From the name of this moderately useful little utility, I was
supposing that I'd get to view/read the contents, but opening a
.zip file with the PKWare Zip Reader simply extracts it to a folder
named for said zip file. Not that it isn't handier than the XP's
pedantic three-step "Extract All" option, but I was hoping for
more.
PKWare Zip Reader extracts the company's SecurZip files as well,
but that's the only other compression codec it understands. As far
as it goes, it's a very handy utility, but it won't replace WinRAR
in my toolkit anytime soon. For accuracy's sake, it should also be
renamed PKWare Zip Extractor.
--Jon L. Jacobi
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PKWare Zip Reader
- Version: 8.00.0018
- Downloads Count: 6,868
- License Type: Free
- Price: Free
- Date Added: Dec 20, 2007
- Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista
- File Size: 6.08 MB
- Author: PKWare
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