The window
What the window is made of in both profiles.
Common elements
Part of the window is the same in both profiles:
| Area | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Top bar | The [ Archive | Backup ] segment and six action buttons. Their activity depends on the profile |
| Breadcrumbs | Show where you are: drive, archive, nested folders. Work in both profiles |
| Status bar | At the bottom of the window. What is being read, what is being extracted, archive counters |
| Extraction bar | Appears while extracting: progress, what was extracted, a cancel button |
| Log | Under the main panel. Everything the program did, including engine messages. Read-only |
Archive profile
| Area | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Tree on the left | Drives and archives. Opens and closes nodes, shows the path |
| Search bar | Appears when searching inside an archive. Field and match counter |
| Table on the right | Contents of the current folder. Columns: Name, Size, Date, Version, Path |
Tree
The tree shows the drives of the computer and the archives you have opened. Double-click an archive to open its contents. A single click on an archive row shows that archive in the details pane.
Drives are labelled "Drive C:" and so on. Archives appear next to drives rather than inside folders, so it is obvious where the file tree ends and the archives begin.
Table
| Column | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Name | File or folder name |
| Size | Size in bytes in this version |
| Date | File date and time |
| Version | The version in which the file last changed |
| Path | Location inside the archive |
Click a column header to sort. Click it again to reverse the order.
Double-clicking a row opens a folder or extracts a file. Right-click opens the menu of actions for the selected item.
Backup profile
| Area | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Tasks folder path | At the top: the path to the folder holding .rzt files, and the Refresh button |
| Task list | A five-column table. Double-click opens the task's archive |
| Empty state | If no folder is selected or there are no tasks — a hint and a Choose folder… button |
Task list columns are described in detail in the chapter Two profiles. Briefly:
| Column | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Task | Task name |
| Next Run | Date from the Scheduler, or a Schedule run button |
| Last Run | When the task last fired |
| Status | OK, error, or never run |
| Archive size | How big the task's archive is |
Log
The log shows everything that happens: engine commands, extraction progress, warnings and errors. It is the place to look when an operation fails, because it says what the engine complained about.
The log is bounded
The program keeps the last 50,000 blocks of text; older lines are pushed out by newer ones. This is deliberate: an unbounded log grew to hundreds of megabytes and slowed the program down. If you need the full log of a long operation, save it as soon as the operation ends.
Busy indicator and the long-operation window
When an operation runs longer than half a second, a small Working… window appears over the top. It says what is happening and counts the seconds, and it offers Cancel.
It appears after a short delay, so quick operations never flash it. It closes itself when the work is done.
Mouse actions
| Action | Where | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Double-click a folder | Archive | Go into it |
| Double-click a file in an archive | Archive | Extract it |
| Double-click a task | Backup | Open the task's archive |
| Right-click | Both | Menu of actions for the item |
| Drag with the mouse | Archive | Extract the selection into Explorer |
| Drag files into the window | Both | Open the create dialog with that source |
| F2 | Archive | Rename the selection |
| Delete | Archive | Move the selection to the Recycle Bin |
Deleting on disk asks for confirmation and puts the file in the Recycle Bin. A drive root cannot be deleted — the program refuses.