UltimateZip, Version 7.0
Copyright (c) 2001 - 2014 SWE von Schleusen.
All rights reserved.
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***** Installation *****

   If you received this version of UltimateZip on a dvd or a cd-rom, please
   follow the instructions on the disk label to install UltimateZip.


   1. Select "Run" from the Start menu.
   2. Enter the full Path of "uzsetup.exe". (for example: C:\Users\username\Desktop\uzsetup.exe)
   3. Press "Enter" and follow the instructions.


***** Requirements *****

  - Windows XP /2003/ Vista/ 7/ 8/ 8.1 or higher
  - Some features require external programs. 

***** Documentation *****

    For full documentation (help file) press the F1 key at any time while running
    UltimateZip.

***** What's new in version 7.0.3 (01/23/2014) *****

  - Small Windows XP fix


***** What's new in version 7.0.2 (01/19/2014) *****

  - Some minor bug fixes



***** What's new in version 7.0.1 (01/14/2014) *****

  - Chinese(Simplified) language file added
  - Chinese(Traditional) language file added
  - Spanish language file added
  - Indonesian language file added
  - Hungarian language file added
  - Farsi language file added
  - Some Improvements on the Ribbon Interface
  - Some minor bug fixes
  - Some other small improvements
  
	
***** What's new in version 7.0 (01/06/2014) *****

  - New Ribbon 2013 Interface added
  - New Toolbar Icons added
  - New Program Icon added
  - DEP and  ASLR enabled for all executables and Dlls (better security)
  - File types can now be associated without admin rights
  - New Self-Extractor Exe and Configuration
  - One-Click-Extract feature added
  - Shell Extension improved
  - 7Zip added to Shell-Extension
  - Color code feature for file list added
  - Support for Windows 8.1
  - New UnRar Dll
  - New 7Zip Dll
  - Massive speed improvements
  - Optimized Multi-Core Support
  - German Help
  - German License (Lizenz.txt)
  - Many other improvements
  	
	
***** What's new in version 6.0 (04/28/2011) *****

  - Portable support (Take UltimateZip anywhere on your USB-Stick)
  - Complete rewrite of the GUI
  - Multilanguage GUI
  - UAC Elevation in Windows7 and Vista (create and extract Archives anywhere)
  - Unicode support for source code viewer
  - Support for ZIPX Format (BZip, PPMd)(add and extract)
  - Support to repair broken ZIPX files
  - Support to Test ZIPX files
  - New Self-Extractor ZIP Exe
  - AES Support for ZIP Self-Extractor
  - ZIPX Support for ZIP Self-Extractor (BZip, PPMd)
  - Full LZMA2 Support for 7ZIP (add and extract)
  - BCJ2 extract Support
  - New Self-Extractor 7ZIP Exe
  - LZMA2 Support for 7ZIP Self-Extractor
  - New Theme engine
  - New Themes added
  - New 7ZIP Dll
  - New UnRAR Dll
  - Massiv speed improvements for lager archive files
  - Speed Improvements for 7ZIP Format
  - 64-Bit Shell Extension improved
  - Optimized Multi-Core Support
  - New Hash Algorithems added (SHA1, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512, RIPMd-160)
  - New exception handling and bug reporting Sytem
  - TGZ and TBZ extract improved
  - Improved support for Windows 7
  - Removed almost all Registy entries (everything now is saved in an own config file)
  - Official Support for Windows 2000 removed
  - Many small improvements

  
***** Bugfix (5.0.1.11) (08/24/2009) *****

  - Minor bug fixes


***** What's new in version 5.0 (07/29/2009) *****

  - Support for Windows 7
  - Better Uac Support for Vista and Windows 7
  - Password Policy added
  - Unsecure Zones are shown in Statusbar now
  - Preview Window added (supports same formats as viewer (more than 100 file formats))
  - Improved Image Quality in Viewer
  - Improved loading and packing Speed for Rar and Zip
  - Improved GUI (better Explorer view)
  - New more secure crypto format (UZE version 2)
  - Twofish encryption added
  - BZip2 Support rewritten, no Dll needed anymore
  - Theme Support enabled for Win Vista and Windows 7
  - New Themes added
  - Shell Extension 64-Bit Support
  - Many small improvements
  - Some minor bug fixes
 

***** Bugfix (4.0.2.16) (09/11/2008) *****

  - Minor bug fixes

***** Bugfix (4.0.1.27) (08/05/2008) *****

  - Minor bug fixes

***** Bugfix (4.0.0.140) (07/27/2008) *****

  - Cabinet Bug fixed

***** What's new in version 4.0 (07/23/2008) *****

  - Better support for Windows Vista
  - Multi Viewer for more than 100 file formats (including most common grafic, internet, and office formates)
  - Syntax Highlighting for most common programming languages in Viewer
  - Support for adding empty folders
  - New UnRar Dll added
  - Backup Scripts now have their own menu
  - Ftp Upload Feature
  - Ftp Upload for Backup Scripts
  - CD/DVD Burn Feature
  - New Icons and Toolbar Glyphs
  - MD5 Verification
  - Double-click improved, now many files at the same time can be opened
  - Version 2.0 of Commandline Utilities added
  - Support to extract Bzip compressed Zip files
  - Some small improvements 
  - Bug fixes
  



