WinZip

7.0 SR-1 (1285) (1998)

Archive Extractor Archive Viewer Country of Origin - USA Popular Software 

Description

A major revision of this popular archive tool for the Windows platform.

The application is described as follows in the file WINZIP.TXT:

Have you ever used the Internet, AOL, or CompuServe?  If so, you've probably encountered ZIP files.  Are you a Windows user? If so, WinZip is THE way to handle these archived files.

WinZip brings the convenience of Windows to the use of Zip files and other compression formats.

WinZip features include:

Windows 95/98/NT integration:  WinZip includes long filename support and tight integration with the Windows 95/98/NT shell. Drag and drop to or from Explorer, or zip and unzip without leaving Explorer.

Internet support:  WinZip features built-in support for popular Internet file formats:  TAR, gzip, UUEncode, XXencode, BinHex, and MIME.  ARJ, LZH, and ARC files are supported via external programs.  You can use WinZip to access almost all the files you download from the Internet.  In addition, the freely downloadable WinZip Internet Browser Support Add-On lets you download and open archives with one click using Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator.

Automatic installation of most software distributed in Zip files: If a Zip file contains a "setup" or "install" program, WinZip’s Install feature will unzip the files, run the installation program, and clean up temporary files.

The WinZip Wizard:  This optional feature uses the standard and familiar "wizard" interface to simplify the process of unzipping and installing software distributed in Zip files.  The WinZip Wizard is not targeted at experienced users, but is ideal for the rapidly growing number of PC users getting started with Zip files. When these users gain confidence or want to use more advanced zipping features, the full WinZip Classic interface is just a click away.

Favorite Zip Folders:  WinZip lets you organize Zip files into one convenient list that is sorted by date, making it easier to locate all Zip files, regardless of where they came from or where they are stored.  Unlike the standard File->Open Archive dialog box, the Favorite Zip Folders dialog box treats the contents of multiple folders as though they were one folder.  A Search facility will find any Zip files lost on your hard disk.

Create files that unzip themselves:  WinZip Self-Extractor Personal Edition is now included with WinZip.  Self-extracting files are ideal for sending compressed files to others who may not own or know how to use file compression software.

Virus Scanner Support:  WinZip can be configured to work with most virus scanners.

New features for version 7.0 are as follows (from WHATSNEW.TXT):

• Support for Microsoft's CAB (cabinet) format, including most self-extracting CAB files.
• Sizable, sortable, and selectable columns in the main window.  The optional attribute and CRC columns are new.  Columns can be resized with the mouse, and turned off from the Configuration | View dialog box.  Just click on a column header to sort.
• A configurable toolbar with 21 toolbar buttons.  (Note:  toolbar configuration requires version 4.71 or later of the Windows Common Control library. This library is part of Windows 98, Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0, and is available as a separate download from http://www.winzip.com/common_control_library.cgi.)
• Optional support for the Internet Explorer 4.0-style "one click open" interface.  If this option is enabled in Internet Explorer 4.0 Active Desktop, it will be enabled in WinZip automatically.  Otherwise, you can turn it on using the Configuration | View dialog box.
• A print facility to print the information listed in the main WinZip window.
• Improved configuration using a tabbed dialog box
• Zip comment support.
• Improvements to the Install Feature.
• Optional Tip of the Day dialog box.
• WinZip Self-Extractor Personal Edition (included with WinZip) now creates Zip files that span multiple removable disks.
• Command line support for zipping and unzipping is available as an optional add-on from the web page http://www.winzip.com/wzcline.cgi.
• Other changes include:
• WinZip now uses the registry instead of winzip32.ini.  The first time you run this version, it will copy all the ini entries to the registry, and from then on will use the registry.  The registry key used is HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Nico Mak Computing/WinZip.
• Message boxes now have a help button instead of the "Please press F1  for help" text.
• Wizard has a Help button.
• Replaced Actions->Deselect All with Actions->Invert Selection.
• Non-standard accelerators now use Shift+key instead of Ctrl+key.
• Added ARJ 2.60 long filename support (due to limitations in ARJ 2.60, this feature is not available under Windows NT).
• Status bar and main window now use the same fonts as the Explorer (to change the font used in the main WinZip window and the Explorer, open Start->Settings->Control Panel->Display, then select "Icon" as the item in the "Appearances" tab, then change the Font and/or Size controls).
• Added "System Info" button to About box.  If you encounter WinZip related problems that you believe are system or configuration dependent, please click this button, then click the "Clipboard Copy" button, and paste the results into an e-mail describing the problem.
• If you select the "move" operation in the "Add" or "Drop" dialog boxes, WinZip will put files into the recycle bin instead of deleting them (you can override this behavior via the Configuration | Misc dialog box).
• Added "File Properties" dialog, available by right clicking on a file in the zip, then selecting Properties.  This dialog box is useful if you are not displaying all the columns and want info on a column that is not displayed.  Note that unless the "Full row select" option in the Configuration | View dialog box is checked, if you right click in the list of files but not on the filename, the Properties dialog box displays information about the archive.

 

Details

Software Name: WinZip
Software Version: 7.0 SR-1 (1285)
Release Year: 1998
Developer: Nico Mak Computing, Inc.
Publisher: Nico Mak Computing, Inc.
License Type: Demoware 
Installation Method: Install to Local Disk

System Requirements

Below are the system requirements (sometimes referred to as the minimum system requirements) that the software developer or publisher stated at the time of release.

Operating System: Microsoft Windows NT Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Windows 98 
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Hard Disk Space Required: --
Network Requirements: --
Input Devices: Keyboard,Mouse
Sound: --
Disk Drive Requirements: No disk required for operation
Additional Software Required: --
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Compatibility Table

Below is a compatiblity table. This table states what operating systems the software can be run upon.

Operating System	Version/Edition	Status	Date	Notes
MS-DOS
Microsoft Windows 3.0
Microsoft Windows 3.1
Microsoft Windows 3.11
Microsoft Windows NT 3.5
Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Vista

Entry Last Updated By Dan on 2017-12-12 12:00:00