To create a zipped compressed folder

1.

Open My Computer

2.

Double-click a drive or folder.

3.

On the File menu, point to New, and then click Compressed (zipped) Folder.

4.

Type a name for the new folder, and then press ENTER.

Note

To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer

You can also create a zipped compressed folder by right-clicking the desktop, pointing to New, and then clicking Compressed (zipped) Folder.

You can identify compressed folders by the zipper on the folder icon.

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.

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Related Topics

Extract files from a zipped compressed folder

Add files to a zipped compressed folder

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