***** What's new in version 3.2 (04/05/2007) *****

  - Better support for Windows Vista
  - New UnRar Dll
  - Some bug fixes


***** What's new in version 3.1 (10/02/2006) *****

  - 7z support
  - 7z sfx support
  - "Potentially unsafe file types" warning added (List can be edited)
  - New "Add Dialog" (now possible to add files and folders at the same time, resizable)
  - Improved speed when adding files and folders at the same time
  - Improved Progress Dialog
  - New UnAce Dll
  - Commandline Utilities added (add, extract, test your archives via command line)
  - Many small improvements
  - Some small bug fixes


***** What's new in version 3.0.3 (04/06/2005) *****

  - Maintenance Release
  - some small improvements
  - some bug fixes
 
***** What's new in version 3.0.2 (03/23/2005) *****

  - Some new Toolbar themes (not skins) added
  - Mime/Base 64 support added
  - Some improvements
  - Some bug fixes

***** What's new in version 3.0 (02/28/2005) *****

  - Integrated AES (128, 192 and 256 bit) support for ZIP archive format (WinZip(R) compatible)
  - Support for large ZIP files  (files bigger than 4 gb (ZIP and added files), more than 65535 files)
  - Deflate 64 (Enhanced Deflate) extract support (ZIP format)
  - Support for WAR format added
  - Support for EAR format added
  - Support for Unix created multi-header compressed GZIP archives
  - Ascii Translation for GZIP archives added
  - Foldertree + file browser added (Explorer view)
  - Update feature for modified files added
  - Better Rar support (unicoded filenames, files bigger than 4 GB) 
  - Speed improvements
  - New SFX Creator for ZIP files (more features for ZIP sfx files)
  - ZIP SFX stub improved (Create Sfx files in english, german and frensh language)
  - Startup folder feature added
  - Info dialogs improved
  - Full support for ZIP Splitted files (files must not be merged to extract)
  - Lha SFX stub now supports Frozen 7
  - Signature feature added (ZIP Format)
  - New DLL for Unrar
  - New DLL for Unace
  - Icons for every archive type added
  - 'ZIP and Mail Extra' feature added
  - Find files in archive feature added
  - New Skins added
  - Full customizeable toolbar
  - Better look under Win XP
  - New HTML Help file
  - Installation updated, smaller file size, better silent install
  - Check Update and Download feature added
  - Select Viewer dialog improved
  - Drag&Drop support for Backup Wizard, Batch Extractor and Batch Compressor
  - Support for 24x24 and 48x48 Toolbar images added (16x16, 24x24,32x32 and 48x48 allowed now)
  - Many small improvements
  - Many bug fixes 


***** What's new in version 2.7.1 (09/27/2002) *****

  - Major extract bug fixed
  - Some other small bug fixes
  - CheckOut window improved
  - New default toolbar skin
  - New Icon


***** What's new in version 2.7 (09/19/2002) *****

  - Ace v2 support
  - Rar 3.x support
  - BZip2 support (only main program)
  - Win XP Theme support
  - New Toolbar and Menu features (chevrons, new button and menu styles, vertical menus,etc.)
  - New Skin size for small buttons (16x16 image size)
  - Speed improvements (loading, adding ,and extracting is much faster now)
  - Shell extension improvements (menu icons, customizeable contex menu items, DragDrop Handler, etc.)
  - File splitting is PKZip/WinZip compatible now (.z01, .z02, ..., .zip)
  - Tip of the Day dialog
  - File Comments (only Zip format)
  - Support for extracting empty folders
  - Reuse Windows Feature
  - Overwrite dialog improved
  - File association improved
  - Better Tar-GZip/ Tar-BZip2 handling
  - New attribute options in add dialogs
  - Passwords are encrypted now in backupscripts
  - Many small improvements
  - Many bug fixes


***** What's new in version 2.6 (09/06/2001) *****

  - Toolbar Skins
  - Quick Start task try tool
  - Resizable dialogs
  - XP Menu Style (optional)
  - CheckOut Icon maximum, set up from 50 to 500
  - Many bug fixes


***** What's new in version 2.5 (07/22/2001) *****
  
  - Backup Wizard, to create backup scripts
  - Optional "Add" dialog: Compress many files and folders at one time,
    include/exclude lists, save file lists, edit comment when adding files
  - SFX-Stubs for Ace, Arj, Bh, Jar, Lha, and Rar
  - Create and merge multi-volume sets
  - Batch Compressor, compresses individual files to individual archives
  - Rename files in zip archives
  - Optional floating comment window when opening Zip archives
  - Optional progress dialog
  - Default extract and add folder
  - "Store already compressed files" option added
  - Open extract folder afer extract operation
  - "Deselect all" option added
  - Many small improvements
  - Language bugs fixed
  - Many other bugs fixed

***** What's new in version 2.0.2 (06/04/2001) *****

  - Bug fixed

***** What's new in version 2.0.1 (05/26/2001) *****

  - Many bug fixes
  - Test Log improved
  - Shellextension improved

***** What's new in version 2.0 (05/09/2001) *****

  - Wizard interface for simple compressing, updating, decoding, and extracting
  - Better implementation of *.uze encrypted format
  - Text viewer added
  - Last Output and Comment windows improved
  - Toolbar background added
  - Selfextrctor improved (now it possible create simple software-installations and updates)
  - Shellextension improved
  - some bug fixes

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