WinZip Self-Extractor 4.0 Creates self-extracting Zip files, perfect for electronic file distribution. Recipients can use a familiar Windows interface to decompress files, and self-extracting Zip files can run a setup or installation program after decompression.

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Key Features

New Support for Jpeg Compression

Create self-extracting Zip files that contain files compressed with Jpeg compression, delivering up to 25% compression of JPEG images with no loss in quality

New Support for LZMA Compression

Create self-extracting Zip files that contain files compressed with LZMA compression, delivering powerful compression for many file types

New Support for WavPack Compression

Create self-extracting Zip files that contain files compressed with WavPack compression, delivering lossless compression of .WAV (audio) files

New Support for Zipx files

Create self-extracting Zip files from .zipx files that are compressed with advanced compression technology.

New Unicode Support

To ensure international characters are displayed for filenames in a Zip file

Support for Advanced Compression methods

Supports PPMd and Enhanced Deflate compressed files

Icon Support

WinZip Self-Extractor supports icon sizes of 16x16, 32x32, 48x48, 96x96, 128x128, and 256x256. Vista png format icons are also supported.

Administrator Options

WinZip Self-Extractor allows you to specify the privilege level at which self-extracting executables may be run. The “Run as Administrator” option lets you create self-extractors that will prompt Vista users for elevated privileges so self-extracting software installation packages have the required privilege level to run on the new OS.

Support for Advanced Encryption

Create self-extracting Zip files that contain AES, 128- or 256-bit key, encrypted files.

Wizard driven

WinZip Self-Extractor is wizard driven, which simplifies the process of building self-extracting Zip files.

Customization

Easily create and customize your self-extracting Zip files.

Customize software installations

WinZip Self-Extractor can create self-extracting Zip files for software installation using custom icons and splash screen, set up and about box text, and can run .exe, .com, .bat or .inf files to facilitate software installation. Standard self-extractors can open any file type in its associated application.

Span disks

WinZip Self-Extractor can be run from the "Start" menu's "Run" dialog box by simply typing "wzipse32".

Invoke from Start/Run command

Supports PPMd and Enhanced Deflate compressed files

Self-extractors for software installation

WinZip Self-Extractor can create self-extracting Zip files for software installation that can run standard Microsoft-format .INF files as an alternative to "setup" programs, and can clean up files even if the install process involves a reboot.

Issue optional command after unzip

There is no practical limit on the length of the optional command issued by self-extracting Zip files after the unzip operation completes.

International Language Messages

Self-extracting Zip files can be created with English or German messages.

Works with Windows Vista

Tech Specs

Requirements: Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista® or Windows XP.

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