Windows 8 Lets You Compress Your Files Into a ZIP Archive With Ease

On previous versions of Windows if we want to create a ZIP archive for our files, the first thing that we need to do is do a right click on the Explorer window and click New ZIP archive. After creating the ZIP folder, we need to select the files that we want to put inside the ZIP folder, and zip them if we are done selecting.

As you can see, the method above is wasting our time because it is not fast. So, how can we solve this and make our work more efficient?

The answer is just use Windows 8, of course! The Explorer in Windows 8 lets you compress your files into a ZIP archive with ease. To know how to do it, just follow this tutorial.

1. Select the files that you want to put inside the ZIP archive like your photos, music, text files, etc.

2. Open the View tab on the ribbon in Windows Explorer, and click Zip to zip them.

3. Now Windows 8 will compress them as a ZIP file. Just wait until the process dialog box is closed.

4. When it is done, your ZIP file is ready to be used!