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.

To zip files using Windows File Explorer, navigate to the location of the files you want to zip. Select the files, right-click on them, and select the Compress to ZIP file option.

Open-source might not be the first thing you think of with Windows, but these free tools can seriously boost your productivity.

I want users to go on my website chooses pictures that they like, and compress and dowlnload. However, I want to create a .zip(or other compress) file that can be understandable on Linux and ...

You can use Google Drive or a compression tool to bypass Gmail's attachment size limits. Here's how to send files over 25MB on Gmail, whether you use a Windows PC or one of the best 5G smartphones.

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.

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 ...

If 7-Zip cannot open an archive or compressed file and you see Cannot open file as archive error message, here's what you can do.