Purchasing and Registering
This section answers the following questions about WinZip®:
Why do I have to register WinZip?
How do I purchase WinZip?
How do I convert from an evaluation version to a registered version of WinZip?
Why do I have to register WinZip?
WinZip is not free software. Subject to the terms of the WinZip End User License Agreement, you are licensed by Corel Corporation and WinZip
Computing LLC (collectively "WinZip Computing" and/or "WinZip") to use for evaluation purposes only
one (1) copy of WinZip, on one (1) computer or workstation, without charge, for a period of 45
days after you first install WinZip on any computer or workstation, during which period the features
of the WinZip software will be accessible. If you want to use this software after the 45-day
evaluation period, you must acquire from WinZip Computing for a fee a single-user license for
WinZip. Refer to Ordering Information for information on license pricing and ordering options. Use of WinZip
after the expiration of the 45-day evaluation period without acquiring such a license from WinZip
Computing is outside the scope of the Evaluation License and a violation of U.S. and
international copyright laws.
How to purchase your WinZip
License
From the "Thank you for trying WinZip" dialog box, click the Buy Now button or
refer to Ordering Information for information about pricing and ordering options.
How do I convert from an evaluation version to a registered version of WinZip
?
With a registration code
License owners who have been issued a registration code can convert the evaluation version of
WinZip to a registered version as follows:
- Install and run WinZip.
- The "Thank you for trying WinZip" dialog box will appear.

- Enter your name and registration code EXACTLY as they appear on your registration
acknowledgment email or on the WinZip CD case and click
Register.
With an activation code
- If your WinZip license was not purchased directly from WinZip but instead from
an authorized reseller, you will have been issued an activation code rather than a registration
code. In this case, the procedure for registering begins in the same way as that explained in
With a registration code.
- Note: activation requires an active Internet connection.
If you are not already connected when you click the OK button, WinZip will initiate
your default connection before completing the activation process.
- After your name and activation code have been entered in the "Thank you for trying WinZip
Mac" dialog box as described above, click Register.
- You are now presented with the WinZip Activation Information screen. Fill
in the requested information and click OK.
- WinZip will verify the activation code, issue a registration code based upon the name
or e-mail address you entered, and enter the registration code into WinZip
automatically.
- A confirmation e-mail, containing the registration information, will also be sent to
the e-mail address entered.