Learn how to show encrypted and compressed file and folder names in color in Windows 11/10. Change folder name color from black to green and blue.

To zip files in Windows 11 using the built-in feature: Open File Explorer and navigate to the file/s and/or folder/s that you want to compress to the .zip format.

In this article, we’ll show you a simple and straightforward method to open these compressed files. Our key phrase for today is how to extract .tar.gz files on Windows 10.

Earlier this year, we reported on Microsoft expanding its compression support in Windows 11 to include native RAR, 7-Zip, and other file formats that aren't your basic ZIP files. For those that ...

Occasionally, you'll need to open several compressed files from one ZIP folder. While Windows does a fine job extracting, there are better tools to unzip.

The new native support for RAR files in Windows 11 will allow users to open and extract RAR files without having to install any additional software.

Forget third-party utilities: Windows has a built-in tool for "zipping" a batch of files. Here's how to use it.

Windows and macOS come with built in tools to compress your files, and if that doesn’t cut it, third-party programs can come to the rescue.

ZIP files hold several compressed files inside, reducing how much space they take on your hard drive. They need to be unzipped to use the files, though. Here's how to do it.

Windows Windows supports creating compressed files via PowerShell from v5.0+, however, while it natively supports ZIP creation it does not support encryption and has a file limit of just 2GB.