| Change
Log
Release 4.02 - June 9, 2006 
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Fixed an issue in the info tip shell extension. This is an important security update. Please upgrade now. |
Release 4.01 - September 27, 2005 
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Fixed an issue with non-password protected backups. If you created a non-password protected backup using PicoZip 4.0, it would still be encrypted. |
Release 4.0 - September 19, 2005
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Added feature to create a new archive and burn to CD/DVD |
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Added feature to burn an existing archive to CD/DVD |
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Added feature to edit the properties of files within an archive without having to decompress and recompress the archive. |
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Added integrated FTP support to upload archives from within PicoZip and from Windows Explorer shell integration |
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Added "Update and Add" files option for adding files to an existing archive |
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Added option to include empty subfolders when creating archives |
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Added feature to merge multi-volume ZIP archives |
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Added feature to export PicoZip backup sets directly to PicoBackup |
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Added improved support for antivirus software |
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Fixed some issues related to large ZIP file support |
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Fixed password support in backups |
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Fixed many other minor issues. |
Release
3.01 - September 10, 2004
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Added
extra security warnings when opening unsafe file types
in archives. |
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Added
feature to create a desktop shortcut to an archive file. |
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Fixed an issue with adding many files to batch operations
and backup sets in some older versions of Windows. |
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Fixed
some other minor issues. |
Release 3.0 - July 15, 2004
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Added
Windows XP Theme support. |
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Added
support for toolbar skins that can be used to customize
the look of the toolbar. |
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Added
the ability to re-arrange the order of the buttons on
the toolbar. |
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Added
support for WinZip compatible AES encryption of ZIP files. |
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Added
Split feature for splitting Zip files (WinZip compatible). |
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Added
support for .WAR and .MIM file formats. |
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Added
Base64 encoding/decoding. |
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Added
Batch Delete from Archive feature. |
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Added
more command buttons that can be placed on the toolbar. |
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Added
ability to auto-update archive when files being viewed
is modified. |
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Different
archive types are now displayed with different icons in
Windows Explorer for easy identification. |
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Improved
the speed of opening extremely large archive files. |
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Fixed some issues with archives that spanned disks. |
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Added
workaround for Windows 2000 bug that causes Windows Explorer
to hang. |
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Fixed
many other minor issues. |
Release
2.8 - March 27, 2003
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Added
support for ZIP files larger than 4GB. |
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Added
support to extract from multi-volume ZIP files. |
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Optimized
PicoZip to speed up loading of archives that contains
a lot of files. |
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Fixed an issue with the "Copy Command-line to Clipboard"
command in Backup. |
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Fixed
several bugs related to compressing to floppy disk and
disk spanning. |
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Fixed
a bug where files with filenames starting with a period
is not added to an archive. |
Release
2.7 - February 25, 2003
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Added
new context menu item "Compress and Email ..."
that allows you to create and email archives, with the
ability to set the archive settings like filename, password,
archive format, etc. |
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Added
many new enhancements to the backup feature, including:
(a) Options to show/hide confirmations after backup.
(b) Added incremental backup method.
(c) Can password protect backups.
(d) Can backup folders while exluding subfolders.
(e) Can specify files and/or file masks to exlude from
backup.
(f) Options to skip read-only files, hidden files and
system files.
(g) The Manage Backup dialog box automatically save and
restore its height. |
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Added
"Copy Command-line to Clipboard" command to
the context menu when you right-click a Backup Set in
the "Manage Backups" dialog box. This command
will copy the command-line to run the selected Backup
Set to the clipboard. |
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Added
new configuration setting to allow you to set the temporary
folder that will be used by PicoZip when creating archives.
