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- WinZip(R) Self-Extractor version 2.2 BETA
- Copyright (C) 1991-1999 Nico Mak Computing, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved
-
- Changes Since WinZip Self-Extractor 2.2 Beta Build 1110 Include:
-
- - When running with Internet Explorer installed but Windows Desktop
- Update (Active Desktop) not installed, if the self-extracting Zip file
- executes a command after unzipping, the self-extracting Zip file did
- not close properly and couldn't be deleted immediately. All files were
- extracted correctly, and the command was executed correctly. The
- self-extracting Zip file could be deleted after a system restart or after
- a short period of time had elapsed. This has been corrected.
-
- - When a self-extracting Zip is run under Windows 98, if the user clicks the
- Browse button to select the Unzip To folder, the self-extracting Zip file
- did not close properly and couldn't be deleted immediately. All files were
- extracted correctly. The self-extracting Zip file could be deleted after a
- system restart or after a short period of time had elapsed. This problem
- did not occur under Windows 95 or Windows NT. This has been corrected.
-
- New Features in WinZip Self-Extractor 2.2 Include:
-
- - Self-extracting files can span multiple removable disks.
-
- - 32-bit Self-Extractors for Software Installation can run standard
- Microsoft-format .INF files as an alternative to "setup" programs.
-
- - Self-Extracting files can open any file using the application
- associated with that file on the end-user's machine.
-
- - Self-Extracting files can display simple "splash screens" with text
- and buttons (OK, OK/Cancel, or Yes/No).
-
- - 32-bit Standard Self-Extractors include a Browse button so users can
- easily select an "unzip to" folder.
-
- - Improved user interface and customization facilities when creating
- self-extracting zip files.
-
- Other Changes and Fixes Include:
-
- - There is no practical limit on the length of optional command issued
- by self-extracting files after the unzip operation completes.
-
- - You can create self-extracting files that both unzip and overwrite
- automatically.
-
- - Self-extracting zip files no longer contain the "licensed to username"
- text, and copyright information is in the "About: box only.
-
- - A dot as the "unzip to" folder unzips to the current directory instead
- of the directory containing the self-extractor.
-
- - Empty directories in the Zip file are created during the extraction
- process.
-
- - The text in the "About" box can be modified in all types of
- self-extracting files (in earlier versions, the About box text could
- only be modified in self-extractors for software installation).
-
- - Under Windows 95, 98, and NT, Self-Extractors for Software Installation
- now clean up files even if the install process involves a reboot.
-
- - WinZip Self-Extractor can be run from the Start menu's Run dialog box
- by simply typing "winzipse" (in earlier versions, you had to type the
- full path, for example, "c:\program files\WinZip
- Self-Extractor\winzipse").
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