Contents

          MinManZip

          For Windows 95/98/NT4

•	Features

•	Instructions

•	Zip Options

•	Options And Controls

•	MinSelfEx

•	Installation

•	About

•	Legal Agreement

•	Registration


Features

Once MinManZip is installed, it will place a "Add To MinManZip"

in the Context menu.

Select files and folders, right click them and select "Add To MinManZip"

from the Context menu.

To associate MinManZip with .zip files, click File\Associate MinManZip.

Once associated, MinManZip will open any zip file when double clicked.

To remove association, merely run another zip software and it will remove

it and take over or run the Remove.exe found in the MinMan directory.

Zip locally from one drive to another, to and from a

Network drive, from one Network Drive to another.

Zip up to 2 Gegabytes in size.

Zip to any removable media such as Zip, Jaz drive or Floppy.

Incremental Zip (spanning) to removable media.

It will zip to CD writers if you have the Direct CD feature and the

feature is enabled.

Directories and subdirectories or full drive zipping.

Include or exclude files or subdirectories.

Zip by files date or by days passed.

Encryption and many other zip options.

Zipping made 5 to 10 times faster with the zip Update option.

Save zipping configurations so you don't have to re-enter source,

destination and zip options every time.

Progress bar displaying zipping action.

Sort by icon, filename, path, date, size, compression etc.

Delete or extract selected files from zip files.

MinZip will zip without giving any errors.

The Zipping feature in MinManZip is an advanced state of the art

multi directory 32 bit compression agent, it will compress multi

directories and maintain every file path, with many zip options.

SHAREWARE

MinManZip runs with all functions but with a nag message after zipping

and unzipping.


Instructions

To associate MinManZip(MinZip) with .zip files, click File\Associate

MinManZip.

Once associated, MinManZip will open any zip file when double clicked.

Select files and folders, right click them and select "Add To MinManZip"

from the context menu.

Note: If you selected large number of files(about over 500, depending on

files path length) then MinManZip will not display the files before zipping

as usual, instead it will hold files paths in memory and zip as usual.

Or Open MinManZip, Click the Browse button,

Browse and select the directory or file to be zipped.

(be sure yellow folder is opened or the file highlighted.)

Click on the Transfer Source button to transfer path to the Source window.

Double click the window that has the wildcards \*.* to remove it,

it has to be blank if you are backing up a file.

Click the Browse button to enter Destination path, give the destination

zip file a name.

Please read the Zip Options about Zip Options.

Network computer:

Select files and folders in a mapped drive, right click file(s) or and

folder(s) then select "Add To MinManZip" from the context menu.

Or Open MinManZip, Click the Browse button, enter computer

name and actual drive letter of the computer you are backing to or from.

Once entered, click the Network button to connect to the Network Drive.

e.g. transferred path:

\\Computer Name\Drive\Shared Directory

\\joe\C\Backup

Or select the mapped drive from the Drive selector and it will

automatically retrieve the UNC path and connect to the Network

computer drive.(don't click the Network button so you can browse

through the mapped drive).

Unlike MinuteMan, with MinZip you can use either the Mapped drive

or UNC path.

Read the Zip Options section to read about the many Zip options.

Unzipping

To unzip a file, either double click a .zip file (if .zip is associated with

MinManZip)

You may need to reconfigure the Destination, depending on whether

you selected to save the first directory name or not.

Click the Password button and enter password if zip is encrypted.

Or open MinManZip, enter Source and destination path, click the \

Password button and enter  password if zip is encrypted then click the

Unzip button.

Click View Zip to view the zipped files where you can select and restore files

only or click the Unzip button to unzip the whole zip file.

To extract few files from a zip file without extracting the whole zip file,

select one file at a time while pressing and holding the Ctrl key,

or mouse left click a file and drag down selecting files,

then click the Extract button.

WARNING:

If you have selected the Check box not to save the name of the first directory,

then when you select to unzip and restore from a Zipped backup, it will NOT

create the first directory.(Explained in the Zip Options)

But if you didn't select it then it will create the first directory,

so if you are unzipping to a temporary directory then be sure

that there is nothing in the Temp directory, otherwise it will get

mixed up with the files and directories in the Temp directory.

Example: Let us say that you backed up C:\MyNotes directory,

and you have selected the check box not to save the first directory name

"No Dir Name", when you restore to C:\Mynotes directory then it will over

write all files and directories, but it will not create the C:\MyNotes directory.

But if you have NOT selected the check box, then it will make

Mynotes directory, and it will unzip to another directory called Mynotes.

