Here you can select which type of archive to create. The most important option is the Archive format. the following window is shown to change the settings: to add the files to a new archive, showing the 7Zip application window to set the options, or Add to ' name.zip' to directly add the files into a zip archive using the default settings. The options may not be shown in a sub menu, also depending on the configuration.Ĭhoose either Add to archive. The precise options that you'll see may vary, depending on the version and configuration. In your file explorer, select the file, folder or collection of files and folders and RMB-click the selection:

You can also configure 7-Zip to show the options directly in the main context menu and not in a 7-Zip sub-menu (not cascaded):Ĭhoose either Extract Here to extract the files in the archive to the current folder, or Extract to ' Folder name/' to extract the files into a sub folder with the name of the file archive. With a default installation of 7-Zip, you can RMB-click a file archive and extract the files through the 7-Zip context menu: Nevertheless it's recommended to extract archives before you start working with the files contained in the archive.

Windows has native support for zip archives, which means you can open and browse through them just like normal folders.

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