WinXP supports ZipFiles in a limited way. It allows you to see inside
ZipFiles as if they were folders, and even search the HD and find the
files in that search... (And other things...)
XP does not support the new standards for "heavy duty" AES 256-bit
ZIP encryption like WinZip does. (I think it fails to open with no errors.)
I have always had WinZip installed since Ver 5.3 (it is now at ver 9)
so I am not sure exactly what other list members see if they do not
have it, but they see "something" (or plenty more than in the past...)
I would also recommend getting (and buying) WinZip.
You buy it once and ALL updates and upgrades are free.
(I bought it ten years ago, and that was it...)
Rick Glazier
From: "David Gillett" <[log in to unmask]>
> I don't believe any Microsoft OS, including XP, has ever included support
> for zip files. Download WinZip, and if he/you keep using it, pay for it.
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