Suggest that you practice with zip unzip feature and get familiarized

with it before zipping important data if zipping directories and

subdirectories.

It is recommended not to select the "No Dir Name" option, but when you

restore C:\MyNotes then restore it to C: instead of resoring it to C:\MyNotes.


Zip Options

Below are zip options explanations that you should get familiarized with.

NOTES:

a) *.swp *.tmp and *.gid *.chk and MinZip Zip Temp folder

    are already excluded.

    (*.swp are Win95/NT swapfile)(*.gid are help temps)

    (*.chk are lost clusters files saved by Scandisk)

b) Hidden, system and read only files are zipped by default.

c) If you select Directories and Subdirectories then they are zipped

    by default.

    Select "Don't zip Sub directories" if you want to zip only files.

d) If backing up the WinNT directory, then be sure to exclude the

   Registry directory C:\WinNT\System32\Config\*.* and the

   Profiles directory C:\WinNT\Profiles\*.dat.

   In Win2000 the Profiles directory has been moved to

   C:\Documents and Settings, so Exclude

   C:\Documents and Settings\*.dat

   Because these files are locked by WinNT/2000 and can't be

   copied or manipulated in the Windows environment.

e) The Include option is a bit confusing for some users, please read the

    Include option below because it has limited functions.

End notes

1) Don't include 1st dir.name:

If you selected No Dir name, Don't save the first directory name,

then  it will not create the first directory when unzipping, so if

you are unzipping to a temporary directory then be sure that there

is nothing in the Temp directory, otherwise it will get mixed up with

the files and directories in the Temp directory.

Recommended to be used on large zipping so when you unzip

it will replace and overwrite the complete zipped directory.

Example: Let us say that you zipped up C:\MyData directory,

and you have selected the check box No Dir name,

when you restore to the C:\MyData directory then it will  overwrite

all files and directories, but it will not create the C:\MyData directory.

Suggest that you practice with zip unzip feature and get familiarized

with it before zipping important data.

It is recommended not to select the "No Dir Name" option, but when you

restore C:\MyNotes then restore it to C: instead of resoring it to C:\MyNotes.

2) Don't Zip Sub directories:

If you selected Don't Zip Sub directories, Not to zip Subdirectories then

it will zip only the files in that directory but none of the subdirectories.

3) Exclude and Include:

You can exclude or include zipping files and subdirectories example:

*.hlp readme.* C:\Temp\*.* C:\MyData\OldData\*.*

Notice the one space between each item selected.

It will exclude all files with the extension  *.hlp  space, all files that are named

readme.*  space, subdirectory  C:\Temp\*.*  space,  C:\MyData\OldData\*.*

Be careful here, if you use the Include then only those files and folders are

backed up, and files that are in the Exclude will be excluded from the Included

list. Make a test Run.

Important: If you Exclude or Include *.hlp for example then all

files with extension .hlp will be Excluded or Included, but if

if you Exclude or Include C:\MyData\OldData\*.hlp then all files

with extension .hlp in the OldData directory will be Excluded or

Included.

But if you have the Include window blank and you added items to the

Exclude then it will backup the whole directory except the files and

subdirectories that are added to Exclude.

Items have to be entered very accurately, again:

.*.hlp^readme.*^C:\Temp\*.*^C:\MyData\OldData\*.*.

. No spaces at all.

^ One space only.

Include Example:

Include has limited features, it will backup selected files and folders only

and any files and folders in the Exclude will be excluded from the files and

folders in the Include.

If you want everything backed up then leave the Include window empty(blank).

But if you want to select few subdirectories and exclude some files from them

then follow the example below.

Let us say you have C:\MyData folder and has many

subdirectories and files, but you want to backup only

C:\MyData\TodayData\*.*  and  C:\MyData\YesterdayData\*.* but you don't

want files that has the .exe extension or any files called  scratch.txt.

In the Include Window add:

C:\MyData\TodayData\*.* C:\MyData\YesterdayData\*.*

in the Exclude window add:

*.exe Scratch.*

Notice the one space between each item selected.

This will backup the directories

C:\MyData\TodayData\*.* C:\MyData\YesterdayData\*.* only but will not

backup any files inside these two subdirectories with the .exe extension

or with any files called Scratch.

Include is little hard to figure out, use it to backup selected files or Subdirectories

of a large directory. e.g. zip all *.bmp files in the C:\ drive.

Or all the *.doc files in Program files or Microsoft Office.

