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- Welcome to PKZIP for Windows, Version 2.50!
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- New features available in this release
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- PKZIP for Windows 3.1x, Windows 95 and Windows NT has many new and
- exciting features.
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- * Spanning
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- Create spanned .ZIP files. A spanned file is a .ZIP file
- that resides on more than one floppy disk or other
- removable media (such as a removable hard disk).
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- * Windows Self-Extracting Archives
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- PKZIP for Windows can create Windows self-extracting archives.
- This feature allows you to create archives that do not
- require PKZIP for Windows to extract files from the archive;
- the extraction code is built into the file itself. The
- self-extractor can create a program group and register
- extensions.
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- * Self-Extracting Spanned Files (Windows self-extractor)
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- Self-extracting files can now also be spanned files!
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- * Windows 95/NT Long Filename Support
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- PKZIP for Windows can retain and restore Windows 95 and
- Windows NT Long File Names.
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- * 32 bit Windows 95/NT Version
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- A 32 bit version of PKZIP for Windows is now included with
- this package. This version has enhanced performance under
- 32 bit operating systems.
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- * Windows 95/NT Explorer Integration
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- Create new, open and test existing, and extract files from
- .ZIP files within the Windows 95 and Windows NT v.4.0 Explorer.
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- * Right Click Features
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- Clicking the right mouse button activates a menu of the
- most often used features in PKZIP for Windows.
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- * Copy / Move Files
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- Quickly and easily copy or move files between different
- .ZIP archives without having to extract and recompress the
- individual files.
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- * Convert Files
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- PKZIP for Windows can convert .ZIP archives to and from
- several file types:
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- Normal .ZIP
- Windows self-extracting
- DOS self-extracting
- DOS junior self-extracting
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- * .ZIP Comment Support
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- Add, edit and view .ZIP comments.
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- * MS-DOS Name Support
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- PKZIP for Windows can be forced to store standard MS-DOS 8.3
- filenames. This allows Windows 95 and Windows NT users to
- create .ZIP files that will be compatible with users running
- Windows 3.1x.
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- * Adjustable Grid Display
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- Save the column widths of the grid. The font used in the
- grid is also customizable.
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- * Uninstall
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- A separate program is provided to uninstall PKZIP for
- Windows.
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