This is the readme.txt file for ZIP explorer
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Version 1.0  19 April  1998
Verison 2.0  09 June   1998
Version 2.1  11,13,15 August 1998

I welcome any feedback, questions or comments. 
Please contact me at one of these email addresses:

   arnholm@online.no
   ca@dnv.com

INSTRUCTIONS
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1. The default location for the ZIP explorer files files (.zar files) is C:\ZIP_Explorer
   If you want to store the .zar files somewhere else, please define the environment
   variable ZIP_Explorer to point to your chosen directory, e.g. C:\Diskette_archive
 
   Windows 95/98, in AUTOEXEC.BAT: 
                                    SET ZIP_Explorer=C:\Diskette_archive 

   Windows NT, Control Panel -> System -> Environment -> User Variables
                                    Variable: ZIP_Explorer
                                    Value:    C:\Diskette_archive
                                    (press SET followed by OK)

3. For help, try Help->Quick Help
   or send an email to arnholm@online.no

4. Create a shortcut to ZipExplorer2.exe on your desktop

5. Start Zip Explorer by double clicking the Zip disk icon on your desktop

Version 2.1 - Updates by 15 August 1998
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* Zip Explorer is now "locale" aware wrt. date and time formatting.
  This means that Zip Explorer will present date and time information
  as specified by the user in Windows NT/95 Control Panel: 
  Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Regional Settings (time & date tabs)

  Americans will be pleased with this ... Previously, Zip Explorer presented
  date & time as dd.mm.yyyy hh:mm:ss, ignoring any locale settings. Now, you
  can for example see the same info as mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm tt, where tt=AM or PM.
  
  Note: If you change the Regional Settings while Zip Explorer is running, you
  may observe inconsistencies in the date/time formats presented. This is 
  because formatted date/time strings are cached in the program. If you
  re-start Zip Explorer (or re-load the catalogs), all date/time strings
  will be presented in a consistent manner.

  Note that this change does not affect the .zar files. There is no need to
  re-catalog your disks. 
 
Version 2.1 - Updates by 13 August 1998
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* Fixed a bug relating to deletion of catalogs that have lowercase labels.
  The catalog file was deleted, but the view of it in Zip Explorer was not.
* The tree view (left pane) now sorts the subdirectories alphabetically.
  Previously, the subdirectories were unsorted for FAT formatted disks.
* An new problem has been detected. Sizes of large hard disks are reported
  incorrectly by Zip Explorer. This will require some restructuring to fix.

Version 2.1 - Updates by 11 August 1998
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* A new menu item has been implemented: View -> Options ...
  Here you have the opportunity to control
  - Which size units to use when presinting files: bytes, KB or MB  (... cool !)
  - Which columns to display when presenting disks. 
    Any combination of "Total Size", "Free Space" and "Date Cataloged".
    This feature has been implemented in anticipation of a facility to display
    textual comments associated with disks. It is likely that such comments will
    be implemented as an additional column.

Version 2.1 - Updates by 06 August 1998
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* Catalog deletion is now implemented. Select a catalog to be deleted by 
  pointing and clicking a diskette icon under "My Removable Disk Drive" in the left pane.
  Right click in place and select "Delete Catalog". You may also press the "Delete" key
  on the keyboard.
  If you want to protect yourself against accidental deletions, you can change the file
  protection to "Read-only", using Windows Explorer or a DOS window. Zip Explorer will
  detect this and "gracefully" ignore your delete instruction.
* A problem that sometimes caused confusing double scroll-bars has been eliminated
* Some missing keyboard short-cuts have been included (Ctrl-A)
* Current Date and Time is now shown continuously in the status bar (low right)

Version 2.0 - Updates by 09 June 1998
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* A Find Duplicate Files facility implemented. Can find duplicates across
  Catalogs. Can also find duplicates starting at any catalog or subdirectory
  by selecting and right-clicking. The Find Duplicates dialog is Modal.
* Find Files dialog has been made modeless.
* Compare Disk/catalog dialog has been made modeless.

Version 2.0 - Updates by 10 May 1998
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* Green highlight colour for selected folder implemented in tree browser (left pane)
* It is now possible to select a new directory in the list browser (right pane),
  by double-clicking a directory (or zip-file) icon.
* Zar-files now contain a version number. A Message Box is displayed when a zar file
  with wrong version id is encountered.
* Standard "Save As ..." dialogs implemented for reports in "Find Files" and
  "Compare Disk/Catalog" dialogs.
* Slight reorganisation of main menus. A "Tools" menu is now available.
* Slightly modified help dialog (taken from Zip Explorer 1.0) included.

Version 2.0 - Initial release 5 May 1998
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* New GUI. 
  Zip Explorer now supports a splitter window just like Windows Explorer
  Left  pane: Tree Browser
  Right pane: List presenting files in currently selected directory
* New Format for Zar files (cannot read ZipExplorer 1.0 .Zar files ... sorry!)
* Date & time is now supported for directories (due to new .Zar format)
* When Clicking on "My Removable Disk Drive" the following is reported for
  all cataloged disks:
   - Disk Label
   - Total size (i.e. disk capacity)
   - Free space on disk
   - Date Cataloged (i.e. when was the disk cataloged)
* Re-worked difference check between catalog & actual disk contents.
  Problems reported for version 1.0 have been solved.
  File -> Compare Disk/Catalog ...
  The results are now presented in a list, where each entry is marked as
  either new, modified or deleted. Information about file paths, cataloged file date,
  disk file date, cataloged file size & disk file size is presented.
* Improved Find File
  Can sort entries in Find file dialog based on
   - File name
   - Folder (i.e. file path)
   - file size
   - file date
  This report can be saved (in sorted state) to a Report File.


Version 1.0 - Updates by 26 April 1998
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* Difference check between catalog and actual disk contents implemented.
  (File->Compare Disk/Catalog ...)
  The difference result is presented in a special dialog containing a 
  browseable report.
  Files are marked as Identical, Modified, Deleted or Created.
  At the moment, Zip-files will be marked as Modified, even if they are identical,
  due missing date-information on .zar files (will consider a format change here).

Version 1.0 - Updates by 25 April 1998
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* Zip Explorer can now label diskettes. If an unlabeled diskette is specified
  for cataloging, the program will prompt for a label string and label the diskette
  before proceeding with the cataloging process.
* Added possibility to close ANY part of a cataloged disk, to hide temporarily
  irrelevant files (activated by mouse right click in tree view).

Version 1.0 - Updates by 24 April 1998
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* The find dialog is now resizeable
* The find dialog supports sorting of file names, file sizes, file dates
* The find dialog supports pressing the RETURN or ENTER key to start a search
  (i.e. "Find Now" is the default action)

Version 1.0 - 19 April 1998
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* Can catalog and present disks/diskettes in a tree view
* Can search for files and present the result in a list



Regards,
Carsten Arnholm