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| What's WinZip and its importance? |
| WinZip is very widely used compression utility software for zip files. Utility software like WinZip is required to help you create a .zip file and it’s also needed when you want to unzip or open individual files zipped together in a .zip file. Complete installation guide for WinZip can be found online. WinZip comes with easy operatives and a very flexible interface, like you can point and click items and drag and drop them as well. If you’re new to WinZip or don’t use the utility as frequently, then you can initially get started with WinZip Wizard instead. Opening a .zip file from WinZip Follow the guide on installation of WinZip to install and run it. Click open WinZip and in the WinZip Wizard, select “Unzip or install from an existing Zip file”. WinZip Wizard will open by default at the time of starting WinZip. If it doesn’t happen, you can open WinZip Wizard from toolbar by clicking on the Wizard option. Once open, this will tell you how to unzip and open your zipped file with simple instructions. Creating a .zip file from WinZip After installing WinZip, start it to make a .zip file. You’ll be asked to agree with the terms of use. Click on “I Agree” to open the WinZip window. Click on New to create a new .zip file. It’ll open a New Archive window. To name it and save it, enter a File Name in the space provided for it in the window. Clicking OK will open a new Add window. To Add, choose the file you want to store in the archive. Use Ctrl to select multiple files. Click Add and you’re done with creation of a .zip file. Close to exit WinZip. It’s now clear how important WinZip is for all zip files. You need it for creating a .zip file and you need it for opening a .zip file. This means that if WinZip is affected and corrupted, your zipped files will remain zipped only. In that case, you cannot access your data, far less create a new zip file. You could also, in case there is WinZip corruption, experience some error messages such as "WinZip not found on your system"; “WinZip32 - Program has to close” and “A window has blocked the file from being extracted.”   |
