WinZip 10.0 includes major usability enhancements, improved compression technology and, is now available in a Standard and a Professional version. Both the Standard and Professional versions are made available in one distribution file. Functionality is determined by either a Standard or Professional registration code.Both the Standard and Professional versions offer new, state-of-the-art compression technology allowing you to make even smaller Zip files, and a new Explorer-style view of your Zip file contents, making them easier to navigate, modify, and extract. Other enhancements include: the ability to create split (multi-volume) Zip files during compression, automatic update checking, and support for the Windows XP SP2 Attachment Manager.
If you’ve ever used WinZip to backup data sets, archive important documents, or distribute information to others on a regular basis, you’ll appreciate the WinZip Job Wizard, included in WinZip 10.0 Pro. The WinZip Job Wizard provides powerful productivity and automation features that help to simplify your repetitive compression tasks.
- Support for DVD Burning has been added. You can now create a new Zip file on a DVD as well as on a CD. Note: CD/DVD writing is only available on systems with the Windows XP operating system.
- The Job Wizard "Select Items" feature has been changed. The left pane now only displays folders, instead of folders and files.
- In the Job Wizard, when you check (or include) a folder in either pane, the contents of that folder are now automatically displayed in the right pane.
- The "Reuse WinZip window" option is now turned off on installation.
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and minor enhancements, including:
- WinZip startup – Certain configurations would cause WinZip to take a long time to boot up. This has been corrected. The delay may still occur when accessing the CD/DVD writing.
- Job Wizard – "Select Items" no longer shows network shortcuts in either pane. To specifiy a network location, you must use Entire Network.
- Check for Updates ? did not work with Norton Internet Security, even after granting connection permissions. This has been addressed.
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