How to Compress Files to a ZIP Archive in Windows
You can compress files in Windows easily using File Explorer. Here’s how: If they are not in a single location, press and hold the left mouse button and drag over all the objects you want to select. The items you’ve selected will have a light-blue box around them, as seen here. If you’re sending all the files in a particular folder, another option is to just select the entire folder. For example, if the folder is Documents > Email items > Stuff to send, you can go into the Email items folder and right-click Stuff to send to make the ZIP file. You can leave the name as it is or change it to whatever you like. Right-click the ZIP file and choose Rename. Now the file is ready to send to someone else, back up on another hard drive, or stash in your favorite cloud storage service. One of the best uses of zipping files is to compress big graphics to send through email, upload to a website, and so on.
