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MinSelfEx

Self Extracting Exe Packager

Features and instructions:

Makes a 32 Bit self extracting EXE from a zip file.

You don't need any software or DLLs to extract a self extracting EXE.

Double click a self extracting Exe and it will extract the zipped files to

a destination of your choice.

Note: Avoid extracting files in the Windows\Temp directory, setups

made from the Windows\Temp directory could end up to be failures,

because Setups normally use the Windows\Temp directory to do

their work.

Once MinSelfEx.exe placed in the MinMan directory, click the

"Make Self Extracting EXE" in the StartMenu so it will associate itself.

Once associated, right click any zip file and select "Make MinSelfex Exe"

from the Context menu. Windows will open MinSelfEx sending the path

of the zip file to it, MinSelfExe will select the destination path same

as source.

Click Browse if you want to change destination path, be sure to give

it a valid name with exe extension.

You can also open MinSelfEx from the StartMenu and select a zip

file and select destination.

Split a self Extracting EXE

Note: Don't select the Floppy drive as the destination path.

Simply select one of the the desired size option boxes and it will

create files to fit the size you selected, it will place them in the hard drive,

then you can copy them to floppies.

Same when extracting, copy them back to the hard drive and

double click the EXE file.

Size has to be in Bytes,

1 MB = 1024 KB

1 KB = 1024 Bytes

1 MB = 1048576 Bytes

2.88 MB = 2931712 Bytes

1.44 MB = 1457664 Bytes

1.2 MB = 1213952 Bytes

720 KB = 730112 Bytes

360 KB = 362496

Custom = Size in bytes(100 MB = 104857600 Bytes)

Select Custom, it will prompt you to enter size of removable media in

MB. Once entered, it will multiply the size in MB entered by 1048576,

that will convert the MB to Bytes. (100 MB = 104857600 Bytes)

It will take about 7 minutes splitting a 175 MB zip file in two.

Let us say you have selected a 4134 KB zip file called "ZipName.zip" and

selected the option to split it into 1.44 MB (1457664 Bytes).

It will create:

ZipName.exe 94 KB

ZipName.001 1330 KB

ZipName.002 1424 KB

ZipName.003 1381 KB

Notice that ZipName.exe (94 KB) added to ZipName.001(1330 KB)= 1424 KB

which is the maximum capacity of a floppy drive in KB.

001 made smaller so you can fit the 94 KB EXE in the first floppy.

That 94 KB is the EXE that will extract the other files 001 to 003.

Note: If you make a self extracting EXE out of 1 KB zip file, it will

end up about 90 KB in size.

You can split up to 99 floppies, but no more.

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