[Howto] How to access ZIP files from within WinVICE

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The information in this article applies to the following versions of VICE:

• all Windows versions

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PROBLEMEXPOSITION

You have got a huge collection of CBM software which take a huge amount of space on your HD when unpacked, but individually zipping the files would save me you a lot of space. Anyway, you have not figured out how to use ZIP files from within WinVICE.

CAUSE

WinVICE already supports ZIP files; anyway, other as in the other ports, the support is not built-in but relies on external, 3rd party software.

SOLUTION

WinVICE already has ZIP support. To activate it, do the following:

• Download the Win32 version of Unzip from http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/UnZip.html.
• Put the unzip.exe to a directory that is in your PATH. Then VICE will use unzip.exe to handle zip files (restriction: only one d64 or tap or ... file per zip)

NOTE

You have to use UNZIP, PKunzip doesn't work!!!

STATUS

This document is for information purpose only. The behaviour reported is intentional in the VICE versions listed at the beginning of this article. The VICE team is not responsible for the link provided in this article or some files you downloaded from there.

LINKS

• Unzip for WIN32: http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/UnZip.html

REVISION

• December 11, 2001: Original release of this document