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PkZip/Unzip is shareware, and a $47. fee should be paid to PkWare. | PkZip/Unzip is shareware, and a $47. fee should be paid to PkWare. | ||
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| − | From the name of this moderately useful little utility, I was supposing that I'd get to view/read the contents, but opening a .zip file with the PKWare Zip Reader simply extracts it to a folder named for said zip file. Not that it isn't handier than the XP's pedantic three-step | + | From the name of this moderately useful little utility, I was supposing that I'd get to view/read the contents, but opening a .zip file with the PKWare Zip Reader simply extracts it to a folder named for said zip file. Not that it isn't handier than the XP's pedantic three-step "Extract All" option, but I was hoping for more. PKWare Zip Reader extracts the company's SecurZip files as well, but that's the only other compression codec it understands. As far as it goes, it's a very handy utility, but it won't replace WinRAR in my toolkit anytime soon. For accuracy's sake, it should also be renamed PKWare Zip Extractor. --Jon L. Jacobi |
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Latest revision as of 11:46, 24 November 2010
PkZip and PkUnzip are utilities which have the following purposes:
- Package groups of files together in a manner which permits easy transfer over a modem. Typically these groups make up a program, but single files, including text files, are often "Zipped"
- Compresses the files, typically to half their original size in the case of wordprocessor and text files.
- One favourable aspect of PKZip is that it tends to preserve the file's structure. This means that after a wordprocesor-text file is transferred over the Internet, it remains readable by the wordprocesor.
- PkZip is also convenient for archiving of files for backup, and can be used across a network.
PkZip/Unzip is shareware, and a $47. fee should be paid to PkWare.
Versions
There are two companies that make "zip" compression software for .zip file creation / extraction. There's actually 2 encrypted .ZIP formats: PKZIP will read WinZip's format, and vice-versa up to PKZip version 2.0.
WinZip's AES encryption is documented here [winzip.com]. PKWare's format is apparently proprietary.
PKUnZIP 2.1
pkzip 2 and below are most common. do not upgrade to 2.1 as it is mostly bloatware and incompatible with microsoft windows own unzip extraction built into file explorer.
pkzip / pkunzip 2.1 - bloatware / crapware
PKWare Zip Reader
From the name of this moderately useful little utility, I was supposing that I'd get to view/read the contents, but opening a .zip file with the PKWare Zip Reader simply extracts it to a folder named for said zip file. Not that it isn't handier than the XP's pedantic three-step "Extract All" option, but I was hoping for more. PKWare Zip Reader extracts the company's SecurZip files as well, but that's the only other compression codec it understands. As far as it goes, it's a very handy utility, but it won't replace WinRAR in my toolkit anytime soon. For accuracy's sake, it should also be renamed PKWare Zip Extractor. --Jon L. Jacobi
