How Do I Zip Files on Windows 7?

How Do I Zip Files on Windows 7?
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Does Windows 7 have a Zip program?

Windows 7 natively supports “zipping” or compressing files into a . zip file. To do this is pretty easy – just select the file or files you want to compress and then right-click on them, choose “Send to” and then choose “Compressed (zipped) file”. Windows 7 also supports opening and extracting .

How do I create a ZIP folder?

To create a zip file in Windows:

  1. Select the files you want to add to the zip file. Selecting files.
  2. Right-click one of the files. A menu will appear. …
  3. In the menu, click Send to and select Compressed (zipped) folder. Creating a zip file.
  4. A zip file will appear. If you want, you can type a new name for the zip file.
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