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The properties dialog can be used to customize the behavior of any file or folder operation.

Type

Denotes the type of the file/folder operation.

Folder (only Remove and Create folder)

Specifies the target folder that has to be created/removed.

Component

Specifies the component controlling the file/folder operations.

Source (only Move, Remove and Duplicate file)

Specifies the source object that will be duplicated/moved/removed. For Duplicate file operation, this section contains the combobox to select the source file. For other type of operations, users have to select the directory and the file name of requested source file.

Destination (only Move and Duplicate file)

Specifies the destination object after moving/copying the source object. A directory and a file name has to be provided. If the value of the File name field is empty, it is assumed that the source name has to be used. The target and source full file paths cannot be the same.

Scheduling (only Remove file and Remove folder)

Specifies when the operation will be executed. The allowed options are:

•Remove on installation

•Remove on uninstallation

•Remove on both installation and uninstallation