What are the requirements for WinZip Self-Extractor 4.0?

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  1. WinZip Self-Extractor 4.0 supports Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP.
  2. WinZip Self-Extractor 4.0 cannot create self-extracting Zip files from Zip files that contain:
    • bzip2 compression
    • xz compression
    • mp3 compression
    • Zip64 extended Zip file format
      • Files in the Zip file that were larger than 4gb (pre-zipped)
      • Zip files themselves that are greater than 4gb in size
      • Zip files that contain more than 65,535 files
  3. Windows does not support (is unable to use) executable files larger than 2gb.
  4. 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.

Make sure 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.

If you have any questions about this information, please submit a Technical Support ticket.

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