (from my winrar repertory)  & "par2.exe"  to the directory of ExQueues but i can't do a repair then extract operation.

    Please help me, this soft look great

     
    • S. Jamison Wilde

      The unrar feature uses the UnRAR.DLL which should be in the application (c:\program files\exqueues) directory. 

      I would assume the problem is that the par2.exe isn't being found.  Putting it in the application folder isnt good, unless you change the confog.xml to tell it  that is where it is.

      Specifically, if you do Run->Cmd.exe and then type par2.exe and press enter, if par2 doesnt print out its info then ExQueues won;t be ablt to find it.  In that case, either move par2.exe somewhere where it can be found (c:\windows for instance) -or- change the config.xml from "par2.exe r -m 256...." to "c:\my\par2\path\par2.exe r -m 256...".

      Let me know if this doesnt solve your problem.  It is my hope that I will have a par/par2 DLL in the not too distant future that bring the functionality of par2 into the app itself.

      And a lot of work needs to be done on the installer, to make it a lot cleaner, not to overwrite a custom config.xml on upgrade, etc etc.

       
      • Kyle

        Kyle - 2007-01-20

        After I update my config file with my directory list, how do I get this list to propogate to the shell when I right click?  It still has the old list.

        Thanks

         
        • Calahan

          Calahan - 2007-01-20

          How about closing and restarting the program?
          If it's minimized, it's in the tray...

          All the best,
          Calahan

           
    • Neil

      Neil - 2006-08-04

      Hi, thanks for help.
      I change the config.xml for the par2.exe. Repair fonction is OK.
      But the unrar fonction is not. I have this error message:
      "Repair then extract to y:\burn
      Filename.ext (Path...)
      Error: (Extract) Error processing RAR archive: Error creating extracted files."

       
      • S. Jamison Wilde

        Hmm, is there anything special about your destination folder?  Is it a network share? Are there special permissions?  Is the drive full?

        Can you extract these files to the same destination using winrar or unrar.exe without error?

         
      • S. Jamison Wilde

        Scratch that... It looks like you are using the same directories that I use, specifically "Y:\BURN".  If you do not have a drive y: with a folder called "BURN" then it will fail.  You probably need to midify the config.xml per the instructions on the shellqueue.sourceforge.net homepage for customizing your 'varDests' value ('var means it is a substitution variable, and Dest means the destination folders).

        Examples of varDests:
        c:\temp,c:\burn
        c:\temp,c:\burn,_here,_browse,_derived

        If you want it to extract to a subfolder in the same folder as the original files, for example, you would want to make sure the _derived was in the varDests.

        If you have specific folders you only want used for certain tasks, each Task in the config.xml has a <MenuDestinations> tag.  Usually this tag will just contain the default varDests.

        Hope that isnt too complicated, but other people may read this and be helped by it.

        Simple answer for you:  open the config.xml, find the varDests value, anf change the folders to folders on your system, and add _here, _browse,_derived as well.

         
    • Neil

      Neil - 2006-08-05

      thanks, i add _here & _derived , "_here" work but "_derived" create a folder in C:\Documents and Settings\MyName\_derived.

      It's not a problem i just want to extract inside current directory.

      _here command work well but how can i extract files inside a folder (with the same name of the file) in the current directory?

      thanks again

       
    • S. Jamison Wilde

      Cut and paste your varDests line here just to make sure yo didnt make a typo.

       
    • S. Jamison Wilde

      Actually I had a typo, which is why I referred you to the home page to begin with heh.  It should be _subfolder instead of derived.

       
    • Neil

      Neil - 2006-08-11

      that's my varDests line:

      <Vars display="Substitution Variables">
              <Tip>You can define variables for substitution here. For example: varDests could point to a list of
                  paths ('c:\burn,c:\burn\divx') that you wish most of your
              </Tip>
              <Var number="0">
                  <Name>varDests</Name>
                  <Value>_here</Value>
              </Var>

              <Var number="1">
                  <Name>varBasicShowAtributes</Name>
                  <Value>

       
      • S. Jamison Wilde

        As I mentioned the correct varDests for extracting to a subfolder derived from the archive name is _subfolder as mentioned in the instruction on the home page.

        To add the subfolder option, just change it to:
        _here,_subfolder

         
    • Neil

      Neil - 2006-08-14

      thanks, it works well

       
    • S. Jamison Wilde

      Yes, the application reads the config once at start up currently. Just open the appplication in the system tray and restart it.

       

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