Support for Jpeg Compression
- Create self-extracting Zip files that contain files compressed with Jpeg
compression, delivering up to 25% compression of JPEG images with no loss in
quality
Support for LZMA Compression
- Create self-extracting Zip files that contain files compressed with LZMA
compression, delivering powerful compression for many file types
Support for WavPack Compression
- Create self-extracting Zip files that contain files compressed with
WavPack compression, delivering lossless compression of .WAV (audio) files
Support for Zipx files
- Create self-extracting Zip files from .zipx files that are compressed
with advanced compression technology.
Unicode Support
- To ensure international characters are displayed for filenames in a Zip
file
Support for Advanced Compression methods
- Supports PPMd and Enhanced Deflate compressed files
Icon Support
- WinZip Self-Extractor supports icon sizes of 16x16, 32x32, 48x48, 96x96,
128x128, and 256x256. Vista png format icons are also supported.
Administrator Options
- WinZip Self-Extractor allows you to specify the privilege level at which
self-extracting executables may be run. The "Run as Administrator" option
lets you create self-extractors that will prompt Vista users for elevated
privileges so self-extracting software installation packages have the
required privilege level to run on the new OS.
Support for Advanced Encryption
- Create self-extracting Zip files that contain AES, 128- or 256-bit key,
encrypted files.
Wizard driven
- WinZip Self-Extractor is wizard driven, which simplifies the process of
building self-extracting Zip files.