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- WinZip(R) Self-Extractor version 2.2
- Copyright (C) 1995-2001 WinZip Computing, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved
-
- New features in WinZip Self-Extractor 2.2 include:
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- - Self-extracting Zip files can span multiple removable disks.
-
- - Self-Extractors for Software Installation can run standard
- Microsoft-format .INF files as an alternative to "setup"
- programs.
-
- - Self-Extracting Zip files can open any file using the
- application associated with that file on the end-user's
- machine.
-
- - Self-Extracting Zip files can display simple "splash screens"
- with text and buttons (OK, OK/Cancel, or Yes/No).
-
- - Standard Self-Extractors include a Browse button so users can
- easily select an "unzip to" folder.
-
- - Improved user interface and customization facilities when
- creating self-extracting Zip files.
-
- Other Changes and Fixes Include:
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- - There is no practical limit on the length of the optional
- command issued by self-extracting Zip files after the unzip
- operation completes.
-
- - You can create self-extracting Zip files that both unzip and
- overwrite automatically.
-
- - Self-extracting Zip files no longer contain the "licensed to
- username" text, and copyright information is in the "About"
- box only.
-
- - A dot as the "Unzip To" folder unzips to the current directory
- instead of the directory containing the self-extractor.
-
- - Empty directories in the Zip file are created during the
- extraction process.
-
- - The programs and files for WinZip Self-Extractor have been
- changed to reflect the new company name, WinZip Computing, Inc.
-
- - Uninstalling WinZip Self-Extractor now displays a message
- indicating the uninstall has completed.
-
- - Uninstalling WinZip Self-Extractor now removes the "Version"
- key information from the Windows registry.
-
- - Attempting to start WinZip Self-Extractor when another
- instance is running will now display a message that
- WinZip Self-Extractor is busy and to try again later.
-
- - The creation of 16-bit and MS-DOS self-extracting Zip files is
- no longer supported and Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, 2000 or Me is
- required to create self-extracting Zip files.
-
- - The help dialog displayed when WinZip Self-Extractor is run
- using the /? command line option now includes updated
- information on the wzipse32.exe command line options.
-
- - A problem running some commands that used quotes or ".." folder
- references has been corrected.
-
- - The "Ready to Create" panel in the Wizard for self-extracting
- Zip files for Software Installation now displays the location
- of the selected icon, if one is selected.
-
- - When running with Internet Explorer installed but Windows
- Desktop Update (Active Desktop) not installed, if the
- self-extracting Zip file executes a command after unzipping,
- the self-extracting Zip file did not close properly and
- couldn't be deleted immediately. All files were extracted
- correctly, and the command was executed correctly. The
- self-extracting Zip file could be deleted after a system
- restart or after a short period of time had elapsed. This has
- been corrected.
-
- - The text in the "About" box can be modified for both standard
- self-extractors and self-extractors for software installation
- (in earlier versions, the About box text could only be modified
- for self-extractors for software installation).
-
- - Self-extractors for software installation now clean up files
- even if the install process involves a reboot.
-
- - WinZip Self-Extractor can be run from the "Start" menu's "Run"
- dialog box by simply typing "wzipse32" (in earlier versions,
- you had to type the full path, for example,
- "c:\program files\WinZip Self-Extractor\wzipse32").
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