Program Locations (Configuration)

Select the Program Locations tab from the Configuration Dialog Box to specify the paths and filenames for the optional external programs supported by WinZip®. Note that these programs are not required for most operations involving Zip files.

If you are installing WinZip and are not familiar with these programs you can just press the OK button to continue the installation procedure.

External programs are not distributed with WinZip. For more information on these programs, including availability and minimum version numbers, see the section titled System Requirements. For step-by-step installation examples for external archivers see the section titled Installing Optional External Programs. See the section titled Virus Scanner Configuration for information about that portion of the dialog box.

If a program is not installed on your system, just leave the corresponding field blank. Otherwise, fill in the program name. The extension defaults to EXE. If no path is included for an entry, WinZip assumes that the program is in a folder specified in your system's PATH.

The program specified as the Default association is used when viewing a file that does not have an association. For additional information on associations, see the section titled Windows Associations. The defaults for this field are:

Quick View (quikview.exe), if you use Windows 98 or Windows NT 4.0 and you have installed this optional Windows component. If you have one of these Windows versions and Quick View does not appear here, you may be able to install it.
SCCVAPI.EXE, System Compatibility Corporation's "Outside In" file viewer, if it is found in a folder specified by your system's PATH.
NVIEWER.EXE, the Norton Desktop for Windows File Viewer, if it is found in a folder specified by your system's PATH.
WNFV.EXE, the PC Tools for Windows File Viewer, if it is found in a folder specified by your system's PATH.
NOTEPAD.EXE, the Windows Notepad program, if NVIEWER and WNFV are not found.

The entry for the Optional virus scanner could have any of these values (the filenames shown are examples):

Value	Description
(blank)	If the entry is blank, WinZip assumes that no virus scanner is installed on your system.
SCANNER.EXE	Just the filename is needed if the specified file (SCANNER.EXE, in this example) is in a folder specified in your system's PATH.
C:\SCANNER\SCANNER.EXE	The full drive, folder, and filename are required if the specified file (SCANNER.EXE, in this example) is not in a folder specified in your system's PATH. Note that C:\SCANNER is just an example, any other folder can be used.

The ARJ, LHA, and ARC file formats require external programs to be available for them to be handled using WinZip. You can type the names of these programs, or use the browse button $image\wslc-browse.gif$ to locate them. If they are not available on your system, leave the fields blank. They are only necessary if you use these other archive formats and want WinZip to handle them for you.

See the section titled System Requirements for more information on version numbers and availability of the external programs supported by WinZip.

Note: When WinZip is installed it will attempt to locate the default programs for each field in the folders specified by your system's PATH. If it cannot find these programs, it will leave the corresponding edit fields blank.

Related Topics (other Configuration tabs):

View Toolbar Folders System Explorer Enhancements Miscellaneous