WinZip Self-Extractor 3.0

Posted on Wednesday, May 17 2006 @ 19:23 CEST by LSDsmurf

Changelog:

There is no practical limit on the length of the optional command issued by self-extracting Zip files after the unzip operation completes.
You can create self-extracting Zip 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 programs and files for WinZip Self-Extractor have been changed to reflect the new company name, WinZip Computing, Inc.
Uninstalling WinZip Self-Extractor now displays a message indicating the uninstall has completed.
Uninstalling WinZip Self-Extractor now removes the "Version" key information from the Windows registry.
Attempting to start WinZip Self-Extractor when another instance is running will now display a message that WinZip Self-Extractor is busy and to try again later.
The creation of 16-bit and MS-DOS self-extracting Zip files is no longer supported and Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, 2000 or Me is required to create self-extracting Zip files.
The help dialog displayed when WinZip Self-Extractor is run using the /? command line option now includes updated information on the wzipse32.exe command line options.
A problem running some commands that used quotes or ".." folder references has been corrected.
The "Ready to Create" panel in the Wizard for self-extracting Zip files for Software Installation now displays the location of the selected icon, if one is selected.
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.
The text in the "About" box can be modified for both standard self-extractors and self-extractors for software installation (in earlier versions, the About box text could only be modified for self-extractors for software installation).
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 "wzipse32" (in earlier versions, you had to type the full path, for example, "c:program filesWinZip Self-Extractorwzipse32").