This setting can be configured under "Options ->
Configuration -> Folders". |
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The
Extract Dialog Box has been made resizeable to make it
easier to select the target extract folder. |
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Fixed a bug in the archive explorer folder tree view that
renders the tree view incorrectly when there are folders
and subfolders with the same name. |
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Fixed
a bug that causes the files list to be refreshed once
when opening an archive file. |
Release
2.6 - February 12, 2003
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Added
folder tree view for files in an archive. You can now
view files in any folder within an archive by selecting
the folder. New configuration settings are available to
configure the behaviour of this new feature. |
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Added
the "Drop Add Options" dialog that is shown
when you drag-and-drop files on an archive or on PicoZip
main window while an archive is open. This dialog allows
you to set some add options before the dropped files are
added. |
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The
Add dialog box now shows the '*.*' wildcard for file name
by default. |
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PicoZip
installer will now ask you where you would like PicoZip
shortcuts to be created, rather than automatically creating
shortcuts on the Desktop and Start Menu by default. |
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Fixed
a bug in the Text and HTML file list export feature, where
the column headers "Packed" and "Unpacked"
was switched by mistake. |
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Fixed
a bug that causes an error message when starting PicoZip
if you enabled the "Always have PicoZip window stay
on top" setting. |
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Fixed
bug that causes error when installing PicoZip in Windows
NT/2000/XP where user is logged on as member of Admin
group. |
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Fixed
an issue with the installer when upgrading, where the
previous version is left behind in the "Add/Remove
Programs" list. This version will automatically remove
any previous version of PicoZip from the "Add/Remove
Programs" list. |
Release
2.5 - January 15, 2003
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Added
integration with PicoZip Recovery Tool, our free Zip password
recovery utility. If you have PicoZip Recovery Tool installed,
PicoZip will automatically add "Recover ZIP Password"
command to the "Tools" menu. |
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Added
a "Open in Windows Explorer after extracting"
option in "Extract" dialog box. If selected,
PicoZip will automatically open the target folder in a
Windows Explorer window after extracting it. |
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Added
"Restore folders" and "Confirm file overwrites"
option to the Batch Extract feature. |
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Added
configuration setting in Folder tab to use default system
folder when opening archives. |
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Added
configuration setting in Folder tab to use the same folder
as currently open archive when adding files. |
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The
column and order of sorting is now automatically saved
and these same settings are used the next time you open
PicoZip. If you prefer the old method where sorting is
always reset to the first column, you can set the "Always
reset sorting to first column" option under the "View"
tab in the Configuration screen. |
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Added
configuration setting in "Shell Extensions"
tab to allow you to set the default compression level
you want to use for shell extensions commands. |
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When
dragging-and-dropping files onto an empty PicoZip window,
the "Add Options" dialog box will default to
the same folder as the files that were dropped. |
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Deleting
files in an archive will no longer refresh the entire
file list causing the current position in the list to
be lost. This speeds up the delete operation and you do
not need to manually scroll back to the position in the
list where you deleted file(s). |
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Modified
the Batch Extract feature to use the "Extract Folder"
settings (that you configure in Options -> Configuration)
by default. |
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Modified
the "Virus Scan" command so that it displays
the Configuration screen automatically if you choose this
command without configuring a virus scanner first. |
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Removed
the "Light" compression level from the "Edit
Backup Set". |
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Extracting
a tar.gz archive will now extract the nested tar file
properly, restoring its stored folders. |
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Fixed
issue with the "Add Files" dialog in Batch features
to overcome a Windows limitation so that you can now add
as many files as you in a single add operation. |
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Fixed
the Edit Backup Set dialog box problem where the dialog
box is partly truncated when displayed on some computers
with certain display settings. |
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Removed
the "Freshen existing files" option in the Add
dialog when creating a new file. |
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Fixed
the bug in the built-in explorer, where under certain
conditions, may display system folders in addition to
archive files. |
Release
2.3 - December 9, 2002
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Added
PicoZip Tray Tool. This is a separate program that places
an icon in your Windows tray area on the Task Bar. This
icon provides quick access to recently opened archives,
quick backups and other PicoZip features. |
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Added
