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Self-Extractor 3.1 Requirements

  1. WinZip Self-Extractor 3.1 requires Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista.
  2. WinZip Self-Extractor 3.1 cannot create self-extracting Zip files from Zip files that contain:
    1. WavPack compression
    2. bzip2 compression
    3. Extended Zip file format
      • files originally greater than 4gb (pre-zipped)
      • Zip files greater than 4gb in size
      • more than 65,535 files
  3. Windows is unable to utilize executables greater than 2gb in size.
  4. WinZip Self-Extractor 3.1 supports the following custom icons:

Technical details: WinZip Self-Extractor will copy the pixel images from the specified icon file.

When run under Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, or Windows XP, icons of the following format are supported:

  • 16X16 - 4-bit color
  • 16X16 - 8-bit color
  • 16X16 - 32-bit alpha-blended color
  • 32X32 - 4-bit color
  • 32X32 - 8-bit color
  • 32X32 - 32-bit alpha-blended color
  • 48X48 - 4-bit color
  • 48X48 - 8-bit color
  • 48X48 - 32-bit alpha-blended color.

When run under Windows Vista, these additional icon formats are supported:

  • 96X96 - 32-bit alpha-blended color
  • 128X128 - 32-bit alpha-blended color
  • 256X256 - 32-bit alpha-blended color

Ensure that the icon images you include in your icon file conform to the image sizes and color densities specified above. WinZip Self-Extractor will ignore non-conforming icons files and provide a default set of icons in their place.

NOTE: This feature is unavailable when WinZip Self-Extractor is run on Windows 98 and Windows Me (a default icon is provided).