Or all the *.doc *.xls *.wk3 *.ppt in Program files.

Exclude Example: Exclude is simple, be sure to leave the Include window

empty(blank) and add the files and subdirectories that you don't want to be

included in the Exclude window.

*.hlp readme.* C:\Temp\*.* C:\MyData\OldData\*.*

NOTE 1:

On some computers, if you are Including subdirectories with long file names

and there is a space in the name, e.g. C:\Yesterday Data\*.* then you may

need to add quotations marks around the item, e.g. "C:\Yesterday Data\*.*"

NOTE 2:

If you selected the Include then you can't select the

"Don't save first directory  name" No Dir Name option.

4) Backup by file date or by days:

Click the Zip By File Date button.

Select (Month Day Year) from the scroll bars of the files dates to be zipped,

once selected, click the transfer button to transfer date.

It backs up files with the date entered and newer.

e.g. 042599, that is April 25, 1999, It will backup files dated April 25, 1999

and newer only.

Backup by days: It will always backup files by days old and newer.

e.g: You want to backup files that are 7 days old and newer, scroll or type

7 and click the transfer button, it will calculate today's date minus 7 days.

If today's date is Nov 19, 1998, once transferred the date window will

be 111298-7.

If you don't want to zip by days then the date should be six figures

only 062598, otherwise it will zip by the days selected on the right

side of the hyphen.

5) Update only:

Update Only is a time saver, zipping are done about ten times faster.

If selected, first time backup will take the required time to zip,

but the next time you zip it updates the backup replacing older

files with newer ones and adds files.

But doesn't replace newer files with older ones, be careful here.

Let us say you replaced bad new files with old good files in your original data,

when you backup then the new files in the backup will not be replaced

with the old good files. Better start a new backup or delete the newer

bad files in the backup.

6) Encryption:

To encrypt or decrypt a zip file, click the Password button and type password.

Be sure to write the password down in case you forget.


Options and Controls

Explanation of Menus and Buttons

Menus

File Menu

  Make Self extracting EXE

    Opens MinSelfEx

  Open Another MinZip

    You can open multiple instances of MinZip.

  Browse

    Same as clicking the Browse button.

  Associate MinManZip with Zip

    To associate MinManZip with .zip files, click File\Associate MinManZip.

    Once associated, MinManZip will open any zip file when double clicked.

    To remove association, merely run another zip software and it will remove

    it and take over or run Remove.exe found in the MinMan directory.

Action Menu

  Delete Selected files

    Self explanatory.

  Delete Zip file

    It will delete the whole zip file.

  Execute

    Select file to open and click Action\Execute or double click the file.

    Note: When you execute a file, MinManZip actually unzips the file to the

    the szTempDir directory and open it. MinManZip tries to delete files that

    are not in use in the szTempDir before closing and when opening. Close

    the executed file before closing MinManZip or clean the szTempdir in the

    Minman directory.

    You can run setup from a zip file, MinManZip uses C:\Mnziptmp to extract

    files to run setup, click Options\Change Setup Temp Directory to change

    default directory.

    It is recommended to never install programs in the Windows directory

    and not to use Windows\Temp as a temporary directory.

  Test Zip File

    It will test a Zip file to see if it is zipped OK.

  Select All

    Self explanatory.

  Format Floppy

    Be sure to format floppy discs before using them to make Incremental

    zipping(spanning).

  Clear All Files

    Clears all viewed files.

Sort Menu

    Sort By name, By Path... so on to sort files, or click the top of

    the column to sort per header title.

Save Config Menu

      Save up to 10 zipping or unzipping configuration with all

    selected Zip Options.

    After configuring a zip file click Save Config\Save Configuration, it will prompt

    you to give it a name. Once named, it will appear as a new menu in the

    Save Config menu.

    Any time you want to go back to that configuration, click Save Config and

    click the name you gave it.

    To remove a configuration, click Save Config\Remove Configuration.

    Note: The Save Config option doesn't save encryption password.

  Last Config

    It will save last configuration automatically, Click Save Config\Last Config

    to retrieve and display last zipping configuration.

Options Menu

  View Zip file after Zipping

    Display files that are in the zip file after zipping.

  View Zip file after zipping if under 10 MB

    Display files that are in the zip file after zipping if under 10 MB in size.

  Change Zipping Temporary Directory

    Zipping needs a temp folder to do the zipping work, it could use

    about 20% of the files that are getting zipped.

    Be sure you have enough hard disk space for the zip temp folder specially

    when zipping large data.

