A Helpful Windows Compression Utility

Dave Andrews

Whether you're backing up files or sending and receiving e-mail, sooner or later you'll need to compress and decompress your files. Several utilities on the market help you manage files that are compressed using the popular ZIP file format, but a new one from MicroHelp also addresses other formats that you may encounter on the Internet, such as TAR, G-zipped TAR, UUencode, and LZW. You can also UUencode files.

MicroHelp's Zip saves time in zipping up files for zapping over the Internet with its built-in Explorer interface. This lets you browse your PC and network directories from within the Zip Explorer instead of having to open the Windows 95 Explorer an d drag and drop files to a new archive. Zip's time-saving interface lets y ou drag and drop files directly into a new archive.

Once you've created a new archive of compressed files, Zip's options make it easy for the person who receives your compressed files. You can build a self-extracting archive with a variety of options for the archive recipient, including prompting the user for a destination path prior to extraction (see the screen), automatic overwriting of files during extraction, and others. Other features of the program include support for backing up compressed files and the ability to view, edit, and run downloads without unzipping the archive. Whether you use Win 3.1 or Win 95 (MicroHelp Zip supports both), this compression utility is worth checking out.

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MicroHelp Zip...................$29.95

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