| Windows XP
has a built-in program that allows a file or folder to be compressed.
This would allow the file or folder to be sent via email or put
on a server faster. Folders that are compressed using the Compressed
(zipped) Folders feature use less drive space and can be transferred
to other computers more quickly. You can work with a compressed
folder and the files or programs it contains just as you would an
uncompressed folder.
NOTE:
Please be cautious of opening .zip files from unknown mail recepients
since .zip files can contain viruses. Confirm with the known sender
before opening the .zip file.
Note: Installing
a different compression program to Windows may remove Compressed
(zipped) Folders from the right-click menu choices and replace
it with the new compression program's icon.
Note: If you
share compressed folders with users on other computer systems,
you may want to limit the compressed folder names to eight characters
with a .zip file name extension.
| How
To Zip a file or folder |
- Select
the file or folder you want to compress.
- Right
click and choose Send To
- Slide
Right and choose Compressed (zipped) folder
- Allow
the file or folder to compress.
- You
should now see an icon with the same name plus a Zip
- It
may even have a zipper on the folder.
- This
is the compressed file that you may put on the server
or send via email.
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| How
To Unzip a file or folder |
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If you
receive a Zip file, you need to uncompress or unzip the
file to use it.
- Double-click
on the Zip file.
- It
should expand automatically.
- A
file or folder with the same name (without the Zip) should
appear.
- Drag
the contents of the Zip file to the desktop (or another
location). When you do this, you will be copying the information
from the Zip file to the computer. This will be your working
copy of the data from the Zip file.
- Close
the Zip file window. You may keep the Zip file or delete
it.
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