To access the compress or “Zip” option as what it is called in Windows 8.1, you will need to first select the files that needs to be moved into a folder for compression. If it is your first time to hear about this feature then you can browse through our tutorial library and you will find our series of articles that discuss the steps in working with these options in any Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 based device. One of these brand new features which are nowhere to be found in older Windows editions like Windows 7 and others are collectively called as the “Ribbon-Based Options”. When you work and navigate through the files that are stored in your computer’s hard drive, you surely use File Explorer and thankfully in Windows 8.1, this file management tool which used to be called as Windows Explorer in previous Windows versions didn’t only have a change of name but there were also some very useful features that was added to it. Accessing the Zip Option in File Explorer
In this tutorial, I will be teaching you how to access the option which will allow you to compress or “Zip” a folder that contains some files and show the steps in doing this very important process in a Windows 8.1 machine so if you’ve been having problems in choosing a software for doing this action with the files that you need to compress in order to send as an attachment of an email then you need to read this article from top to bottom so you can discover and learn how you can do all of these tasks without the help of a third-party file compression software. In the past years, there’s been a host of file compression software that has been released which are all compatible to Windows but now, the new Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 operating system versions has a built in file compression tool that will make things a lot easier. A zipped file or set of files is also a lot quicker to send to others via email attachment or in any other method. Compressing or “Zipping” the files that are inside a folder helps eliminate some useless space produced in the process of creating the files and compiling them into one folder which therefore makes the file size a lot smaller without losing the integrity of its contents. However, here in Windows Techies, we always want to make anything that has to do with Windows a lot easier especially to the novice users. If you’ve been using Windows 8.1 for a very long time, you surely are familiar with the process of compressing files and extracting them.
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