Easily create self-extracting files under Windows XP (2)

5. In the "Package file" dialog, click the "Add" button to add the files to be compressed to the list box. If you want to remove a file, click the "Remove" button. After setting, click “Next” to enter the “Show Windows” interface to select the status of the program window when unpacking the package. There are four options here, Default, Hidden, Minimized, and Maximized. Select the default.

6. Select the “Display message” item in the “Finished message” interface to set an end message for your self-extracting package. Such as "the file has been successfully decompressed" and so on (Figure 3).

Figure 3 Setting End Information

7. Enter the “Package Name and Options” interface and enter the address and name of the compressed package (Figure 4). If you don't want to see the decompression progress bar during self-extraction, you can select the "Hidden File Extracting Progress Animation from User" item; if the package you want to create supports long file names, you can use "Store files using Long File Name inside Package". Item selected.

Figure 4 Enter the address and name of the compressed package

8. Finally, the program will prompt us to save the information entered above in the "Save Self Extraction Directive" interface, so that the next time Do not repeat the input when creating a similar zip. Select the "Save Self Extraction Directive file" item, the program will save the information file in SED format to the folder where the compressed package is located by default. Click "Next" and wait a moment, a self-extracting file is created.