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PKZIP(R) for Windows   Version 2.01      2-15-1996
Copyright 1989-1996 PKWARE Inc. All Rights Reserved
PKZIP Reg. U.S. Pat. and Tm Off.  Patent No. 5,051,745
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This is the Shareware version of PKZIP for Windows. If you 
distribute the Shareware version of PKZIP for Windows to 
friends, associates, or to a computer bulletin board (BBS), 
please distribute the file PKZWS201.EXE rather than the 
individual files for PKZIP for Windows.  If you need 
assistance with installing, or using this software, please 
contact our Technical Support Department as follows:

     Phone: 414-354-8699                  Fax:  414-354-8559
     Email: support@pkware.com            Web:  http://www.pkware.com
CompuServe: Go PKWARE          America OnLine:  pkwaresupport
   Address: 9025 N. Deerwood Drive        BBS:  414-354-8670
            Brown Deer, WI 53223
            USA


Files included with this release
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LICENSE.TXT     License information for using PKZIP for Windows.

OMBUDSMN.ASP    Association of Shareware Professionals statement.

ORDER.TXT       A list of distributors and an order form for
                purchasing PKWARE products.

PKZIPW.EXE      PKZIP for Windows version 2.01.

PKZIPW.HLP      The help file for using PKZIP for Windows.

README.TXT      Information about PKZIP for Windows (this file).

WIDGETS.DLL     A DLL required to run PKZIP for Windows.



Features available in this release
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Limited Long Filename support -  Long filenames can be 
stored inside .ZIP files and restored during extraction.  

Extracting Spanned .ZIP files - Existing .ZIP files that span 
diskettes can be extracted using PKZIP for Windows.

Fixing .ZIP files - PKZIP for Windows can be used to 
recover corrupt .ZIP files.  The features previously 
available in PKWARE's PKZIPFIX(tm) program are now 
integrated into PKZIP for Windows.

Drag and Drop



Planned features available soon
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32-bit version for Windows 95 and Windows NT.

Full support for long filenames on 32-bit platforms.

The ability to create spanned .ZIP files.

Windows version of self-extracting .ZIP files.