File Explorer has long offered the ability to create and open ZIP files, and more recently, Windows 11 version 24H2 also added support for other archive file formats, such as as RAR and 7Z. but while ...

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 have ...

Oh, and yeah, you can't 'open' multiple types of files at once since they would not all 'open' in the same software. I suppose you could make a feature request to Microsoft to add that capability, it ...

However, in late 2025, while searching for Windows tools to automate boring tasks, I came across DropIt, an open-source ...

Zip files are incredibly useful for sharing data over email, cloud storage and on a USB stick. They let you group files together, be they documents, images or audio files. And as zip files typically ...

Even after uninstalling 7-Zip from your computer you find that the 7-Zip.dll file is still present inside the Program Files\7-Zip folder, and you are unable to delete this file, then you can use the ...

Panic mode activated – you’re sending an important folder of pictures via email but the files are too large to send. Or maybe it’s your computer storage that’s the issue, but you just can’t seem to ...

If you don’t already have a ZIP file created, you can simply select all your files, right-click on them, and select Compress to > Zip file. However, if you want to add more files to an existing zip ...

Zipping files combines multiple files into a single compressed archive, making them easier to store and share. This is particularly useful when you need to send large numbers of files through email or ...