user guide

User guide

Main window

The window has three areas:

1. Menu - log folder, exit, update check, GitHub, donation, and About.
2. Left side - compression and verification tabs.
3. Right side - a resizable live log (drag the splitter).
4. Bottom - statistics cards, progress, and the status bar.

Every interactive control has a tooltip explaining what it does.

Compression

Option	Behavior
Source folder	Files directly inside this folder are processed (top level only)
Output folder	Created automatically if it does not exist
.7z	7-Zip container with LZMA2 compression
.zip	Standard ZIP container with Deflate compression
Delete originals	Deletes a source file only after its archive was created successfully

Rules:

• Input and output folders must be different.
• A file whose output archive already exists is skipped, not overwritten.
• Archive names use the source file name with invalid characters replaced by _.
• Files locked by another process are logged and counted as failed; the batch continues.

Verification

Supported formats: .7z, .zip, .rar.

Option	Behavior
Include subfolders	Recursively scans the archives folder
Move successful archives	Moves verified archives to the success folder
Move failed archives	Moves failed archives to the failed folder

Rules:

• Success and failed folders must be different from each other and from the input folder.
• Subfolder structure is preserved when Include subfolders is enabled.
• Existing destination files are never overwritten; the move is skipped.
• Move retries handle transient file locks.
• Encrypted archives without a password are treated as failed.
• A per-archive timeout of 10 minutes prevents an indefinitely hanging archive.

Progress and statistics

Card	Meaning
TOTAL FILES	Files included in the current batch
SUCCESS	Files processed successfully
FAILED	Files that failed
ELAPSED	Wall-clock time since the batch started
WRITE SPEED	Approximate throughput based on completed output/moved bytes

The Cancel button stops the batch after the active file finishes. No partially created archive is left behind: partial output is deleted.

Live log

The in-app log shows application and operation events. The same events are written by Serilog to the rolling log file. Use Open log folder to inspect older sessions.

Updates

At launch the app asks GitHub for the latest release:

• If a newer version exists, a dialog shows the version and platform and offers to open the download page.
• If you decline, nothing is downloaded or executed.
• Help -> Check for Updates performs the same check manually and always reports the result.

Donation banner

The application is donation-supported. A banner at the top of the window contains:

• Donate - opens the Pure Logic Code donation page for this application.
• Email used for donation - the address used on the donation page.
• Verify donation - calls the donation API and hides the banner permanently after a completed donation is confirmed.

The banner has no close button and disappears only after successful verification. See Donation for details.

Keyboard and accessibility

• Tab navigation follows the visual order.
• Buttons, inputs, checkboxes, radio buttons, tabs, menus, progress, and status elements expose descriptive tooltips.
• The dark theme keeps high contrast for text and status colors.