created: Aug. 19,2000
	Windows ME: Compressed Folders

In addition to viewing the Compressed CAB-files/Folders (introduced in Windows 98 SE),
the Windows ME Explorer is able to handle Compressed Folders, based on ZIP-files.

To be able to use this functionality, make sure that the option is installed:
( you can verify/install it from the Control-Panel in the applet: "Add/Remove Programs", tab: "Windows Setup",
under "System Tools" as "Compressed Folders" )


Any ZIP-file is then displayed using the "Compressed Folder" icon: and files can be
copied from and to the ZIP-file using Explorer Copy/Paste or Drag-and-Drop.

Example: the ZIP-files containing the download files of this website:


When clicking/double-clicking on such a ZIP-file, the content of the ZIP-file is displayed like
a folder, including subfolders in case the ZIP-file includes the filename with path-information
(compare the Windows ME Compressed Folder view above to the display of the Win32 PKZIP for Windows below:)

	You can create a "New" "Compressed Folder", which creates a ZIP-file compatible with other ZIP-programs
	When you receive a ZIP-file protected with a password, you can view the names of the files in the ZIP-file, but once you like to use a file (in this example I used the Edit-menu to "Select All" files and then to drag the files to a new location), then you are prompted to enter the password.

ZIP-compressed folders are better supported than CAB-compressed folders : When double-clicking a file inside a ZIP-file, the file is automatically copied to the Windows-TEMP-directory, from where it is then used by the application program (like in the example below, where the INDEX.HTM-file is displayed by the Internet Explorer). But as you can see in the example: only the selected file is copied to the TEMP-directory, not any other files also required, like in this example the GIF-files, now missing in the Internet Explorer display.