In the same way WinCatalog 2021 parses the contents of ISO disk images (ISO, NRG).
The supported archives are: Zip (including the new Zipx), Rar/Rar5, and 7zip.
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". Lastly, it's often helpful to go through your browser and clear any temporary files, and make sure you empty your recycling bin - those files will show up as lots of tiny squares in tools such as WinDirStat, but can add up to significant amounts of data over the years.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. In Windows, you can also right-click on your drive in 'This PC', select properties, and then go to the 'Disk Cleanup' menu, where the OS will show you a few files that can usually be safely be cleared up.
Deleting system files can result in a computer that won't work anymore, requiring a Windows repair, or worse, re-installation.
There are naturally important system files that shouldn't be deleted, so make sure you only delete games or software you know is safe to uninstall or delete files you can afford to miss or have multiple copies of elsewhere. Don't Delete Everythingĭo be careful what you choose to delete, though. Nevertheless, after WinDirStat told me that Hitman was hogging a lot of space, I opened Steam and uninstalled the game, freeing up a much-appreciated 65.7 GB of SSD space. While this might work on a data drive where you find movies or other large data collections, programs need to be uninstalled.
Of course, what you shouldn't do is simply go ahead and delete the game files.