ZipMagic ZipMagic - A Third Generation Archive Tool Forrest Stroud
ZipMagic - A Third Generation Archive Tool
For example, while you can use a client like WinZip to view, remove, or extract individual files, there is no way to execute programs, edit or rename a file, move a collection of files, search for a specific file, or even perform common tasks like drag 'n' drop into and out of an archive. Thankfully, the third generation of archive management tools has arrived in the form of ZipMagic (formerly known as ZipFolders). This is a suprisingly cool application whose technology allows for all of the above tasks as well as many, many more.
In its most basic form, ZipMagic is a virtual device driver that is automatically loaded by the operating system when your computer boots up. The driver allows Windows to treat ZIP archives as normal directories. These virtual folders, the contents of which are the actual contents of the archive, continue to be labeled with a .zip extension and are still visible to all applications.
The only differences are that the ZIP archives now have a .zip icon associated with them and the archives can now be opened and closed just like any other Windows folder. Any file management actions performed on these folders are actually made to the archived ZIP file and the files contained within that ZIP file. For example, if you use the Windows Explorer to move files into or out of a ZipMagic folder, you are actually moving files into or out of the ZIP file itself.
