Configuring Netscape
for Stuffit Expander/WinZip
PC
If you want to use Stuffit Expander for Windows (freeware) or WinZip (shareware-be sure to pay
the shareware fee if you
decide to keep the software
) as the default helper application to unzip compressed files
downloaded from the World
Wide Web, you will need to tell Netscape where to find the software. Follow these step-by-step instructions.
Note: It is
assumed that you have already downloaded and installed Stuffit Expander or WinZip to your hard disk. If this is
not the case, do that before completing this procedure.
- Open Netscape.
- Click on the Options menu in the top row.
- Select General Preferences from the pop-down menu.
- Click on the tab labeled Helpers.
- Select the application/zip entry by clicking once on the row. (It will turn blue.)
- Click on the Browse button.
- Navigate to the location where you installed Stuffit Expander or WinZip (this will usually be
C:\STUFFIT\EXPANDER.EXE or C:\WINZIP\WINZIP.EXE or something similar unless you chose to install
the
application in another application.
- Select STUFFIT.EXE or WINZIP.EXE and click on Open.
- The Helper screen should reappear on the screen.
- The path to the helper application should appear in the box in the lower portion of the screen.
(C:\STUFFIT\EXPANDER.EXE or C:\WINZIP\WINZIP.EXE)
- Click on the Launch the Application button in the Action: row.
- Click on Apply (if it is present on the screen) and then on OK.
- Reopen the Options / Helpers screen and check to see that Expander or WinZip has been selected
as the helper
application that will automatically open when Netscape encounters a .zip compressed file on the Web.