G@meFre@k informs us that the makers of Winzip have put a new beta of 8.1 online. This version has an improved FileSplit compared to beta 1. Also Chinese and other Asian characters in file names are now supported. Below is the complete changelog of beta 2:
- In Beta 1, WinZip would sometimes misidentify a split Zip file that had been copied to floppy disks as a spanned Zip file. The program logic used to determine whether a multi-disk Zip file is split or spanned has been improved, and this should no longer be a problem.
- Support for filenames containing multi-byte character set (MBCS) characters used with Asian languages such as Japanese, Chinese, and Korean has been improved.
- The dialog that displays the archive types with which WinZip can be associated has been enlarged so that all file types can be seen without scrolling.
- In WinZip’s setup wizard, the dialog in which the installation folder is chosen now has a Browse button.
- Under Windows 98, logging off and then back on again would result in the Quick Pick taskbar tray icon not restarting. This has been corrected.
- During multi-file extracts, warning dialogs in some cases were hidden behind the active program’s window, but there was no taskbar button allowing the user to return to WinZip. This has been corrected.
- Miscellaneous other minor fixes, enhancements, and improvements to the program help.
| Version number | 8.1 (build 4285) |
| Operating systems | Windows 9x, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP |
| Website | WinZIP |
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| License type | cardware |