Find and Find Next feature that allows you to search for
files within an archive that matches the search criteria
you set. You can search based on filename (including wildcards),
date range or size range. |
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Added
new configuration settings to allow you to configure the
font to use for the file list view. New settings were
also added for configuring the new tray tool. |
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Modified
the "Edit Backup Set" dialog box to make it
resizeable, and also to show a horizontal scrollbar if
items in the "Files to Add" listbox is longer
than the width of the listbox. |
Release
2.2 - November 29, 2002
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Added
new shell extensions. When you use the right mouse button
to drag and drop one or more archives to any folder, the
popup context menu gives you the following options: (a)
Extract to the folder where you dropped the archive (b)
Extract to a subfolder under the folder where you dropped
the archive (c) Display a dialog box to allow you to customize
the extraction parameters and destination. |
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Fixed
a bug that causes an error when you try to execute a Backup
Set that contains files from more than one drive/partition
and was set to store relative path. |
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Fixed
a bug in the archive file format conversion feature, where
the source file is not deleted even though the option
to do that was checked. |
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Fixed
a bug in the batch features, where you need to press the
"Next" button twice in the "Select Output
Folder" page if a custom output folder is selected. |
Release 2.12 - November 18, 2002
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Added
new feature for viewing files within archive, where the
user can configure an external viewer and set PicoZip
to (a) Always use assosiated program (b) Always use the
external viewer (c) Use external viewer only if there
is no associated program (d) Ask user |
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Added
new context menu items to allow a user to extract multiple
archives to the current folder or to a user selected folder.
User can also extract the archives to separate subfolders
within the target folder. |
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Added
feature to create shortcut to Backup Sets on desktop.
Double-clicking on these shortcuts will run the backup
immediately without needing to start PicoZip first. |
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Modified
the "Batch Extract" feature to allow user to
specify whether to extract to separate subfolders. |
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Fixed
bug where the built-in explorer did not restore its previous
state when PicoZip is started. |
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Fixed
issues related to running PicoZip on multi-user Windows
NT/2000/XP. |
Release
2.1 - November 8, 2002
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Added
the ability to automatically save existing archive file
associations before making any changes to associate it
to PicoZip, and PicoZip will automatically restore these
associations if you choose not to associate it to PicoZip. |
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Added
the ability to restore the native CAB and ZIP support
in WindowsXP if you uninstall PicoZip. Note that you need
to reboot after uninstalling to complete the restoration. |
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Expiry
of registration key has been removed. |
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Fixed
the filter bug which causes the whole archive to be deleted
if a filter is active, all currently shown files are deleted
and there are files which did not meet the filter criteria. |
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Fixed
the PicoZip main window restore bug. This bug causes PicoZip
main window to be not maximized when you run PicoZip,
even though you had it maximized the last time you use
it. A side effect from this bug also causes the "grab
tool" on the lower right corner of the PicoZip main
window to be unusable when in this state. |
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Fixed
an issue with the Properties dialog box, where the archive
information is not correctly shown if you apply a filter
to the archive that hides some file(s). |
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Fixed
a bug in the InfoTip shell extension, where the archive
information is not correctly shown when you place your
mouse cursor over some Zip files in Windows Explorer. |
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FixedFixed
a bug in the Backup feature where backups cannot be performed
if you try to make a backup that contains a single folder
which contains only subfolder(s) that may contain files/folders. |
Release 2.02 - June 26, 2002
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Added
configuration settings to enable/disable the compress/decompress
confirmation dialogs. |
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Added
new context menu item to allow extracting multiple archive
files in a single operation from within Windows Explorer. |
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Improved
support for self-extracting archives created by other
compression utilities. |
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Changed
the expiry time limit of registration keys to 30 days
instead of 14 days. |
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Fixed
the ACE self-extracting archive to support ACE 2.* archives. |
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Fixed
bug when extracting RAR multi-volume archive with more
than 9 volumes. |
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Fixed
bug where the file extraction progress for ACE archives
were not updated. |
Release
2.01 - May 29, 2002
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Fixed
built-in explorer bug when viewing an archive located
in the root folder of a drive. |
Release 2.0 - May 11, 2002 (Major Release)
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