- WinZip Self-Extractor 4.0 supports Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP.
- WinZip Self-Extractor 4.0 cannot create self-extracting Zip files from Zip files that contain:
- bzip2 compression
- Extended Zip file format
- files originally greater than 4gb (pre-zipped)
- Zip files greater than 4gb in size
- more than 65,535 files
- Windows is unable to utilize executables greater than 2gb in size.
- WinZip Self-Extractor 4.0 supports custom icons as listed in the chart below.
Technical details: WinZip Self-Extractor will copy the pixel images from the specified icon file.
The following formats are currently supported:
Pixel Size |
Color Depth
|
| 16x16 |
4-bit |
|
8-bit |
|
32-bit alpha-blended |
| 32x32 |
4-bit |
|
8-bit |
|
32-bit alpha-blended |
| 48x48 |
4-bit |
|
8-bit |
|
32-bit alpha-blended |
| 96x96 |
32-bit alpha-blended |
| 128x128 |
32-bit alpha-blended |
| 256x256 |
32-bit alpha-blended |
Note: When Self-Extractor is run under Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, the last 3 icon formats are not supported.
Ensure that the icon images you include in your icon file conform to the image sizes and color densities specified above. Non-conforming icons files will be ignored and WinZip Self-Extractor will provide a default set of icons.
