Systems and methods for manipulating and managing computer archive files
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1. A system for modifying a zip archive, said system including:
- Microsoft Windows Explorer; and
a zip archive management application, wherein said zip archive management application allows a user to modify a zip archive using Microsoft Windows Explorer.
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Abstract
A computer program for managing and manipulating archive zip files of a computer. The program includes a system and method for opening, creating, and modifying, and extracting zip archive files. The program is fully integrated into Microsoft Windows Explorer and is accessed via Explorer menus, toolbars, and/or drag and drop operations. An important feature of the program is the archive manager which may be used to open a zip file, create a new zip file, extract zip files, modify zip files, etc. The program is integrated into Microsoft Windows Explorer using the shell name space extension application program interface developed by Microsoft.
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28 Claims
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1. A system for modifying a zip archive, said system including:
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Microsoft Windows Explorer; and
a zip archive management application, wherein said zip archive management application allows a user to modify a zip archive using Microsoft Windows Explorer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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- 13. The system of claim 111 wherein said file is encrypted by said zip archive management application before said file is added to said zip archive.
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26. A method for modifying a .zip archive, said method including:
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providing Microsoft Windows Explorer;
providing a .zip archive management application; and
operating said .zip archive management application using Microsoft Windows Explorer to allow a user using Microsoft Windows Explorer to modify a zip archive.
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27. A system for supplementing Microsoft Windows Explorer, said system including:
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Microsoft Windows Explorer; and
a .zip archive management application, wherein said zip archive management application is installed into Microsoft Windows Explorer to form a supplemented version of Microsoft Windows Explorer, wherein said supplemented version of Microsoft Windows Explorer allows a user to modify a .zip archive.
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28. A method for supplementing Microsoft Windows Explorer, said method including:
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providing Microsoft Windows Explorer;
providing a .zip archive management application;
installing said zip archive management application into Microsoft Windows Explorer to form a supplemented version of Microsoft Windows Explorer; and
allowing a user to modify a zip archive using said supplemented version of Microsoft Windows Explorer.
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