7-Zip also allows you to compress and e-mail files in one easy step. Just right-click a file or files in Windows Explorer and select 7-Zip¸ then Compress and email.

We show you how to create a ZIP file using a Batch file. You can make use of the command-line interface 7-Zip software in Windows 11/10.

Windows 11’s native RAR and 7-Zip support is finally here! The expanded compressed file support comes decades after ZIP functionality was added in Windows ME.

Windows now lets you extract ZIP files right from File Explorer but if you're still using 7-Zip to do so, you need to update the app immediately.