Zipped files are easy to transfer plus they take less space compared to the uncompressed files. Also, it’s very simple to compress, combine and zip several files into one zipped folder. So if you ever ...

When was the last time you had to create a zip file? Personally, I have to interact with those types of files all the time (either receiving or sending them to various clients, family, and friends).

Zip files are a useful but cumbersome solution to compressing multiple files together. They come in different ways—an archive of photographs for a project, or the need to compress a file that just won ...

In the world of Unix-based operating systems like Linux, file packaging and compression utilities play a pivotal role. One such utility is the zip command, an effective tool for compressing files to ...

At the top, you will find three main options—Add, Convert, and Extract. Selecting the Add option allows you to archive files, the Convert option allows you to convert a file format, and the Extract ...

You can share your file by packaging and zipping them. If you want to easily share your files in a high-quality, you can export them as PDFs. This article will show you how to package and zip your ...

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 have ...

Former Microsoft employee Dave Plummer shares how he almost got fired for adding ZIP file support to Windows 30 years ago. Aside from his day job at Microsoft, Dave had a side hustle selling software.

There are certainly valid reasons why you may not like Windows 11. A lot of it has to do with the stringent system requirements Microsoft introduced, which turned off a lot of users who had PCs that ...

7-zip has finally added support for the long-requested 'Mark-of-the-Web' Windows security feature, providing better protection from malicious downloaded files. When you download documents and ...