    Set the zipping temp folder in the hard drive that has most free hard disk

    space. Don't use a removable drive or network drive for temp folder.

  Change Setup Temporary Directory

    If you want to run Setup from MinZip, MinManZip uses C:\Mnziptmp

    as a temporary directory to extract files to run setup from.

    Strongly recommended not to install programs in the Windows directory

    and don't use Windows\Temp as a temporary directory.

Font Menu

  Select preferred font size to be used:

  Medium is the default font used.

  Large is one size larger.

  Bold If Medium size font were selected then it will show Medium Bold.

          If Large size Font were selected then it will show Large Bold

Buttons

Most are self explanatory except:

UnZip Files

   Different from UnZip All, UnZip Files will extract selected files only while

   UnZip All unzips the whole zip file to selected destination directory.

Password

    Click the password button, the button will disappear and the

    password window appears, enter password before zipping if you want

    zipping to be encrypted.

Zip By File Date

    Please see Zip Options

Remove

    The Remove button appears when you select files/folders in the Windows

    Explorer and select "Add To MinManZip", you can remove from the selected

    files/folders when displayed in MinManZip before zipping.


MinSelfEx

Self Extracting Exe Packager

Features and instructions

MinSelfEx makes a 32 Bit self extracting EXE from a zip file.

You don't need any unzipping software or DLLs to extract a self

extracting EXE.

Double click a self extracting EXE and it will extract itself

to a destination of your choice.

If MinZip didn't associate MinSelfEx.exe with zip files then 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, MinSelfEx 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.

It will create the directory if the last directory in the path doesn't exist

and the path is valid.

You can also open MinSelfEx from the StartMenu and browse and

select a zip file.

Split a self Extracting EXE

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

Simply select one of the the desired size Option and it will create

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

then you can copy them to floppy discs or any removable disks.

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

double click the EXE file.

It is much more reliable when done that way, specially if

you split the file to too many floppies.

Size has to be in Bytes,

For your information:

1 MB = 1024 KB

1 KB = 1024 Bytes

1 MB = 1048576 Bytes

100 MB = 104857600 Bytes

Select any of the "Split SelfEx in bytes" pre calculated Options:

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

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

MB. Once entered, it will automatically multiply the size in MB entered

by 1048576 converting MB to Bytes. (100 MB = 104857600 Bytes)

It will take about 5 minutes to split 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

Copy the ZipName.exe 94 KB in the same floppy you copy

ZipName.001 1330 KB.

Notice if you add 94 KB to 1330 KB = 1424 KB

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

The 94 KB is the EXE that will unzip the files 001, 002 and 003

which were in ZipName.zip.

Notes:

You can split up to 99 disks only, no more.

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

end up about 90 KB in size, the added 89 KB is the self extracting

EXE software that does the work.

Strongly recommend not to extract files to the Windows\Temp

directory. Running setup in  the Windows\Temp directory

could end up to be a failure, because Setups normally use the

Windows\Temp directory to do their work.


Installation

MinManZip is installed with MinuteMan Data Backup, please

read the Install, Reinstall and Uninstall section in MinuteMan Data Backup

Once MinManZip is installed, it will place a "Add To MinManZip"

menu in the context menu.

Select files and folders, right click them and select "Add To MinManZip"

from the context menu.

To associate MinManZip with .zip files, click File\Associate MinManZip

Once associated, MinManZip will open any zip file when double clicked.

To remove association, merely run another zip software and it will remove

it and take over.

Or run the Remove.exe in the Minman directory to remove the

"Add To MinManZip" from the context menu.


  About

MinuteMan Data Backup

With

MinManZip & MinSelfex

For Windows 95/98/NT

Copyright © 1997/98/99. All Rights Reserved.

Theodore Fattaleh author, programmer and publisher.

All Program Names are Registered Trademarks of their

Respective Owner.

http://www.mslm.com

Email addresses:

twf@flash.net

2000@msn.com

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Legal Agreement

MinuteMan has have been thoroughly tested, and it has constantly been

successful in completing its design specifications of data zipping.

NO LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES

In no event shall the publisher, the author, nor their suppliers be liable

for any damages whatsoever {Including, without limitation, damages for loss

of business profits, business

interruption, loss of business information,  or any other pecuniary loss)

arising out of the use of, or inability to use this product, even if being

advised of the possibility of such damages.

Although some state jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation

of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation

still apply to you. It is your responsibility to read this help file and the

Readme.txt before installing.


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