How to compress a folder?

Most people who have homesa stationary computer or laptop, there is a lot of information on hard disks. Sometimes the space on hard disks becomes catastrophically small, and the files located on them, so do not want to erase. To avoid deleting files or folders, you can simply compress them using a variety of programs called "archivers". How to compress the folder will tell our article.

How to compress a folder with files

To do this, you need to do some very simple steps:

• Find a folder with files using My Computer or another browser;
• Click on the folder with the right mouse button and in the opened list with actions it is necessary to choose one of four suggested sub-items:
  • "Add to archive" The name of the folder (file) on which you clicked ".rar" (in the current folder, the archive will be created immediately)
  • "Add to the archive and send by e- mail ... "(it is necessary to select the archiving options, after which the archiving process will begin, after which the archive will be sent to e-mail)
  • "Add to the archive" The name of the folder (file),which you clicked on. "rar and send by e-mail. mail (the current folder will immediately begin the process of archiving, after which the archive will be sent to e-mail)
• "Add to archive ..." (add additional parameters before archiving)

The fourth subparagraph will be considered in detail below:

• If you selected the item "Add to archive ...", Then in the dialog box" Name and parameters of the archive "on the very first tab, you need to click the" Browse "button, which is used to select the directory in which your future archive will be created;
• It is also good to ask "Archive name" (of course, if you think that you need to change its name);
• Now you need to select the archive type, where you have two options of these types: RAR or ZIli;
• After you have set up the necessarycharacteristics of your future archive, you need to click on the "OK" button, which is located at the very bottom of the "Name and parameters of the archive" window. After that the archiving (compression) process will start;
• The process of compressing folders and files is accompanied by a window called "Creating an archive", in which there are five buttons:
  • "Operation parameters", when pressed, you can configure the process parameters;
  • "Compression method", when pressed, you can set the compression quality and compression speed (the less compressed the file, the higher the compression speed);
  • "Background mode", when pressed, the compression window is minimized to the tray (on the Taskbar, an archiver icon is created next to the clock);
  • "Pause", by clicking which, you can pause the compression process;
  • "Cancel", by clicking which you cancel the process of creating the archive;
  • "Help", which will bring up help in the Windows operating system related to archiving.

Now you also know how to compress the folder with photos and how to compress the folder with files with different extensions!