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jminter

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May 22, 2003
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Anyone know if PKZIP 2.04 works on Windows XP in DOS?
 
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I can't see any reason why not, but remember that it is a 16 bit application, so won't understand long filenames. This is a known issue on every MS os since Windows 95.

I suggest getting hold of the Winzip command line addon from which handles long filenames fine, or the latest 32 bit version of PKZip from
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Another point actually: Windows XP's compressed folders feature is the same as a Zip file, so if you are using XP you don't actually need the external programs. However, i am not sure how easy it is to automate programmatically.

John
 
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jminter,

Just curious for the need to use zip in dos and if it worked for you ?

Thanx..

-Z
 
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